A representational scheme for analyzing information technology and organizational dependency

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 91-118

  Tillquist, John ^a   King, John Leslie ^b   Woo, Carson ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competitive use of IS; IS planning methodologies; IS strategic planning; Management information systems; Organizational change; Organizational design; Organizational systems

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPETITION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COMPETITIVE USE OF IS; IS PLANNING METHODOLOGIES; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN; ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 9744263255     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4132322     Document Type: Article

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