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1. Health Systems Journal - 2nd Issue Now Available!<br>
(<a href="mailto:lerougec@slu.edu">lerougec@slu.edu</a>)<br>
2. Reminder: CFP: First International Workshop on Behavior<br>
Change Support Systems (BCSS), in conjunction with the 8th<br>
International Conference on Persuasive Technology (Sitwat Langrial)<br>
3. AMCIS 2013 Mini-track: Project Management in Developing &<br>
Emerging Economies (Kweku-Muata A Osei-Bryson)<br>
4. Re: A small revolution in the IS field (Robert Johnston)<br>
5. CFP: Information and Software Technology Journal - special<br>
issue on Performance in Software Development (Miroslaw Staron)<br>
6. 2nd CfP JCSCW Special Issue on Crisis Informatics and<br>
Collaboration (Pipek, Volkmar, Dr.)<br>
7. AMCIS 2013 CFP ? Interface Design, Evaluation and Impact<br>
Minitrack (Na Li)<br>
8. Re: A small revolution in the IS field (Sullivan, John J.)<br>
9. CFP - AMCIS 2013 Minitrack: Education and Training in Virtual<br>
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To: "<a href="mailto:aisworld@lists.aisnet.org">aisworld@lists.aisnet.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:aisworld@lists.aisnet.org">aisworld@lists.aisnet.org</a>><br>
Subject: [AISWorld] Reminder: CFP: First International Workshop on<br>
Behavior Change Support Systems (BCSS), in conjunction with the 8th<br>
International Conference on Persuasive Technology<br>
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This is friendly reminder that the deadline for the First International Workshop on Behavior Change Support Systems (BCSS)-2013 is fast approaching.<br>
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A wide-ranging array of persuasive applications have been developed so far that aim to persuade and support users to perform or adopt desirable behaviors. This workshop aims to provide an underpinning for designing, evaluating and exploring Behavior Change Support Systems (BCSS). It will be the first scientific workshop focused on to the models of behaviour change using the conceptual BCSS. The workshop will provide an occasion for researchers and practitioners to describe and comprehend the design process for building BCSSs and it will provide a venue for elucidating research into BCSSs through the domains of health, well-being, and others. For instance, to improve healthy lifestyle, to achieve predefined or self set goals through augmented persuasive techniques and approaches.<br>
<br>
Research and position papers are due on January 10, 2013. A more detailed workshop description and CFP are available at:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://bcssworkshop.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">https://bcssworkshop.wordpress.com/</a><br>
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This workshop is organized by:<br>
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Harri Oinas-Kukkonen, University of Oulu, Finland<br>
Wolfgang Reitberger, Vienna University of Technology, Austria<br>
Lisette van Gemert-Pijnen, University of Twente, the Netherlands<br>
Bernd Ploderer, University of Melbourne, Australia<br>
Sitwat Langrial, University of Oulu, Finland<br>
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From: Kweku-Muata A Osei-Bryson <<a href="mailto:kmosei@vcu.edu">kmosei@vcu.edu</a>><br>
To: <a href="mailto:aisworld@lists.aisnet.org">aisworld@lists.aisnet.org</a><br>
Subject: [AISWorld] AMCIS 2013 Mini-track: Project Management in<br>
Developing & Emerging Economies<br>
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*TRACK: IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT (SIGITProjMgmt)*<br>
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*Mini-track: Project Management in Developing & Emerging Economies *<br>
<br>
*IMPORTANT DATES*<br>
<br>
Jan 4, 2013 Paper submissions open on Bepress system<br>
Feb 22, 2013 Paper submissions deadline 11:59 p.m. Central Time<br>
April 17-19, 2013 Notification of paper acceptance<br>
May 9, 2013 Camera-ready copy of accepted papers due<br>
<br>
Instructions for authors and more information about the conference is<br>
available on the conference website at <a href="http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/" target="_blank">http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/</a>.<br>
DESCRIPTION<br>
<br>
Information & Communication technologies (ICT) and other types of IT<br>
projects are typically faced with numerous challenges and obstacles. These<br>
are further magnified in developing and emerging countries where there is<br>
likelihood that best practices and methodologies are not consistently<br>
applied or widely dispersed across organizations and sectors. Effective<br>
project management approaches have great potential for revitalizing the<br>
sluggish and ineffective management practices often encountered in<br>
developing countries (Stuckenbruck & Zomorrodian, 1987). However, some of<br>
the barriers to the successful execution of projects in developing<br>
countries include political and social systems, lack of financial support,<br>
cultural blocks (Nguyen, 2007) and sufficient access to qualified<br>
practitioners. Despite these challenges, these regions have much to offer,<br>
through interesting and unique experiences, and insights from experience in<br>
practice. This was further reinforced by Mia and Ramage (2011) in their<br>
investigation of IT Project Management in the microfinance sector of<br>
Bangladesh.<br>
<br>
The objective of this mini-track is to foster discourse on important<br>
issues, challenges and opportunities within the IT project management<br>
domain from the perspectives of developing and emerging economies as both<br>
attempt to improve and harness project management capabilities.<br>
Researchers, graduate students and practitioners? submissions of completed<br>
and work in progress research, cases and industry insights are welcomed.<br>
<br>
References<br>
<br>
Mia, M. B., & Ramage, M. (2011). IT project management in developing<br>
countries: approaches and factors affecting success in the microfinance<br>
sector of Bangladesh.<br>
<br>
Nguyen, N. M. (2007). The Challenges of transferring modern project<br>
management principles and methodologies to developing countries. In<br>
Proceedings 2007 PMI Global Congress, Hong Kong<br>
<br>
Stuckenbruck, L. C., & Zomorrodian, A. (1987). Project management: the<br>
promise for developing countries. International Journal of Project<br>
Management, 5(3), 167-175.<br>
<br>
SUGGESTED TOPICS<br>
<br>
Related suggested topics, which are not limited to, but could include:<br>
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- Regional analysis of the state of art of ITPM<br>
- Country analysis of the state of art of ITPM<br>
- Critical issues, challenges and opportunities in ITPM<br>
- Indigenous & Hybrid PM practices in Small Island States<br>
- Maintaining Quality PM practices in SMEs<br>
- Future of ITPM<br>
- Critical success factors for projects<br>
- Business intelligence application in IT projects<br>
- Scope management in IT Projects<br>
- Risk management in IT Projects<br>
- Contract and procurement in IT Projects<br>
- Security, privacy and ethics in IT Projects<br>
- Best practices and experiences in government projects<br>
- IT PM education<br>
- Knowledge management in PM<br>
