An Investigation of the Effects of Age, Size, and Hardware Option on the Critical Success Factors Applicable to Information Centers

Journal of Management Information SystemsPublished 1 March 1988

Simha R. Magal, Houston H. Carr

DOI10.1080/07421222.1988.11517808

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SJR score3.65

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TL;DR

The effect on the composite CSFS of the age, size, and hardware option supported of the critical success factor for information centers is reported.

Abstract

:The use of the critical success factor (csf) method has been suggested by several sources as a means of ensuring the success of an organization. An investigation was performed to determine the existence and nature of csfs for information centers (ic). Twenty-six csfs were determined from various sources. The importance of each was rated in a survey of ic managers, and a principal components analysis was performed to indicate the underlying structure. This paper reports the effect on the composite csfs of the ic variables age, size, and hardware option supported.

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