Cetis Blogs - expert commentary on educational technology » phd http://blogs.cetis.org.uk Specialists in educational technology and standards Tue, 12 May 2015 11:45:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.22 Looking at Kwan and West’s Open Source Adoption Model http://scottbw.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/looking-at-kwan-and-wests-open-source-adoption-model/ http://scottbw.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/looking-at-kwan-and-wests-open-source-adoption-model/#comments Tue, 27 May 2014 13:39:30 +0000 http://scottbw.wordpress.com/?p=347 In my last post I looked at the first part of Kwan and West’s paper, which concerns the phases of technology adoption. Now I’m turning to the second part, which concerns the adoption model. Kwan and West propose the following … Continue reading →

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]]> In my last post I looked at the first part of Kwan and West’s paper, which concerns the phases of technology adoption. Now I’m turning to the second part, which concerns the adoption model.

Kwan and West propose the following model for open source adoption:

Open Source Adoption - Kwan and West 2005

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]]> http://scottbw.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/looking-at-kwan-and-wests-open-source-adoption-model/feed/ 0 Is there such a thing as “strategic IT” in Higher Education? http://scottbw.wordpress.com/2014/05/21/is-there-such-a-thing-as-strategic-it-in-higher-education/ http://scottbw.wordpress.com/2014/05/21/is-there-such-a-thing-as-strategic-it-in-higher-education/#comments Wed, 21 May 2014 09:42:24 +0000 http://scottbw.wordpress.com/?p=343 In their 2005 paper, A conceptual model for enterprise adoption of open source software [1], Kwan and West use as a starting point the “Strategic Grid” developed originally by McFarlan, McKenney and Pyburn (1983) [2] which divides firms or divisions … Continue reading →

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]]> In their 2005 paper, A conceptual model for enterprise adoption of open source software [1], Kwan and West use as a starting point the “Strategic Grid” developed originally by McFarlan, McKenney and Pyburn (1983) [2] which divides firms or divisions of a company into four categories depending on how valuable IT is to the performance of the division:

  • Strategic
  • Factory
  • Support
  • Turnaround

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