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The Nature Of Project Success, Michael J. Cuellar Dec 2013

The Nature Of Project Success, Michael J. Cuellar

Michael J. Cuellar

This paper investigates the ontological status of project success. The literature shows that success has historically been considered to be an objective property of a project, one that can be assessed and the status of the project as a success or failure determined. However, this approach is shown to have serious deficiencies in dealing with certain project results. As an alternative, this paper suggests that following the subjective view of project success; success should be considered as a politically determined social construction. The paper advocates using Archer’s Morphogenetic Social Theory (Archer 1995; Cuellar 2010b) to explanatory mechanism. Under that theory, …


The Current Status Of Abet Accreditation Of Information Systems Programs, Ron Mackinnon, John N. Dyer, Kevin L. Elder Jan 2012

The Current Status Of Abet Accreditation Of Information Systems Programs, Ron Mackinnon, John N. Dyer, Kevin L. Elder

John N. Dyer

As of March 2012 there were 35 Information Systems (IS) programs at 34 universities accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). This paper investigates these ABET accredited IS programs to see what these programs have in common and how do they differ from other IS programs. The data was collected by visiting the web pages of the selected IS programs. This paper includes a study of the required IS courses, elective IS courses, required programming courses, required business courses, the title of the IS program (IS/MIS/CIS), the department and college where the IS program was located and …


Американский Брок: "Никто Не Может Объяснить, Что Такое Социализм?", Gregory J. Brock Apr 1991

Американский Брок: "Никто Не Может Объяснить, Что Такое Социализм?", Gregory J. Brock

Gregory J. Brock

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