دانلود رایگان مقاله انگلیسی نقشه راهی به منظور پیاده سازی سیستم های برنامه ریزی توسعه پایدار منابع سازمانی - نشریه الزویر

Abstract.

The organisation needs multidisciplinary skills, coordinated efforts, and adequate knowledge in order to implement successful Sustainable Enterprise Resource Planning (S-ERP) systems. Various studies have been conducted on S-ERP system, however, many of which only focused on the empirical analysis and imperative of the system without concerning on the effective implementation of the system. The absence of a validated plan and guide of S-ERP implementation would increase the cost and time of the system implementation and decrease the quality product and service. The recent research contributions have dealt with developing a master plan for the S-ERP system implementation that includes certain components, such as a roadmap, framework, and guidelines. A previous study has highlighted the development of the S-ERP roadmap. To advance the formulation of the S-ERP master plan, this presented study aims to evaluate the usability of the developed roadmap through peer review method. Data collection and analysis are the major actions to be performed in the evaluation. The peer review is performed by twelve experts including academics and practitioners. According to the peer review results, the S-ERP roadmap required to be divided into a sustainable enterprise and sustainable integrated enterprise. The experts verified that the S-ERP roadmap could be generally applied to various types of industry. It can provide a guide for practitioners to implement S-ERP system in organisations. In addition, it provides a theoretical basis for other related studies to comprehend the S-ERP system implementation.

6. Conclusions

S-ERP system implementation is advantageous for organisations to advance their sustainable business practices. To implement this system, they need a master plan, which comprises of a roadmap, framework, and guidelines, to provide a holistic picture of the S-ERP system. Chofreh et al. (2016b) had developed the initial S-ERP roadmap to complete the structure of the S-ERP master plan. However, the developed roadmap needs to be reviewed by a number of experts to improve its quality and usability. Therefore, the objective of the present study is to evaluate the S-ERP roadmap, which involved the evaluation and improvement of the S-ERP system implementation through peer review.

The investigation of results in subjects that have been scarcely studied could be effective through the peer review method. In doing so, this study involved 12 experts from academia and practice to further enhance the initial S-ERP roadmap. Data collection and data analysis are the main procedures of the evaluation process. The data collection was performed using semistructured interviews among 12 experts and the conversations were subsequently recorded and transcribed. The data analysis was performed in three stages including data reduction, data display, and drawing/verification of conclusion. Consequently, the initial S-ERP roadmap needs to be divided into two segments including a roadmap towards sustainable enterprise and a roadmap towards sustainable integrated enterprise.

This study is significant both from the theoretical and practical standpoints. From the theoretical standpoint, the present study would advance the research on S-ERP system as this research topic is still in its infancy. According to the research findings, the present study has improved the structure of the initial S-ERP roadmap. The experts confirmed that the final S-ERP roadmap is practically ready to be used in organisations. This study is significant from the methodological aspect. There is a limited number of studies that apply the peer review method to evaluate the research findings. However, this method is appropriate and useful for a topic of study that is still rare, such as the S-ERP system, to get the experts’ opinion regarding the subject under investigated.