From IS to Organisation: Analysing the Uses of a Collaborative IS in a High-tech SME

Ewan Oiry, Amandine Pascal, Robert Tchobanian

2008

Abstract

Researchers and practitioners generally observe a disparity in organisations between the actual uses of HRIS and what was expected of them prior to implementation [1]. In order to investigate this phenomenon, [7] develops a coherent and structured conceptual framework that can be used to analyse the reasons why actors develop such different uses for a given technology. While our paper uses her theoretical propositions as a framework for analysing uses, it seeks to extend her approach by means of a theoretical framework that can be used to understand the spirit of the technology and interactions between individuals and artefacts. Following an outline of these various concepts (2.), a case study of the uses of a collaborative IS in a high- tech SME (3.) will serve as a basis for an initial test of this analytical framework (4.) and discussing the contributions it makes (5.).

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Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Oiry E., Pascal A. and Tchobanian R. (2008). From IS to Organisation: Analysing the Uses of a Collaborative IS in a High-tech SME . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Human Resource Information Systems - Volume 1: HRIS, (ICEIS 2008) ISBN 978-989-8111-47-0, pages 30-39. DOI: 10.5220/0001743800300039

in Bibtex Style

@conference{hris08,
author={Ewan Oiry and Amandine Pascal and Robert Tchobanian},
title={From IS to Organisation: Analysing the Uses of a Collaborative IS in a High-tech SME},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Human Resource Information Systems - Volume 1: HRIS, (ICEIS 2008)},
year={2008},
pages={30-39},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001743800300039},
isbn={978-989-8111-47-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Human Resource Information Systems - Volume 1: HRIS, (ICEIS 2008)
TI - From IS to Organisation: Analysing the Uses of a Collaborative IS in a High-tech SME
SN - 978-989-8111-47-0
AU - Oiry E.
AU - Pascal A.
AU - Tchobanian R.
PY - 2008
SP - 30
EP - 39
DO - 10.5220/0001743800300039