The Usefulness and Ease of Use Open Office Automation Software Among the Government Staff

The purpose of this research is to identify the Malaysian government staff initial perception of the usefulness and ease of use of the open office automation software in their daily work. 30 participants from different faculties in UUM had randomly been selected to evaluate the software. Questionna...

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Main Author:	Nor Asikin, Ismail
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng eng
Published:	2005
Subjects:	QA71-90 Instruments and machines
Online Access:	https://etd.uum.edu.my/1298/1/NOR_ASIKIN_BT._ISMAIL.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/1298/2/1.NOR_ASIKIN_BT._ISMAIL.pdf
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spelling	my-uum-etd.12982013-07-24T12:11:20Z The Usefulness and Ease of Use Open Office Automation Software Among the Government Staff 2005-04-04 Nor Asikin, Ismail Sekolah Siswazah Graduate School QA71-90 Instruments and machines The purpose of this research is to identify the Malaysian government staff initial perception of the usefulness and ease of use of the open office automation software in their daily work. 30 participants from different faculties in UUM had randomly been selected to evaluate the software. Questionnaire which been adopted from Davis (1989) and Morris and Dillon (1997) was used as data collection instruments. For this study, the participants were presented with a briefly explanation about the OpenOffice.org software then the participants were required to perform several task scenario comprise of the basic functions in document editing. Based on their initial experience with the software, data on the user perception and attitude towards OpenOffice.org software were collected. The findings shows that mostly the administrative staff in UUM have never aware of the OpenOffice.org software before. The results obtained indicate that only 14 percent of the total participants know about the OpenOffice.org. In addition, the results of their perception on the usefulness and ease of use determined that, they were agreed that the software is useful and easy to use. Based on the analysis suggest that both usefulness and ease of use factor has a positive relationship with their attitude towards using the software yet will encourage them to use it in the future. 2005-04 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/1298/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/1298/1/NOR_ASIKIN_BT._ISMAIL.pdf application/pdf eng validuser https://etd.uum.edu.my/1298/2/1.NOR_ASIKIN_BT._ISMAIL.pdf application/pdf eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
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description	The purpose of this research is to identify the Malaysian government staff initial perception of the usefulness and ease of use of the open office automation software in their daily work. 30 participants from different faculties in UUM had randomly been selected to evaluate the software. Questionnaire which been adopted from Davis (1989) and Morris and Dillon (1997) was used as data collection instruments. For this study, the participants were presented with a briefly explanation about the OpenOffice.org software then the participants were required to perform several task scenario comprise of the basic functions in document editing. Based on their initial experience with the software, data on the user perception and attitude towards OpenOffice.org software were collected. The findings shows that mostly the administrative staff in UUM have never aware of the OpenOffice.org software before. The results obtained indicate that only 14 percent of the total participants know about the OpenOffice.org. In addition, the results of their perception on the usefulness and ease of use determined that, they were agreed that the software is useful and easy to use. Based on the analysis suggest that both usefulness and ease of use factor has a positive relationship with their attitude towards using the software yet will encourage them to use it in the future.
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author	Nor Asikin, Ismail
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title	The Usefulness and Ease of Use Open Office Automation Software Among the Government Staff
title_short	The Usefulness and Ease of Use Open Office Automation Software Among the Government Staff
title_full	The Usefulness and Ease of Use Open Office Automation Software Among the Government Staff
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publishDate	2005
url	https://etd.uum.edu.my/1298/1/NOR_ASIKIN_BT._ISMAIL.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/1298/2/1.NOR_ASIKIN_BT._ISMAIL.pdf
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