Assimilation of new information technology and organizational culture: a case study

Many organizations encounter difficulties as they adopt new information tec hnology. This article presents a case study of a troubled information syste ms project based on new technology. It shows the ways in which organization al culture can work against successful new technology assimilation. The stu dy utilizes a relatively simple organizational framework for assessing the nature of corporate culture; the framework is useful for predicting the pot ential for problems in new technology assimilation that have their sources in organizational culture.