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Core books:
Ashurst, Colin (2015) Competing with IT. Palgrave
Ward, John and Daniel Elizabeth (2006 or 2012) Benefits Management: delivering value from IS and IT investments. Wiley

Relevant articles:
• Doherty N, Ashurst C, Peppard J. Factors Affecting the Successful Realisation of Benefits from Systems Development Projects: Findings from Three Case Studies. Journal of Information Technology 2012, 27(1), 1-16.
• Ashurst C, Cragg P, Herring P. The Role of IT Competences in Gaining Value from E-Business: an SME Case Study. International Small Business Journal 2012, 30(6), 640-658.
• Ashurst C, Hodges J. Exploring Business Transformation: The Challenges of Developing a Benefits Realisation Capability’. Journal of Change Management 2010, 10(2), 217-237.
• Ashurst C, Doherty N, Peppard J. Improving the impact of IT development projects: the benefits realisation capability model. European Journal of Information Systems 2008, 17(4), 352-370.
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Articles related to module contents:
The challenges of benefits realisation and gaining competitive advantage from IT.
Clegg, C., Axtell, C., Damodaran, L., Farbey, B., Hull, R., LloydJones, R., Nicholls, J., Sell, R. and Tomlinson, C. (1997) Information technology: a study of performance and the role of human and organisational factors. Ergonomics. 1997 Vol 40 No 9

A benefits framework for planning projects.
Markus, M. L. (2004). Technochange management: using IT to drive organisational change. Journal of Information Technology. 19(1): 4-20
Jurison, J. (1996) Towards more effective management of information technology benefits, Journal of Strategic Information systems, 5

Delivering the benefits from projects – an agile, benefits driven approach.
Peppard, J., Ward, J. and Daniel, E. (2007). “Managing the Realisation of Business Benefits from IT Investments.” MIS Quarterly Executive. Vol. 6. Issue 1. March.
Peppard J. and Ward J. (2005) Unlocking sustained business value from IT investments. California Management Review. Fall, 2005, 52-69.

Harvesting the benefits from investments in IT-enabled change.
Grant, R. (1996) Toward a knowledge-based theory of the firm. Strategic Management Journal. Winter 1996
Hansen, M. Nohira, N. and Tierney, T. (1999) What’s Your Strategy for Managing Knowledge? Harvard Business Review. March-April
Marchand DA, Kettinger WJ and Rollins JD (2000), Information Orientation: People Technology and the Bottom Line, MIT Sloan Management Review, Summer 2000

Digging deeper into key issues of benefits realisation.
Kotter, J., (1995) ‘Leading change: why transformation efforts fail’. Harvard Business Review. March-April, pp. 59-67.
Kotter, John P.; Schlesinger, Leonard A. (2008) Choosing Strategies for Change.: Harvard Business Review, Jul-Aug2008, Vol. 86 Issue 7/8,
Kotter, John P (2008) Leading Change. Harvard Business Review, Jan2007, Vol. 85 Issue 1, p96-103,
Hope Hailey, V. and Balogun, J. (2002) Devising context sensitive approaches to change: the example of Glaxo Wellcome. Long Range Planning. 35 (2): 153-178 Apr
Pfeffer, J. and Sutton, R. (1999) Knowing “What” to Do is Not Enough. California Management Review. Vol. 42 No 1.
Garvin, D.A. (1998) The processes of organisation management. Sloan Management Review. Summer 1998 v39 n4

Establishing a benefits-driven IT strategy.
Brown JS, Hagel J (2003) Does IT matter? Harvard Bus Review. 109-112 Jul 200
Carr NG (2003) IT doesn’t matter Harvard Bus Review. May
Carr created a fierce debate with his article ‘IT doesn’t matter’. Carr suggests that IT is a commodity and as a result cannot contribute to competitive advantage. This article addresses an important issue and has caused a lot of discussion.

Managing the IT investment portfolio.
Meyer, A. D., Loch, C. H. and Pich, M. T. (2002) ‘Managing Project Uncertainty: From Variation to Chaos’, MIT Sloan Management Review. Winter, pp. 60-67.
Ross, J. (2003) Creating a Strategic IT Architecture Competency: Learning in Stages. MISQ Executive. Vol 2 (1).

Enabling business innovation.
Moore, Geoffrey A.(2004) Darwin and the Demon: Innovating Within Established Enterprises Harvard Business Review, Jul/Aug2004, Vol. 82 Issue 7/8, p86-92
Coyne, Kevin P.; Clifford, Patricia Gorman; Dye, Renée. (2007) Breakthrough Thinking from Inside the Box. Harvard Business Review, Dec2007, Vol. 85 Issue 12, p70-78
Brown, Tim (2008) Design Thinking. Harvard Business Review, Jun2008, Vol. 86 Issue 6, p84-92, 9p
Amabile, Teresa M.; Khaire, Mukti (2008) CREATIVITY and the ROLE OF THE LEADER. Harvard Business Review, Oct2008, Vol. 86 Issue 10, p100-109

Building the IS capability of the organisation.
Peppard, J; Ward, J; (2004); Beyond strategic information systems; Journal of Strategic Information Systems; vol. 13, pp 167-194.
Eisenhardt, K.M and Martin J.A.(2000) Dynamic Capabilities: What are they? Strategic Management Journal Vol 21 p1105-1121
Garvin, D.A. (1993) Building a Learning Organisation. Harvard Business Review. July-August
Ambrosini, V., and Bowman, C. (2009) What are dynamic capabilities and are they a useful construct in strategic management? International Journal of Management Reviews, 11(1), pp.29-50.
Peppard J (2010) Unlocking the Performance of the Chief Information Officer. California Management Review, Summer 2010
Cash Jr., J. I., Earl, M. J. and Morison, R. (2008) ‘Teaming up to Crack Innovation and Enterprise Integration’, Harvard Business Review. pp. 90-100.