Learning and making sense of project phenomena in information systems education

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 403, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-8

  Sewchurran, Kosheek ^a   Scott, Elsje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS; EMBODIED COGNITION; EXISTING STRUCTURE; HUMAN NATURE; IS PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; PROJECTS FAIL; SENSE MAKING; SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT GROUP PROJECTS;

EDUCATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; RESEARCH;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 74949106153     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1655925.1655926     Document Type: Conference Paper

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