Dimensions of power and IS implementation

Information and Management

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 635-644

  Dhillon, Gurpreet ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business processes; IS implementation; Organizational power; Project failure; Strategic change

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

BUSINESS PROCESS; IS IMPLEMENTATION; ORGANIZATIONAL POWER; PROJECT FAILURE; STRATEGIC CHANGE;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 1242308514     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2003.02.001     Document Type: Article

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