[AISWorld] CFP Leadership Issues in the IT Profession Mini-track: AMCIS 2019

[Taylor, Joseph D]

CALL FOR PAPERS
***AMCIS 2019: Mini-Track on Issues in the IT Profession ***
August 15-17, 2019, Cancun, Mexico
Paper submission deadline: March 1, 2019
https://amcis2019.aisconferences.org/





The Issues in the IT Profession mini-track in the IS Leadership and the IT Profession track is aimed at fostering a forum for IS scholars engaged in issues highly relevant to the practice of managing information systems to share their research, engage in exchange of perspectives, and encourage future collaborations. Management within the IT profession is broadly defined to include research on issues as relevant to IS leaders such as CIOs and CTOs, as well as other individuals responsible for managerial oversight of organizations with IS responsibilities. This proposed mini-track would be sponsored by the AIS Special Interest Group on IS Leadership (SIG LEAD).

Though articles on issues in the IT profession are common in both the practitioner press and the technology vendor community, much less attention has been devoted to the topic from an academic perspective. Managing IT requires leaders to understand the interplay between managerial decisions and information technologies and systems. Research regarding issues in the IT profession examines the business impacts relating to the decisions that IS leaders must make regarding the people, processes, data and technology that are make up information systems. It is, thus, an enduring concern to IS academics and practitioners alike. Research areas related to issues of the IT profession are informed by the results of the Society of Information Management (SIM) annual survey of IS leadership priorities. The mini-track seeks to explore the various dimensions, theoretical bases, and perspectives on issues in the IT profession and to advance the state of scholarship on the issue. Authors are encouraged to submit both conceptual and empirical papers that employ a variety of quantitative and qualitative methodologies.

Possible Topics:

Issues of specific interest to IT practitioners
* Managerial implications of process and technology decisions
* IS Organizational impacts of technology provisioning practices
* Strategic positioning within the organization

Research linked to SIM survey priorities
* Examination of key issues of IT leaders from vendor neutral positions
* Evaluation of the business impacts of IT decisions
* IT strategy development


For complete instructions for authors and information about the conference, visit the AMCIS 2019 website


Mini-Track Chair
Joseph Taylor, Ph.D., California State University, Sacramento
Joseph.taylor at csus.edu<mailto:Joseph.taylor at csus.edu>