In the suburb of Patras, Rion on 7-8 April, the European Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS) Information Event took place, in the form of a symposium. The symposium was organized, as part of the IMS series of dissemination events, by the EC after the completion of the two-year feasibility study.
Information systems planning and the challenge of shifting priorities
β Scribed by Albert L. Lederer; Aubrey L. Mendelow
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1007 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0378-7206
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β¦ Synopsis
Establishing
and maintaining priorities for information systems (IS) development is a challenge that has made IS planning an enduring issue. During structured interviews, senior IS executives from 20 diverse organizations discussed reasons why it is difficult to establish and maintain priorities. The executives also discusssed the ways they are attempting to overcome such problems. An analysis of the interviews provides IS practitioners with insight into the difficulty and some possible actions to deal with it.
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