[AISWorld] AISWorld Digest, Vol 247, Issue 1
Richelle Oakley
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Thu Jan 3 12:09:02 EST 2013
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> 1. Health Systems Journal - 2nd Issue Now Available!
> (lerougec at slu.edu)
> 2. Reminder: CFP: First International Workshop on Behavior
> Change Support Systems (BCSS), in conjunction with the 8th
> International Conference on Persuasive Technology (Sitwat Langrial)
> 3. AMCIS 2013 Mini-track: Project Management in Developing &
> Emerging Economies (Kweku-Muata A Osei-Bryson)
> 4. Re: A small revolution in the IS field (Robert Johnston)
> 5. CFP: Information and Software Technology Journal - special
> issue on Performance in Software Development (Miroslaw Staron)
> 6. 2nd CfP JCSCW Special Issue on Crisis Informatics and
> Collaboration (Pipek, Volkmar, Dr.)
> 7. AMCIS 2013 CFP ? Interface Design, Evaluation and Impact
> Minitrack (Na Li)
> 8. Re: A small revolution in the IS field (Sullivan, John J.)
> 9. CFP - AMCIS 2013 Minitrack: Education and Training in Virtual
> Worlds (Brenda L. Eschenbrenner)
> 10. Re: A small revolution in the IS field (Ilia Bider)
> 11. Re: A small revolution in the IS field (Ilia Bider)
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> Subject: [AISWorld] Health Systems Journal - 2nd Issue Now Available!
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> From: Sitwat Langrial <Sitwat.Langrial at oulu.fi>
> To: "aisworld at lists.aisnet.org" <aisworld at lists.aisnet.org>
> Subject: [AISWorld] Reminder: CFP: First International Workshop on
> Behavior Change Support Systems (BCSS), in conjunction with the 8th
> International Conference on Persuasive Technology
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> This is friendly reminder that the deadline for the First International
> Workshop on Behavior Change Support Systems (BCSS)-2013 is fast approaching.
>
> A wide-ranging array of persuasive applications have been developed so far
> that aim to persuade and support users to perform or adopt desirable
> behaviors. This workshop aims to provide an underpinning for designing,
> evaluating and exploring Behavior Change Support Systems (BCSS). It will be
> the first scientific workshop focused on to the models of behaviour change
> using the conceptual BCSS. The workshop will provide an occasion for
> researchers and practitioners to describe and comprehend the design process
> for building BCSSs and it will provide a venue for elucidating research
> into BCSSs through the domains of health, well-being, and others. For
> instance, to improve healthy lifestyle, to achieve predefined or self set
> goals through augmented persuasive techniques and approaches.
>
> Research and position papers are due on January 10, 2013. A more detailed
> workshop description and CFP are available at:
>
> https://bcssworkshop.wordpress.com/
>
> This workshop is organized by:
>
> Harri Oinas-Kukkonen, University of Oulu, Finland
> Wolfgang Reitberger, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
> Lisette van Gemert-Pijnen, University of Twente, the Netherlands
> Bernd Ploderer, University of Melbourne, Australia
> Sitwat Langrial, University of Oulu, Finland
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> We look forward to your contribution/s!
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> From: Kweku-Muata A Osei-Bryson <kmosei at vcu.edu>
> To: aisworld at lists.aisnet.org
> Subject: [AISWorld] AMCIS 2013 Mini-track: Project Management in
> Developing & Emerging Economies
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> *TRACK: IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT (SIGITProjMgmt)*
>
> *Mini-track: Project Management in Developing & Emerging Economies *
>
> *IMPORTANT DATES*
>
> Jan 4, 2013 Paper submissions open on Bepress system
> Feb 22, 2013 Paper submissions deadline 11:59 p.m. Central Time
> April 17-19, 2013 Notification of paper acceptance
> May 9, 2013 Camera-ready copy of accepted papers due
>
> Instructions for authors and more information about the conference is
> available on the conference website at http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/.
> DESCRIPTION
>
> Information & Communication technologies (ICT) and other types of IT
> projects are typically faced with numerous challenges and obstacles. These
> are further magnified in developing and emerging countries where there is
> likelihood that best practices and methodologies are not consistently
> applied or widely dispersed across organizations and sectors. Effective
> project management approaches have great potential for revitalizing the
> sluggish and ineffective management practices often encountered in
> developing countries (Stuckenbruck & Zomorrodian, 1987). However, some of
> the barriers to the successful execution of projects in developing
> countries include political and social systems, lack of financial support,
> cultural blocks (Nguyen, 2007) and sufficient access to qualified
> practitioners. Despite these challenges, these regions have much to offer,
> through interesting and unique experiences, and insights from experience in
> practice. This was further reinforced by Mia and Ramage (2011) in their
> investigation of IT Project Management in the microfinance sector of
> Bangladesh.
>
> The objective of this mini-track is to foster discourse on important
> issues, challenges and opportunities within the IT project management
> domain from the perspectives of developing and emerging economies as both
> attempt to improve and harness project management capabilities.
> Researchers, graduate students and practitioners? submissions of completed
> and work in progress research, cases and industry insights are welcomed.
>
> References
>
> Mia, M. B., & Ramage, M. (2011). IT project management in developing
> countries: approaches and factors affecting success in the microfinance
> sector of Bangladesh.
>
> Nguyen, N. M. (2007). The Challenges of transferring modern project
> management principles and methodologies to developing countries. In
> Proceedings 2007 PMI Global Congress, Hong Kong
>
> Stuckenbruck, L. C., & Zomorrodian, A. (1987). Project management: the
> promise for developing countries. International Journal of Project
> Management, 5(3), 167-175.
