世論 What Japan Thinks

Japan industry has the reputation amongst many foreigners for not using IT to the fullest in the office environment, so this survey from JR Tokai Express Research Inc and reported on by japan.internet.com may dispel or reinforce (is 50% comparatively high or low?) these stereotypes regarding groupware.

Demographics

On the 28th of April 2008 330 members of the JR Tokai Express Research monitor panel employed in the private sector completed an internet-based questionnaire. 67.3% of the sample were male, 15.5% in their twenties, 46.7% in their thirties, 31.5% in their forties, 5.8% in their fifties, and 0.6% in their sixties.

I used to use Cybozu in the office, which was a nice product even though it was mostly just schedule management I did. Last year I had to migrate to the new corporate home-brew effort that is… Ahh, I wrote two paragraphs about what it is, but then I remembered that my boss sometimes reads the blog.

Research results

Out of the initial sample, 277 were currently working in the private sector. They were asked the following question.

Q1: Has groupware been introduced at your place of work? (Sample size=277)

Yes (to SQs)	49.8%
No	30.0%
Don’t know	20.2%

Q1SQ1: What groupware products have been introduced at your place of work? (Sample size=138, multiple answer)

	Votes	Percentage
Lotus Notes/Domino	40	29.0%
Cybozu/Garoon	38	27.5%
ExchangeServer	18	13.0%
destnet’s	8	5.8%
StarOffice21	5	3.6%
TeamWARE Office	5	3.6%
Other	15	10.9%
Don’t know	24	17.4%

Q1SQ2: Do you use these groupware products at your place of work? (Sample size=138, multiple answer)

Yes (to SQ3)	75.4%
No	24.6%

Q1SQ3: Which groupware features do you use? (Sample size=104, multiple answer)

	Votes	Percentage
Schedule management	95	91.3%
Electronic mail	84	80.8%
Bulletin board	66	63.5%
Library, document sharing	60	57.7%
Workflow system	23	22.1%
Other	3	2.9%