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class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"FrutigerNextFHL-Light","serif"'>Important
Dates</span></b><b><span lang=DE style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Deadline for submissions                                   May
1, 2011</span></span><span class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span
lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Initial Review Round Completed                     July
31, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Revisions Due (where applicable)                    October
1, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Final Acceptance Decisions                               December,
31 2011<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Special Issue Published                                      March,
1 2012<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"FrutigerNextFHL-Light","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"FrutigerNextFHL-Light","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"FrutigerNextFHL-Light","serif"'>Objective
and Aspirations<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'>The purpose of this special issue is to draw the attention of the
Information Systems community to the emerging significant role of Business
Process Management as a boundary-spanning and identity-defining discipline of
IS research, bringing together management philosophies and process-aware
information technology. Our objective is to provide a discussion forum for
researchers who are interested in providing examples for the contemporary state
of the art in BPM research, spanning design-oriented approaches as well as
traditional empirical research approaches. A particular aim of this special
issue is to push the discussion in contemporary BPM research beyond information
technology and methods to also embrace aspects of strategic alignment,
governance, people and culture.</span></span><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=DE style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"FrutigerNextFHL-Light","serif"'>Description</span></b><b><span
lang=DE style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Business Process Management has become one of the most widely discussed
approaches for information professionals. The potential of BPM particularly
lies in the integration of advanced information technology with organizational
and managerial methods to foster and leverage business innovation, operational
excellence and intra- and inter-organizational collaboration.</span></span><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=DE style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Business Process Management as an Information Systems discipline is
characterized by a myriad of approaches towards the analysis, modeling,
implementation, execution and management of information systems with an
explicit process focus, ranging from those supported by groupware and project
management products to those supported by workflow management systems and, more
recently, business process management systems. However, Business Process
Management also embraces further, widely undefined themes pertaining to the
engineering and management of systems and organizations, particularly with
respect to the areas of organizational culture, process-aware information
systems, strategic alignment, and governance structures.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'>The wide application areas and the impact of Business Process
Management present an exciting opportunity for IS researchers to contribute to
our knowledge in this area, be it through the design of innovative
process-oriented artifacts or through theorizing about the application,
appropriation and usage consequences of BPM artifacts in organizational
practice.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'>We invite rigorous and relevant contributions from a wide variety of
research methods. Interpretive and positivistic research approaches as well as
Design Science Research are welcomed, and theory building is encouraged
regardless of the chosen research methodology. Topics of interest pertaining to
Business Process Management may include but are not limited to the following:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:53.25pt;text-indent:-35.25pt;mso-list:
l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>                     
</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Strategic alignment of BPM (e.g., value-based process management)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:53.25pt;text-indent:-35.25pt;mso-list:
l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>                     
</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'>BPM Governance (e.g., BPM center of competence)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:53.25pt;text-indent:-35.25pt;mso-list:
l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>                     
</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Methods for BPM (e.g., Six Sigma, procedure models, methodologies,
process modeling)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:53.25pt;text-indent:-35.25pt;mso-list:
l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>                     
</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Process-aware Information Systems (e.g., workflow management and
eBusiness standards)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:53.25pt;text-indent:-35.25pt;mso-list:
l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>                     
</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Engagement and Education of Process Practitioners(e.g., educational
programs, curriculum design)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:53.25pt;text-indent:-35.25pt;mso-list:
l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>                     
</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Cultural Impacts of/on BPM (e.g., in global roll-out projects)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:53.25pt;text-indent:-35.25pt;mso-list:
l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>                     
</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Adoption and Diffusion of BPM and Process standards<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:53.25pt;text-indent:-35.25pt;mso-list:
l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>                     
</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Open-source Systems for BPM<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:53.25pt;text-indent:-35.25pt;mso-list:
l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>                     
</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span
class=FormatvorlageFrutigerNextFHL-Light11pt><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt'>BPM and Service-Orientation<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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technologies)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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maintain highest quality standards. The journal welcomes research papers
(research agenda papers, interpretive or exploratory papers, speculative
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  style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"FrutigerNextFHL-Light","serif"'>Jan
  Recker<br>
  Queensland University of Technology<br>
  </span><span lang=DE><a href="mailto:j.recker@qut.edu.au"><span lang=EN-US
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  Brocke<br>
  The University of Liechtenstein<br>
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  style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"FrutigerNextFHL-Light","serif"'>Jan
  Mendling<br>
  Humboldt-University Berlin<br>
  </span><span lang=DE><a href="mailto:jan.mendling@wiwi.hu-berlin.de"><span
  lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"FrutigerNextFHL-Light","serif"'>jan.mendling@wiwi.hu-berlin.de</span></a></span><span
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  Dreiling<br>
  SAP Research<br>
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