>
> SUGGESTED TOPICS
>
> Related suggested topics, which are not limited to, but could include:
>
> - Regional analysis of the state of art of ITPM
> - Country analysis of the state of art of ITPM
> - Critical issues, challenges and opportunities in ITPM
> - Indigenous & Hybrid PM practices in Small Island States
> - Maintaining Quality PM practices in SMEs
> - Future of ITPM
> - Critical success factors for projects
> - Business intelligence application in IT projects
> - Scope management in IT Projects
> - Risk management in IT Projects
> - Contract and procurement in IT Projects
> - Security, privacy and ethics in IT Projects
> - Best practices and experiences in government projects
> - IT PM education
> - Knowledge management in PM
> - Project management maturity and PMOs
> - Project performance methods and applications
> - Strategies and project management
>
> For any questions relating to submissions to this mini-track please
> contact: Corlane Barclay, clbarclay at gmail.com
> MINITRACK CO-CHAIRS
>
> Corlane Barclay, Ph.D., LLB, PMP
> University of Technology, Jamaica
> clbarclay at gmail.com
>
> Sheryl Thompson, Ph.D
> University of the West Indies, Western Jamaica Campus
> mislecturer at gmail.com
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> Kweku Muata Osei-Bryson, Ph.D.
> Virginia Commonwealth University
> kmuata at isy.vcu.edu
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> From: "Robert Johnston" <robert.johnston at ucd.ie>
> To: "Nik R Hassan" <nhassan at d.umn.edu>, "AISWorld"
> <aisworld at lists.aisnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [AISWorld] A small revolution in the IS field
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> Hi Nik
>
> Thanks for the nice post.
>
> The idea that we do good research but do not produce good knowledge is
> intriguing.
>
> However, we need to delve further and explain how this can be so.
>
> The observation seems to indication that the (well executed) research
> methods do not fit the phenomena being studied. To me, this is because much
> of IS research is attempting to apply reductionist methods to a holistic
> phenomenon, namely the embeddedness of technologies in human practices.
>
> Cheers Johno
>
> Robert B. Johnston
> Professor of Information and Organisation
> School of Business
> University College Dublin
>
> Mail: 81 Hunter St. Richmond, VIC, Australia. 3121
> Email: Robert.Johnston at ucd.ie <Robert.Johnston at ucd.ie>
> Mobile: +61 414 493 255
> Skype: johno.home
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nik R Hassan
> To: AISWorld
> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 6:32 AM
> Subject: [AISWorld] A small revolution in the IS field
>
>
> A small revolution in the IS field
>
> As we approach the end of yet another year in the history of the IS
> field, I'd like to say how glad I was to have attended ICIS this year. It
> may just be me, but I think I just witnessed a small revolution taking
> place (at least in North America) in the field. I heard IS scholars making
> unconventional remarks I have not heard before. I enclose some quotes, and
> what went through my mind in parenthesis [I am just reporting - please
> don't shoot the messenger :-) ].
>
> [Varun*] "We can do very good research, but that doesn't mean we are
> producing good knowledge ? can we create 'better' knowledge?? exciting,
> innovative and addressing important questions of our time"
>
> (wha? [my jaw dropping] did Varun just say what I thought he said?? He's
> admitting we're not producing good knowledge?)
>
> [Varun] "are we scripting the way we do research....requiring us to
> select a theory and apply it to our phenomena, create a mid-level model and
> then refine it ... add mediators and moderators to it ? Does this script
> work for good knowledge?"
>
> (Wow ? I kinda think everyone knew that was the game, the standard
> publishing script, and I was taught exactly that in school, but to hear a
> scholar say it in public and analyze it ? cool!)
>
> [Bernard**] "I've been looking back at all the work that I've done? I
> don't think I've done enough ... We really should be doing research to
> resolve significant global problems...
>
> (if Bernard feels he hasn't contributed much, how much have the rest of
> us done?)
>
> [Bernard] ... at NUS, we've put together an inter-disciplinary team and
> received a big grant using social media to reduce pests ... and increase
> food production ... Let's not be too fixated about whether MISQ or ISR
> would publish such research ... let's target our work at Nature or Science
> .... to earn the respect of others outside our community
>
> (that's easy for him to say, he's already published tons in MISQ and
> ISR. But isn't there something wrong with the picture? Isn't research
> that's frequently published in the top journals of the field that's
> supposed to make their way to journals like Science and Nature? What does
> that say about our "normal" research?)
>
> [Manju**] "After we have had the satisfaction of publishing in MISQ or
> ISR, and at least after making tenure and Full, it is time to start
> thinking about researching big ideas that make a difference "
>
> (Publishing 2-3 papers in MISQ and ISR, and getting full professor is
> going to take at least 10-20 years out of the most productive years of
> anyone's life, if they're fortunate enough to get there. Shouldn't those
> most productive years already be spent in researching big ideas? Shouldn't
> big ideas be some part of getting a full professorship in IS?)
>
> [Steven Alter in a follow up email]
> Our ICIS panel "DSR ? remind me again about whether it is a new research
> paradigm or a rationale of last resort ?" chaired by Allen Lee, with Steven
> Alter, Helmut Krcmar, and Mike Chiasson ? remarks similar to Varun ? that
> DSR is increasingly governed by a script that makes papers easier to review
> but ? becoming an obstacle to genuine innovation ? script encourages DSR
> researchers to do design-related work in a way in which few if any
> designers actually design things in the real world, which is especially
> unfortunate for a type of research that is called design SCIENCE research."
>
> All of these remarks are making me rethink about the notion of "value"
> in our work (not to be confused with "usefulness" or "utility"). It's close
> to "relevance" but since relevance has so much baggage attached to it,
> perhaps we should be taking a closer look at what valuable research really
> means.
>
> What kind of IS research is valuable anyway?
