Make technology invisible, or keep it visible? The role of intra-organizational transfer and integration of project outcomes

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing

Volumn 235, Issue , 2007, Pages 267-281

  Linderoth, Henrik C J ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ICT; Inscriptions; Organizational change; Project management

Indexed keywords

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CHANGE PROCESS; ICT; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INSCRIPTIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT; PROJECT OUTCOMES; PROJECT PROCESS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 34547908161     PISSN: 15715736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72804-9_18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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