Design rules for Intranets according to the viable system model

Systemic Practice and Action Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 523-535

  Nyström, Christina Amcoff ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Design; Empowerment; Intranet; Participation; Viable system model

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845492596     PISSN: 1094429X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11213-006-9041-5     Document Type: Article

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