>
>
> Nik Rushdi Hassan
> Univ of Minnesota Duluth
> Chair SIG Philosophy
>
> *Varun Grover and Kalle Lyytinen presented at the SIG Philosophy
> Workshop at ICIS on "IS Theory-State of the Art" - available soon on the
> SIG Philosophy homepage
>
> **Bernard Tan and Manju Ahuja presented at the Senior Scholars Panel at
> ICIS 2012 chaired by Fred Niederman
>
>
> --
> Nik R. Hassan, PhD
> Assoc. Professor, Finance & MIS Dept.
> Labovitz School of Business and Economics
> University of Minnesota Duluth
> 1318 Kirby Drive, LSBE 335Q
> Duluth MN 55812
> Office Phone: (218) 726-7453
> Fax: (218) 726-7516
> Home Page: www.d.umn.edu/~nhassan
> LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/pub/nik-rushdi-hassan/33/591/a9b
> Email: nhassan at d.umn.edu
>
>
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> From: Miroslaw Staron <miroslaw.staron at gu.se>
> To: "AISWorld at lists.aisnet.org" <AISWorld at lists.aisnet.org>
> Subject: [AISWorld] CFP: Information and Software Technology Journal -
> special issue on Performance in Software Development
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> Call for Papers
>
> Information and Software Technology, Special issue on Performance in
> Software Development
>
> http://www.cse.chalmers.se/~miroslaw/performance_in_sd.htm
>
>
>
> *Background*
>
> Software development industry becomes increasingly interested in measuring
> performance of the organizations in their mission to develop and maintain
> stand-alone or embedded software products. In an era where outsourcing is a
> viable alternative to in-house software development, the options of
> quantifying performance of organizations appeals to managers of software
> organizations and technical leaders of software products. This appeal is
> triggered by the fact that the performance of software development and
> maintenance organizations consists of a number of elements, for example
> cost efficiency, innovation, and product quality.
>
>
>
> *Topics*
>
> This special issue solicits papers exploring the theory and/or practice of
> performance in software development and maintenance organizations. The
> topics solicited include, but are not limited to:
>
> ? Managerial, technical and social aspects of measuring
> performance of software organizations
>
> ? Business aspects of organizational performance measurement
>
> ? Agile and Lean software development and its impact on
> organizational performance
>
> ? Performance of software development teams and organizations
>
> ? Performance of R&D in software organizations
>
> ? Ability to continuously satisfy customer demands
>
> ? Corporate performance management of software development
> organizations, teams and supply chains
>
> ? Impact of standardization on operational performance
>
> ? Visualization of organizational performance and its patterns
>
> ? Case studies and experiments of how
> techniques/methods/technologies influence organizational performance and
> how it is measured
>
> *Important Dates*
>
> Submission deadline: April 5th, 2013
>
> Notification of first decision: June 15th, 2013
>
> Special issue: Fall 2013 or early 2014.
>
>
>
> *Submission Information*
>
> The Editor-in-Chief and the Guest Editors will make the final decision to
> accept or reject a submission based on the journal review process.
> Submissions must be written in English and submitted according to regular
> standards of the journal (including having structured abstracts) via the
> Elsevier Editorial System (EES) at http://ees.elsevier.com/infsof. To
> ensure the manuscripts are correctly submitted to this special issue,
> please select "IS: Performance in software development" as the "Article
> Type". Authors should aim at papers of approximately 20 pages following
> the instructions available at the journal website. The submissions must not
> be published or submitted for publication elsewhere.
>
>
>
> * Guest Editors *
>
> Dr. Miroslaw Staron, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
>
> Prof. J?rgen Hansson, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
>
> Prof. Jan Bosch, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> Dr. Miroslaw Staron
>
> Associate Professor, Software Engineering
>
> Vice-head of department (undergraduate education)
>
>
>
> Computer Science and Engineering
>
> Chalmers | University of Gothenburg
>
> miroslaw.staron at gu.se<mailto:miroslaw.staron at gu.se>
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> www.staron.nu<http://www.staron.nu/>
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> Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 13:42:24 +0000
> From: "Pipek, Volkmar, Dr." <volkmar.pipek at uni-siegen.de>
> To: Mailingliste Wirtschaftsinformatik GI-FB 5
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> Subject: [AISWorld] 2nd CfP JCSCW Special Issue on Crisis Informatics
> and Collaboration
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> 2nd Call for Papers
>
> Springer International Journal on Computer-Supported Collaborative Work
> (JCSCW):
> Special Issue on Crisis Informatics and Collaboration
>
> ===============================================================================
>
> Guest Editors: Volkmar Pipek, Sophia Liu, Andruid Kerne
>
> Submission of Abstracts: January 15, 2013 (for review organization, max. 1
> page)
> Submission of Full Papers: February 28, 2013
>
> Major crises and disasters like the September 11th attacks, Hurricane
> Katrina, and the Sendai earthquake is a ripe domain for CSCW concerns as
> they typically involve collaboration among individuals, organizations and
> society as a whole during all phases of emergency management, from initial
> planning and preparedness, through the detection of a crisis event, and
> into the response, recovery and mitigation phases. In many crisis
> scenarios, the quality of the collaboration among governmental,
> professional, volunteer, and citizen responders in crisis management
> greatly affects the impact on loss of lives and property.
