An approach for designing management support systems: The design science research process and its outcomes

Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology, DESRIST '09

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Carlsson, Sven A ^a   Hrastinski, Stefan ^b   Henningsson, Stefan ^c   Keller, Christina ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^d JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Design approach; Design science; Management support systems

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL PHASIS; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; DESIGN APPROACH; DESIGN PRACTICE; DESIGN SCIENCE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INNOVATIVE METHOD; MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MANAGERIAL WORK; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

DESIGN;

EID: 70350647227     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1555619.1555647     Document Type: Conference Paper

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