by Dr. Jack G. Nestell | Jan 3, 2020 | Learning and Development, Organizational Culture
The Challenge of ERP Organizational Change Success Clearly, ERP organizational change success does exist. You may hear of ERP projects that were “nearly perfect” for smaller organizations and small-scale projects. You may hear of projects that were significantly...
by Dr. Jack G. Nestell | Aug 12, 2019 | Learning and Development
Learning and Development is a cornerstone of ERP Implementation Success In the realm of enterprise resource planning (ERP), education stands as a cornerstone of implementation success. Yet, despite its significance, the emphasis on user training often falls short,...We believe dealing with and addressing the human element on projects is critical. Communicating the realistic expectations, effort needed, and challenges with change acceptance takes methodical work. Sometimes challenges can be due to an individual or to general corporate cultural considerations. Sometimes project challenges are due to “silo’d” views—that is, time and attention needs to be given to make sure that the big picture is understood. To channel and avoid such project challenges requires consistent, constant, and considerate corporate leadership and expertise.
Ron J. West has written a great book on business transformation and corporate culture, Corporate Caterpillars: How to Grow Wings, which states:
“There has been much written about corporate leadership. Thought leaders are stressing the importance of leading with heart and mind. What this means is simply that it is not enough to think new thoughts and convey them to your followers. For others to follow, they need to feel emotionally involved. As a leader, you must be emotionally invested in the change to be recognized as authentic. Once again it is the alignment of our entire way of being that yields impactful results and accomplishes the change to move us to where we want to be. In a way, transformation of the individual or the enterprise is a process of alignment.”
Every child has the right to an education.
Education transforms lives and breaks the cycle of poverty that traps so many children. Education for girls is particularly important — an educated mother will make sure her own children go to, and stay in, school.
With UNICEF’s help, there are now 100 million more children and adolescents enrolled in primary and secondary schools around the world than there were a decade ago.
And yet: an astounding number of children and youth — an estimated 264 million globally — are not getting an education, due to war, famine, child marriage, child labor and other forms of violence, deprivation and abuse. Each and every one of them deserves the opportunity to learn so that they may someday reach their full potential.
Whether it means setting up temporary classrooms for child refugees, building child-friendly schools, distributing books and other learning materials, training teachers or even rebuilding an entire educational system, UNICEF is committed to getting kids back to learning — whatever it takes.” https://www.unicefusa.org/mission/protect/education
Big Brothers Big Sisters helps children realize their potential and build their futures. We nurture children and strengthen communities. And we couldn’t do any of it without you.
CHANGING PERSPECTIVES. CHANGING LIVES.
Since 1904, Big Brothers Big Sisters has operated under the belief that inherent in every child is incredible potential. As the nation’s largest donor- and volunteer-supported mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers (“Bigs”) and children (“Littles”), ages 5 through young adulthood in communities across the country. We develop positive relationships that have a direct and lasting effect on the lives of young people.
MISSION
Provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.
VISION
All children achieve success in life.” https://www.bbbs.org
“ERP and Digital Transformation Success” Speaking Engagements: ERP success is a big deal. University research and PhD dissertations trying to find ERP success models are abundant. For years we have been studying and researching ERP case studies, success models, surveys, statistics, success stories and horror stories. Let us share these with you. Whether you are just kicking off an ERP project, in the middle of one, or for personal or corporate development, these presentations (topics included in books) are fun, interesting and value-added. We engage in a unique and interesting perspective on ERP Success factors not often found in books or case studies. You are certain to find “ERP Success” factors interesting, objective, supported by facts, and can be the true differentiator in any ERP project.
Foreword by RON J. WEST
I have invested my entire career in what I call corporate transformation. It might be defined as a series of overlapping, intersecting and impactful changes that collectively result in a complete shift in a company’s culture, the way it does business, it’s brand and even how it thinks about itself. One of the most important lessons I have learned about corporate transformation is that organizations only transform as much as those in the corporation grow, develop and transform themselves. I believe this book can help you transform.
When invited to write a Foreword to this book, I was keen to learn what had been written. How would the authors definitively convey what makes an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation successful? It all started when I met Jack after a speech I gave on how to overcome the obstacles typically encountered during any large-scale change effort. Jack’s enthusiasm for the subject was obvious then and he has masterfully carried it through his writing. Dr. David Olson’s expertise, research experience, academic reputation, having published over 100 refereed journal articles and co-author and author of several books, a distinguished scholar, and “Best Enterprise Information Systems Educator” gives this book significant credibility based on professional research by a top world-renown expert in ERP systems. Jack’s experience coupled with Dr. Olson’s academic reputation makes this book truly unique. I am already looking forward to their next book.
I believe that the book achieves its goal by merging academic rigor with practical experience. Real case studies are used throughout to demonstrate how to systematically identify what you need, how to acquire it, and how to successfully implement your chosen ERP solution. It takes the risk and the guesswork out of ERP. The use of case studies throughout makes this book much more directly applicable to the problems faced when first implementing ERP systems.
AN ERP GUIDE FOR BUSINESSES AND EXECUTIVES: SUCCESSFUL ERP SYSTEMS, is fearless in its treatment of areas typically avoided in books about ERP implementations. It asks: “Why are you doing this”, guides you through vendor selection, the different software approaches that can be taken, the integration of business process reengineering, the implementation itself and even how to maintain the ERP system when it is successfully implemented.
Interestingly, the lessons learned apply well to almost any complex digital transformation. It might be technology that is disrupting your business, forcing it to change significantly. Or perhaps your business is leveraging technology to transform itself. Either way, the challenges and the lessons learned, are unchanged. This book identifies those challenges and the lessons learned through numerous real ERP implementations. What the book does is help you, the reader, anticipate the unknowns, be aware of the challenges to be expected, and benefit from the accumulated practical wisdom in its pages. It is sure to help you successfully complete an ERP system implementation as part of the transformation of your own business.