- Project management maturity and PMOs<br>
- Project performance methods and applications<br>
- Strategies and project management<br>
<br>
For any questions relating to submissions to this mini-track please<br>
contact: Corlane Barclay, <a href="mailto:clbarclay@gmail.com">clbarclay@gmail.com</a><br>
MINITRACK CO-CHAIRS<br>
<br>
Corlane Barclay, Ph.D., LLB, PMP<br>
University of Technology, Jamaica<br>
<a href="mailto:clbarclay@gmail.com">clbarclay@gmail.com</a><br>
<br>
Sheryl Thompson, Ph.D<br>
University of the West Indies, Western Jamaica Campus<br>
<a href="mailto:mislecturer@gmail.com">mislecturer@gmail.com</a><br>
<br>
Kweku Muata Osei-Bryson, Ph.D.<br>
Virginia Commonwealth University<br>
<a href="mailto:kmuata@isy.vcu.edu">kmuata@isy.vcu.edu</a><br>
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Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 13:17:39 +1100<br>
From: "Robert Johnston" <<a href="mailto:robert.johnston@ucd.ie">robert.johnston@ucd.ie</a>><br>
To: "Nik R Hassan" <<a href="mailto:nhassan@d.umn.edu">nhassan@d.umn.edu</a>>, "AISWorld"<br>
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Hi Nik<br>
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Thanks for the nice post.<br>
<br>
The idea that we do good research but do not produce good knowledge is intriguing.<br>
<br>
However, we need to delve further and explain how this can be so.<br>
<br>
The observation seems to indication that the (well executed) research methods do not fit the phenomena being studied. To me, this is because much of IS research is attempting to apply reductionist methods to a holistic phenomenon, namely the embeddedness of technologies in human practices.<br>
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Cheers Johno<br>
<br>
Robert B. Johnston<br>
Professor of Information and Organisation<br>
School of Business<br>
University College Dublin<br>
<br>
Mail: 81 Hunter St. Richmond, VIC, Australia. 3121<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:Robert.Johnston@ucd.ie">Robert.Johnston@ucd.ie</a> <<a href="mailto:Robert.Johnston@ucd.ie">Robert.Johnston@ucd.ie</a>><br>
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From: Nik R Hassan<br>
To: AISWorld<br>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 6:32 AM<br>
Subject: [AISWorld] A small revolution in the IS field<br>
<br>
<br>
A small revolution in the IS field<br>
<br>
As we approach the end of yet another year in the history of the IS field, I'd like to say how glad I was to have attended ICIS this year. It may just be me, but I think I just witnessed a small revolution taking place (at least in North America) in the field. I heard IS scholars making unconventional remarks I have not heard before. I enclose some quotes, and what went through my mind in parenthesis [I am just reporting - please don't shoot the messenger :-) ].<br>
<br>
[Varun*] "We can do very good research, but that doesn't mean we are producing good knowledge ? can we create 'better' knowledge?? exciting, innovative and addressing important questions of our time"<br>
<br>
(wha? [my jaw dropping] did Varun just say what I thought he said?? He's admitting we're not producing good knowledge?)<br>
<br>
[Varun] "are we scripting the way we do research....requiring us to select a theory and apply it to our phenomena, create a mid-level model and then refine it ... add mediators and moderators to it ? Does this script work for good knowledge?"<br>
<br>
(Wow ? I kinda think everyone knew that was the game, the standard publishing script, and I was taught exactly that in school, but to hear a scholar say it in public and analyze it ? cool!)<br>
<br>
[Bernard**] "I've been looking back at all the work that I've done? I don't think I've done enough ... We really should be doing research to resolve significant global problems...<br>
<br>
(if Bernard feels he hasn't contributed much, how much have the rest of us done?)<br>
<br>
[Bernard] ... at NUS, we've put together an inter-disciplinary team and received a big grant using social media to reduce pests ... and increase food production ... Let's not be too fixated about whether MISQ or ISR would publish such research ... let's target our work at Nature or Science .... to earn the respect of others outside our community<br>
<br>
(that's easy for him to say, he's already published tons in MISQ and ISR. But isn't there something wrong with the picture? Isn't research that's frequently published in the top journals of the field that's supposed to make their way to journals like Science and Nature? What does that say about our "normal" research?)<br>
<br>
[Manju**] "After we have had the satisfaction of publishing in MISQ or ISR, and at least after making tenure and Full, it is time to start thinking about researching big ideas that make a difference "<br>
<br>
(Publishing 2-3 papers in MISQ and ISR, and getting full professor is going to take at least 10-20 years out of the most productive years of anyone's life, if they're fortunate enough to get there. Shouldn't those most productive years already be spent in researching big ideas? Shouldn't big ideas be some part of getting a full professorship in IS?)<br>
<br>
[Steven Alter in a follow up email]<br>
Our ICIS panel "DSR ? remind me again about whether it is a new research paradigm or a rationale of last resort ?" chaired by Allen Lee, with Steven Alter, Helmut Krcmar, and Mike Chiasson ? remarks similar to Varun ? that DSR is increasingly governed by a script that makes papers easier to review but ? becoming an obstacle to genuine innovation ? script encourages DSR researchers to do design-related work in a way in which few if any designers actually design things in the real world, which is especially unfortunate for a type of research that is called design SCIENCE research."<br>
<br>
All of these remarks are making me rethink about the notion of "value" in our work (not to be confused with "usefulness" or "utility"). It's close to "relevance" but since relevance has so much baggage attached to it, perhaps we should be taking a closer look at what valuable research really means.<br>
<br>
What kind of IS research is valuable anyway?<br>
<br>
<br>
Nik Rushdi Hassan<br>
Univ of Minnesota Duluth<br>
Chair SIG Philosophy<br>
<br>
*Varun Grover and Kalle Lyytinen presented at the SIG Philosophy Workshop at ICIS on "IS Theory-State of the Art" - available soon on the SIG Philosophy homepage<br>
<br>
**Bernard Tan and Manju Ahuja presented at the Senior Scholars Panel at ICIS 2012 chaired by Fred Niederman<br>
<br>
<br>
--<br>
Nik R. Hassan, PhD<br>
Assoc. Professor, Finance & MIS Dept.<br>
Labovitz School of Business and Economics<br>
University of Minnesota Duluth<br>
1318 Kirby Drive, LSBE 335Q<br>
Duluth MN 55812<br>
Office Phone: (218) 726-7453<br>
Fax: (218) 726-7516<br>
Home Page: <a href="http://www.d.umn.edu/~nhassan" target="_blank">www.d.umn.edu/~nhassan</a><br>
LinkedIn <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/nik-rushdi-hassan/33/591/a9b" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/pub/nik-rushdi-hassan/33/591/a9b</a><br>
Email: <a href="mailto:nhassan@d.umn.edu">nhassan@d.umn.edu</a><br>
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Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 08:22:02 +0000<br>
From: Miroslaw Staron <<a href="mailto:miroslaw.staron@gu.se">miroslaw.staron@gu.se</a>><br>
