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Understanding the End User: The Key to Managing End-User Computing

Understanding the End User: The Key to Managing End-User Computing
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Author(s): Donald L. Amoroso (University of Colorado, USA)
Copyright: 2001
Pages: 10
Source title: Strategies for Managing Computer Software Upgrades
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Neil G. Shaw (University of Texas-Arlington, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-930708-04-4.ch015

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Abstract

The End-User Characteristics Matrix, a mapping of user characteristics onto four end-user taxonomies, provides a more detailed perspective on the end user as developer/operator of computer-based information systems. Understanding individual end users is probably the most critical element to effectively managing end-user computing. Yet many managers do not really understand the end user they are attempting to manage. The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework which will allow the manager of end users to identify and describe user characteristics which differentiate, define, and help us better understand the end user.

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