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Pre-Implementation Failure and Strategies for Successful Development of Information Systems in Kenyas Public Universities

ABSTRACT第5-6页
摘要第7-9页
DEDICATION第9-10页
TABLE OF CONTENTS第10-17页
LIST OF TABLES第17-18页
LIST OF FIGURES第18-19页
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT第19-20页
ILST OF ABBREVLATIONS第20-23页
CHAPTER ONE第23-39页
    1.0 INTRODUCTION第23页
    1.1 Background to the Study第23-31页
        1.1.1 An overview of Kenya第26-27页
        1.1.2 Higher Education in Kenya第27-29页
        1.1.3 ICT and Higher Education in Kenya第29-31页
    1.2 Statement of the problem第31-32页
    1.3 Aim and Objectives of the Study第32页
        1.3.1 Aim第32页
        1.3.2 Objectives第32页
    1.4 Research questions第32-33页
    1.5 Assumptions of the study第33-34页
    1.6 Significance of the study第34-35页
    1.7 Scope and limitations of the study第35-36页
    1.8 Methodology第36-37页
    1.9 Definition of operational terms第37页
    1.10 Thesis Structure第37-39页
CHAPTER TWO第39-67页
    2.0 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK第39页
    2.1 Introduction第39-40页
    2.2 Chaos Theory第40-52页
        2.2.1 Description,Origin and Spread第40-46页
            2.2.1.1 Description of the theory第40-44页
            2.2.1.2 Origin and Spread第44-46页
        2.2.2 Elements of Chaos Theory第46-52页
            2.2.2.1 Initial conditions第47页
            2.2.2.2 Domain of interaction(phase space)第47-48页
            2.2.2.3 Strange attractors第48页
            2.2.2.4 Outcome basin第48-49页
            2.2.2.5 Events and choices第49页
            2.2.2.6 Edge of chaos第49-50页
            2.2.2.7 Bifurcation第50-51页
            2.2.2.8 Iteration第51页
            2.2.2.9 Connectivity第51-52页
    2.3 Application of Chaos Theory to IS Development第52-64页
        2.3.1 Phases in Information Systems Development第54-60页
            2.3.1.1 Lifecycle phases第54-58页
            2.3.1.2 The Unified Process phases第58-60页
        2.3.2 Players in Systems Development第60-62页
        2.3.3 Relevance of Chaos Theory to the Study第62-64页
    2.4 Review of information system studies that used Chaos Theory第64-66页
    2.5 Limitations of Chaos Theory第66页
    2.6 Conclusion第66-67页
CHAPTER THREE第67-99页
    3.0 INFORMATION SYSTEMS FAILURE第67页
    3.1 Introduction第67-68页
    3.2 Theoretical literature on Information Systems Failure第68-85页
        3.2.1 Information Systems Failure第69-85页
            3.2.1.1 Definition of Failure and Success第70-73页
            3.2.1.2 Types of IS Failure第73-78页
            3.2.1.3 Reasons for IS Failure第78-85页
    3.3 Empirical studies on information systems failure第85-97页
        3.3.1 International research studies第85-92页
        3.3.2 African surveys第92-96页
        3.3.3 The Kenyan situation第96-97页
    3.4 Conclusion第97-99页
CHAPTER FOUR第99-115页
    4.0 PRE-IMPLEMENTATION FAILURE OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT第99页
    4.1 Introduction第99页
    4.2 Pre-implementation Failure第99-102页
    4.3 Strategies for Successful Development of IS第102-113页
        4.3.1 What is success?第103-104页
        4.3.2 Factor-based Strategies第104-111页
            4.3.2.1 Critical Success Factors第105-108页
            4.3.2.2 Critical Failure Factors第108-111页
        4.3.3 Process Modelling-based Strategies第111-113页
    4.5 Conclusion第113-115页
CHAPTER FIVE第115-131页
    5.0 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY第115页
    5.1 Introduction第115页
    5.2 Research Paradigm and Design第115-117页
    5.3 Population and Sampling第117-121页
        5.3.1 Study population第117-118页
