Editor’s Comment

Brief Reflections on the Journal, the Concepts of Systems, Technologies, Use, Cybernetics and the AJIS Volume 26

Authors

  • Karlheinz Kautz Australasian Journal of Information Systems

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v26i0.4319

Keywords:

Editor's Comment, Refelctions on the Journal, Systems, Technologies, Use, Cybernetics

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2023-01-05

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Kautz, K. (2023). Editor’s Comment : Brief Reflections on the Journal, the Concepts of Systems, Technologies, Use, Cybernetics and the AJIS Volume 26. Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 26. https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v26i0.4319

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