Costs and benefits of the workaround: Inventive solution or costly alternative

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 100-108

  Petrides, Lisa A ^a   McClelland, Sara I ^a   Nodine, Thad R ^a  

^a Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Higher education; Information management; Management accountability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749338863     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513540410522234     Document Type: Article

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