A Dynamic Model of End-User Computing

A Dynamic Model of End-User Computing

Neil McBride, A. Trevor Wood-Harper
Copyright: © 2003 |Pages: 19
ISBN13: 9781591400653|ISBN10: 1591400651|EISBN13: 9781591401001
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-065-3.ch005
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McBride, Neil, and A. Trevor Wood-Harper. "A Dynamic Model of End-User Computing." Advanced Topics in End User Computing, Volume 2, edited by Mo Adam Mahmood, IGI Global, 2003, pp. 86-104. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-065-3.ch005

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McBride, N. & Wood-Harper, A. T. (2003). A Dynamic Model of End-User Computing. In M. Mahmood (Ed.), Advanced Topics in End User Computing, Volume 2 (pp. 86-104). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-065-3.ch005

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McBride, Neil, and A. Trevor Wood-Harper. "A Dynamic Model of End-User Computing." In Advanced Topics in End User Computing, Volume 2, edited by Mo Adam Mahmood, 86-104. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2003. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-065-3.ch005

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Abstract

Control is a major issue in end-user computing. The migration of responsibility, resources and authority from IT departments to user departments is frequently seen as a loss of power by the IT departments and an erosion of cost control by senior management. Reactions to this situation tend to focus on technology and formal control mechanisms. This chapter contrasts such an IT-oriented view with a proposed, alternative user-oriented view. An IT-oriented view of EUC focuses on the problems it causes, the technology it requires, the methods that should be used and the means of limiting, controlling and standardizing. A user-oriented view of EUC focuses on the problems it solves, the user’s task and the organizational environment. The chapter advocates a shift in EUC research away from the technology and the IT issues towards the political, social and cultural issues associated with the users. EUC problems are, in the main, organizational problems requiring a research approach which addresses dynamic issues emerging over a period of time. As a basis for such research, the chapter proposes a dynamic model for EUC in which the progression of EUC within an organization is visualized as a series of inference loops.

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