To: "<a href="mailto:AISWorld@lists.aisnet.org">AISWorld@lists.aisnet.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:AISWorld@lists.aisnet.org">AISWorld@lists.aisnet.org</a>><br>
Subject: [AISWorld] CFP: Information and Software Technology Journal -<br>
special issue on Performance in Software Development<br>
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Call for Papers<br>
<br>
Information and Software Technology, Special issue on Performance in Software Development<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.cse.chalmers.se/~miroslaw/performance_in_sd.htm" target="_blank">http://www.cse.chalmers.se/~miroslaw/performance_in_sd.htm</a><br>
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<br>
<br>
*Background*<br>
<br>
Software development industry becomes increasingly interested in measuring performance of the organizations in their mission to develop and maintain stand-alone or embedded software products. In an era where outsourcing is a viable alternative to in-house software development, the options of quantifying performance of organizations appeals to managers of software organizations and technical leaders of software products. This appeal is triggered by the fact that the performance of software development and maintenance organizations consists of a number of elements, for example cost efficiency, innovation, and product quality.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
*Topics*<br>
<br>
This special issue solicits papers exploring the theory and/or practice of performance in software development and maintenance organizations. The topics solicited include, but are not limited to:<br>
<br>
? Managerial, technical and social aspects of measuring performance of software organizations<br>
<br>
? Business aspects of organizational performance measurement<br>
<br>
? Agile and Lean software development and its impact on organizational performance<br>
<br>
? Performance of software development teams and organizations<br>
<br>
? Performance of R&D in software organizations<br>
<br>
? Ability to continuously satisfy customer demands<br>
<br>
? Corporate performance management of software development organizations, teams and supply chains<br>
<br>
? Impact of standardization on operational performance<br>
<br>
? Visualization of organizational performance and its patterns<br>
<br>
? Case studies and experiments of how techniques/methods/technologies influence organizational performance and how it is measured<br>
<br>
*Important Dates*<br>
<br>
Submission deadline: April 5th, 2013<br>
<br>
Notification of first decision: June 15th, 2013<br>
<br>
Special issue: Fall 2013 or early 2014.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
*Submission Information*<br>
<br>
The Editor-in-Chief and the Guest Editors will make the final decision to accept or reject a submission based on the journal review process. Submissions must be written in English and submitted according to regular standards of the journal (including having structured abstracts) via the Elsevier Editorial System (EES) at <a href="http://ees.elsevier.com/infsof" target="_blank">http://ees.elsevier.com/infsof</a>. To ensure the manuscripts are correctly submitted to this special issue, please select "IS: Performance in software development" as the "Article Type". Authors should aim at papers of approximately 20 pages following the instructions available at the journal website. The submissions must not be published or submitted for publication elsewhere.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
* Guest Editors *<br>
<br>
Dr. Miroslaw Staron, University of Gothenburg, Sweden<br>
<br>
Prof. J?rgen Hansson, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden<br>
<br>
Prof. Jan Bosch, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden<br>
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Dr. Miroslaw Staron<br>
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Associate Professor, Software Engineering<br>
<br>
Vice-head of department (undergraduate education)<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Computer Science and Engineering<br>
<br>
Chalmers | University of Gothenburg<br>
<br>
<a href="mailto:miroslaw.staron@gu.se">miroslaw.staron@gu.se</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:miroslaw.staron@gu.se">miroslaw.staron@gu.se</a>><br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.staron.nu" target="_blank">www.staron.nu</a><<a href="http://www.staron.nu/" target="_blank">http://www.staron.nu/</a>><br>
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Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 13:42:24 +0000<br>
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Subject: [AISWorld] 2nd CfP JCSCW Special Issue on Crisis Informatics<br>
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2nd Call for Papers<br>
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Springer International Journal on Computer-Supported Collaborative Work (JCSCW):<br>
Special Issue on Crisis Informatics and Collaboration<br>
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Guest Editors: Volkmar Pipek, Sophia Liu, Andruid Kerne<br>
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Submission of Abstracts: January 15, 2013 (for review organization, max. 1 page)<br>
Submission of Full Papers: February 28, 2013<br>
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Major crises and disasters like the September 11th attacks, Hurricane Katrina, and the Sendai earthquake is a ripe domain for CSCW concerns as they typically involve collaboration among individuals, organizations and society as a whole during all phases of emergency management, from initial planning and preparedness, through the detection of a crisis event, and into the response, recovery and mitigation phases. In many crisis scenarios, the quality of the collaboration among governmental, professional, volunteer, and citizen responders in crisis management greatly affects the impact on loss of lives and property.<br>
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Crisis Informatics takes an interdisciplinary perspective on the socio-technical, informational and collaborative aspects of developing and using technologies and information systems in the context of the full disaster lifecycle?preparation, warning, impact, response, recovery, and mitigation phases. Crisis Informatics views emergency management as a socio-technical system where information is disseminated within and among official and public channels and entities. Crisis informatics also wrestles with methodological concerns as it strives to develop socially- and behaviorally-informed theories, policies, and development of information and communication technology (ICT). As the challenges of crisis management grow more complex from the increase in vulnerability to hazards of all types, the opportunities to collaborate using a rapidly growing set of ICTs and collaborative technologies (e.g., social networking sites, mobile devices, location-aware services, crowdsourcing systems, web-based systems, etc.) urge us to find new ways of understanding, conceptualizing and evaluating possible use cases for these collaborative technologies in emergency management and response. ?Collaborative Resilience' strategies can help improve collaboration quality but such strategies and the ICTs being developed and used in crisis situations need to be explored in terms of describing and exchanging good practices, designing appropriate coordination mechanisms, and offering technological support for collaboration across organizational borders.<br>
