A case study of user participation in the information systems development process

Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 1997

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 411-426

  Butler, Tom ^a   Fitzgerald, Brian ^b  

^a Telecom Eireann   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Change management; IS development strategies; Organizational culture; Participative policies and structures; Political conflict; Systems implementation; User involvement; User participation; User representation

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONNEL; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

CHANGE MANAGEMENT; IS DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURES; POLITICAL CONFLICT; SYSTEMS IMPLEMENTATION; USER INVOLVEMENT; USER PARTICIPATION; USER REPRESENTATION;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 79551470060     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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