Organizational Attributes and Implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning: A Case of Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi County

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dc.contributor.authorKaaria, Stephen Kinoti
dc.contributor.authorNjuguna, Reuben
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-10T06:46:09Z
dc.date.available2020-11-10T06:46:09Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionAn Article Published in International Journal of Current Aspectsen_US
dc.description.abstractERP technology has been embraced as an enterprise-wide package to integrate all necessary business functions into a single system with a shared database. It enhances decision making in business process and systemically harmonizes the activities of sales and marketing, manufacturing processes, operational management, product and service logistics, product purchasing, financial management, product development, and management of human resources. The study examined organizational attributes influencing implementation of enterprise resource planning in a medical research institute in Kenya. The study sought to explore the influence of top management support, implementation team, user support and resource availability on ERP implementation at KEMRI-Wellcome Trust research programme. The study used descriptive survey as research design. The target population was employees of KEMRI Wellcome Trust and Technobrain Kenya, the consulting firm. Data collection methods used were questionnaires. A preliminary study was carried out to test the rationality and reliability of the questionnaire. Considering the study was be descriptive in nature, data was analysed using descriptive statistics like frequencies and tables. Linear regression model was also used to validate if the relationship between the independent variables and the dependent variable is statistically important. The regression indicated that ERP implementation (the dependent variable) was highly influenced by top managements support, implementation team, user support and resource availability (the independent variable). Conclusively, the findings suggested that user support, resource availability, and top management had a central role in implementing effective ERP plans.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKaaria, S., & Njuguna, R. (2019). Organizational Attributes and Implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning: A Case of Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi County. International Journal of Current Aspects, 3(II), 231-242. http://journals.ijcab.org/journals/index.php/ijcab/article/view/20en_US
dc.identifier.issn2616-6976
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/20860
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIJCAB Publishing Groupen_US
dc.subjectOrganizational Attributesen_US
dc.subjectImplementation of Enterprise Resource Planningen_US
dc.subjectERPen_US
dc.subjectKenya Medical Research Instituteen_US
dc.titleOrganizational Attributes and Implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning: A Case of Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi Countyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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