| Description |
1 online resource (18 pages) : color charts |
| Series |
Human resource management online (text) |
| Summary |
This case focuses on the challenge of quantifying the return on investment (ROI) of a large technology project, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), in the nonprofit environment of the San Diego City Schools. The school district does not generate a profit so traditional revenue enhancement arguments do not work. Instead, the case discusses the internal processes re-design and system consolidation enabled by the new ERP system. The system ROI is composed of two major components: cost savings from removal of legacy applications and productivity improvements. The cost containment benefits are relatively straight forward to quantify, but do not justify the system. The productivity improvements are harder to quantify, and many can be categorized as soft benefits. Furthermore, many of the productivity and cost-saving benefits will not be realized without personnel reductions, which are especially difficult in school districts and government agencies. The case debrief therefore discusses the tradeoffs quantifying soft benefits and productivity improvements, best practices for management decision making, and the organizational change necessary to realize the ROI |
| Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed Aug. 7, 2014) |
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HBS number: KEL174 |
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Case number: 5-404-772 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
This edition in English |
| Subject |
Rate of return -- California -- San Diego -- Case studies
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Organizational change -- California -- San Diego -- Case studies
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Organizational change.
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Rate of return.
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California -- San Diego.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kellogg School of Management.
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