Dear SIG IT Project Management members, ITProjMgmt authors and friends:<br>
<br>
All of you may have seen the AMCIS 2013 call for <span>minitrack</span> proposals<br>
has been sent out and the deadline for submitting a <span>minitrack</span> proposal<br>
is October 18th, 2012. Therefore, we are currently soliciting <span>minitrack</span><br>
proposals for the IT Project Management track at AMCIS 2013 in Chicago, Illinois.<br>
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<p style="letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font:13px tahoma;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;margin:0in 0in 6pt;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal">Minitrack chairs will be responsible for a) promoting their minitrack to generate manuscript submissions to AMCIS 2013;<span> </span>
b) soliciting and assigning reviewers for manuscripts submitted to the
minitrack; and c) making recommendations to track chairs about each
manuscript submitted to the minitrack. Each of these important dates and
activities are identified on the AMCIS 2013 website.<span style="text-decoration:underline"></span><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></span></p>
<p style="letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font:13px tahoma;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;margin:0in 0in 6pt;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal"></span><a href="http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55&Itemid=58" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:rgb(217,217,217);font-family:arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal"></span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(217,217,217);font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;color:red;font-weight:normal"><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></span></p>
<p style="letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font:13px tahoma;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;margin:0in 0in 6pt;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:normal">To submit a minitrack proposal,</span><strong><span> </span></strong><span style="font-weight:normal">you must submit a) m</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal">initrack
chairs (names, emails, affiliation); b) minitrack title; c) short
description of minitrack for the AMCIS 2013 website (up to 150 words);
d) call for papers for your minitrack. To submit a minitrack proposal,
visit:<br>
</span><a href="http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2013_minitracks/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal">http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2013_minitracks/</span></a><span style="font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></span></p>
<p style="letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font:13px tahoma;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;margin:0in 0in 6pt;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal">And<span style="text-decoration:underline"></span><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></span></p>
<a href="http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84&Itemid=60" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal">http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84&Itemid=60</span></a><br>
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Potential ideas for research oriented minitracks in ITProjMgmt may<br>
include one or more of the following:<br>
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Virtual project management<br>
Critical Success Factors<br>
Leadership issues in project management<br>
Strategic issues in project management<br>
Management by projects (unlike Management by Objectives)<br>
Human Resource Management in Projects<br>
Project management research methods<br>
Risk management in IT Projects<br>
Value/return on investment of project management<br>
Knowledge management and IT Projects<br>
Project Management Organizations (PMO or EPM)<br>
Project Management Assessment, Quality and Assurance<br>
Project Management Standards<br>
Project management theory<br>
Pedagogical Issues in ITPM<br>
Other<br>
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Deadlines:<br>
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<p style="letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font:13px tahoma;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;margin:0in 0in 6pt;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal">To view the full schedule of activities for minitrack chairs, visit:<span> </span><br>
</span><a href="http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=57" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal">http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=57</span></a><span style="font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;color:red;font-weight:normal"><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></span></p>
<p style="padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;padding-top:0in;border:medium none"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px"><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></span></p>
<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:10pt">October 1, 2012: Submit minitrack proposals to Bepress (new submission system for AMCIS)<br>
</span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:10pt">October 18, 2012: Minitrack proposals due<br>
</span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:10pt">November 19, 2012: Revised Minitrack proposal due<br>
</span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:10pt">January 4, 2013: Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2013 begin</span><br>
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For up-to-date information about AMCIS 2013, please visit: <a href="http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/">http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/</a><br><br>
For more information on upcoming events relating to the SIG, please<br>
visit <a href="http://www.SIGITProjMgmt.org" target="_blank">http://www.SIGITProjMgmt.org</a><br>
<br>
Thanks for your continuing support of the SIGITProjMgmt. Please let us<br>
know if you have any suggestions. We look forward to your <span>minitrack</span><br>
proposals.<br>
<br>
If you have any questions, please email one of the <span>track</span> co-chairs.<br>
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AMCIS 2013 ITProjMgmt <span>Track</span> Co-Chairs<br>
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Alanah Mitchell (<a href="mailto:mitchellaj@appstate.edu" target="_blank">mitchellaj@appstate.edu</a>)<br>
Appalachian State University<br>
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Lorraine Lee (<a href="mailto:Leel@uncw.edu" target="_blank">Leel@uncw.edu</a>)<br>
University of North Carolina Wilmington<br><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal"><br></span>