BPM and exception handling: Focus on organizational resilience

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 383-392

  Antunes, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Business process management (BPM); exception handling; organizational resilience

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT; COLLABORATION SUPPORT; EXCEPTION HANDLING; HANDLING CAPABILITY; ORGANIZATIONAL RESILIENCE; RECOVERY ACTIONS; SYSTEM EVOLUTION; WIDE SPECTRUM;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79954588275     PISSN: 10946977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCC.2010.2062504     Document Type: Article

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