The impact of organizational politics on information systems project failure - A case study

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue , 1996, Pages 191-201

  Warne, L ^a   Hart, Dennis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION USE; SURVEYS;

DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY; INFORMATION SYSTEM PROJECTS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS; PROJECT DOCUMENT ANALYSIS; PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATION; SOFTWARE PRODUCTS; TOP MANAGEMENT SUPPORT;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84960327766     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.1996.495336     Document Type: Conference Paper

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