E-Government-Induced Business Process Change (BPC): An Empirical Study of Current Practices

International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR)

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 27-49

  Scholl, Hans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

business process change; change management; current practices; document life management; e Gov project success failure; electronic record management; internal effectiveness and efficiency; organizational culture; organizational learning; senior executive support; stakeholder indentification; stakeholder management; workflow analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001843472     PISSN: 15483886     EISSN: 15483894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jegr.2005040102     Document Type: Article

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