title: Implementing change in a diverse and politicized landscape.
abstract: Based on the experiences from an ongoing IT implementation project, this paper illustrates the complexity of large scale projects through the concept of diversity. The analysis shows how, no matter how mature the project becomes at coping with local diversity, it is still vulnerable to contextual diversity; especially when this is politicized. The paper concludes by pointing to the special responsibilities this puts on higher level decision makers.
authors: University of Oslo, Department of Informatics, Norway.
authors: Espen
authors: E
authors: Skorve
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000379:methods*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009664:Norway; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011057:Politics; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation