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Change Management Strategies for Effective Enterprise Resource Planning Systems: A Case Study of a Saudi Company

by Hailah Alballaa, Abdullah S. Al-Mudimigh
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 17 - Number 2
Year of Publication: 2011
Authors: Hailah Alballaa, Abdullah S. Al-Mudimigh
10.5120/2194-2785

Hailah Alballaa, Abdullah S. Al-Mudimigh . Change Management Strategies for Effective Enterprise Resource Planning Systems: A Case Study of a Saudi Company. International Journal of Computer Applications. 17, 2 ( March 2011), 14-19. DOI=10.5120/2194-2785

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author = { Hailah Alballaa, Abdullah S. Al-Mudimigh },
title = { Change Management Strategies for Effective Enterprise Resource Planning Systems: A Case Study of a Saudi Company },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { March 2011 },
volume = { 17 },
number = { 2 },
month = { March },
year = { 2011 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 14-19 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume17/number2/2194-2785/ },
doi = { 10.5120/2194-2785 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
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Abstract

ERP systems offer enormous benefits to organizations in efficiency, productivity, quality management, cost reduction and decision making-speed. Implementing ERP usually involves applying change management strategies. In this paper different change management strategies for ERP implementation in the literature has been reviewed and a case study of National Prawn Saudi based Company has been presented.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

ERP Change Management Implementation National Prawn Company