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The Project Toolbox
Published in Kenneth Lee Petrocelly, Project Management: Survival and Success, 2020
Business productivity software is any application people use to produce, create or modify data or information. Relative to project management activity, productivity software provides computer applications dedicated to producing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, reports, graphs, illustrations and charts. There are a great number of singular and multi-function (both free and cost based) productivity software products on the market that can generate those fabrications mentioned above. Some are bundled into suites which bundle a group of programs that are sold as a package to solve common problems. My suite of choice is the Microsoft Office suite. MS Office includes word processing (Word), spreadsheet (Excel), relational database (Access) and presentation (PowerPoint) programs which hook up nicely with Microsoft Project (my preferred project management software). Microsoft Office is the most popular office suite and represents a large portion of the company’s revenue.
Factors Affecting Adoption Intention of Productivity Software Applications Among Teachers: A Structural Equation Modeling Investigation
Published in International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 2023
Towards the realization of overarching educational goals and objectives, teachers play a significant role because of their lifelong impact on all their students. This is supported by OECD (2005) which posited school factors closer to the actual learning process as the strongest influence on educational effectiveness. More often, teachers are held accountable for the failure or success of institutions because their individual productivity reflects the productivity of the whole system (Etomes & Molua, 2018). When teachers are productive, they perform their work responsibilities (e.g., preparing lessons, researching new methods, and educating students) effectively, thereby contributing to the quality and overall school development. This ideal scenario led many researchers to probe how teachers can be productive, for instance, in terms of instructional capability (Bartkowiak et al., 2022), research outputs (Cardona, 2020), and work productivity (Utami & Vioreza, 2021). Despite the availability of these studies, there are still factors causing teachers to display low productivity (Anisah & Rusdinal, 2020; Mirali, 2021), ranging from individual issues (e.g., motivation, salary, and skills) to organizational culture (e.g., leadership, environment, and other external factors). With the expanding presence of technology in education, many studies positioned productivity software as a necessity in managing daily work responsibilities and encouraging a high level of productivity (e.g., Coulter, 2003). In this study, productivity software is any application software designed to simplify tasks and streamline workflow processes. Common examples of productivity software used by teachers include word processors, cloud storage, video conferencing software, online calendar, and more.