Including work system co-existence, alignment, and coordination in systems analysis and design

16th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2010, AMCIS 2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 169-178

  Alter, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment; Coordination theory; Interaction design; Organizational design; Systems analysis and design; Work system

Indexed keywords

COORDINATION THEORY; INTERACTION DESIGN; ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGNS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN; WORK SYSTEM;

ALIGNMENT; DESIGN; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 84870358978     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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