| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Research Background | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research Objectives | 第10-11页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第11页 |
| ·Thesis Structure | 第11-13页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第13-21页 |
| ·ERP, the Integrated Management Software Package | 第13-16页 |
| ·The Development of the Concept | 第13页 |
| ·The Definition of Enterprise Resource Planning System | 第13-15页 |
| ·Specific Potential Benefits of ERP Implementation and Market Trends | 第15-16页 |
| ·Universal Challenges of ERP Implementation | 第16-17页 |
| ·Contextualized Difficulties of ERP Implementation | 第17-18页 |
| ·Previous ERP Implementation-Related Studies | 第18-21页 |
| 3. A Cultural Perspective of Organizational Information Systems | 第21-27页 |
| ·Dialectics of Culture and Technology | 第21-22页 |
| ·Organizational Culture & Information System | 第22-27页 |
| ·Organizational Culture | 第22-24页 |
| ·The Development and Impact of Information Technology | 第24页 |
| ·A Soft-perspective of Information System | 第24-27页 |
| 4. ERP Implementation in China as a Dual Acculturation | 第27-43页 |
| ·Hofstede’s Culture Dimensions as the Comparison Framework | 第27-36页 |
| ·Hofstede’s Culture Dimensions | 第27-28页 |
| ·Comparison of Hofstede’s Cultural Dimension Features of Germany,U.S. and Confucian Asia | 第28-36页 |
| ·ERP System Culture vs. Chinese Host Culture | 第36-43页 |
| ·Organizational Structure Comparison | 第36-39页 |
| ·ERP System Embedded Structure | 第36-37页 |
| ·Typical Chinese Organizational Structure | 第37-39页 |
| ·Communication Culture Comparison | 第39-40页 |
| ·ERP System Rationale for Information Management | 第39-40页 |
| ·Chinese Organizational Communication Culture | 第40页 |
| ·Operational Norm Comparison | 第40-43页 |
| ·ERP System Requirements for Business Operations | 第40-41页 |
| ·General Operational Norms in Traditional Chinese Organizations | 第41-43页 |
| 5. Research and Analysis | 第43-52页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第43页 |
| ·Case Studies | 第43-52页 |
| ·Case Background Information | 第44-46页 |
| ·Case Analysis | 第46-52页 |
| ·Organizational Structure Related Misfits | 第46-49页 |
| ·Communication Culture Related Misfits | 第49-50页 |
| ·Operational Norms Related Misfits | 第50-52页 |
| 6. Conclusion | 第52-54页 |
| Appendix | 第54-55页 |
| References | 第55-63页 |