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

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that champion presence is the key critical success factor. The pre-adoption approaches his

university took included vendor selection and working with consultants. David views employee

resistance as a barrier to CRM adoption. He stated that data security and data privacy were

potential risks to CRM implementation, and he perceives the CRM system to be easy to use and

useful. David stated client insights have implications for outreach, engagement, and

communications.

Jonathan Traylor

Jonathan Traylor is a program manager at a university in the southern region. His

university currently uses Modern Campus Destiny One, and he is the local champion of that

software for his state. He defines CRM as lifecycle contact management, client engagement, and

contact and data management. He states that the benefits of CRM include engagement and

interaction tracking, client insights, employee onboarding, and efficiency. His reported success is

moderate, with varied employee acceptance and low employee resistance. The reasons for

employee resistance include change management and perceived ease of use. Jonathan states that

the critical success factors for CRM include training and support and user buy-in. Additionally,

his criteria for technology adoption includes training and support and user buy-in. Jonathan

reports training and support and employee resistance as CRM adoption barriers, and the potential

risks of CRM implementation include perceived ease of use. He views the CRM as moderately

easy to use and useful. He states that centralization of data and increased efficiency has

implications for outreach, engagement, and communications.

Stephanie Martinez

Stephanie Martinez is an Extension specialist at a university in the 1890 region. She is

currently evaluating the use of CRM technologies for her work but has not selected a software

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