Measuring the complexity of information systems and organizations-insights from an action case

Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2026-2037

  Rosenkranz, Christoph ^a   Holten, Roland ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complexity; Conceptual Modelling; Organizational Engineering; Variety

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS AND DESIGN; COMPLEXITY; CONCEPTUAL MODELLING; ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATIONAL ENGINEERINGS; REPORTING SYSTEMS; VARIETY;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 56749086852     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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