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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span class="il"><span lang="EN-US">HICSS</span></span><span lang="EN-US">-46 Minitrack:
<b>Strategic Knowledge Management for Innovation and for Organizational Agility</b> - Call For Papers</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">Submissions Due: June 15, 2012</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">***********************************************************</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US"> We invite your submission to the "<b> Strategic Knowledge Management for Innovation and for Organizational Agility</b>” minitrack in the Knowledge Systems Track
at 2013 Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (<span class="il">HICSS</span>) (see minitrack summary below). This minitrack is a significant step forward in locating Knowledge Management as a strategic tool to support organizational innovation,
or innovation in organizations.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US"> The success of the minitrack will depend on the participation of experts like you. Please accept our personal invitation to submit a paper to the minitrack.
Also, you may feel free to forward this invitation to your colleagues.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US"> Papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial, or descriptive in nature with original content and not previously published or under submission elsewhere. All
submissions undergo a double-blind peer referee process. Those selected will be included in the Conference Proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society and carried by Xplore, the IEEE Digital Library (</span><a href="http://computer.org/press" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">http://computer.org/press</span></a><span lang="EN-US">).
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US"> Papers published in the
<span class="il">HICSS</span> Proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society Press and carried in the IEEE digital library Xplore</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">The Australian Government's Excellence in Research project (ERA) has given
<span class="il">HICSS</span> an "A" rating </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">For more information:
<a href="http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_46/apahome46.htm">http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_46/apahome46.htm</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">PAPER SUBMISSION - IMPORTANT DEADLINES</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">Summary of Important Deadlines (please follow the author instructions found at
</span><a href="http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_46/apahome46.htm" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.</span><span class="il"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">hicss</span></span><span lang="EN-US">.hawaii.edu/hicss_46/apahome46.htm</span></a><span lang="EN-US">):</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">June 15, 2012: Submission deadline; August 15, 2012: Acceptance notices ; September 15, 2012: Final papers due October 1, 2012; Early registration fee deadline;
October 15, 2012: Author registration deadline; January 7-10, 2013: <span class="il">
HICSS</span>-46, Grand Wailea, Maui Hawaii</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">1<sup>st</sup>. Call for Papers
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</span></b><a href="http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_46/apahome46.htm" target="_blank"><b>http://www.</b><span class="il"><b><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">hicss</span></b></span><b>.hawaii.edu/hicss_46/apahome46.htm</b></a><b>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="text-transform:uppercase">minitrack: Strategic Knowledge Management for Innovation and for Organizational Agility</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">After two decades of Knowledge Management (KM) research, organizations continue to question the theory KM translates into practice through creating, sharing and transforming knowledge
into business value. In particular, we focus here on the contribution that KM makes to innovation and organizational agility.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">More recently, the focus of KM has also moved to include knowledge-based practices and how these can be applied in the new global paradigm, and also in the face of challenging financial
times. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">A fundamental transformation has been taking place in two directions: (1) exploring how the inflows and outflows of knowledge have expanded to accelerate internal innovation and
expand the markets for external use of innovation, and (2) how KM is used to support organizational agility and sustain business agility. Both these themes support alternative approach to organizing for innovation and organizational agility in an open environment
with multiple participants and stakeholders. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Both strategic themes explore the effectiveness of new methods and organizational structures for improving innovation and organizational agility by engaging a broader base of outside
knowledge holders and raise important new issues about how knowledge is created and applied to derive business value, generate new ideas, and develop new products and solutions. A strategic approach to these issues is an emerging research focus, and is one
that is commanding attention among both theoreticians and practitioners alike. In line with this challenging research issue, the objective of this mini track is to draw appropriate papers on the broadest range of research methodologies including case studies,
action research, experimentation, survey, and simulation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Possible topics include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Strategic approaches to KM <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Innovation in the face of uncertainty<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Managing innovation in a global context<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Knowledge co-creation in communities, markets and open platforms.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Tools and techniques for managing knowledge in organizations<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Social media as a KM tool for <i>stimulating</i> innovation and sharing<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Social media as a KM tool for <i>supporting</i> innovation and sharing<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
KM and New Product Development: how KM contributes to the generation, evaluation and implementation of new products, services, processes and solutions<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Knowledge generation and management in virtual worlds<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
KM/KMS support for collaborative and creative work, e.g., design, research and development, exploration, customer support<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Knowledge sharing, diffusion and creativity, as influenced by different organization cultures and structures<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Managing knowledge exploitation vs. exploration dilemmas<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Mechanisms associated with KM, creativity and innovation<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
The use of KM to reduce risk in creative/innovative processes<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Knowledge for efficiency or for effectiveness<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">SUBMIT INQUIRIES TO:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Suzanne Zyngier (Primary Contact), La Trobe University, Email:
<a href="mailto:s.zyngier@latrobe.edu.au" target="_blank">s.zyngier@latrobe.edu.au</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Jill Owen, University of New South Wales, email:
<a href="mailto:J.Owen@adfa.edu.au" target="_blank">J.Owen@adfa.edu.au</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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