Information systems strategic planning: A model for implementation in changing organizations

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-136

  Clarke, Steve ^a   Lehaney, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementarism; Critical systems; Hard soft systems; Information systems; Organizational culture; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031093881     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1743(199703)14:2<129::AID-SRES83>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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