>
> Crisis Informatics takes an interdisciplinary perspective on the
> socio-technical, informational and collaborative aspects of developing and
> using technologies and information systems in the context of the full
> disaster lifecycle?preparation, warning, impact, response, recovery, and
> mitigation phases. Crisis Informatics views emergency management as a
> socio-technical system where information is disseminated within and among
> official and public channels and entities. Crisis informatics also wrestles
> with methodological concerns as it strives to develop socially- and
> behaviorally-informed theories, policies, and development of information
> and communication technology (ICT). As the challenges of crisis management
> grow more complex from the increase in vulnerability to hazards of all
> types, the opportunities to collaborate using a rapidly growing set of ICTs
> and collaborative technologies (e.g., social networking sites, mobile
> devices, location-aware services, crowdsourcing systems, web-based systems,
> etc.) urge us to find new ways of understanding, conceptualizing and
> evaluating possible use cases for these collaborative technologies in
> emergency management and response. ?Collaborative Resilience' strategies
> can help improve collaboration quality but such strategies and the ICTs
> being developed and used in crisis situations need to be explored in terms
> of describing and exchanging good practices, designing appropriate
> coordination mechanisms, and offering technological support for
> collaboration across organizational borders.
>
> For this Special Issue of the Journal on Computer-Supported Collaborative
> Work (JCSCW) on ?Crisis Informatics and Collaboration,? we invite research
> papers from multiple disciplines with the focus on pursuing scientific
> questions around Crisis Informatics topics. Potential topics include, but
> are not limited to, the following:
> ? User experience studies and design approaches of presenting,
> visualizing, and interacting with social media data, crowdsourcing systems,
> crisis mapping applications, virtual communities, networked organizations,
> etc. that facilitate collaboration in crisis management;
> ? Studies and human-centered design approaches of
> interorganizational coordination mechanisms, technological concepts and
> prototypes, and participatory development of emergency management
> technology that support collaboration in crisis situations;
> ? Critical studies, methodological considerations, and design
> approaches of collaborative systems that address ethical, legal, and social
> issues including security and privacy issues in developing, using, and
> researching emergency management information systems that involve
> collaborations between governmental, professional, volunteer, and citizen
> responders in crisis management;
> ? Theoretical considerations regarding collaborative resilience
> and emergency response as a socio-technical system, as well as studies of
> and concepts for establishing and supporting ?collaborative resilience?
> that involve collaborative services and technologies to improve the
> resilience of cities, infrastructures, logistic chains, etc. through
> public-private partnerships.
> ? Studies and design approaches of serious games and gamification
> of crisis management applications for emergency response training, raising
> awareness, and conducting research;
> ? Case Studies from practitioners explaining uses of collaborative
> technologies in the field and discussing potential solutions and real-world
> applications to give insights into best practices and lessons learned;
> ? Different international perspectives of socio-cultural
> differences in uses of collaborative ICTs and participatory decision-making
> in crisis management.
>
> Deadlines / Schedule:
> Submission of Abstracts: January 15, 2013 (for review organization, max. 1
> page)
> Submission of Full Papers: February 28, 2013
> Review Deadline: April 29, 2013
> Notifications to the Authors: May 22, 2013
> Final Version Deadline: July 1, 2013
> Online Publication: August 2013 (printed edition to be scheduled by
> Springer)
>
> Submission Guidelines
> This special issue will include 7-10 full papers. Abstracts can be sent to
> any of the editors via email by January 15, 2013. Manuscripts of about
> 8,000 - 10,000 words should be submitted by February 28, 2013. Authors must
> prepare manuscripts according to the standards of the International Journal
> on CSCW (see http://www.springerlink.com/content/0925-9724/ and
> http://www.editorialmanager.com/cosu/) and submit the manuscript via the
> JCSCW Editorial Manager Online Site under ?SI: Collaboration and Crisis
> Informatics?.
>
> Guest Editors Contact Information
> Volkmar Pipek, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor CSCW in Organisations/Fac. III
> Universitaet Siegen, Hoelderlinstr. 3, 57068 Siegen
> Tel: +49 271 740 4068
> Email: volkmar.pipek at uni-siegen.de
>
> Sophia B. Liu, Ph.D.
> USGS Mendenhall Research Fellow
> U.S. Geological Survey
> 1711 Illinois Street, Room 543
> Golden, Colorado 80401-1865
> Tel: 303-273-8649
> Email: sophialiu at usgs.gov
>
> Andruid Kerne, Ph.D.
> Director, Interface Ecology Lab
> Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
> Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3112
> Tel: 979.845.0024
> Email: andruid at cse.tamu.edu
>
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 10:12:03 -0500
> From: Na Li <nli01 at baker.edu>
> To: aisworld at lists.aisnet.org
> Subject: [AISWorld] AMCIS 2013 CFP ? Interface Design, Evaluation and
> Impact Minitrack
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> 19th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS?13) (
> http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/)
> Chicago, Illinois, USA
> August 15-17, 2013.
>
> Track - Human Computer Interaction
> Minitrack - Interface Design, Evaluation and Impact
>
> Description:
> This mini-track is an outlet for human-computer interaction papers that
> research interface design, evaluation, and impact. It supports a
> wide-ranging set of research topics, methods, and perspectives. Authors are
> encouraged to submit new ways of considering HCI in light of emerging
> technologies and technology trends.
>
> We welcome submissions that fall within the list of topics provided below.
> A number of papers regarding interface design, evaluation and impact have
> been published at the premier IS journals in the past. Excellent conference
> submissions have also been considered for fast-track options at journals
> publishing HCI research.
