Factors affecting the implementation of an integrated water management information system at Ministry of Water and environment, Uganda

Abstract

This study investigated factors affecting the implementation of an Integrated Water Management Information System in Ministry of Water and Environment. Factors affecting involved performance expectancy, effort expectancy and facilitating conditions which were the Independent Variables (IV) while Integrated Water Management Information System was the Dependent Variable (DV). The objectives of the study were: to investigate how performance expectancy affects the implementation of an integrated water management information system at Ministry of Water and Environment in Uganda, to establish how effort expectancy affects the implementation of an integrated water management information system at Ministry of Water and Environment in Uganda and to find out how facilitating conditions affect the implementation of an integrated water management information system of Ministry of water and environment in Uganda. The researcher used a cross sectional survey design and collected data from 104 respondents as the response rate. Both qualitative and quantitative techniques were used. The study revealed a positive relationship between performance expectancy and IWMIS with a standardized coefficient (B) of 0.73, implying an effect on IWMIS by73%. Nevertheless, facilitating conditions were found to have an impact on IWMIS as there is a challenge of equipment and associated with costs of maintenance of the equipment. It was found to have an Adjusted R square of 0.351, implying that it affects IWMS by 35.1%. It was concluded that performance expectancy, effort expectancy and facilitating conditions negatively affect the implementation of an IWMIS. It was recommended that management encourage employees to be creative to use innovations, give constant positive feedback to employees in order to adjust efforts and establishment of a structure that cuts across all the departments that will see a developing IWMIS.