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Towards A Model Of Information Systems User Competency, Brenda Eschenbrenner
Towards A Model Of Information Systems User Competency, Brenda Eschenbrenner
College of Business: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
The ability to utilize information systems (IS) effectively is becoming a necessity for business professionals. However, individuals differ in their abilities to use IS effectively, with some achieving exceptional performance in IS use and others being unable to do so. Therefore, developing a set of skills and attributes to achieve IS user competency, or the ability to realize the fullest potential and the greatest performance from IS use, is important. Various constructs have been identified in the literature to describe IS users with regard to their intentions to use IS and their frequency of IS usage, but studies to describe …
Application Of Open-Source Enterprise Information System Modules: An Empirical Study, Sang-Heui Lee
Application Of Open-Source Enterprise Information System Modules: An Empirical Study, Sang-Heui Lee
College of Business: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
Although there have been a number of studies on large scale implementation of proprietary enterprise information systems (EIS), open-source software (OSS) for EIS has received limited attention in spite of its potential as a disruptive innovation. Cost saving is the main driver for adopting OSS among the other possible benefits including security and reliability, transparency of development process, etc. Due to the costly implementation of proprietary EIS, small- and medium-sized organizations have given attention to OSS as an alternative. OSS EIS can also help create a competitive advantage by enabling organizations to customize their information systems by modifying the open-source …