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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><i><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><i><span style='color:black'>Call for Minitrack Proposals for the<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>AMCIS 2012 Strategic Use of<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Information Technology (SUIT) Track<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Information systems are increasingly used to generate business value and gain competitive advantage in businesses and public agencies. This has subsequently led to more and more interest in the successful design, development, deployment, and use of these systems. In many cases, an absence of these systems may threaten not just a company’s competitiveness but also its survival. The objective of the AMCIS 2012 Strategic Use of Information Technology (SUIT) track </span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>is to provide the conference attendees a better understanding of the management, success, and failure of </span><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Strategic and Competitive Information Systems (SCIS)</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>. T</span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>he AMCIS 2012 SUIT, therefore, wishes to solicit minitrack proposals for this track that include research studies that are related to, but not limited to the following areas:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>IS Strategy and Implementation<br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>a. Strategic positioning of this type of systems<br>b. Challenges in implementing this type of systems<br>c. Making the case for this type of systems<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Strategic IS Successes and Failures<br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>a. Measuring strategic impact of these systems in terms of, for example, creating business advantage<br>b. Analyzing SIS impact on strategic decision making<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Risk Management in Strategic and Competitive Information Systems (SCIS)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>a.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Security management in the development and use of SCIS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>b.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Privacy management in the development and use of SCIS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>c.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Reliability in in the use of SCIS <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>d.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Economics of SCIS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>e.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Economics of Privacy of SCIS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>f.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Economics of Reliability of SCIS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Economics and Metrics for Evaluation of Strategic and Competitive Information Systems (SCIS)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>a.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Economics, ROI, and Benchmarking of SCIS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>b.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Economics of privacy and reliability of SCIS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>c.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Use of scoreboards for SCIS<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Empirical, theoretical, and case-based studies in the use of Strategic and Competitive Information Systems in some of the following areas:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>a.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>SCIS use in managing IT outsourcing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>b.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Privacy, confidentially, and compliance with the use of SCIS <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>c.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Alignment of Strategic and Competitive Information Systems with the Business Plan<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>IT Governance, Alignment, and Enterprise Architectures <br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>a. IT alignment with business plan towards facilitating the design and development of Strategic and Competitive Information Systems<br>b. IT Governance towards facilitating the development and use of SCIS. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Transformations for Strategic Information Systems <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>Please limit the number of co-chairs to no more than four persons (one or two preferred) for a given minitrack. We look forward to receiving your 1-2 page submission that indicates the importance of the research studies to be included in the proposed minitrack and potential topics to be covered by these studies.</span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='color:red'> </span></b>Mini-track proposals are due by <strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>November 16, 2011</span></strong><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, at 12 midnight EST (<a href="http://amcis2012.aisnet.org/index.php/program/tracks-and-minitracks/71">http://amcis2012.aisnet.org/index.php/program/tracks-and-minitracks/71</a>). </span></span><b><span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>We appreciate your consideration and possible participation in this track.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>With best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='color:black'>Strategic Use of Information Technology (SUIT) Track Chairs:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>Jack Becker (<a href="mailto:becker@unt.edu">becker@unt.edu</a>), University of North Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>M. Adam Mahmood (<a href="mailto:mmahmood@utep.edu">mmahmood@utep.edu</a>), University of Texas at El Paso</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>