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Decision-making on Information Technology in UK University Modern Language Departments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 December 2008

Diane Whitehouse
Diane Whitehouse
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London Business School
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Extract

In an era in which universities are being encouraged to see the need for strategy development in general, and information systems strategy development in particular, this paper explores some of the influences upon decision-making about information technology in UK university Modern Language departments. Findings from a series of interviews with Modern Language department heads and departmental computing representatives are discussed.

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Research Article
Information
ReCALL , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , November 1990 , pp. 2 - 5
Copyright
Copyright © European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning 1990

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