MIS implementation in schools: A systems socio-technical framework

Computers and Education

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 85-93

  Telem, Moshe ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0002791409     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-1315(96)00021-8     Document Type: Article

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