The PRISM system: A key to organizational effectiveness at federal express corporation

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 277-291

  Palvia, Prashant C ^a   Perkins, James A ^b   Zeltmann, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b Federal Express Corporation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Information system; Management of information systems; Organizational effectiveness; Organizational flexibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002862334     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/249529     Document Type: Article

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