Organisational Mission Statements: A Postmodernist Perspective on the Management of the IS/IT Function

Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ)

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 28-37

  Hackney, Ray ^a   Pillay, John ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85001843481     PISSN: 10401628     EISSN: 15337979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/irmj.2002010104     Document Type: Article

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