Building an information system design theory for vigilant EIS

Information Systems Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 36-59

  Walls, Joseph G ^a   Widmeyer, George R ^a   El Sawy, Omar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Design theory; Executive information systems; Executive scanning; Information system design; Issue management; Open loop control; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

DESIGN THEORY; EXECUTIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ISSUE MANAGEMENTS; OPEN LOOP CONTROL; VIGILANCE;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0002430582     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.3.1.36     Document Type: Article

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