So, talk to me: The effect of explicit goals on the comprehension of business process narratives

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 961-979

  Kuechler, William L ^a   Vaishnavi, Vijay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Decision support systems; Human computer interface; Process comprehension

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ENTERPRISE CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33846017697     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148761     Document Type: Article

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