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Imperatives for Successful Implementation of School Information Systems

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Information Technology in Educational Management

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Figure 2 in chapter five presents an overview of the groups of factors that are supposed to influence the success of implementing SISs (blocks A-E). In chapter six Tatnall elaborated on effective strategies for designing SISs. As such he addressed the blocks A (design strategies) and B (the SIS-quality resulting from a followed design strategy) in Figure 2 in chapter five.

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Visscher, A.J., Fung, A.C.W. (2001). Imperatives for Successful Implementation of School Information Systems. In: Visscher, A.J., Wild, P., Fung, A.C.W. (eds) Information Technology in Educational Management. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1884-4_7

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