Systems Development and Organizational Politics

Historically information systems development projects have been viewed as an exercise in technical change, rather than socio-technical change [2][3][8] . Accordingly, most IS analysis tools focus more on technical systems analysis than for example, on the impacts of the new developments on the political systems of organizations during information systems developments. Although the development of new IS is considered a recipe for organizational conflicts [14][17],and for that matter, demanding a good knowledge of political dynamics of organizations, an in-depth consideration of organizational politics in mainstream IS literature is rare. [18]