Authentic OM problem solving in an ERP context

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1375-1394

  Léger, Pierre Majorique ^a   Cronan, Paul ^b   Charland, Patrick ^c   Pellerin, Robert ^d   Babin, Gilbert ^a   Robert, Jacques ^a  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Enterprise resource planning; Enterprise resource planning systems; Problem based learning; Simulation; Simulation game

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868695185     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443571211284151     Document Type: Article

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