Why managers tolerate workarounds - The role of information systems

20th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Röder, Nina ^a   Wiesche, Manuel ^a   Schermann, Michael ^a   Krcmar, Helmut ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Management; Routinization; Standardization; Tolerance; Workaround

Indexed keywords

FITS AND TOLERANCES; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; STANDARDIZATION;

BUSINESS PROCESS; EFFICIENCY GAIN; MULTIPLE-CASE STUDY; PERFORMANCE LOSS; ROLE OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ROUTINIZATION; WORKAROUND; YIELD POTENTIAL;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84905965246     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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