Publications

Houghton, L., Ruth A. (2010) Making Information Systems Less Scrugged, Journal of Information Technology and Education: Innovations in Practice, Vol. 9, pp.91 – 102. (http://www.jite.org/documents/Vol9/JITEV9Contents.pdf)

Houghton, L and Metcalfe, M. (2010) Synthesis as Conception Shifting, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 61, No. 6, pp.953-963, Palgrave McMillan, UK. http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/jors2008188a.html.

Ruth, A., Houghton L. (2009) The wiki way of learning, Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, Vol. 25, No.2, pp.  138-152.

Houghton, L (2009) Generalization and Systemic Epistemology: Why Should it Make Sense?, Systems Research and Behavioural Science, Vol. 25, No. 10, pp. 1-10.

Kerr, D. V., Houghton, L. and Burgess K (2007) Power Relationships That Lead To The Development Of Feral Systems, Australasian Journal of Information Systems, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 141-152.

Houghton, L. and Kerr, D (2006) A study into the creation of feral information systems as a response to an ERP implementation within the supply chain of a large government-owned corporation, International Journal of Internet and Enterprise Management, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 135-147.

Houghton L and Ledington P (2004) The Engagement Approach to Real-World Problem Solving:  Towards a coherent Soft-Systems-based theoretical platform for real-world problem solving, Systemic Practice and Action Research, Vol. 17, No. 5, pp. 497-510.

Houghton L and Ledington P (2002) The Evolution of Confusion: Soft Systems Methodology and Social Theory revisited, Australian Journal of information Systems, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 75-83.

Refereed Conference Publications

Burgess, K, Kerr D and Houghton L (2009) Communities of Practice: The missing link in Enterprise Resource Planning Implementation, 21^st Annual Nordic Logistics Research Network (NOFOMA) conference proceedings, Sweden.

Kerr, D and Houghton L (2008) Feral Systems: The likely effects on business analytics functions in an enterprise resource planning system environment, Proceedings 13^th Annual Australian Conference on Information Systems, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Hobson, D, Kerr D, Burgess K and Houghton L (2005) The inefficiencies and excess’s of enterprise resource planning systems (ERP), Excess & Organization: Proceedings of SCOS XXIII: Stockholm 2005, Stockholm Sweden.

Gururajan, R, Kerr D, Moloney C and Houghton L (2005) An investigation into the factors of adoption of wireless applications for data management by nurses, Asia-Pacific Decision Sciences Institute 10th Conference, Taiwan.

Kerr D, Hobson D, Burgess K and Houghton L (2005) ERP Implementations – the pitfalls of a positivist outlook, Proceedings of the 10th Annual Conference of Asia-Pacific Decision Sciences Institute, Taiwan.

Burgess K and Houghton L (2005) The role of information technology in innovation within Supply Chains: is the research framework the problem, 4^th Annual Critical Management Studies Conference Proceedings, Cambridge, UK.

Houghton L, Kerr D and Burgess K (2004) SAP – is it systematic research bias, which is to blame for such post implementation disappointment?,15th Australian Conference on Information

Systems 2004. Managing New Wave Information Systems: Enterprise, Government and Society, Hobart Tasmania.

Houghton L and Kerr D, (2004) Understanding Feral Systems in Organisations: A case study of a SAP implementation that led to the creation of ad-hoc and unplanned systems in a large corporation. 9th Asia-Pacific Decision Sciences Institute Conference, Seoul Korea.

Houghton, L. and Ledington, P.W.J. (2002) Using Multiple Paradigm Relations Strategy as a Framework for Understanding the Social Reality Implied by Soft Systems Methodology. 8th Annual ANZSYS Conference, Mooloolaba, Australia

Houghton L. & Ledington P.W.J. (2001) Revisiting the social reality implied by Soft Systems Methodology, In Hutchinson W. & Warren M. The relevance of systems thinking in the contemporary world”, Proceedings of the 7thANZ Systems Conference, Perth WA, November 2001, pp83 – 9 (Awarded “Paper of Distinction”)

Under review

Houghton, L. Metcalfe, M. Strategic Problem Structuring as Sense Making Pathways, European Journal of Operations Research (2^nd round revisions)

Kerr, D. Houghton L Just in Time Versus Just in Case: The impact of Context in ERP implementations, Australasian Journal of Information Systems

Kerr, D, Burgess K, Mitchell P and Houghton L The link between training and communities of practice and training in ERP Implementations, Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems

Houghton, L. Kerr D. Technology Adoption model, Feral Systems and Inter-Organisational Business Systems, Inter-organisational Information Systems and Technology Acceptance. (under review) – (Book Chapter).

Houghton L.  How our cognitive engagements can lead to a crisis:  Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis, Journal of Management Inquiry

Working Papers

Houghton, L. ‘Examining the role of shared vision and collaboration in Strategic Problem Solving’.

Houghton L, ‘The Sociology of Feral Systems,’ in Kerr, Houghton and Spierings (eds), ‘Feral Systems’ IGI Global Publishing. (Book Chapter).