Identifying capabilities for the IT function to create agility in information systems

PACIS 2009 - 13th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: IT Services in a Global Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hobbs, George Arthur ^a   Scheepers, Rens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agility; COBIT; IT function; Viable system model

Indexed keywords

AGILITY; COBIT; VIABLE SYSTEM MODEL;

RESEARCH;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84855664260     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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