[AISWorld] CfP HICSS-51 minitrack on Knowledge Value, Success and Performance Measurements

[Stefan Smolnik]

(Apologies for cross-postings of this announcement.)

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CALL FOR PAPERS
51th Annual Hawai'i International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-51)
January 3-6, 2018 (Wednesday-Saturday)
Hilton Waikoloa Village (http://www.hiltonwaikoloavillage.com)

Minitrack: Knowledge Value, Success and Performance Measurements
(http://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-51/knowledge-innovation-and-
entrepreneurial-systems/#knowledge-value-success-and-
performance-measurements-minitrack)
Part of the Track: Knowledge Innovation and Entrepreneurial Systems

Minitrack description:
Research into knowledge systems, knowledge management (KM), organizational
memories, and organizational learning has been affected by investigations
such as implementation aspects, system developments, or knowledge flows
during a number of years. Therefore, a high maturity level of KM research
has been achieved. However, organizational knowledge/KM initiatives are
more and more faced with budget cuts and justification demands due to
intense competition in today’s business environments. The influences of the
rapid pace of globalization and of the ongoing liberalization of national
and international markets lead to the emergence of increased pressure on
existing companies. Project managers of knowledge/KM initiatives like Chief
Knowledge Officers need to justify their budgets and, thus, are in need of
qualitative and quantitative evidence of the initiatives’ success. In
addition, ROI calculations and traditional accounting approaches do not
tell an adequate story when proposing knowledge-based initiatives. This
minitrack explores research into strategies, methodologies, and stories
that relate to measuring this success. In addition, this minitrack will be
used to explore the bodies of performance measurements that define the
current state of research in measuring knowledge system, KM, organizational
memory, and organizational learning success. Eventually, another purpose of
this minitrack is to present research on how to value knowledge-based
initiatives.

Topics relevant for submissions include, but are not limited to, the
following:
* Frameworks and models for assessing knowledge systems, knowledge
management, and/or organizational memory systems
* Methodologies and processes for measuring knowledge systems, knowledge
management and/or organizational memory success and performance
* Impact of knowledge use, knowledge management strategy, organization,
systems, culture, and other issues on knowledge management/organizational
memory success
* Organizational effectiveness/efficiency due to knowledge
management/organizational memory/organizational learning, knowledge and
organizational memory use
* Knowledge systems, knowledge management, organizational memory, and
organizational learning metrics
* Knowledge systems, knowledge management, organizational memory, and
organizational learning success factors and key performance indicators
* Benchmarking of knowledge systems/knowledge management/organizational
memory initiatives
* Case studies of knowledge systems, knowledge management and
organizational memory success and performance measurements
* Measuring knowledge systems, knowledge management and/or organizational
memory performance in global organizations and globally dispersed
communities
* Effectiveness and/or efficiency of knowledge systems/knowledge
management/organizational memory systems
* Modeling and measuring the impact of social software on knowledge
system/knowledge management performance
* Defining knowledge systems, knowledge management and organizational
memory success
* Rigorous anecdotes and user stories and their theoretical basis to
facilitate the value of knowledge-based initiatives
* Developing grounded theory approaches to valuing knowledge-based
initiatives
* Understanding knowledge-based initiatives’ activities and output as
service offerings and exploring their productivity
* Usage, adoption and success of knowledge management methods

For additional information or to submit abstracts, please contact the
minitrack co-chairs:
Murray E. Jennex (Primary Contact), San Diego State University, USA,
mjennex<at>mail.sdsu.edu
Stefan Smolnik, University of Hagen, Germany, Stefan.Smolnik<at>FernUni-
Hagen.de
David T. Croasdell, University of Nevada, Reno, USA, davec<at>unr.edu

Important Dates for HICSS-51 Paper Submission:
April 1, 2017: Paper submission begins
June 15, 2017 | 11:59 pm HST: Paper submission deadline
August 17, 2017: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
September 22, 2017: Deadline for authors to submit final manuscript for
publication
October 1, 2017: Deadline for at least one author of each paper to register
for HICSS-51

For further submission information, please see the general HICSS-51 Call
for Papers (http://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-and-minitracks/authors).