Choosing between Competing Design Ideals in Information Systems Development

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 75-90

  Klein, Heinz K ^a   Hirschheim, Rudy ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to rationality; Design ideals; Information systems development; Value choices; Value conflicts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035611621     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011453721700     Document Type: Article

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