Abstract:
This research study sought to assess the factors affecting the adoption ofcomputer based system
in inventory control in the Bible Society of Tanzania. The Bible Society of Tanzania demands
computer based inventory system for customer record keeping and general stock taking. To carry
out the assessment, this study focused on examining the influence of effort expectancy for
computer based system adoption in inventory control, assessing the influence of self-efficacy on
computer based system adoption in inventory control and evaluating the influence of performance
expectancy for computer based system adoption in inventory control. This study adopted three
determinants from the UTAUT model which then were used to guide this research study. A total of
40 respondents were used for this study during data collection, the respondents were obtained
through simple random sampling from the targeted population. This research study incorporated
the use of a questionnaire as data collection method which was distributed to the respondents
preceded by important instructions on how to fill them and the analysis of data was carried out by
using application software called Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) v.16. The study
findings showed a correlation coefficient r = 0.348 which implies a medium correlation existing
between performance expectancy and the behavioural intention to use computer based system in
inventory control, again the research findings indicate a coefficient correlation r = 0.531 which
implies a strong correlations between effort expectancy and the behavioural intention to use
computer based system in inventory control and also the findings revealed that the correlation
coefficient r = 0.676 that implies a strong correlation between self-efficacy and the behavioural
intention to use computer based system in inventory control. The computer based system in
inventory control was found to be easier in using and therefore this system helps the clients to
complete their stock audit tasks within a specified time.