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For this Special Issue of the Journal on Computer-Supported Collaborative Work (JCSCW) on ?Crisis Informatics and Collaboration,? we invite research papers from multiple disciplines with the focus on pursuing scientific questions around Crisis Informatics topics. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:<br>
? User experience studies and design approaches of presenting, visualizing, and interacting with social media data, crowdsourcing systems, crisis mapping applications, virtual communities, networked organizations, etc. that facilitate collaboration in crisis management;<br>
? Studies and human-centered design approaches of interorganizational coordination mechanisms, technological concepts and prototypes, and participatory development of emergency management technology that support collaboration in crisis situations;<br>
? Critical studies, methodological considerations, and design approaches of collaborative systems that address ethical, legal, and social issues including security and privacy issues in developing, using, and researching emergency management information systems that involve collaborations between governmental, professional, volunteer, and citizen responders in crisis management;<br>
? Theoretical considerations regarding collaborative resilience and emergency response as a socio-technical system, as well as studies of and concepts for establishing and supporting ?collaborative resilience? that involve collaborative services and technologies to improve the resilience of cities, infrastructures, logistic chains, etc. through public-private partnerships.<br>
? Studies and design approaches of serious games and gamification of crisis management applications for emergency response training, raising awareness, and conducting research;<br>
? Case Studies from practitioners explaining uses of collaborative technologies in the field and discussing potential solutions and real-world applications to give insights into best practices and lessons learned;<br>
? Different international perspectives of socio-cultural differences in uses of collaborative ICTs and participatory decision-making in crisis management.<br>
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Deadlines / Schedule:<br>
Submission of Abstracts: January 15, 2013 (for review organization, max. 1 page)<br>
Submission of Full Papers: February 28, 2013<br>
Review Deadline: April 29, 2013<br>
Notifications to the Authors: May 22, 2013<br>
Final Version Deadline: July 1, 2013<br>
Online Publication: August 2013 (printed edition to be scheduled by Springer)<br>
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Submission Guidelines<br>
This special issue will include 7-10 full papers. Abstracts can be sent to any of the editors via email by January 15, 2013. Manuscripts of about 8,000 - 10,000 words should be submitted by February 28, 2013. Authors must prepare manuscripts according to the standards of the International Journal on CSCW (see <a href="http://www.springerlink.com/content/0925-9724/" target="_blank">http://www.springerlink.com/content/0925-9724/</a> and <a href="http://www.editorialmanager.com/cosu/" target="_blank">http://www.editorialmanager.com/cosu/</a>) and submit the manuscript via the JCSCW Editorial Manager Online Site under ?SI: Collaboration and Crisis Informatics?.<br>
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Guest Editors Contact Information<br>
Volkmar Pipek, Ph.D.<br>
Assistant Professor CSCW in Organisations/Fac. III<br>
Universitaet Siegen, Hoelderlinstr. 3, 57068 Siegen<br>
Tel: <a href="tel:%2B49%20271%20740%204068" value="+492717404068">+49 271 740 4068</a><br>
Email: <a href="mailto:volkmar.pipek@uni-siegen.de">volkmar.pipek@uni-siegen.de</a><br>
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Sophia B. Liu, Ph.D.<br>
USGS Mendenhall Research Fellow<br>
U.S. Geological Survey<br>
1711 Illinois Street, Room 543<br>
Golden, Colorado 80401-1865<br>
Tel: <a href="tel:303-273-8649" value="+13032738649">303-273-8649</a><br>
Email: <a href="mailto:sophialiu@usgs.gov">sophialiu@usgs.gov</a><br>
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Andruid Kerne, Ph.D.<br>
Director, Interface Ecology Lab<br>
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering<br>
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3112<br>
Tel: <a href="tel:979.845.0024" value="+19798450024">979.845.0024</a><br>
Email: <a href="mailto:andruid@cse.tamu.edu">andruid@cse.tamu.edu</a><br>
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Message: 7<br>
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 10:12:03 -0500<br>
From: Na Li <<a href="mailto:nli01@baker.edu">nli01@baker.edu</a>><br>
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Subject: [AISWorld] AMCIS 2013 CFP ? Interface Design, Evaluation and<br>
Impact Minitrack<br>
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19th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS?13) (<br>
<a href="http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/" target="_blank">http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/</a>)<br>
Chicago, Illinois, USA<br>
August 15-17, 2013.<br>
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Track - Human Computer Interaction<br>
Minitrack - Interface Design, Evaluation and Impact<br>
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Description:<br>
This mini-track is an outlet for human-computer interaction papers that<br>
research interface design, evaluation, and impact. It supports a<br>
wide-ranging set of research topics, methods, and perspectives. Authors are<br>
encouraged to submit new ways of considering HCI in light of emerging<br>
technologies and technology trends.<br>
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We welcome submissions that fall within the list of topics provided below.<br>
A number of papers regarding interface design, evaluation and impact have<br>
been published at the premier IS journals in the past. Excellent conference<br>
submissions have also been considered for fast-track options at journals<br>
publishing HCI research.<br>
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Suggested Topics:<br>
Possible topics include but are not limited to the following:<br>
* Behavioral, cognitive, and motivational aspects of human/computer<br>
interaction<br>
* User task analysis and modeling<br>
* The analysis, design, development, evaluation, and use of information<br>
systems<br>
o Guidelines and standards for interface and interaction design<br>
o Interface design and use for the Web, mobile devices, touch-screen<br>
devices (e.g. tablet)<br>
o User studies (including field tests) of interaction with mobile<br>
information systems<br>
* Usability testing for the Web, mobile, and 3-D interface<br>
* HCI security (HCI-SEC) and privacy for interface design and interaction<br>
* Design of trustworthy user interfaces<br>
o Design of interfaces to increase trust and credibility<br>
o Design of interfaces to decrease distrust, deception or privacy<br>
violations<br>
* Design of hedonic and utilitarian user interfaces<br>
