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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=PT link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span lang=EN-US>CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS<br></span></b><span lang=EN-US>Proposal Submission Deadline: March 30, 2013<br>Full Chapter Submission Deadline: July 30, 2013<br><b><i>Information Systems and Technology for Organizational Agility, Intelligence and Resilience<br></i></b>A book edited by Dr. Hakikur Rahman and Dr. Rui Dinis de Sousa, Centro Algoritmi, University of Minho, Portugal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US> </span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>To be published by IGI Global: <a href="http://www.igi-global.com"><i>http://www.igi-global.com</i></a><i><br></i> <br><i>(Call for the chapter: <br><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/931">http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/931</a> )</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b> <br>Introduction<br></b>The contemporary global economy requires innovative organizations and employees with novel skills, attitudes, and intellectual agility. Organizations and individuals must be able to take advantage of scientific and technological developments to become more innovative and competitive by pursuing flexibility in communication and decision making, as well as knowledge sharing and collaboration, in a trustworthy and secure organizational and technological environment. In these aspects, information systems and information technology (IS/IT) play a central role as promoters of new initiatives to communicate, work, do business, relate, act, manage, and lead. Similarly, manifestations like e-/m-commerce, e-/m-markets, e-/m-business, e-/m-tourism, e-/m-governance, e-/m-learning, e-democracy, e-/m-collaboration, crowdsourcing, intermediation, and others have emerged in recent years, conveying IS/IT that influence the way individuals and organizations see themselves, others, and the possibilities for vibrant interaction. At the same time, Web technologies and IT applications such as <i>decision support systems</i>, <i>workflow management systems</i>, <i>enterprise systems</i>, <i>value-chain management systems</i>, and <i>document and content management systems</i> have allowed these systems to increase organizational productivity, bring the organization closer to its stakeholders, and create new forms of competition and inter-organizational collaboration. Foremost, a variety of theories, methods, best practices, and tools have been developed in different scientific areas to support the design and implementation of initiatives aimed in promoting organizational learning, organizational memory, and the transformation of organizational identity to improve organizational agility, intelligence, and resilience. <br> <br><b>Overall Objective of the Book<br></b>The main contributor of this book is comprised of a group that carries out research on IS/IT through interdisciplinary research and development projects (such as transfer of knowledge, dissemination of knowledge, and various other research approaches including basic, transactional, and clinical research), as well as advanced training projects aiming to develop systematic and comprehensive strategies that promote overall organizational well-being. The main aim is to advise and support organizational agents who want ensure success in terms of financial, social, and environmental aspects as well as in the aspect of human development in a more sustainable way. The broad objective of this book will be to incorporate methods and technologies for the development of a sustained organization among the contemporary issues, such as increased globalization, economic crisis, short product life cycle, augmented competition, and amplified innovation. However, in specific, the scope of the book would like to include conceptual research, methodological aspects, empirical cases (using conventional instruments like survey, interview, literature review, case studies, and others), and especially success cases illustrating practices of the above mentioned instruments.<br> <br><b>Target Audience<br></b>The target audience may incorporate academics, researchers, intermediaries, policy initiators, associations, subsidiaries, and individuals who would like to initiate a start-up, rejuvenate the existing enterprise, or collaborate with other partners for better competencies and value addition, not only in terms of finance, but also in respect to knowledge gain that, in the long run, assists in financial gain. In these aspects, this book will be a valuable asset to the small and medium entrepreneurs; associations dealing with small organizations; corporate business sectors; intermediaries; knowledge managers including academics, researchers, government, and non-government staffs; and policy initiators.<br> <br><b>Recommended topics for chapters include, but are not limited to, the following:<br></b>Information Systems and Technologies in Organizations with a Broad Vision of the Field, like<br>Issues of Research and Development in IST<br>e-/m-commerce<br>e-/m-market<br>e-/m-business <br>e-/m-tourism<br>e-/m-governance<br>e-/m-learning<br>e-democracy <br>e-/m-collaboration<br>e-research<br>Innovation<br>Crowdsourcing<br>Intermediation<br>The Future of IST in Organizations<br> <br>Emerging Issues in IST in Organizations of Various Industrial Sectors<br>Organizational Intelligence (OI)<br>Frameworks and diagnostic tools<br>Collective intelligence and IST that promote OI<br>Distributed Cognition<br>Open business models and technologies<br>Open innovation<br>Knowledge networks<br>Social networks<br>On-line communities<br>Collaboration and future prediction<br>Organizational Agility<br>Frameworks and diagnostic tools<br>Innovation strategies and technologies<br>Organizational processes and structures<br>Politics, culture, and IST<br>IST role in building trust and reputation<br>IST role in building identity and image<br>Organizational Resilience<br>Frameworks and diagnostic tools<br>Adopting IST to become more resilient<br>IST to monitor environment and predict changes<br>Technologies to support individuals and organizations to connect, collaborate, and act collectively during the response and recovery phase of disasters<br><br>Citizen engagement in the design, implementation, and evaluation of policies that increase resilience<br>The IST Focus and Cases in Organizational Well Being<br>Knowledge & Innovation Management<br>Business Process Management (BPM)<br>IS Security Management<br>IS Development<br> <br>Case Studies from Various Business Sectors and Organizations<br>Entrepreneurships<br>Not-for-profit or non-profit entities (sustained cases)<br>Government organizations<br>Research organizations <br><b> <br>Submission Procedure<br></b>Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before <b>March 30, 2013</b>, a 2-3 page proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by <b>April 30, 2013</b> about the status of their proposals and sent case guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by <b>July 30, 2013</b>. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. <br> <br><b>Publisher<br></b>This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” and “IGI Publishing” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit <a href="http://www.igi-global.com">www.igi-global.com</a>. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2014.<br><b> <br></b><b><span lang=EN-US>Important Dates:<br></span></b><span lang=EN-US>March 30, 2013: Proposal Submission Deadline<br>April 30, 2013: Notification of Acceptance<br>July 30, 2013: Full Chapter Submission<br>September 30, 2013: Review Result Returned<br>October 30, 2013: Final Chapter Submission<br> <br><b>Editorial Advisory Board Members:<br></b>João Alvaro Carvalho, University of Minho, Portugal<br>Kevin DeSouza, Arizona State University, USA<br>Anabela Mesquita, Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto, Portugal<br>Gilberto Perez, Universidade Mackenzie de São Paulo Brazil<br>Amiram Porath, College for Academic Studies, Israel<br>Paresh Rathod, Lauria University, Finland<br> <br> <br>Inquiries and Submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) to:<br>Prof. Hakikur Rahman<br>University of Minho<br>DSI, Azurem<br>4800-058 Guimaraes, Portugal<br>Tel.: +351 253 510 319 • FAX: +351 253 510 300 • GSM: +351 960193872<br>e-mail: </span><a href="mailto:hakik@dsi.uminho.pt"><span lang=EN-US>hakik@dsi.uminho.pt</span></a> <span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>