Edification: Towards a philosophy for change management

International Journal of Information Systems and Change Management

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 207-216

  Chung, Chen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change management; Edification; Philosophy of change; Philosophy of change management; Redescription

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

CHANGE MANAGEMENT; EDIFICATION; PHILOSOPHY OF CHANGE; REDESCRIPTION; REDESCRIPTIONS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 78651567981     PISSN: 14793121     EISSN: 1479313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISCM.2007.015596     Document Type: Article

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