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This paper describes an evaluative study of the implementation of the School Information Management System (SIMS) which is used to support management and administration in the majority of English secondary schools. There has been very little large-scale research on the use of computerised school information systems despite the massive growth since the early 1980s. The large-scale survey carried out for this study shows that SIMS use is particularly clerical and the use of SIMS to support school managers is still very limited. Problems identified include the reliability of SIMS, the degree of user training (especially managers), user support if problems occur, and the clarity of the innovation process. Relevant factors relating to the promotion of SIMS use are identified. Users are in general positive on the effects of SIMS use. It is concluded that wider and better SIMS use would be promoted by more carefully designed user training based on a thorough analysis of the needs of user groups.
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Visscher, A.J., Wild, P. & Fung, A.C.W. (Eds.) (2001). Information Technology in Educational Management; Synthesis of experience, research and future perspectives on computer-assisted school information systems. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht/Boston/London.
Wild, P. & Walker, J. (2001). The Commercially Developed SIMS from a Humble Beginning. In Information Technology in Educational Management; Synthesis of experience, research and future perspectives on computer-assisted school information systems, Visscher, A.J., Wild, P. & Fung, A.C.W. (eds.). Kluwer, Dordrecht/Boston/London.
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Visscher, A., Wild, P., Smith, D. (2003). The Results of Implementing Sims in English Secondary Schools. In: Selwood, I.D., Fung, A.C.W., O’Mahony, C.D. (eds) Management of Education in the Information Age. ITEM 2002. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 120. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35689-1_4
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