>
> Suggested Topics:
> Possible topics include but are not limited to the following:
> * Behavioral, cognitive, and motivational aspects of human/computer
> interaction
> * User task analysis and modeling
> * The analysis, design, development, evaluation, and use of information
> systems
> o Guidelines and standards for interface and interaction design
> o Interface design and use for the Web, mobile devices, touch-screen
> devices (e.g. tablet)
> o User studies (including field tests) of interaction with mobile
> information systems
> * Usability testing for the Web, mobile, and 3-D interface
> * HCI security (HCI-SEC) and privacy for interface design and interaction
> * Design of trustworthy user interfaces
> o Design of interfaces to increase trust and credibility
> o Design of interfaces to decrease distrust, deception or privacy
> violations
> * Design of hedonic and utilitarian user interfaces
> * User interface design and evaluation of the Web for
> o B2B, B2C, C2C E-Commerce or M-Commerce
> o Government to Consumer or Business E-commerce
> o Group collaboration
> o Negotiation and auction
> o Virtual World
> * The impact of interface design or usability on the attitudes, behaviors,
> performance, perceptions, or productivity of individuals, organizations,
> and society
> * HCI issues related to the elderly, the disabled, and other special needs
> populations
> * Design and analysis of wearable, pervasive, or ubiquitous systems and
> computing
> * Issues in teaching and designing HCI courses or programs
> * Human factors issues related to the design and use of information systems
> * Case studies looking at interface or interaction design and usability
>
> ---------------------------
> Important Dates:
> ---------------------------
> Jan 4, 2013 Paper submissions open on Bepress system (new for AMCIS)
> Feb 22, 2013 Paper submissions deadline 11:59 p.m. Central Time
> April 17-19, 2013 Notification of paper acceptance
> May 9, 2013 Camera-ready copy of accepted papers due
>
> Submission Site:
> Instructions for authors and more information about the conference is
> forthcoming on the conference website at http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/.
>
>
> Minitrack Co-Chairs:
>
> Younghwa ?Gabe? Lee, Ph.D.
> Management Information Systems
> College of Business Administration
> University of Northern Iowa
> 263 Curris Business Building
> Cedar Falls, IA 50613
> Tel: (319) 273-6135
> E-Mail: gabe.lee at uni.edu
>
> Na "Lina" Li, Ph.D.
> Information Systems
> Center for Graduate Studies
> Baker College
> 1116 W. Bristol Road, Flint, MI 48507
> Tel: (810) 766-2163
> Email: na.li at baker.edu
>
> Anna L. McNab, Ph.D.
> Commerce Department
> Niagara University
> P.O. Box 2201
> Niagara University, NY 14109
> Tel: (716)286-8142
> Email: amcnab at niagara.edu
>
> Best regards,
>
> Na "Lina" Li, Ph.D.
> Director, M.S. in Information Systems Program
> Baker College, Center for Graduate Studies
> nli01 at baker.edu
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> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 10:53:40 -0500
> From: "Sullivan, John J." <jjsullivan at usf.edu>
> To: AISWorld <aisworld at lists.aisnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [AISWorld] A small revolution in the IS field
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> First, let me say that this was an eye-opener when I first read it, and
> took great courage to bring this issue to light. It seems that promotion
> and tenure objectives compete with a desire to pursue academic ideals (my
> apologies, competing objectives are a big component of my research). So,
> our practical side tempers the aspirations of our idealistic side.
>
> Also, wouldn't practical application of research be of greater value (e.g.
> better knowledge) to practitioners in our field? It has been my experience
> that we don't seem to place as high a value on practical application of our
> theories as we do the theories themselves. Isn't it better knowledge for
> our field if our research inspires techniques that help managers run better
> projects, reduce waste, develop better systems?
>
> Disclaimer: This is just philosophy. No agenda here.
>
> John J. Sullivan, Ph.D.
> School of Information
> University of South Florida
>
> From: AISWorld [mailto:aisworld-bounces at lists.aisnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Robert Johnston
> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 9:18 PM
> To: Nik R Hassan; AISWorld
> Subject: Re: [AISWorld] A small revolution in the IS field
>
> Hi Nik
> Thanks for the nice post.
> The idea that we do good research but do not produce good knowledge is
> intriguing.
> However, we need to delve further and explain how this can be so.
> The observation seems to indication that the (well executed) research
> methods do not fit the phenomena being studied. To me, this is because much
> of IS research is attempting to apply reductionist methods to a holistic
> phenomenon, namely the embeddedness of technologies in human practices.
> Cheers Johno
> Robert B. Johnston
> Professor of Information and Organisation
> School of Business
> University College Dublin
>
> Mail: 81 Hunter St. Richmond, VIC, Australia. 3121
> Email: Robert.Johnston at ucd.ie<mailto:Robert.Johnston at ucd.ie> <
> Robert.Johnston at ucd.ie<mailto:Robert.Johnston at ucd.ie>>
> Mobile: +61 414 493 255
> Skype: johno.home
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nik R Hassan<mailto:nhassan at d.umn.edu>
> To: AISWorld<mailto:aisworld at lists.aisnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 6:32 AM
> Subject: [AISWorld] A small revolution in the IS field
>
> A small revolution in the IS field
>
> As we approach the end of yet another year in the history of the IS field,
> I'd like to say how glad I was to have attended ICIS this year. It may just
> be me, but I think I just witnessed a small revolution taking place (at
> least in North America) in the field. I heard IS scholars making
> unconventional remarks I have not heard before. I enclose some quotes, and
> what went through my mind in parenthesis [I am just reporting - please
> don't shoot the messenger :-) ].
>
> [Varun*] "We can do very good research, but that doesn't mean we are
> producing good knowledge ... can we create 'better' knowledge?... exciting,
> innovative and addressing important questions of our time"
>
> (wha... [my jaw dropping] did Varun just say what I thought he said?? He's
> admitting we're not producing good knowledge?)
>
> [Varun] "are we scripting the way we do research....requiring us to select
> a theory and apply it to our phenomena, create a mid-level model and then
> refine it ... add mediators and moderators to it ... Does this script work
> for good knowledge?"
>
> (Wow ... I kinda think everyone knew that was the game, the standard
> publishing script, and I was taught exactly that in school, but to hear a
> scholar say it in public and analyze it ... cool!)
>
> [Bernard**] "I've been looking back at all the work that I've done... I
> don't think I've done enough ... We really should be doing research to
> resolve significant global problems...
