[AISWorld] CfP for the HICSS-46 minitrack on Designing and Deploying Next Generation Knowledge Systems and Knowledge-Intensive Business Processes

Fri Apr 20 12:00:49 EDT 2012

(Apologies for cross-postings of this announcement.)

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CALL FOR PAPERS
Forty-Sixth Annual Hawai'i International Conference on System Sciences 
(HICSS-46)
January 7 - 10, 2013 (Monday-Thursday)
Grand Walea on Maui (http://www.grandwailea.com)

Track: Knowledge Systems
Minitrack: Designing and Deploying Next Generation Knowledge Systems and 
Knowledge-Intensive Business Processes

The objective of this minitrack is to contribute to the body of knowledge 
that helps academics and practitioners to
* design, deploy, and evaluate next generation knowledge systems, 
* explore and leverage appropriate project management methods and tools 
for designing and deploying knowledge systems, and 
* study changing organizational knowledge processes and structures.

Work systems and the knowledge systems enabling them need to be aligned 
with emerging technologies to ensure organizational acceptance and to 
support effective organizational value creation. Traditional, often 
monolithic knowledge system architectures need to be redesigned due to 
technological progress manifested by, for example, social media, social 
networking sites, mashups, semantic technologies, and ubiquitous 
information and communication technologies. In our view, these redesigns 
lead to a new class of knowledge systems that we call "Next Generation 
Knowledge Systems." Furthermore, project management involved in the design 
and deployment of knowledge systems differs from the project management 
involved in traditional information systems projects. Examples abound in 
the literature about knowledge systems deployment efforts that failed 
because (1) the business cultures did not encourage and reinforce 
knowledge sharing and (2) the necessary organizational change could not be 
implemented. Such failures could often have been avoided if (1) more 
balanced efforts between the design and deployment of knowledge systems 
had been implemented and (2) the design and deployment efforts had been 
managed through coordinated design and deployment projects. Deployment 
projects have a crucial role in implementing organizational and social 
changes. Yet, deployment is often considered only as a phase in larger 
design-driven projects. Eventually, more and more workplaces are being 
taken over by young, computer-savvy employees who see technology as an 
integral part of their life. These so-called "Digital Natives" change the 
way in which knowledge management and collaboration within and across 
organizations take place. They follow the "instant-on" mentality to adapt 
and use modern communication tools such as Facebook and Twitter, which 
were originally not designed for the workplace, and mobile phones in 
innovative ways wherever they are during on- and off-work hours. Thus, 
digital natives draw upon and contribute to organizational and societal 
change processes by adapting and deploying next generation knowledge 
systems in organizational knowledge processes and structures.

Researchers and practitioners interested in submitting papers to this 
minitrack are encouraged to explore (1) the design, evaluation and 
deployment of next generation knowledge systems that integrate emerging 
technologies like social media, mashups, ubiquitous IT; (2) project 
management methods and tools involved in the design and deployment of such 
knowledge systems; and/or (3) changing organizational knowledge processes 
and structures due to the use of these technologies. We welcome an 
integrative view spanning the entire life-cycle of knowledge systems – 
from knowledge systems design through deployment to retirement..

Topics and research areas include, but are not limited to:
* Methodologies, tools, processes, and technologies for developing 
knowledge systems
* Management of design and deployment projects of knowledge systems
* Empirical studies of designing and using knowledge systems
* Systems design for social knowledge creation and use (e.g. social media 
system architectures)
* Incorporating and/or integrating knowledge services and mashups, social 
media, Web 2.0, cloud computing, and/or ubiquitous technologies in 
knowledge systems
* The design, evaluation, and/or use of processes, semantic technologies, 
knowledge retrieval and representation methods, and/or systems to map, 
track, and/or visualize social networks and/or work systems in order to 
facilitate knowledge creation and sharing and quick problem solving (e.g., 
when unexpected coordination breakdowns emerge)
* Co-design of organizational work systems and knowledge systems
* Design processes and representations for designing work systems and 
knowledge systems
* The role of organizational digital natives in the design and use of 
knowledge systems
* Design science and design theory research in knowledge systems design 
and deployment
* Kernel (reference) theories for knowledge systems design and deployment 
(e.g., theories for individual, team, and organizational learning)
* Knowledge management processes and business process lifecycle
* Frameworks and strategies for knowledge management and business process 
management integration at the business and technical levels
* Knowledge processes and their impact on business process management 
technology implementation success
* Knowledge management issues created by organizational implementations of 
business process management technologies (ERP, workflow and SOA-based 
systems)
* Knowledge management issues in complex inter-organizational business 
processes
* Knowledge-intensive process adoption in creative and agile business 
processes
* Business process design and improvement as a set of coordinated 
collaborative knowledge management processes
* Knowledge process modeling and management

Co-chairs:
Timo Käkölä
Department of Computer Science and Information Systems
University of Jyväskylä
40014, FINLAND
Email: timokk<at>jyu.fi
WWW: http://users.jyu.fi/~timokk/

Stefan Smolnik
Institute of Research on Information Systems (IRIS)
EBS Business School
Konrad-Adenauer-Ring 15, 65187 Wiesbaden, Germany
Phone: +49 611 7102 2177
Fax: +49 611 7102 102177
Email: stefan.smolnik<at>ebs.edu
WWW: http://www.ebs.edu/iris

HICSS conferences are devoted to the most relevant advances in the 
information, computer, and system sciences, and encompass developments in 
both theory and practice. Accepted papers may be theoretical, conceptual, 
tutorial or descriptive in nature. Those selected for presentation will be 
included in the Conference Proceedings published by the IEEE Computer 
Society and maintained in the IEEE Digital Library.

Important 2012 Deadlines for Authors:
* From now to June 1 [Optional]: Prepare Abstracts. Then, contact 
Minitrack Chairs for guidance and indication of appropriate content.
* June 15: Submit full manuscripts for review as instructed (
http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_46/HICSS46AuthorInstructions.htm). 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 your 
organization's fiscal funding procedures – should begin immediately. Make 
sure your server accepts the review system address 
https://precisionconference.com/~hicss.
* Sept 15: SUBMIT FINAL PAPER. Add author names to your paper, and submit 
your Final Paper for Publication to the site provided in your Acceptance 
Notice.  (This URL is not public knowledge.)
* Oct 1: Early Registration fee deadline. At least one author of each 
paper should register by this date in order secure publication in the 
Proceedings. Fees will increase on Oct 2 and Dec 2.
* Oct 15: Papers without at least one paid-in-full registered author may 
be deleted from the Proceedings and not scheduled for presentation; 
authors will be so notified by the Conference Office.

How to Submit a Paper:
Follow Author Instructions to be posted by February 1, 2012, on the 
conference web site (http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_46/apahome46.htm).
* HICSS papers must contain original material. They may not have been 
previously published, nor currently submitted elsewhere. All submissions 
undergo a double-blind peer review process.
* Abstracts are optional, but strongly recommended. You may contact the 
Minitrack Chair(s) for guidance or verification of content.
* Submit a paper to only one Minitrack. If a paper is submitted to more 
than one minitrack, then either paper may be rejected by either minitrack 
without consultation with author or other chairs. If you are not sure of 
the appropriate Minitrack, submit an abstract to the Track Chair(s) – see 
names and contact information at 
http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_46/46contact.htm for determination, 
and/or seek informal opinion(s) of Minitrack Chair(s) before submitting.
* Do not author or co-author more than 5 papers. This means that an 
individual may be listed as author or co-author on no more than 5 
submitted papers. Track Chairs must approve any names added after 
submission or acceptance on August 15.

Additional details may be found on HICSS primary website: 
http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu

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