Pedagogy and process in 'organisational problem-solving'

Informing Science

Volumn 10, Issue , 2007, Pages 97-125

  Kawalek, John Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

e Learning; ERP; Organisational change; Pedagogy; Processes; Teleology

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349003041     PISSN: 15214672     EISSN: 15214672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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