IS/IT as a tool to achieve goal alignment

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 163-180

  Wickramasinghe, Nilimini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

goal alignment; HMO; IS IT; knowledge worker; PCP

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010632223     PISSN: 13682156     EISSN: 17415144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijhtm.2000.001089     Document Type: Article

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