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Change Work in Organisations

Some Lessons Learned from Information Systems Development (ISD)

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In change work we have the ambition to improve or enhance different activities within a specific situation or context. We can think of e.g. changes in society, in organisations or in family life. In this case the focus will be on change work in organisations; private companies as well as in public services. Change work implies a purposeful growth and development of organisations. This development work can be performed by operating in networks (inter-organisational change) or accomplished by undertaking individual measures (intra-organisational change). By information systems development (ISD) we mean analysis, design and implementation of useful IT systems in companies. ISD is nowadays regarded as an essential and vital part of change work in organisations. This paper presents ten lessons learned from working with information systems development in a change work context.

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    Anders G. Nilsson

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  1. Fac. Mathematics & Physics, Dept. Software Engineering, Charles University Praha, Malostranske nam. 25, Praha 1, 118 00, Czech Republic

    Jaroslav Pokorny

  2. Dept. Information Technologies, Attn. Prof. Jiri Vorisek, Prague University of Economics, Nam. W. Churchilla 4, Praha, 130 67, Czech Republic

    Vaclav Repa

  3. Fac. Mathematics & Physics, Charles University, Praha, Malostranske nam. 25, Praha 1, 118 00, Czech Republic

    Karel Richta

  4. College of Business & Economics, Dept. Information Technology &, Boise State University, Univesity Dr. 1910, Boise, 83725-1615, Idaho, USA

    Wita Wojtkowski

  5. Fac. Information Technology, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, Victoria, Australia

    Henry Linger

  6. Dept. Accountancy & Finance, National University of Ireland, University Road, Galway, Ireland

    Chris Barry

  7. Dept. Accountancy & Finance, National University of Ireland, University Road, Galway, Ireland

    Michael Lang

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Nilsson, A.G. (2011). Change Work in Organisations. In: Pokorny, J., et al. Information Systems Development. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9790-6_44

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