[AISWorld] CFP - AMCIS 2020 Minitrack: Digital Transformation through Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Other Epistemic Technologies

[Joshi, Mayur]

Call for Papers

Conference: Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2020), August 12-16, 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah

Track: Organizational Transformation and Information Systems

Minitrack: Digital Transformation through Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Other Epistemic Technologies<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Famcis2020.aisconferences.org%2Ftrack-descriptions%2F%23toggle-id-22&data=02%7C01%7CW.Gunther%40exeter.ac.uk%7C9f36aecf3b2241e16d8808d799e03f4e%7C912a5d77fb984eeeaf321334d8f04a53%7C0%7C0%7C637147060746912292&sdata=TPd4MSojzRp1R8oZuQFnVAof%2FXccUb48nBty1VxEQKI%3D&reserved=0> (see Minitrack #6).

Please consider submitting your paper to our minitrack on how analytics, AI and other Epistemic Technologies transform organizing at AMCIS 2020.

This minitrack aims to explore how the use of new epistemic technologies in organizations influence key aspects of organizing, including processes of information processing, insight generation, decision making, organizational structuring, and strategizing. We define epistemic technologies as tools that play a key part in the ongoing construction of knowledge (Anthony 2018). Such technologies include, for example, big data analytics tools, Artificial Intelligence tools, augmented reality applications, and technologies that leverage the Internet of Things (IoT). The reliance of these new epistemic technologies on data and algorithms poses unique challenges for organizations and has given rise to several debates in the academic community (Günther et al. 2017). The emergence of new epistemic technologies calls for a better understanding of distinct digital practices that are enacted as organizations actually leverage such technologies in practice (Baiyere et al. 2017), as well as how this may or may not allow organizations to actually create social and economic value (Sumbal et al. 2019).

To understand how organizations may leverage such technologies requires examinations of the processes around the information value chain (Abbasi et al. 2016) as they take place in organizational context. The minitrack is open to any methodology that suitably examines the phenomenon including quantitative, qualitative as well as conceptual papers. We highly value work that takes a longitudinal perspective and aims to understand how organizations, and people, actually work with epistemic technologies in practice. In doing so, scholars may rely on different types of data and a range of (mixed) methods, such as qualitative observations, document content analysis, and advanced analytical techniques to model and understand people's actions and behavior. Emphasis will be placed on interdisciplinary studies that bridge the domains of organizational theory and information systems as well as information sciences. Overall, this mini-track endeavors to initiate a discussion about the use of new epistemic technologies, thereby going beyond the examination of these technologies at discrete level (Sharma, Mithas & Kankanhalli 2014) as many anecdotal examples suggest that the incumbent firms fail to reap benefits of these technologies against the promise (Bean & Devenport 2019; Marchand & Peppard 2013; Sumbal et al. 2019).

Broadly the topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:

  *   Data-driven decision-making v/s intuition-based decision-making in organizations
* New epistemic technologies and transformation of organizational decision-making processes
* New epistemic technologies and transformation of organizational decision-making structure
* New epistemic technologies and transformation of strategizing / strategy making processes
* New epistemic technologies and transformation of organizational as well as individual identity
* New epistemic technologies and the emergence of data science as a new occupation
* New epistemic technologies and insights generation processes

Submission Process:

Paper submissions must be made electronically through AMCIS 2020 Manuscript Submission Site https://new.precisionconference.com/ais<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnew.precisionconference.com%2Fais&data=02%7C01%7CW.Gunther%40exeter.ac.uk%7C9f36aecf3b2241e16d8808d799e03f4e%7C912a5d77fb984eeeaf321334d8f04a53%7C0%7C0%7C637147060746912292&sdata=0xKgiBTJZTTvC6Keny%2F6jpDkKWc9egeAkAYZmYvZbBs%3D&reserved=0>. Papers will be peer reviewed basis a double-blind process.

Important Dates:

Jan 6, 2020: Submission system opens

Feb 28, 2020: Completed Research and ERF submissions due (5:00p.m. MST)

April 22, 2020: Camera-ready papers due (5:00p.m. MST)

Please refer the minitrack description on AMCIS Website> https://amcis2020.aisconferences.org/track-descriptions/#toggle-id-19<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Famcis2020.aisconferences.org%2Ftrack-descriptions%2F%23toggle-id-19&data=02%7C01%7CW.Gunther%40exeter.ac.uk%7C9f36aecf3b2241e16d8808d799e03f4e%7C912a5d77fb984eeeaf321334d8f04a53%7C0%7C0%7C637147060746922282&sdata=2K5fF0djbmLfCeYSy2Yti0cc5bEiNbQ7BdhaavYDt1o%3D&reserved=0> (See Mini-Track #6 under the Track Organizational Transformation and Information Systems) or see the full Call for Papers here> https://newepistemictechnologies.wordpress.com/amcis-2020-mini-track/<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewepistemictechnologies.wordpress.com%2Famcis-2020-mini-track%2F&data=02%7C01%7CW.Gunther%40exeter.ac.uk%7C9f36aecf3b2241e16d8808d799e03f4e%7C912a5d77fb984eeeaf321334d8f04a53%7C0%7C0%7C637147060746922282&sdata=WvQWQG9PeTk0EdVwEQumUwOeK3FxuVMqk8UWOAvcAeA%3D&reserved=0>. Feel free to contact us for more details or clarifications.

Minitrack Co-Chairs:

Dr Wendy Günther<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexeterindex.org%2Fthe-team%2Fwendy-gunther%2F&data=02%7C01%7CW.Gunther%40exeter.ac.uk%7C9f36aecf3b2241e16d8808d799e03f4e%7C912a5d77fb984eeeaf321334d8f04a53%7C0%7C0%7C637147060746932277&sdata=wEKNGdVT1GVnNZyIn8QFG0SPZxaEcNIMTVkgiGl7rjM%3D&reserved=0>, Lecturer, Initiative for the Digital Economy at Exeter (INDEX), University of Exeter, London, United Kingdom. Email: w.gunther at exeter.ac.uk<mailto:w.gunther at exeter.ac.uk>
Mayur P. Joshi<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ivey.uwo.ca%2Fphd%2Fstudents%2Fmayur-p-joshi%2F&data=02%7C01%7CW.Gunther%40exeter.ac.uk%7C9f36aecf3b2241e16d8808d799e03f4e%7C912a5d77fb984eeeaf321334d8f04a53%7C0%7C0%7C637147060746932277&sdata=Pu11fu2hkZe2xBIF%2BQxT6lk8GgpQiZzDB5KhhZgzQGw%3D&reserved=0>, PhD Candidate, Ivey Business School, Western University, London, Canada. Email: mjoshi.phd at ivey.ca<mailto:mjoshi.phd at ivey.ca>

Regards,

Mayur P. Joshi,
PhD Candidate in Information Systems,
Ivey Business School at Western University,
1255 Western Road, London, ON, Canada N6G 0N1