Assimilating New Technology into the Organization: An Assessment of McFarlan and McKenney's Model.

Author List: Raho, Louis E.; Belohlav, James A.; Fiedler,Krik D.;

MIS Quarterly, 1987, Volume 11, Issue 1, Page 47-57.

Innovation is considered to be an important quality in many successful organizations. The nature of the innovation adaptation process within the organization, however, is not well understood. This article examines the efficacy of McFarlan and McKenney's diffusion model as a descriptor of actual behavior. Specifically, the responses of 412 companies were examined with respect to the integration of personal computers into their organizations. The results imply that McFarlan and McKenney's model provides, at least in general, an explanation of technological diffusion.

Keywords: personal computer integration; resource allocation; Technology diffusion

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#35	0.272	technology organizational information organizations organization new work perspective innovation processes used technological understanding technologies transformation consequences perspectives use administrative economic
#108	0.162	model research data results study using theoretical influence findings theory support implications test collected tested based empirical empirically context paper
#49	0.094	adoption diffusion technology adopters innovation adopt process information potential innovations influence new characteristics early adopting set compatibility time initial current
#83	0.051	personal computers use lead order using users pcs innovativeness understanding professional help forces gained usage increase trends parallel introduced expressed
#106	0.051	integration present offer processes integrating current discuss perspectives related quality literature integrated benefits measures potential regarding issues finally taken propose