Developing managerial skills in IT organizations - A case study based on action learning

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 209-225

  Mathiassen, L ^a   Borum, F ^b   Pedersen, J S ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Action learning; Change strategy; Development of managerial competence; Management of IT

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348228071     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8687(99)00020-7     Document Type: Article

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