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Process improvement competencies for IS professionals: a survey of perceived needs

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Special Interest Group on Computer Personnel Research Annual Conference archive
Proceedings of the 1998 ACM SIGCPR conference on Computer personnel research table of contents

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Pages: 1 - 8

Year of Publication: 1998

ISBN:0-89791-959-9

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Eugene G. McGuire	American University, Washington, D.C.
Kim A. Randall	DoD Education Activity, Arlington, VA

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SIGCPR: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Personnel Research

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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