>
> (if Bernard feels he hasn't contributed much, how much have the rest of us
> done?)
>
> [Bernard] ... at NUS, we've put together an inter-disciplinary team and
> received a big grant using social media to reduce pests ... and increase
> food production ... Let's not be too fixated about whether MISQ or ISR
> would publish such research ... let's target our work at Nature or Science
> .... to earn the respect of others outside our community
>
> (that's easy for him to say, he's already published tons in MISQ and ISR.
> But isn't there something wrong with the picture? Isn't research that's
> frequently published in the top journals of the field that's supposed to
> make their way to journals like Science and Nature? What does that say
> about our "normal" research?)
>
> [Manju**] "After we have had the satisfaction of publishing in MISQ or
> ISR, and at least after making tenure and Full, it is time to start
> thinking about researching big ideas that make a difference "
>
> (Publishing 2-3 papers in MISQ and ISR, and getting full professor is
> going to take at least 10-20 years out of the most productive years of
> anyone's life, if they're fortunate enough to get there. Shouldn't those
> most productive years already be spent in researching big ideas? Shouldn't
> big ideas be some part of getting a full professorship in IS?)
>
> [Steven Alter in a follow up email]
> Our ICIS panel "DSR ... remind me again about whether it is a new research
> paradigm or a rationale of last resort ..." chaired by Allen Lee, with
> Steven Alter, Helmut Krcmar, and Mike Chiasson ... remarks similar to Varun
> ... that DSR is increasingly governed by a script that makes papers easier
> to review but ... becoming an obstacle to genuine innovation ... script
> encourages DSR researchers to do design-related work in a way in which few
> if any designers actually design things in the real world, which is
> especially unfortunate for a type of research that is called design SCIENCE
> research."
>
> All of these remarks are making me rethink about the notion of "value" in
> our work (not to be confused with "usefulness" or "utility"). It's close to
> "relevance" but since relevance has so much baggage attached to it, perhaps
> we should be taking a closer look at what valuable research really means.
>
> What kind of IS research is valuable anyway?
>
>
> Nik Rushdi Hassan
> Univ of Minnesota Duluth
> Chair SIG Philosophy
>
> *Varun Grover and Kalle Lyytinen presented at the SIG Philosophy Workshop
> at ICIS on "IS Theory-State of the Art" - available soon on the SIG
> Philosophy homepage
>
> **Bernard Tan and Manju Ahuja presented at the Senior Scholars Panel at
> ICIS 2012 chaired by Fred Niederman
>
>
> --
> Nik R. Hassan, PhD
> Assoc. Professor, Finance & MIS Dept.
> Labovitz School of Business and Economics
> University of Minnesota Duluth
> 1318 Kirby Drive, LSBE 335Q
> Duluth MN 55812
> Office Phone: (218) 726-7453<tel:%28218%29%20726-7453>
> Fax: (218) 726-7516<tel:%28218%29%20726-7516>
> Home Page: www.d.umn.edu/~nhassan<http://www.d.umn.edu/~nhassan>
> LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/pub/nik-rushdi-hassan/33/591/a9b
> Email: nhassan at d.umn.edu<mailto:nhassan at d.umn.edu>
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> Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 16:03:17 +0000
> From: "Brenda L. Eschenbrenner" <eschenbrenbl at unk.edu>
> To: "aisworld at lists.aisnet.org" <aisworld at lists.aisnet.org>
> Subject: [AISWorld] CFP - AMCIS 2013 Minitrack: Education and Training
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> Call for Papers
>
> 19th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS?13)
> August 15-17, 2013
> Chicago, Illinois
>
> Track: Virtual Communities and Virtual Worlds
> Minitrack: Education and Training in Virtual Worlds
>
> Description:
> Virtual worlds present new platforms for enhancing education and training.
> With abilities to simulate the physical world or build entirely new
> worlds, new approaches to learning abound. The rich environment lends
> itself to providing interactive experiences such that hands-on learning
> activities can be conducted and a constructive learning approach taken.
> Also, the essence of a shared space opens up new avenues for collaborative
> and social learning. Educators and organizations are expanding their
> traditional approaches to training, learning, and knowledge transfer to
> capitalize on the new opportunities and the unique aspects that abound with
> virtual worlds.
>
> Hence, this mini-track seeks to explore the opportunities as well as the
> issues associated with education and training in virtual world
> environments. We encourage paper submissions that study the development,
> use, and assessment of virtual worlds in education and training contexts,
> both from the instructor?s and the learner?s perspective. We welcome
> papers that study the application of virtual worlds in this context as well
> as challenge such applications. This mini-track is open to both
> theoretical and empirical studies, and is open to all research methods
> (e.g., survey, field study, case study, experimentation).
>
> Potential topics may include (but are not limited to):
>
> * Development of frameworks for evaluating educational and training
> applications in virtual world environments
> * Theoretical models describing the development, use, and assessment
> of virtual world technologies in educational and training contexts
> * Research on novel, innovative uses of virtual world technologies for
> pedagogical and training purposes
> * Examinations of implementations, adoptions, and outcomes of virtual
> world technologies in education and training along with factors influencing
> these activities
> * Meta-analyses and meta-syntheses of virtual world research and the
> implications for education and training
> * Issues, limitations, and barriers surrounding virtual worlds in
> education and training
> Submission Process:
> Full paper submissions must be made electronically through AMCIS 2013
> Manuscript Submission Site http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2013/. Papers
> will be peer reviewed using a double-blind system.
>
> Important Dates:
> January 4, 2013: Bepress Opens for Paper Submissions
> February 22, 2013: Submissions Due
> April 22, 2013: Author Notification of Acceptance
> May 9, 2013: Camera-Ready Copy Due
>
> More information is available at http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/ or by
> contacting the minitrack co-chairs.
