Survey Of Factors Favouring Or Hindering Intranet Adoption In Kenya's Publicly Quoted Companies

Abstract

The objectives of this study was to determine the extent of Intranet usage in Kenya's Publicly Quoted companies and establish the main factors that favour or hinder Intranet growth. In order to meet these objectives both secondary and primary data were collected and analysed. The population consisted of all the 54 companies quoted in the Nairobi Stock exchange. Primary data was collected using a questionnaire. The study identified the following benefits of Intranet adoption; reduced paper usage and printing, better storage, better access to information, better collaboration and information sharing. The study also found out that Intranet adoption in Kenyan public companies is low as only 45% of the 53 studied companies had adopted. The main factors that hinders adoption were found to be training, security of information, unavailability of human technical resources and staff awareness