Decision support for managing organizational design dynamics

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-58

  Barua, Anitesh ^a   Whinston, Andrew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Business value modelling; Complementarity; Decision support system; Organizational design; Requirements analysis; Supermodularity

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BUSINESS VALUE MODELING; REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031654499     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9236(96)00059-0     Document Type: Article

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