>
> Minitrack Co-Chairs:
>
> Brenda Eschenbrenner
> Department of Accounting and Finance
> University of Nebraska at Kearney
> Kearney, NE 68849, USA
> eschenbrenbl at unk.edu<mailto:eschenbrenbl at unk.edu>
>
> Xiaofeng Chen
> Department of Management
> University of Nebraska-Lincoln
> Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
> xchen3 at unl.edu<mailto:xchen3 at unl.edu>
>
> Keng Siau
> Department of Business & Information Technology
> Missouri University of Science & Technology
> Rolla, MO 65409-0320
> siauk at mst.edu<mailto:siauk at mst.edu>
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> Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:17:01 +0100
> From: Ilia Bider <ilia at ibissoft.se>
> To: aisworld at lists.aisnet.org
> Subject: Re: [AISWorld] A small revolution in the IS field
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> Hi Nick,
>
> Thanks for posting your reflections. It was fascinating to observer the
> unfolding discussions.
> Realizing that one created a monster by one's own will is the first step
> on the way of cutting off its heads.
>
> On 2012-12-30 20:32, Nik R Hassan wrote:
> > *A small revolution in the IS field*
> >
> > As we approach the end of yet another year in the history of the IS
> > field, I'd like to say how glad I was to have attended ICIS this year.
> > It may just be me, but I think I just witnessed a small revolution
> > taking place (at least in North America) in the field. I heard IS
> > scholars making unconventional remarks I have not heard before. I
> > enclose some quotes, and what went through my mind in parenthesis [I
> > am just reporting - please don't shoot the messenger :-) ].
> >
> > [Varun*] "We can do very good research, but that doesn't mean we are
> > producing good knowledge ... can we create 'better' knowledge?...
> > exciting, innovative and addressing important questions of our time"
> >
> > (wha... [my jaw dropping] did Varun just say what I thought he said??
> > He's admitting we're not producing good knowledge?)
> >
> > [Varun] "are we scripting the way we do research....requiring us to
> > select a theory and apply it to our phenomena, create a mid-level
> > model and then refine it ... add mediators and moderators to it ...
> > Does this script work for good knowledge?"
> >
> > (Wow ... I kinda think everyone knew that was the game, the standard
> > publishing script, and I was taught exactly that in school, but to
> > hear a scholar say it in public and analyze it ... cool!)
> >
> > [Bernard**] "I've been looking back at all the work that I've done...
> > I don't think I've done enough ... We really should be doing research
> > to resolve significant global problems...
> >
> > (if Bernard feels he hasn't contributed much, how much have the rest
> > of us done?)
> >
> > [Bernard] ... at NUS, we've put together an inter-disciplinary team
> > and received a big grant using social media to reduce pests ... and
> > increase food production ... Let's not be too fixated about whether
> > MISQ or ISR would publish such research ... let's target our work at
> > Nature or Science .... to earn the respect of others outside our
> community
> >
> > (that's easy for him to say, he's already published tons in MISQ and
> > ISR. But isn't there something wrong with the picture? Isn't research
> > that's frequently published in the top journals of the field that's
> > supposed to make their way to journals like Science and Nature? What
> > does that say about our "normal" research?)
> >
> > [Manju**] "After we have had the satisfaction of publishing in MISQ
> > or ISR, and at least after making tenure and Full, it is time to start
> > thinking about researching big ideas that make a difference "
> >
> > (Publishing 2-3 papers in MISQ and ISR, and getting full professor is
> > going to take at least 10-20 years out of the most productive years of
> > anyone's life, if they're fortunate enough to get there. Shouldn't
> > those most productive years already be spent in researching big ideas?
> > Shouldn't big ideas be some part of getting a full professorship in IS?)
> >
> > [Steven Alter in a follow up email]
> > Our ICIS panel "DSR ... remind me again about whether it is a new
> > research paradigm or a rationale of last resort ..." chaired by Allen
> > Lee, with Steven Alter, Helmut Krcmar, and Mike Chiasson ... remarks
> > similar to Varun ... that DSR is increasingly governed by a script
> > that makes papers easier to review but ... becoming an obstacle to
> > genuine innovation ... script encourages DSR researchers to do
> > design-related work in a way in which few if any designers actually
> > design things in the real world, which is especially unfortunate for a
> > type of research that is called design SCIENCE research."
> >
> > All of these remarks are making me rethink about the notion of "value"
> > in our work (not to be confused with "usefulness" or "utility"). It's
> > close to "relevance" but since relevance has so much baggage attached
> > to it, perhaps we should be taking a closer look at what valuable
> > research really means.
> >
> > What kind of IS research is valuable anyway?
> >
> >
> > Nik Rushdi Hassan
> > Univ of Minnesota Duluth
> > Chair SIG Philosophy
> >
> > *Varun Grover and Kalle Lyytinen presented at the SIG Philosophy
> > Workshop at ICIS on "IS Theory-State of the Art" - available soon on
> > the SIG Philosophy homepage
> >
> > **Bernard Tan and Manju Ahuja presented at the Senior Scholars Panel
> > at ICIS 2012 chaired by Fred Niederman
> >
> >
> > --
> > Nik R. Hassan, PhD
> > Assoc. Professor, Finance & MIS Dept.
