How to buy information systems without driving your organization crazy.
Buying a citywide information system need not be a frightening task. The basic decisions to be made are not technical but managerial, and they ought to be made by civilians. The procurement process is driven by established objectives and expected results rather than by technical worth. The process...
| Published in: | Public Management (00333611) Vol. 77; pp. 33 - 35 |
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International City
November 1995
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