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A profile for the IT manager within SMEs

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Stefano Gramignoli,

Aurelio Ravarini,

Marco TagliaviniAuthors Info & Claims

SIGCPR '99: Proceedings of the 1999 ACM SIGCPR conference on Computer personnel research

Pages 200 - 208

https://doi.org/10.1145/299513.299677

Published: 01 April 1999 Publication History

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A profile for the IT manager within SMEs
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing profession
      1. Computing occupations
    2. Management of computing and information systems

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