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Institutionalization of Information Technologies for Engineering Asset Management: An Australian Case

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Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM 2012)

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Information technologies (IT) implementation in asset managing organizations does not follow a linear path. It is primarily driven by cost concerns, rather than an approach that takes into account the existing technological infrastructure, business requirements, available skill base, social and cultural environment, and operational and strategic value of technology investment. This paper presents a case study of information technologies implementation in Australian asset managing organizations. It concludes that technology for asset management needs to be physically adopted, and socially and organizationally composed, to create consensus on what the technology is supposed to accomplish and how it is to be utilized.

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This paper was developed within the CRC for Infrastructure and Engineering Asset Management, established, and supported under the Australian Government’s Cooperative Research Centers Program. The author gratefully acknowledges the financial support provided by the CRC.

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  1. Mawson Lakes Campus, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, 5095, Australia

    Abrar Haider

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  1. World Congress on Engineering Asset Management, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Woo Bang Lee

  2. World Congress on Engineering Asset Management, Gyeongnam, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Byeongkuen Choi

  3. Queensland University of Technology, Graceville, Queensland, Australia

    Lin Ma

  4. Queensland University of Technology, Sunnybank Hills, Queensland, Australia

    Joseph Mathew

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Haider, A. (2015). Institutionalization of Information Technologies for Engineering Asset Management: An Australian Case. In: Lee, W., Choi, B., Ma, L., Mathew, J. (eds) Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM 2012). Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06966-1_28

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