JRS Corporation Attempted to Install an Enterprise Resource Planning System

question 14

Essay

JRS Corporation attempted to install an enterprise resource planning system with very poor results.The project took significantly longer than expected; actual costs exceeded budgeted costs by a significant margin.In addition, the system has been poorly utilized because it was never completed.The management of JRS has hired you to bring the project to a successful completion.Write a letter to management explaining three common causes of ERP implementation failure; also make four recommendations that will help them be more successful with the implementation now.

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Definitions:

Innovation

The process of introducing new ideas, devices, or methods, often leading to positive change or improvements in a particular field or society.

Normative Influence

The impact of norms, values, and expectations of society or a group on an individual's behavior.

Direct Influence

The immediate impact or control one individual or group has over another's actions or decisions.

Empirical

Based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.