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The Influence of ICT Adoption on the Development of Managerial Modes of Consulting Firms in France

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ICT for an Inclusive World

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This study seeks to understand the nature of relationships between components of information and communications technology (ICT) adoption and managerial modes. The paper focuses on the experience of consulting firms, how they perceived the role of ICT tools on the management fashion. Participants in this study consisted of 30 consultants of a major management consulting firm in France. The analysis was conducted with qualitative method which is the correspondence factor analysis (CFA) using SPSS software. From the study, firstly, we found that reengineering influenced by internet, software and website access more than other ICT tools. Secondly, the innovation has a high correlation with communications technology. Thirdly, the coaching connects more with EDI, cloud computing, transactions and Data. Finally, partnership as managerial fashion determinants has very strong relationships with hardware and procedures.

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  1. College of Islamic Economics and Finance, Umm al Qura University, Mecca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Nizar Raissi

  2. Laboratory ARBRE (Applied Research in Business Relationships & Economics), University of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

    Nizar Raissi

  3. Deanship of Educational Services, IT Department, Taibah University, Madina, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Henda Matoussi

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

    Youcef Baghdadi

  2. Business Department, University Paris Nanterre, Nanterre, France

    Antoine Harfouche

  3. Department of Economics and Business Science, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

    Marta Musso

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Raissi, N., Matoussi, H. (2020). The Influence of ICT Adoption on the Development of Managerial Modes of Consulting Firms in France. In: Baghdadi, Y., Harfouche, A., Musso, M. (eds) ICT for an Inclusive World. Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation, vol 35. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34269-2_3

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