Abstract:
People in high modern competitive world use many technological systems, packages
to improve the productivity of their daily works. In the academic sector in Sri Lanka
uses many academic-related IT Systems are used to obtain optimal benefits from
it. This research article is focused on finding the impact of very useful and widely
used It system called Microsoft Office 365 towards the improvement in social
productivity. The main object of the study is to identify the impact of Microsoft
Office 365 system dimension towards the social productivity development of the
higher education followers. Sub research objectives are, (1) to identify the most
effective impact of Microsoft Office 365 system dimension towards the social
productivity development of higher education followers. (2) to identify whether
there a significant difference between in impact of Microsoft Office 365 system on
social productivity development between genders. Primary data are collected from 65
sample units which are drawn from the National Institute of Business management
Galle centre for this study. The stratified sampling method is used and Regression
and correlation analysis and correlation analysis comparison methods and tools are
used to analyze the data. Analyzed data revealed that Microsoft Office 365 system
makes a significant contribution towards the improvement of Social productivity
of higher studies followers in National Institute of Business Management Galle
Centre. The highest impact factor is the file sharing option in MS office 365
system. Least impact factor of Office 365 system is collaborative Environment
facility of the software and it negatively impacts towards the improvement of social
productivity. Male higher studies followers use more options in the Microsoft
office 365 than the female higher studies followers. Both are preferred file sharing
option in the Microsoft office 365 than other options which impact to improvement
in social productivity. Among male users file sharing option is well known and
least preferred one is Collaborative Environment Facility. Among female users’
highest impact option is file sharing option that they can share lecture notes and
other academic materials. But the least preferred option is the facility of storage
management towards the enhancement in social productivity.
