[AISWorld] HICSS - 45: Reminder Call for paper for Emerging Issue trac...
Anil Aggarwal
aaggarwal at ubalt.edu
Thu Jun 9 16:47:41 EDT 2011
We invite you to submit your paper to the Emerging Issues in
Distributed Group Decision-Making: Opportunities and Challenge,minitrack
which is part of Collaboration Systems and Technology Track at the
HICSS -45 conference..
More information is available at:
http://home.ubalt.edu/ntsbagga/hicss_45.htm
<http://home.ubalt.edu/ntsbagga/hicss_45.htm>
We look forward to your paper.
Best regards,
Anil Aggarwal
Doug Vogel
Sree Nilakanta
CALL FOR PAPERS FOR the Mini-track
Emerging Issues in Distributed Group Decision-Making: Opportunities and
Challenges
(Part of the Collaboration Systems and Technology Track )
for the Forty- Fifth Annual
HAWAI'I INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEM SCIENCES
(HICSS-45)
January 4-7, 2012
at
The Grand Wailea <http://www.grandwailea.com/>
on the beautiful Island of Maui
Given the current turbulent state of world economy, outsourcing is
coming under tremendous pressure. Companies are no longer providing
long-term contracts but are renewing them based on deliverables from
outsourced companies. This is putting tremendous pressure on teams to
deliver quality product on time. Team adaptability and team
configuration are becoming crucial to meet deadlines. Teams must be able
to adapt quickly to the changing environment. Agile teams adapt and
deliver quickly and provide maximum customer satisfaction. By
definition, however, agile teams must be co-located. Can distributed
teams be agile and adaptable? This requires careful team configuration.
This mini-track examines the emerging issues related to team
configuration and performance in distributed environment. Some research
related to outsourcing of structured tasks has been done, but research
related to emerging issues like diversity, cohesiveness, agility and
adaptability related to group collaboration across semi or unstructured
tasks is still emerging. In addition, the "e (Internet)" to "m (mobile)"
transformation is creating exciting opportunities for groups to make
real time decisions in a mobile environment.
Distributed teams, however, face many challenges of time, location,
infrastructure, language, customs, socialization and politics. This is
further compounded in globally distributed teams by diversity,
nationality and cultural issues. As old issue are resolved, new
challenges emerge that require knowledge from multiple disciplines such
as information systems, social sciences, international management,
leadership and political science. It is almost impossible for one
individual to have expertise in so many domains, which makes this a very
challenging but ultimately rewarding collaborative area of research.
Given the richness and research potential of this area, it is essential
to brainstorm and bring diverse points of view to develop underlying
theory and frameworks. The mini track will attempt to accomplish these
objectives.
The mini track will address emerging issue such as diversity, culture,
adaptability and agility related to teams in distributed group decision
making, as well as the underlying theories of group dynamics,
coordination, communications and decision-making in distributed
environments, in creation of competitive advantage. Examples of topics
in the discussion of globally distributed decision making mini-track
will include the following (but are not limited to):
* Framework for distributed decision making in the cloud.
* Economics of distributed decision making in the clouds
* Trust and distrust as motivator in distributed decision making
* Can agile teams be globally distributed?
* Agile/Adaptable team configuration in globally distributed
teams
* The "e (internet)" to "m (mobile)" transformation of globally
distributed teams
* Communication and coordination in globally distributed teams
* Diversity issues in globally distributed teams
* Customer satisfaction, performance and "trust" building in
globally distributed teams
* Synchronous and asynchronous decision making in globally
distributed teams
* Comparison of issues across internal, inter-, intra and
offshore distributed teams
* Turbulent economy and its impact on outsourcing
* Models of globally distributed agile/adaptable teams
* Knowledge creation, transfer and integration across globally
distributed teams
* Leadership/cohesiveness issues in globally distributed teams
* Issues related to functional and dysfunctional globally
distributed teams
* Security, privacy and risk associated with globally distributed
teams
* Case Studies (success/failures) related to decision making by
globally distributed teams
Contact Information for Mini-Track Chair:
Important Deadlines:
* Abstracts -Authors may contact Mini-track Chairs for guidance
and indication of appropriate content at anytime.
* June 15 Submit full manuscripts for review as instructed. The
review is double-blind; therefore, this initial submission must be
without author names.
* Aug 15 Review System emails Acceptance Notices to authors. It is
very important that at least one author of
each accepted paper attend the conference. Therefore, all travel
guarantees - including visa or fiscal/ funding procedures - should begin
immediately. Make sure your server accepts the address from our review
system https://precisionconference.com/~hicss.
* Sept 15 Early Registration fee deadline. (Fees will increase on
Sept 16 and Dec 16.) Add author names to paper, and submit Final Paper
for Publication. At least one author of each paper should register by
this date in order secure publication in the Proceedings.
* Oct 15 Papers without at least one registered author will be
deleted from the Proceedings and not scheduled for presentation; authors
will be so notified by the Conference Office.
Instructions for Paper Submission:
* HICSS papers must contain original material not previously
published, or currently submitted elsewhere.
* Do not submit the manuscript to more than one mini-track. If
unsure which mini-track is appropriate, submit the abstract to the Track
Chair for guidance.
* Submit your full paper according to the detailed formatting and
submission instructions found on the HICSS website. Note: All papers
will be submitted in double column publication format and limited to 10
pages including diagrams and references. HICSS will conduct double-blind
reviews of each submitted paper.
HICSS conferences are devoted to advances in the information, computer,
and system sciences, and encompass developments in both theory and
practice. Invited papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial or
descriptive in nature. Submissions undergo a double-blind peer referee
process and those selected for presentation will be published in the
Conference Proceedings. Submissions must not have been previously
published.
For the latest information visit the HICSS web site at:
http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/
CONFERENCE ADMINISTRATION:
Ralph Sprague, Conference Chair
Email: sprague at hawaii.edu
Sandra Laney, Conference Administrator
Email: hicss at hawaii.edu
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