OT: SCM user acceptance

[martin f krafft]

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Dear all,

Fred Davis is the father of TAM, the technology acceptance model
(1993), a mathematical model of how "usable" a software is. It is
somewhat highly theoretical, and it is based off the attitude
paradign in psychology (Fishbein & Ajzen 1975), but it's a standard
as far as I can tell. Out of a user questionaire, it allows
a usability scalar to be calculated.

Given the recent rise of complex SCM/VC/RC systems and their
respective shortcomings, it would be incredibly useful to
qualitatifely compare them according to the TAM.

I am interested in finding out whether you know of any work in this
direction. If so, please share a pointer!

Thanks for listening.



References:
(wow, all academic and such...)

Davis, F. (1993). User acceptance of information technology: system
characteristics, user perceptions and behavioral impacts. In Intl.
Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 38. pp. 475-87. Available on request
from me.

Fishbein, M., Ajzen, I. (1975). Belief, Attitude, Intention, and
Behavior: An Introduction to Theory and Research. Reading, MA:
Addison-Wesley.

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