Patterned interactions in complex systems: The role of information technology for reshaping organizational structures

ECIS 2013 - Proceedings of the 21st European Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Poon, Simon K ^a   Jacqueline, Chan ^a   Poon, Josiah ^a   Land, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Congurational Theory; Fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis; IT Business Value; Organizational Complexities; Pattern Interactions

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

CONGURATIONAL THEORY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS VALUE; IT BUSINESS VALUES; ORGANIZATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERN; ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICES; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84905842910     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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