Hartnett, Elizabeth J.; Daniel, Elizabeth M. and Holti, Richard
(2012).
Client and consultant engagement in public sector IS projects.
International Journal of Information Management, 32(4),
pp. 307–317.
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Abstract
Engagement between clients and consultants has been identified as important in public sector IT projects. However, current literature is not clear what constitutes engagement, and how this is related to other concepts such as cooperation and collaboration. This study proposes a model of engagement based on a range of related extant literature. Five case studies of IT projects in the public sector in the UK are analysed in order to empirically validate and extend the proposed model. The validated model suggests that engagement can be understood as three conditions (environment, participants, expertise) and three behaviours (sharing, sense-making and adapting) that dynamically interact in self-reinforcing cycles. The model represents a starting point for academics interested in the future development of a theory of engagement and is of value to practising managers and consultants in either a diagnostic or prescriptive mode to increase the effectiveness of their joint IT endeavours.
| Item Type: |
Journal Article
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| Copyright Holders: |
2012 Elsevier Ltd. |
| ISSN: |
0268-4012 |
| Keywords: |
consultant; client; IT; engagement; collaboration; IS; information technology; IT project |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Open University Business School |
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| Item ID: |
33684 |
| Depositing User: |
Elizabeth Daniel
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| Date Deposited: |
20 Jul 2012 08:06 |
| Last Modified: |
24 Oct 2012 08:24 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/33684 |
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