The field of information systems (IS) is young, diverse, and in a period of continuous exploration and change. The development and innovation of the field has caused the majority of today's organizations to utilize information systems for key business processes. "Great strides have been made ... in developing [IS] applications to support every aspect of business, in making data available throughout the organization, in supporting the computing needs of all organizational members, and in enabling new …showed first 75 words of 1617 total…

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