* User interface design and evaluation of the Web for<br>
o B2B, B2C, C2C E-Commerce or M-Commerce<br>
o Government to Consumer or Business E-commerce<br>
o Group collaboration<br>
o Negotiation and auction<br>
o Virtual World<br>
* The impact of interface design or usability on the attitudes, behaviors,<br>
performance, perceptions, or productivity of individuals, organizations,<br>
and society<br>
* HCI issues related to the elderly, the disabled, and other special needs<br>
populations<br>
* Design and analysis of wearable, pervasive, or ubiquitous systems and<br>
computing<br>
* Issues in teaching and designing HCI courses or programs<br>
* Human factors issues related to the design and use of information systems<br>
* Case studies looking at interface or interaction design and usability<br>
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Important Dates:<br>
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Jan 4, 2013 Paper submissions open on Bepress system (new for AMCIS)<br>
Feb 22, 2013 Paper submissions deadline 11:59 p.m. Central Time<br>
April 17-19, 2013 Notification of paper acceptance<br>
May 9, 2013 Camera-ready copy of accepted papers due<br>
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Submission Site:<br>
Instructions for authors and more information about the conference is<br>
forthcoming on the conference website at <a href="http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/" target="_blank">http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/</a>.<br>
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Minitrack Co-Chairs:<br>
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Younghwa ?Gabe? Lee, Ph.D.<br>
Management Information Systems<br>
College of Business Administration<br>
University of Northern Iowa<br>
263 Curris Business Building<br>
Cedar Falls, IA 50613<br>
Tel: <a href="tel:%28319%29%20273-6135" value="+13192736135">(319) 273-6135</a><br>
E-Mail: <a href="mailto:gabe.lee@uni.edu">gabe.lee@uni.edu</a><br>
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Na "Lina" Li, Ph.D.<br>
Information Systems<br>
Center for Graduate Studies<br>
Baker College<br>
1116 W. Bristol Road, Flint, MI 48507<br>
Tel: <a href="tel:%28810%29%20766-2163" value="+18107662163">(810) 766-2163</a><br>
Email: <a href="mailto:na.li@baker.edu">na.li@baker.edu</a><br>
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Anna L. McNab, Ph.D.<br>
Commerce Department<br>
Niagara University<br>
P.O. Box 2201<br>
Niagara University, NY 14109<br>
Tel: <a href="tel:%28716%29286-8142" value="+17162868142">(716)286-8142</a><br>
Email: <a href="mailto:amcnab@niagara.edu">amcnab@niagara.edu</a><br>
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Best regards,<br>
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Na "Lina" Li, Ph.D.<br>
Director, M.S. in Information Systems Program<br>
Baker College, Center for Graduate Studies<br>
<a href="mailto:nli01@baker.edu">nli01@baker.edu</a><br>
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Message: 8<br>
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 10:53:40 -0500<br>
From: "Sullivan, John J." <<a href="mailto:jjsullivan@usf.edu">jjsullivan@usf.edu</a>><br>
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Subject: Re: [AISWorld] A small revolution in the IS field<br>
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First, let me say that this was an eye-opener when I first read it, and took great courage to bring this issue to light. It seems that promotion and tenure objectives compete with a desire to pursue academic ideals (my apologies, competing objectives are a big component of my research). So, our practical side tempers the aspirations of our idealistic side.<br>
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Also, wouldn't practical application of research be of greater value (e.g. better knowledge) to practitioners in our field? It has been my experience that we don't seem to place as high a value on practical application of our theories as we do the theories themselves. Isn't it better knowledge for our field if our research inspires techniques that help managers run better projects, reduce waste, develop better systems?<br>
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Disclaimer: This is just philosophy. No agenda here.<br>
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John J. Sullivan, Ph.D.<br>
School of Information<br>
University of South Florida<br>
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From: AISWorld [mailto:<a href="mailto:aisworld-bounces@lists.aisnet.org">aisworld-bounces@lists.aisnet.org</a>] On Behalf Of Robert Johnston<br>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 9:18 PM<br>
To: Nik R Hassan; AISWorld<br>
Subject: Re: [AISWorld] A small revolution in the IS field<br>
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Hi Nik<br>
Thanks for the nice post.<br>
The idea that we do good research but do not produce good knowledge is intriguing.<br>
However, we need to delve further and explain how this can be so.<br>
The observation seems to indication that the (well executed) research methods do not fit the phenomena being studied. To me, this is because much of IS research is attempting to apply reductionist methods to a holistic phenomenon, namely the embeddedness of technologies in human practices.<br>
Cheers Johno<br>
Robert B. Johnston<br>
Professor of Information and Organisation<br>
School of Business<br>
University College Dublin<br>
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Mail: 81 Hunter St. Richmond, VIC, Australia. 3121<br>
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Skype: johno.home<br>
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From: Nik R Hassan<mailto:<a href="mailto:nhassan@d.umn.edu">nhassan@d.umn.edu</a>><br>
To: AISWorld<mailto:<a href="mailto:aisworld@lists.aisnet.org">aisworld@lists.aisnet.org</a>><br>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 6:32 AM<br>
Subject: [AISWorld] A small revolution in the IS field<br>
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A small revolution in the IS field<br>
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As we approach the end of yet another year in the history of the IS field, I'd like to say how glad I was to have attended ICIS this year. It may just be me, but I think I just witnessed a small revolution taking place (at least in North America) in the field. I heard IS scholars making unconventional remarks I have not heard before. I enclose some quotes, and what went through my mind in parenthesis [I am just reporting - please don't shoot the messenger :-) ].<br>
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[Varun*] "We can do very good research, but that doesn't mean we are producing good knowledge ... can we create 'better' knowledge?... exciting, innovative and addressing important questions of our time"<br>
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(wha... [my jaw dropping] did Varun just say what I thought he said?? He's admitting we're not producing good knowledge?)<br>
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[Varun] "are we scripting the way we do research....requiring us to select a theory and apply it to our phenomena, create a mid-level model and then refine it ... add mediators and moderators to it ... Does this script work for good knowledge?"<br>
