The analysis of user involvement in development & implementation of computerized information systems and perceived usefulness case study in Saudi Arabia

Enterprises are increasingly turning to computer information systems to seek support for enterprise performance measures to aid goal setting, monitor progress, identify and draw attention to financial implications of organizational decisions, facilitate internal benchmarking, identify inefficiencies in core business operations, and identify cost saving and operation improvement opportunities The paper objective is to identify whether the 100 top financially successful organizations in Saudi Arabia are employing 'good practice', in terms of ensuring the degree of involvement experienced by respondents during both systems development and system implementation to their computer information system (CIS) and specifically, to investigate to which degree are statistically significant. The information required to perform the study was gathered from organizational stakeholders (endusers, managers and senior executives) of these companies through the administering of a selfcompletion questionnaire.