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<DIV>(Apologies for cross-postings of this
announcement.)<BR><BR>*************************************************<BR>CALL
FOR PAPERS<BR>Forty-Fifth Annual Hawai'i International Conference on System
Sciences<BR>(HICSS-45)<BR>January 4 - 7, 2012 (Wednesday-Saturday)<BR>Grand
Walea on Maui (http://www.grandwailea.com)<BR><BR>Track: Knowledge
Systems<BR>Minitrack: Knowledge Management Value, Success and Performance
Measurements<BR><BR>Research into knowledge management (KM), organizational
memories, and<BR>organizational learning has been affected by investigations
such as<BR>implementation aspects, system developments, or knowledge flows
during a<BR>number of years. Therefore, a high maturity level of KM research has
been<BR>achieved. However, organizational KM initiatives are more and more
faced<BR>with budget cuts and justification demands due to intense competition
in<BR>today's business environments. The influences of the rapid pace
of<BR>globalization and of the ongoing liberalization of national
and<BR>international markets lead to the emergence of increased pressure
on<BR>existing companies. Project managers of KM initiatives like Chief
Knowledge<BR>Officers need to justify their budgets and thus are in need of
qualitative<BR>and quantitative evidence of the initiatives' success. In
addition, ROI<BR>calculations and traditional accounting approaches do not tell
an adequate<BR>story when proposing knowledge-based initiatives. This minitrack
explores<BR>research into strategies, methodologies, and stories that relate to
measure<BR>this success. In addition, this minitrack will be used to explore
the<BR>bodies of performance measurements that define the current state
of<BR>research in measuring KM, organizational memory, and
organizational<BR>learning success. Eventually, another purpose of this
minitrack is to<BR>present research on how to value knowledge-based
initiatives.<BR><BR>Topics and research areas include, but are not limited
to:<BR>* Frameworks and models for assessing knowledge management
and/or<BR>organizational memory systems<BR>* Methodologies and processes for
measuring knowledge management and/or<BR>organizational memory success and
performance<BR>* Impact of knowledge management strategy, organization, systems,
culture,<BR>and other issues on knowledge management/organizational memory
success<BR>* Organizational effectiveness/efficiency due to
knowledge<BR>management/organizational memory/organizational learning, knowledge
and<BR>organizational memory use<BR>* Knowledge management, organizational
memory, and organizational learning<BR>metrics<BR>* Knowledge management,
organizational memory, and organizational learning<BR>success factors and key
performance indicators<BR>* Benchmarking of knowledge management/organizational
memory initiatives<BR>* Case studies of knowledge management and organizational
memory success<BR>and performance measurements<BR>* Measuring knowledge
management and/or organizational memory performance<BR>in global organizations
and globally dispersed communities<BR>* Effectiveness and/or efficiency of
knowledge management/organizational<BR>memory systems<BR>* Modeling and
measuring the impact of social software on knowledge<BR>management
performance<BR>* Defining knowledge management and organizational memory
success<BR>* Rigorous anecdotes and user stories and their theoretical basis
to<BR>facilitate the value of knowledge-based initiatives<BR>* Developing
grounded theory approaches to valuing knowledge-based<BR>initiatives<BR>*
Understanding knowledge-based initiatives' activities and output as<BR>service
offerings and exploring their productivity<BR>* Usage, adoption, and success of
knowledge management methods<BR><BR>Co-chairs:<BR>Murray E. Jennex (Primary
Contact)<BR>Information and Decision Science<BR>San Diego State University San
Diego, CA, USA<BR>Phone: +1-760-966-0548<BR>Fax: +1-760-722-2668<BR>Email:
Murphjen<at>aol.com, mjennex<at>mail.sdsu.edu<BR><BR>Stefan
Smolnik<BR>Institute of Research on Information Systems (IRIS)<BR>EBS Business
School<BR>EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht i. Gr.<BR>Söhnleinstraße
8D<BR>65201 Wiesbaden, Germany<BR>Phone: +49 611 7102 2177<BR>Fax: +49 611 7102
102177<BR>Email: stefan.smolnik<at>ebs.edu<BR>WWW:
http://www.ebs.edu/iris<BR><BR>David T. Croasdell<BR>Accounting and Information
Systems Department<BR>College of Business Administration<BR>University of
Nevada, Reno<BR>Reno, Nevada 89557, USA<BR>Phone: 775-784-6902<BR>Email:
davec<at>unr.edu<BR><BR><BR>HICSS conferences are devoted to the most
relevant advances in the<BR>information, computer, and system sciences, and
encompass developments in<BR>both theory and practice. Accepted papers may be
theoretical, conceptual,<BR>tutorial or descriptive in nature. Those selected
for presentation will be<BR>included in the Conference Proceedings published by
the IEEE Computer<BR>Society.<BR><BR>Important 2011 Deadlines for Authors:<BR>*
>From now to June 1 [Optional]: Prepare Abstracts. Then, contact
Minitrack<BR>Chairs for guidance and indication of appropriate content.<BR>*
June 15: Authors submit full papers by this date, following the
author<BR>instructions (http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_45/apahome45.htm).
All<BR>papers will be submitted in double column publication format and limited
to<BR>10 pages including diagrams and references. HICSS papers undergo
a<BR>double-blind review (June15 - August15); therefore, this submission must
be<BR>without author names.<BR>* August 15: Review System emails Acceptance
Notices to authors. It is very<BR>important that at least one author of each
accepted paper attend the<BR>conference. Therefore, all travel guarantees –
including visa or fiscal/<BR>funding procedures – should begin immediately. Make
sure your server<BR>accepts the address from our review
system<BR>https://precisionconference.com/~hicss.<BR>* September 15: Early
Registration fee deadline. (Fees will increase on<BR>Sept 16 and Dec 16.) Add
author names to paper, and submit Final Paper for<BR>Publication. At least one
author of each paper should register by this date<BR>in order secure publication
in the Proceedings.<BR>* October 15: Papers without at least one registered
author will be deleted<BR>from the Proceedings and not scheduled for
presentation; authors will be so<BR>notified by the Conference
Office.<BR><BR>Instructions for Paper Submission:<BR>* Submit your full
manuscript by June 15, and if accepted, submit the Final<BR>Version by Sept 15,
according to detailed instructions posted on the HICSS<BR>website.<BR>* HICSS
papers must contain original material. They may not have been<BR>previously
published, nor currently submitted elsewhere. All submissions<BR>undergo a
double-blind peer review process.<BR>* Abstracts are optional, but strongly
recommended. You may contact the<BR>Minitrack Chair(s) for guidance or
verification of content.<BR>* Submit a paper to only one Minitrack. If a paper
is submitted to more<BR>than one minitrack either paper may be rejected by
either minitrack without<BR>consultation with author. If you are not sure of the
appropriate Minitrack,<BR>submit an abstract to the Track Chair(s) for
determination, and/or seek<BR>opinion(s) of Minitrack Chair(s) before
submitting.<BR>* Do not author or co-author more than 5 papers. This means that
an<BR>individual may be listed as author/co-author on no more than 5
submitted<BR>papers. Track Chairs must approve any names added after submission
or<BR>acceptance.<BR><BR>Additional details may be found on HICSS primary
website:<BR>http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu<BR><BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>