End-User Training and Computing Effectiveness in Public Agencies: An Empirical Study
Journal of Management Information SystemsPublished 1 March 1990
Timothy Paul Cronan, David Douglas
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Effectiveness measures resulting from an evaluation by end users and supervisors indicated that the training program and euc strategy were effective.
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This study reports on the effectiveness of end-user computing (euc) following an end-user training program in a public agency. An end-user training model based on research in euc, information centers, and end-user training, was used as part of the euc program. Over a two-year horizon, more than one hundred employees participated in the training program. As a result, approximately 90 application systems were developed with some 40 currently under development. Effectiveness measures resulting from an evaluation by end users and supervisors indicated that the training program and euc strategy were effective. A 24 percent increase in productivity, a savings of approximately 7.6 hours per week, and a high degree of satisfaction resulted from the euc program.
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