'Mind the Gap': Diagnosing the relationship between the IT organisation and the rest of the business

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-60

  Peppard, J ^a   Ward, J ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture gap; IT organisation; IT performance; IT service delivery; Relationship management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002571493     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8687(99)00013-X     Document Type: Article

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