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Control modes and exemplary mechanisms 

Control modes and exemplary mechanisms 

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Control is often implemented in IS projects to increase project success. A typical control relationship involves two parties: A controller, who is executing control and a controllee, who is being controlled. While there is no doubt that effective and efficient control can positively influence project success, previous research has mainly focused on...

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... control modes represent a unique collection of actors and techniques to achieve control. Table 1 shows an adapted version from literature ( Cram et al., 2016;Kirsch, 1996;Wiener et al., 2016) to give an overview of the different control modes and to outline some corresponding control mechanisms. Control modes can be formal and informal. ...

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