ERP Training Strategies: Conceptual Training and the Formation of Accurate Mental Models

Proceedings of the ACM SIGMIS CPR Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 87-97

  Coulson, Tony ^a   Shayo, Conrad ^a   Olfman, Lorne ^b   Tapie Rohm, C E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

END-USERS;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 0141998582     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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