Strategic planning to build transformational preparedness: An application of enterprise architecture practice

ACIS 2012 : Proceedings of the 23rd Australasian Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Vaniya, Nilesh ^a   Bernus, Peter ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Mergers; Post merger integration (PMI); Preparedness building; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE; ENTERPRISE TRANSFORMATION; MERGERS; POST-MERGER INTEGRATIONS; POTENTIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS; STRATEGIC FORESIGHT; TRANSFORMATION MECHANISMS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 84878330069     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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