Community of practices, knowledge transfer, and ERP project (ERPP)

Wilfrid Azan, Jean-Philippe Bootz and O. Rolland

Knowledge Management Research & Practice, 2017, vol. 15, issue 2, 238-256

Abstract: In this research, we are interested in ERP systems which are common information repositories that are aimed at matching the knowledge, practices, and skills that drive the organization in the best possible way. Can the cognitive and hierarchical models coexist within the same project? What is the impact of ERP on the interconnection between communities? To answer these questions, we rely in particular on the work of Levina and Vaast (MIS Quarterly 29(2):335–363, 2005), which underlines that the modes of interaction between CPs must be mediated by the activation of boundary objects and/or the mobilization of boundary spanners. Finally, this leads us to discriminate between two types of ERPPs (hierarchical/cognitive) and to underline the role of the switch in the ERPP success.

Date: 2017
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