Reductionism and complex thinking during ERP implementations

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 387-393

  Wood, Thomaz ^a   Caldas, Miguel P ^a  

^a FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Business planning; Implementation; Mangement theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986067025     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150110406777     Document Type: Article

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