"Who is in charge and whose rules are followed?": power in an intra-organisational IS project

Hekkala, Riitta, Urquhart, Cathy and Ivari, Netta (2009) "Who is in charge and whose rules are followed?": power in an intra-organisational IS project. [Conference or Workshop Item] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

This interpretive grounded theory study describes and analyses major power issues in a Scandinavian inter-organisational IS project which spanned four organisations, two suppliers, one national organisation and a research organisation. The paper explores different dimensions of power that emerged during the project – sources of power, power as resistance, reasons for the power struggle, and power as exercised, We conclude that, while power issues in ISD projects are by no means a new phenomenon, these power issues were exacerbated in this IOIS project due to the project governance structures necessary to coordinate several organisations.