SIMULATING THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION FLOWS IN NETWORKED ORGANIZATIONS

Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 1996

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 421-439

  Peters, Peter ^a   Jarke, Matthias ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

CO-OPERATIVE INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INFORMATION FLOWS; LONG TERM ANALYSIS; LONG-TERM IMPACTS; NETWORKED ORGANIZATIONS; OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS; ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SIMULATION MODEL; TEAM PERFORMANCE;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 21244444316     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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