Enterprise resource planning teaching challenges faced by lecturers in African higher education institutions

Abstract

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is considered a scarce graduate competence due to ERP pervasiveness in industry. In response the international Information Systems 2010 curricula includes ERP courses. Yet most African HEIs struggle to integrate and teach technology due to challenges such as poor technology infrastructure. Hence developing ERP courses comes with major challenges. Therefore this research aimed to identify challenges of teaching ERP in African HEIs. The study in a case from Namibia and Tanzania confirmed literature challenges such as financial constraints and insufficient technological infrastructure, and new challenges emerged such as course scheduling challenges and dealing with diverse students such as part-time and distance learning students. The study proposes strategies to deal with these challenges.