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(Wow ... I kinda think everyone knew that was the game, the standard publishing script, and I was taught exactly that in school, but to hear a scholar say it in public and analyze it ... cool!)<br>
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[Bernard**] "I've been looking back at all the work that I've done... I don't think I've done enough ... We really should be doing research to resolve significant global problems...<br>
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(if Bernard feels he hasn't contributed much, how much have the rest of us done?)<br>
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[Bernard] ... at NUS, we've put together an inter-disciplinary team and received a big grant using social media to reduce pests ... and increase food production ... Let's not be too fixated about whether MISQ or ISR would publish such research ... let's target our work at Nature or Science .... to earn the respect of others outside our community<br>
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(that's easy for him to say, he's already published tons in MISQ and ISR. But isn't there something wrong with the picture? Isn't research that's frequently published in the top journals of the field that's supposed to make their way to journals like Science and Nature? What does that say about our "normal" research?)<br>
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[Manju**] "After we have had the satisfaction of publishing in MISQ or ISR, and at least after making tenure and Full, it is time to start thinking about researching big ideas that make a difference "<br>
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(Publishing 2-3 papers in MISQ and ISR, and getting full professor is going to take at least 10-20 years out of the most productive years of anyone's life, if they're fortunate enough to get there. Shouldn't those most productive years already be spent in researching big ideas? Shouldn't big ideas be some part of getting a full professorship in IS?)<br>
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[Steven Alter in a follow up email]<br>
Our ICIS panel "DSR ... remind me again about whether it is a new research paradigm or a rationale of last resort ..." chaired by Allen Lee, with Steven Alter, Helmut Krcmar, and Mike Chiasson ... remarks similar to Varun ... that DSR is increasingly governed by a script that makes papers easier to review but ... becoming an obstacle to genuine innovation ... script encourages DSR researchers to do design-related work in a way in which few if any designers actually design things in the real world, which is especially unfortunate for a type of research that is called design SCIENCE research."<br>
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All of these remarks are making me rethink about the notion of "value" in our work (not to be confused with "usefulness" or "utility"). It's close to "relevance" but since relevance has so much baggage attached to it, perhaps we should be taking a closer look at what valuable research really means.<br>
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What kind of IS research is valuable anyway?<br>
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Nik Rushdi Hassan<br>
Univ of Minnesota Duluth<br>
Chair SIG Philosophy<br>
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*Varun Grover and Kalle Lyytinen presented at the SIG Philosophy Workshop at ICIS on "IS Theory-State of the Art" - available soon on the SIG Philosophy homepage<br>
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**Bernard Tan and Manju Ahuja presented at the Senior Scholars Panel at ICIS 2012 chaired by Fred Niederman<br>
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Nik R. Hassan, PhD<br>
Assoc. Professor, Finance & MIS Dept.<br>
Labovitz School of Business and Economics<br>
University of Minnesota Duluth<br>
1318 Kirby Drive, LSBE 335Q<br>
Duluth MN 55812<br>
Office Phone: (218) 726-7453<tel:%28218%29%20726-7453><br>
Fax: (218) 726-7516<tel:%28218%29%20726-7516><br>
Home Page: <a href="http://www.d.umn.edu/~nhassan" target="_blank">www.d.umn.edu/~nhassan</a><<a href="http://www.d.umn.edu/~nhassan" target="_blank">http://www.d.umn.edu/~nhassan</a>><br>
LinkedIn <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/nik-rushdi-hassan/33/591/a9b" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/pub/nik-rushdi-hassan/33/591/a9b</a><br>
Email: <a href="mailto:nhassan@d.umn.edu">nhassan@d.umn.edu</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:nhassan@d.umn.edu">nhassan@d.umn.edu</a>><br>
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Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 16:03:17 +0000<br>
From: "Brenda L. Eschenbrenner" <<a href="mailto:eschenbrenbl@unk.edu">eschenbrenbl@unk.edu</a>><br>
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Subject: [AISWorld] CFP - AMCIS 2013 Minitrack: Education and Training<br>
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Call for Papers<br>
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19th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS?13)<br>
August 15-17, 2013<br>
Chicago, Illinois<br>
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Track: Virtual Communities and Virtual Worlds<br>
Minitrack: Education and Training in Virtual Worlds<br>
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Description:<br>
Virtual worlds present new platforms for enhancing education and training. With abilities to simulate the physical world or build entirely new worlds, new approaches to learning abound. The rich environment lends itself to providing interactive experiences such that hands-on learning activities can be conducted and a constructive learning approach taken. Also, the essence of a shared space opens up new avenues for collaborative and social learning. Educators and organizations are expanding their traditional approaches to training, learning, and knowledge transfer to capitalize on the new opportunities and the unique aspects that abound with virtual worlds.<br>
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Hence, this mini-track seeks to explore the opportunities as well as the issues associated with education and training in virtual world environments. We encourage paper submissions that study the development, use, and assessment of virtual worlds in education and training contexts, both from the instructor?s and the learner?s perspective. We welcome papers that study the application of virtual worlds in this context as well as challenge such applications. This mini-track is open to both theoretical and empirical studies, and is open to all research methods (e.g., survey, field study, case study, experimentation).<br>
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Potential topics may include (but are not limited to):<br>
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* Development of frameworks for evaluating educational and training applications in virtual world environments<br>
* Theoretical models describing the development, use, and assessment of virtual world technologies in educational and training contexts<br>
* Research on novel, innovative uses of virtual world technologies for pedagogical and training purposes<br>
