Validating work system principles for use in systems analysis and design

ICIS 2010 Proceedings - Thirty First International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Alter, Steven ^a   Wright, Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Work system; Work system principles

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS; COMMUNICATION GAPS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN; WORK SYSTEM;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 84870971745     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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