[AISWorld] FCFP HICSS-55 Minitrack on Emerging Issues in e-collaboration Distributed Group Decision-Making: Opportunities and Challenges

[Anil Aggarwal]

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Hello:

After successful sessions last four years, we are continuing our mini track on Emerging Issues in Distributed Group Decision-Making: Opportunities and Challenges at the  HICSS Conference.  We invite you to submit your paper to our minitrack . A call for papers is shown below.


Regards,

Anil Aggarwal
University of Baltimore
USA

Doug Vogel
Harbin Institute of technology
PRC

Yuko SJ Murayama
Tsuda College
Japan

CALL FOR PAPERS FOR the Mini-track



Emerging Issues in e-collaboration Distributed Group Decision-Making: Opportunities and Challenges

 (Part of the Collaboration Systems and Technology track )

HAWAII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEM SCIENCES
(HICSS-55)
January 4-7, 2022
at

Hyatt Regency Maui

In the current turbulent/pandemic state everything is becoming virtual.  Students, businesses, politicians and everyone is looking for safe virtual solutions In addition, emerging issues like big data, data analytics, visual analytics, data mining, crowd--sourcing, e-government, e-health and m-commerce are giving new meaning to distributed decision making. Coordination among individuals with varying skills is becoming common. Teams, however, are becoming dispersed and virtual putting tremendous pressure on them 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. 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.
Distributed teams 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 issue 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):


  *   eCollaboration during pandemic
  *   Challenges of moving from face to face to virtual settings
  *   Fake news impact on ecollaboration
  *   Swift team collaboration
  *   Sub groups impact on eCollaboration
  *   Big data collaboration
  *   E-government(s) inter- , intra-collaboration
  *   Collaboration through crowdsourcing
  *   Disaster management in distributed teams
  *   Delivering health services through collaboration
  *   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 globally 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 globally distributed  teams
  *   Synchronous and asynchronous decision making in globally 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 globally distributed teams
  *   Case Studies (success/failures) related to decision making by globally distributed teams
Contact Information for Mini-Track Chair:
Dr. A. K. Aggarwal**
University of Baltimore, USA
410-8375275
aaggarwal at ubalt.edu<mailto:aaggarwal at ubalt.edu>
Dr. Doug Vogel
Harbin Institute of technology
PRC
isdoug at hit.edu.cn<mailto:isdoug at hit.edu.cn>
Dr. Yuko SJ Murayama
Tsuda College
Japan
murayama at tsuda.ac.jp<mailto:murayama at tsuda.ac.jp>

Important Deadlines:
June 15, 2021:             Paper Submission Deadline (11:59 pm HST)
August 17, 2021:        Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
September 22, 2021:   Deadline for Authors to Submit Final Manuscript for Publication
October 1, 2021:         Deadline for at least one author of to register for HICSS-54Instructions for
Paper Submission:

  *   HICSS papers must contain original material not previously published, or currently submitted elsewhere.
  *   Do not submit the manuscript to more than one mini-track. If unsure which mini-track is appropriate, submit the abstract to the Track Chair for guidance.
  *   Submit your full paper according to the detailed formatting and submission instructions found on the HICSS website. Note: All papers will be submitted in double column publication format and limited to 10 pages including diagrams and references. HICSS will conduct double-blind reviews of each submitted paper.
HICSS conferences are devoted to advances in the information, computer, and system sciences, and encompass developments in both theory and practice. Invited papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial or descriptive in nature. Submissions undergo a double-blind peer referee process and those selected for presentation will be published in the Conference Proceedings. Submissions must not have been previously published.
For the latest information visit the HICSS web site at: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/