Technology Acceptance Model in U.S. Extension: CRM Adoption

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marketing and communications, as having potential implications on outreach, engagement, and

communications.

Landon Frederick

Landon Frederick holds a management role in communications and technology at his

university in the north central region. Currently, there is no current CRM system implemented,

but he and several colleagues are evaluating the potential of implementing one and are exploring

Salesforce and open-source solutions. He defines CRM as lifecycle contact management and

email marketing. Landon believes the benefits of CRM include strategic marketing and

communications, efficiency, and contact and data management. Currently, there is no local

champion present by definition in this research. Employee acceptance of CRM at their institution

is currently unknown, but a potential for employee resistance was noted regarding perceived

usefulness. Landon believes that the critical success factors for CRM implementation include

consideration of data security, data privacy, having appropriate policies and procedures in place

to encourage adoption, perceived usefulness, integration strategies, and the availability of

training and support. He states that criteria for technology adoption include strategic

organizational planning and perceived usefulness. The current pre-adoption approaches he uses

include communicating across the organization. Landon notes employee resistance, digital

literacy, perceived usefulness, data privacy, and data security as potential barriers to adoption.

He states that CRM technologies have a moderate ease of use, and he perceives them to be

useful. At present, the university utilizes different ad hoc systems instead of CRM technologies,

and alternative approaches to CRM include investigating new ad hoc solutions. Landon believes

that data security and data privacy are primary risks for CRM technologies. Additionally,

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