Podejście do wspólnie opracowywanego planowania zasobów przedsiębiorstwa (CD-ERP) 
w libijskim szkolnictwie wyższym: Studium przypadku libijskich uniwersytetów
[A collaboratively-developed enterprise resource planning (CD-ERP) approach in 
Libyan higher education: A multiple case study of Libyan universities]

Tareq Salahi (Department of E-commerce, University of Tripoli, Libya and 
Department of Operations Research and Business Intelligence, PWr, Wrocław)


The issue of Information System (IS) development plays a crucial role in today's 
business. Like other higher education institutes all over the world, Libyan 
universities have continuously been working on developing their own ISs or adopting 
commercial solutions. Both models have shown negative results to some degree. This 
research was, therefore, to investigate the applicability of a new model called 
"Collaboratively-Developed ERP" (abbreviated CD-ERP) in Libyan Higher Education 
(LHE). 

CD-ERP is an alternative and an intermediate model between two well-known models 
(closed and open source systems). Generally, this model is based on two principles: 
ERP packages and community-sourcing. The latter can be defined as an open source 
project that is governed by a consortium of educational institutions. Besides its 
potential benefits, ERP was included to avoid rebuilding systems from scratch, since 
the level of ISs implemented in Libyan Universities was seen to be low. Similar 
projects are found in many countries, including some EU countries and the USA. To 
the author's knowledge, this is the first study to investigate both sides, namely: 
international experiences (similar projects), and the Libyan context, in which three 
public universities were studied. 

The fieldwork in Libya confirmed the low level of ISs implemented in LHE at 
university-level, as well as the lack of capability for system development within 
these universities. The CD-ERP Model is proposed as a promising solution for LHE, 
including: a business model of the consortium, development structure, and cloud 
architecture, alongside a number of recommendations for successful and efficient 
transformation from their current systems to a CD-ERP model.

In this talk, the following points will be addressed:
1. The research approach, philosophy, methods, tools, etc.
2. Conclusions drawn from the literature review about the core elements required in 
   a CD-ERP model.
3. Lessons learnt from the international experiences.
4. Findings from the fieldwork in Libya.
5. The proposed model.