ERP and Information Systems: Integration or Disintegration (Advances in Information Systems Set, 5)

This research attempts to explore and identify eventual relationships between the evolution of ERP systems and information systems integration or disintegration. The aim of this research is to know if the relationships between the ERP systems and the information systems are guided by certain factors and, as a result, to understand, more in-depth, the factors affecting these relationships. More precisely, this analysis aims to study whether assigned values given to these factors could guide the evolution of ERP systems in a manner that promotes IS integration; and if the opposite assigned values to these same factors could guide the evolution of ERP systems in a manner that provokes IS disintegration instead.

Tarek Samara, Ph.D., is a senior consultant and manager in management information systems. He has taught at several universities (Sorbonne Paris 1, European Tempus Programme, CNAM Paris, SVU, etc.). He has worked for several consulting firms, companies and banks where he has supervised many IS projects’ management. His research interests cover ERPs, information systems for decision-making, banking and trading sectors.