Organizational memory and the completeness of process modeling in ERP systems: Some concerns, methods and directions for future research

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 181-194

  Van Stijn, Eveline ^a   Wensley, Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

BPR; Corporate culture; Knowledge management; Modelling; Organizational change; Resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986134497     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150110392647     Document Type: Article

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