Modelling knowledge worker behaviour in business process studies

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-94

  Elliman, Tony ^a   Eatock, Julie ^a   Spencer, Nicky ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROOM Solutions Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arbitration; Business process re engineering; Information officers; Information systems; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844363643     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410390510571501     Document Type: Article

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