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Exploring Functional Legitimacy Within Organisations: Lessons to be Learnt from Suchman’s Typology. The Case of the Purchasing Function and SAP Implementation

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This paper aims to put forward a preliminary model for defining the legitimisation process of functions within organisations. To address this issue, we shall discuss the role of functions within organisations and explore the concept of legitimacy itself.

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  1. Grenoble Ecole de Management, Grenoble

    Séverine Le Loarne

  2. Ecole des Dirigeants et Créateurs d’Entreprise (EDC Paris), Paris

    Audrey Bécuwe

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  1. Laboratoire Génie de Production (LGP), Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Tarbes (ENIT), 47, Avenue d’Azereix, 65016, Tarbes Cedex, France

    Bernard Grabot

  2. Laboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherche Appliquées en Sciences Sociales (LERASS), 114 route de Narbonne, 31077, Toulouse Cedex 4, France

    Anne Mayère

  3. Centre d’Etude et de Recherche Travail, Organisation, Pouvoir (CERTOP), Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail, Maison de la Recherche 5, allées Antonio Machado, 31058, Toulouse Cedex 9, France

    Isabelle Bazet

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Le Loarne, S., Bécuwe, A. (2008). Exploring Functional Legitimacy Within Organisations: Lessons to be Learnt from Suchman’s Typology. The Case of the Purchasing Function and SAP Implementation. In: Grabot, B., Mayère, A., Bazet, I. (eds) ERP Systems and Organisational Change. Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-183-1_7

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