> > Labovitz School of Business and Economics
> > University of Minnesota Duluth
> > 1318 Kirby Drive, LSBE 335Q
> > Duluth MN 55812
> > Office Phone: (218) 726-7453 <tel:%28218%29%20726-7453>
> > Fax: (218) 726-7516 <tel:%28218%29%20726-7516>
> > Home Page: www.d.umn.edu/~nhassan <http://www.d.umn.edu/%7Enhassan>
> > LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/pub/nik-rushdi-hassan/33/591/a9b
> > Email: nhassan at d.umn.edu <mailto:nhassan at d.umn.edu>
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > AISWorld mailing list
> > AISWorld at lists.aisnet.org
>
>
> --
> ===============================================
> Dr. Ilia Bider
> Process- och systemutvecklingskonsult at ibissoft.se
> Lektor & Forskare at DSV.su.se
> ilia at ibissoft.se +46 (0)8 164998
> Creating an agile eneterprisehttp://t.co/5nJdNBev
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> Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:30:56 +0100
> From: Ilia Bider <ilia at ibissoft.se>
> To: aisworld at lists.aisnet.org
> Subject: Re: [AISWorld] A small revolution in the IS field
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> Nick,
>
> On your question:
>
> "What kind of IS research is valuable anyway?"
>
> The following citation from Kurt Levin gives a good hint:
>
> "There is nothing more practical than a good theory"
>
> It is not only a statement about what is good for practice, but also a
> definition of what a good theory is, i.e. a theory that can be useful
> in practice.
>
> The next logical step is "in order to be useful in practice" the theory
> should be understood by those who do work in practice, which in turn
> requires radical change in the style of scientific publications in IS.
> It was nice to discover that even this problem got some attention during
> ICIS 2012.
>
> Cheers
>
> Ilia
>
> On 2012-12-30 20:32, Nik R Hassan wrote:
> > *A small revolution in the IS field*
> >
> > As we approach the end of yet another year in the history of the IS
> > field, I'd like to say how glad I was to have attended ICIS this year.
> > It may just be me, but I think I just witnessed a small revolution
> > taking place (at least in North America) in the field. I heard IS
> > scholars making unconventional remarks I have not heard before. I
> > enclose some quotes, and what went through my mind in parenthesis [I
> > am just reporting - please don't shoot the messenger :-) ].
> >
> > [Varun*] "We can do very good research, but that doesn't mean we are
> > producing good knowledge ... can we create 'better' knowledge?...
> > exciting, innovative and addressing important questions of our time"
> >
> > (wha... [my jaw dropping] did Varun just say what I thought he said??
> > He's admitting we're not producing good knowledge?)
> >
> > [Varun] "are we scripting the way we do research....requiring us to
> > select a theory and apply it to our phenomena, create a mid-level
> > model and then refine it ... add mediators and moderators to it ...
> > Does this script work for good knowledge?"
> >
> > (Wow ... I kinda think everyone knew that was the game, the standard
> > publishing script, and I was taught exactly that in school, but to
> > hear a scholar say it in public and analyze it ... cool!)
> >
> > [Bernard**] "I've been looking back at all the work that I've done...
> > I don't think I've done enough ... We really should be doing research
> > to resolve significant global problems...
> >
> > (if Bernard feels he hasn't contributed much, how much have the rest
> > of us done?)
> >
> > [Bernard] ... at NUS, we've put together an inter-disciplinary team
> > and received a big grant using social media to reduce pests ... and
> > increase food production ... Let's not be too fixated about whether
> > MISQ or ISR would publish such research ... let's target our work at
> > Nature or Science .... to earn the respect of others outside our
> community
> >
> > (that's easy for him to say, he's already published tons in MISQ and
> > ISR. But isn't there something wrong with the picture? Isn't research
> > that's frequently published in the top journals of the field that's
> > supposed to make their way to journals like Science and Nature? What
> > does that say about our "normal" research?)
> >
> > [Manju**] "After we have had the satisfaction of publishing in MISQ
> > or ISR, and at least after making tenure and Full, it is time to start
> > thinking about researching big ideas that make a difference "
> >
> > (Publishing 2-3 papers in MISQ and ISR, and getting full professor is
> > going to take at least 10-20 years out of the most productive years of
> > anyone's life, if they're fortunate enough to get there. Shouldn't
> > those most productive years already be spent in researching big ideas?
> > Shouldn't big ideas be some part of getting a full professorship in IS?)
> >
> > [Steven Alter in a follow up email]
> > Our ICIS panel "DSR ... remind me again about whether it is a new
> > research paradigm or a rationale of last resort ..." chaired by Allen
> > Lee, with Steven Alter, Helmut Krcmar, and Mike Chiasson ... remarks
> > similar to Varun ... that DSR is increasingly governed by a script
> > that makes papers easier to review but ... becoming an obstacle to
> > genuine innovation ... script encourages DSR researchers to do
> > design-related work in a way in which few if any designers actually
> > design things in the real world, which is especially unfortunate for a
> > type of research that is called design SCIENCE research."
> >
> > All of these remarks are making me rethink about the notion of "value"
> > in our work (not to be confused with "usefulness" or "utility"). It's
> > close to "relevance" but since relevance has so much baggage attached
> > to it, perhaps we should be taking a closer look at what valuable
> > research really means.
> >
> > What kind of IS research is valuable anyway?
> >
> >
> > Nik Rushdi Hassan
> > Univ of Minnesota Duluth
> > Chair SIG Philosophy
> >
> > *Varun Grover and Kalle Lyytinen presented at the SIG Philosophy
> > Workshop at ICIS on "IS Theory-State of the Art" - available soon on
> > the SIG Philosophy homepage
> >
> > **Bernard Tan and Manju Ahuja presented at the Senior Scholars Panel
> > at ICIS 2012 chaired by Fred Niederman
> >
> >
> > --
> > Nik R. Hassan, PhD
> > Assoc. Professor, Finance & MIS Dept.
> > Labovitz School of Business and Economics
> > University of Minnesota Duluth
> > 1318 Kirby Drive, LSBE 335Q
> > Duluth MN 55812
> > Office Phone: (218) 726-7453 <tel:%28218%29%20726-7453>
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