        5.3.2 Sampling procedure第118-121页
            5.3.2.1 Public universities第119页
            5.3.2.2 IS Project Team members第119-120页
            5.3.2.3 ICT Directors and Top Managers第120-121页
    5.4 Data Collection Methods and Instruments第121-126页
        5.4.1 Interviews第122-123页
        5.4.2 Preparation of the interview schedules第123-124页
        5.4.3 Pre-testing the interview schedules第124页
        5.4.4 Modifications arising from the pilot study第124页
        5.4.5 The final interview schedules第124-125页
        5.4.6 Quality Control第125-126页
    5.5 Permission to conduct research第126页
    5.6 Actual interviewing第126-127页
    5.7 Problems in data collection第127-128页
    5.8 Methods of data analysis第128-129页
    5.9 Conclusion第129-131页
CHAPTER SIX第131-183页
    6.0 DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS第131页
    6.1 Introduction第131页
    6.2 Background to the study subjects第131-141页
        6.2.1 The public universities第131-137页
            6.2.1.1 University of Nairobi(www.uon.ac.ke)第132-133页
            6.2.1.2 Moi University(www.mu.ac.ke)第133-134页
            6.2.1.3 Egerton University(www.egerton.ac.ke)第134-135页
            6.2.1.4 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (www.jkuat.ac.ke)第135-136页
            6.2.1.5 Summary of assessment第136-137页
        6.2.2 The respondents第137-141页
            6.2.2.1 Respondents by university第137-138页
            6.2.2.2 Interviewees' years of service at their universities第138-140页
            6.2.2.3 Years served in current position第140-141页
    6.3 Information systems development in Kenya's public universities第141-150页
        6.3.1 Respondents' participation in IS development第141-143页
        6.3.2 Respondents' roles in information systems development第143-145页
        6.3.3 Systems initiated in the recent past第145-150页
            6.3.3.1 Successfully Implemented IS第147-148页
            6.3.3.2 Challenged IS Projects第148-150页
            6.3.3.3 Ongoing IS Projects第150页
    6.4 Pre-implementation failure of IS in Kenya's public universities第150-164页
        6.4.1 Planning for the information systems第153-157页
        6.4.2 Requirements determination and analysis第157-160页
        6.4.3 Systems building第160-162页
        6.4.4 Implementation第162-164页
    6.5 Pre-implementation Success and Failure Factors第164-174页
        6.5.1 IS Success Factors第165-169页
        6.5.2 IS Failure Factors第169-174页
    6.6 Avoiding Pre-implementation Failure of IS第174-182页
    6.7 Conclusion第182-183页
CHAPTER SEVEN第183-195页
    7.0 DISCUSSION OF RESULTS第183页
    7.1 Introduction第183-184页
    7.2 Information systems development in Kenya's public universities第184-186页
    7.3 Pre-implementation failure of IS in Kenya's public universities第186-188页
    7.4 Pre-implementation Failure and Success Factors第188-191页
    7.5 Avoiding pre-implementation failure of IS in Kenya's universities第191-193页
    7.6 Conclusion第193-195页
CHAPTER EIGHT第195-205页
    8.0 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS第195页
    8.1 Introduction第195-196页
    8.2 Conclusion about Research Questions and Assumptions第196-200页
        8.2.1 Conclusion about Research Questions第197-198页
        8.2.2 Conclusion about Assumptions第198-200页
    8.3 Conclusion about Research Problem第200页
    8.4 Recommendations第200-203页
    8.5 Further Research第203-205页
REFERENCES第205-220页
APPENDICES第220-238页
    APPENDIX 1第221-227页
    APPENDIX 2第227-235页
    APPENDIX 3第235-236页
    APPENDIX 4第236-237页
    APPENDIX 5第237-238页

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