<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><bold>Background:</bold> Advanced information systems have changed the way managers work with planning and performance measurement. Traditional management control concepts such as efficiency have changed in meaning due to these information systems.<bold>Objectives:</bold> The main purpose behind this paper is to try to understand how a new managerial context is shaped and re-shaped by new information systems that constitute a digital enterprise.<bold>Methods/Approach:</bold> Three different cases are presented and analysed.<bold>Results:</bold> The new managerial function of advanced information systems is presented through the three cases.<bold>Conclusions:</bold> The digitalisation debate and agenda need to develop an even deeper understanding of how digital initiatives affect organisations. This is possible by dealing with concepts such as the digital enterprise, which integrates digital technical solutions with organisational challenges and management control intent.</abstract>

Background: Advanced information systems have changed the way managers work with planning and performance measurement. Traditional management control concepts such as efficiency have changed in meaning due to these information systems.Objectives: The main purpose behind this paper is to try to understand how a new managerial context is shaped and re-shaped by new information systems that constitute a digital enterprise.Methods/Approach: Three different cases are presented and analysed.Results: The new managerial function of advanced information systems is presented through the three cases.Conclusions: The digitalisation debate and agenda need to develop an even deeper understanding of how digital initiatives affect organisations. This is possible by dealing with concepts such as the digital enterprise, which integrates digital technical solutions with organisational challenges and management control intent.

Digitalisation of Enterprises Brings New Opportunities to Traditional Management Control

Business Systems Research Journal

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Background: Advanced information systems have changed the way managers work with planning and performance measurement. Traditional management control concepts...

Digitalisation of Enterprises Brings New Opportunities to Traditional Management Control

Published Online: Oct 25, 2017

Page range: 115 - 125

Received: Mar 01, 2017

Accepted: Jun 15, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bsrj-2017-0020

Keywords
information systems, management control, digital enterprise

© 2017 Krister Bredmar, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Digitalisation of Enterprises Brings New Opportunities to Traditional Management Control

Published Online: Oct 25, 2017

Page range: 115 - 125

Received: Mar 01, 2017

Accepted: Jun 15, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bsrj-2017-0020

Keywordsinformation systems, management control, digital enterprise

© 2017 Krister Bredmar, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
information systems, management control, digital enterprise