* Examinations of implementations, adoptions, and outcomes of virtual world technologies in education and training along with factors influencing these activities<br>
* Meta-analyses and meta-syntheses of virtual world research and the implications for education and training<br>
* Issues, limitations, and barriers surrounding virtual worlds in education and training<br>
Submission Process:<br>
Full paper submissions must be made electronically through AMCIS 2013 Manuscript Submission Site <a href="http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2013/" target="_blank">http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2013/</a>. Papers will be peer reviewed using a double-blind system.<br>
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Important Dates:<br>
January 4, 2013: Bepress Opens for Paper Submissions<br>
February 22, 2013: Submissions Due<br>
April 22, 2013: Author Notification of Acceptance<br>
May 9, 2013: Camera-Ready Copy Due<br>
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More information is available at <a href="http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/" target="_blank">http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/</a> or by contacting the minitrack co-chairs.<br>
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Minitrack Co-Chairs:<br>
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Brenda Eschenbrenner<br>
Department of Accounting and Finance<br>
University of Nebraska at Kearney<br>
Kearney, NE 68849, USA<br>
<a href="mailto:eschenbrenbl@unk.edu">eschenbrenbl@unk.edu</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:eschenbrenbl@unk.edu">eschenbrenbl@unk.edu</a>><br>
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Xiaofeng Chen<br>
Department of Management<br>
University of Nebraska-Lincoln<br>
Lincoln, NE 68588, USA<br>
<a href="mailto:xchen3@unl.edu">xchen3@unl.edu</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:xchen3@unl.edu">xchen3@unl.edu</a>><br>
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Keng Siau<br>
Department of Business & Information Technology<br>
Missouri University of Science & Technology<br>
Rolla, MO 65409-0320<br>
<a href="mailto:siauk@mst.edu">siauk@mst.edu</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:siauk@mst.edu">siauk@mst.edu</a>><br>
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Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:17:01 +0100<br>
From: Ilia Bider <<a href="mailto:ilia@ibissoft.se">ilia@ibissoft.se</a>><br>
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Hi Nick,<br>
<br>
Thanks for posting your reflections. It was fascinating to observer the<br>
unfolding discussions.<br>
Realizing that one created a monster by one's own will is the first step<br>
on the way of cutting off its heads.<br>
<br>
On 2012-12-30 20:32, Nik R Hassan wrote:<br>
> *A small revolution in the IS field*<br>
><br>
> As we approach the end of yet another year in the history of the IS<br>
> field, I'd like to say how glad I was to have attended ICIS this year.<br>
> It may just be me, but I think I just witnessed a small revolution<br>
> taking place (at least in North America) in the field. I heard IS<br>
> scholars making unconventional remarks I have not heard before. I<br>
> enclose some quotes, and what went through my mind in parenthesis [I<br>
> am just reporting - please don't shoot the messenger :-) ].<br>
><br>
> [Varun*] "We can do very good research, but that doesn't mean we are<br>
> producing good knowledge ... can we create 'better' knowledge?...<br>
> exciting, innovative and addressing important questions of our time"<br>
><br>
> (wha... [my jaw dropping] did Varun just say what I thought he said??<br>
> He's admitting we're not producing good knowledge?)<br>
><br>
> [Varun] "are we scripting the way we do research....requiring us to<br>
> select a theory and apply it to our phenomena, create a mid-level<br>
> model and then refine it ... add mediators and moderators to it ...<br>
> Does this script work for good knowledge?"<br>
><br>
> (Wow ... I kinda think everyone knew that was the game, the standard<br>
> publishing script, and I was taught exactly that in school, but to<br>
> hear a scholar say it in public and analyze it ... cool!)<br>
><br>
> [Bernard**] "I've been looking back at all the work that I've done...<br>
> I don't think I've done enough ... We really should be doing research<br>
> to resolve significant global problems...<br>
><br>
> (if Bernard feels he hasn't contributed much, how much have the rest<br>
> of us done?)<br>
><br>
> [Bernard] ... at NUS, we've put together an inter-disciplinary team<br>
> and received a big grant using social media to reduce pests ... and<br>
> increase food production ... Let's not be too fixated about whether<br>
> MISQ or ISR would publish such research ... let's target our work at<br>
> Nature or Science .... to earn the respect of others outside our community<br>
><br>
> (that's easy for him to say, he's already published tons in MISQ and<br>
> ISR. But isn't there something wrong with the picture? Isn't research<br>
> that's frequently published in the top journals of the field that's<br>
> supposed to make their way to journals like Science and Nature? What<br>
> does that say about our "normal" research?)<br>
><br>
> [Manju**] "After we have had the satisfaction of publishing in MISQ<br>
> or ISR, and at least after making tenure and Full, it is time to start<br>
> thinking about researching big ideas that make a difference "<br>
><br>
> (Publishing 2-3 papers in MISQ and ISR, and getting full professor is<br>
> going to take at least 10-20 years out of the most productive years of<br>
> anyone's life, if they're fortunate enough to get there. Shouldn't<br>
> those most productive years already be spent in researching big ideas?<br>
> Shouldn't big ideas be some part of getting a full professorship in IS?)<br>
><br>
> [Steven Alter in a follow up email]<br>
> Our ICIS panel "DSR ... remind me again about whether it is a new<br>
> research paradigm or a rationale of last resort ..." chaired by Allen<br>
> Lee, with Steven Alter, Helmut Krcmar, and Mike Chiasson ... remarks<br>
> similar to Varun ... that DSR is increasingly governed by a script<br>
> that makes papers easier to review but ... becoming an obstacle to<br>
> genuine innovation ... script encourages DSR researchers to do<br>
> design-related work in a way in which few if any designers actually<br>
> design things in the real world, which is especially unfortunate for a<br>
> type of research that is called design SCIENCE research."<br>
><br>
> All of these remarks are making me rethink about the notion of "value"<br>
> in our work (not to be confused with "usefulness" or "utility"). It's<br>
> close to "relevance" but since relevance has so much baggage attached<br>
> to it, perhaps we should be taking a closer look at what valuable<br>
> research really means.<br>
><br>
> What kind of IS research is valuable anyway?<br>
><br>
><br>
> Nik Rushdi Hassan<br>
> Univ of Minnesota Duluth<br>
> Chair SIG Philosophy<br>
><br>
> *Varun Grover and Kalle Lyytinen presented at the SIG Philosophy<br>
> Workshop at ICIS on "IS Theory-State of the Art" - available soon on<br>
> the SIG Philosophy homepage<br>
><br>
> **Bernard Tan and Manju Ahuja presented at the Senior Scholars Panel<br>
> at ICIS 2012 chaired by Fred Niederman<br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Nik R. Hassan, PhD<br>
