[AISWorld] AMCIS 2015 CFP: Emerging Issues in Distributed Group Decision-Making: Opportunities and Challenges

[Anil Aggarwal]

We invite you to submit your work to the following mini track : Emerging Issues in Distributed Group Decision-Making: Opportunities and Challenges”,
part of Virtual Communities and Collaboration track.

Anil Aggarwal,
Doug Vogel
Yuko SJ Murayama

AMCIS 2015
To be held at the beautiful
The El Conquistador Resort and Convention Center<http://www.elconresort.com/>
about 45 minutes from San Juan on the Island of Puerto Rico<http://welcome.topuertorico.org/>
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CALL FOR PAPERS FOR the Mini-track:
Emerging Issues in Distributed Group Decision-Making: Opportunities and Challenges
Part of
Virtual Communities and Collaboration



Given the current turbulent state of world economy, multi-organizational interaction is coming under tremendous pressure. Companies are no longer providing prolonged fixed-term arrangements but are fluidly establishing relationships (and terms) based on deliverables and goodwill. 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 and circumstances. 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 issues 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):


·         Adaptability and trust issues in swift teams

·         Teams in Disasters

·         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 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 distributed  teams

·         Synchronous and asynchronous decision making in 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 distributed teams

·         Case Studies (success/failures) related to decision making by distributed teams
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Important Deadlines:
Important Dates for AMCIS 2015:
January 5, 2015: Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2015 begin

February 25, 2015: AMCIS manuscript submissions closes for authors
Tuesday, April 21, 2015: Authors notified about the disposition of their papers.
Tuesday, April 28, 2015:  Authors submit camera-ready revision of their papers.

May 5, 2015: Final decisions on AMCIS 2015 program are made

Instructions for authors at: AMCIS website ( http://amcis2015.aisnet.org/ )







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