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Against Taylor-made solutions: information systems strategy in a learning organisation

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Joan Ballantine,

Margi Levy,

Philip PowellAuthors Info & Claims

SIGCPR '96: Proceedings of the 1996 ACM SIGCPR/SIGMIS conference on Computer personnel research

Pages 36 - 48

https://doi.org/10.1145/238857.238865

Published: 11 April 1996 Publication History

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Agourram HIngham J(2003)National culture and the meaning of information systems successBusiness strategies for information technology management10.5555/954072.954090(242-262)Online publication date: 1-Jan-2003
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Ballantine JLevy MMartin AMunro IPowell P(2000)An ethical perspective on information systems evaluationInternational Journal of Agile Management Systems10.1108/146546500103561492:3(233-241)Online publication date: Dec-2000
https://doi.org/10.1108/14654650010356149

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Against Taylor-made solutions: information systems strategy in a learning organisation
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Collaborative and social computing
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Management of computing and information systems

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