> Assoc. Professor, Finance & MIS Dept.<br>
> Labovitz School of Business and Economics<br>
> University of Minnesota Duluth<br>
> 1318 Kirby Drive, LSBE 335Q<br>
> Duluth MN 55812<br>
> Office Phone: (218) 726-7453 <tel:%28218%29%20726-7453><br>
> Fax: (218) 726-7516 <tel:%28218%29%20726-7516><br>
> Home Page: <a href="http://www.d.umn.edu/~nhassan" target="_blank">www.d.umn.edu/~nhassan</a> <<a href="http://www.d.umn.edu/%7Enhassan" target="_blank">http://www.d.umn.edu/%7Enhassan</a>><br>
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Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:30:56 +0100<br>
From: Ilia Bider <<a href="mailto:ilia@ibissoft.se">ilia@ibissoft.se</a>><br>
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Subject: Re: [AISWorld] A small revolution in the IS field<br>
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Nick,<br>
<br>
On your question:<br>
<br>
"What kind of IS research is valuable anyway?"<br>
<br>
The following citation from Kurt Levin gives a good hint:<br>
<br>
"There is nothing more practical than a good theory"<br>
<br>
It is not only a statement about what is good for practice, but also a<br>
definition of what a good theory is, i.e. a theory that can be useful<br>
in practice.<br>
<br>
The next logical step is "in order to be useful in practice" the theory<br>
should be understood by those who do work in practice, which in turn<br>
requires radical change in the style of scientific publications in IS.<br>
It was nice to discover that even this problem got some attention during<br>
ICIS 2012.<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
<br>
Ilia<br>
<br>
On 2012-12-30 20:32, Nik R Hassan wrote:<br>
> *A small revolution in the IS field*<br>
><br>
> As we approach the end of yet another year in the history of the IS<br>
> field, I'd like to say how glad I was to have attended ICIS this year.<br>
> It may just be me, but I think I just witnessed a small revolution<br>
> taking place (at least in North America) in the field. I heard IS<br>
> scholars making unconventional remarks I have not heard before. I<br>
> enclose some quotes, and what went through my mind in parenthesis [I<br>
> am just reporting - please don't shoot the messenger :-) ].<br>
><br>
> [Varun*] "We can do very good research, but that doesn't mean we are<br>
> producing good knowledge ... can we create 'better' knowledge?...<br>
> exciting, innovative and addressing important questions of our time"<br>
><br>
> (wha... [my jaw dropping] did Varun just say what I thought he said??<br>
> He's admitting we're not producing good knowledge?)<br>
><br>
> [Varun] "are we scripting the way we do research....requiring us to<br>
> select a theory and apply it to our phenomena, create a mid-level<br>
> model and then refine it ... add mediators and moderators to it ...<br>
> Does this script work for good knowledge?"<br>
><br>
> (Wow ... I kinda think everyone knew that was the game, the standard<br>
> publishing script, and I was taught exactly that in school, but to<br>
> hear a scholar say it in public and analyze it ... cool!)<br>
><br>
> [Bernard**] "I've been looking back at all the work that I've done...<br>
> I don't think I've done enough ... We really should be doing research<br>
> to resolve significant global problems...<br>
><br>
> (if Bernard feels he hasn't contributed much, how much have the rest<br>
> of us done?)<br>
><br>
> [Bernard] ... at NUS, we've put together an inter-disciplinary team<br>
> and received a big grant using social media to reduce pests ... and<br>
> increase food production ... Let's not be too fixated about whether<br>
> MISQ or ISR would publish such research ... let's target our work at<br>
> Nature or Science .... to earn the respect of others outside our community<br>
><br>
> (that's easy for him to say, he's already published tons in MISQ and<br>
> ISR. But isn't there something wrong with the picture? Isn't research<br>
> that's frequently published in the top journals of the field that's<br>
> supposed to make their way to journals like Science and Nature? What<br>
> does that say about our "normal" research?)<br>
><br>
> [Manju**] "After we have had the satisfaction of publishing in MISQ<br>
> or ISR, and at least after making tenure and Full, it is time to start<br>
> thinking about researching big ideas that make a difference "<br>
><br>
> (Publishing 2-3 papers in MISQ and ISR, and getting full professor is<br>
> going to take at least 10-20 years out of the most productive years of<br>
> anyone's life, if they're fortunate enough to get there. Shouldn't<br>
> those most productive years already be spent in researching big ideas?<br>
> Shouldn't big ideas be some part of getting a full professorship in IS?)<br>
><br>
> [Steven Alter in a follow up email]<br>
> Our ICIS panel "DSR ... remind me again about whether it is a new<br>
> research paradigm or a rationale of last resort ..." chaired by Allen<br>
> Lee, with Steven Alter, Helmut Krcmar, and Mike Chiasson ... remarks<br>
> similar to Varun ... that DSR is increasingly governed by a script<br>
> that makes papers easier to review but ... becoming an obstacle to<br>
> genuine innovation ... script encourages DSR researchers to do<br>
> design-related work in a way in which few if any designers actually<br>
> design things in the real world, which is especially unfortunate for a<br>
> type of research that is called design SCIENCE research."<br>
><br>
> All of these remarks are making me rethink about the notion of "value"<br>
> in our work (not to be confused with "usefulness" or "utility"). It's<br>
> close to "relevance" but since relevance has so much baggage attached<br>
> to it, perhaps we should be taking a closer look at what valuable<br>
> research really means.<br>
><br>
> What kind of IS research is valuable anyway?<br>
><br>
><br>
> Nik Rushdi Hassan<br>
> Univ of Minnesota Duluth<br>
> Chair SIG Philosophy<br>
><br>
> *Varun Grover and Kalle Lyytinen presented at the SIG Philosophy<br>
> Workshop at ICIS on "IS Theory-State of the Art" - available soon on<br>
> the SIG Philosophy homepage<br>
><br>
> **Bernard Tan and Manju Ahuja presented at the Senior Scholars Panel<br>
> at ICIS 2012 chaired by Fred Niederman<br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Nik R. Hassan, PhD<br>
> Assoc. Professor, Finance & MIS Dept.<br>
> Labovitz School of Business and Economics<br>
> University of Minnesota Duluth<br>
> 1318 Kirby Drive, LSBE 335Q<br>
> Duluth MN 55812<br>
> Office Phone: (218) 726-7453 <tel:%28218%29%20726-7453><br>
> Fax: (218) 726-7516 <tel:%28218%29%20726-7516><br>
> Home Page: <a href="http://www.d.umn.edu/~nhassan" target="_blank">www.d.umn.edu/~nhassan</a> <<a href="http://www.d.umn.edu/%7Enhassan" target="_blank">http://www.d.umn.edu/%7Enhassan</a>><br>
> LinkedIn <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/nik-rushdi-hassan/33/591/a9b" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/pub/nik-rushdi-hassan/33/591/a9b</a><br>
> Email: <a href="mailto:nhassan@d.umn.edu">nhassan@d.umn.edu</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:nhassan@d.umn.edu">nhassan@d.umn.edu</a>><br>
><br>
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Lektor & Forskare at <a href="http://DSV.su.se" target="_blank">DSV.su.se</a><br>
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