CALL FOR PAPERS FOR COLLABORATIVE VISION DEVELOPMENT
Part of the Collaboration Systems and Technology Track
Thirty-sixth Annual HAWAII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEM SCIENCES
January 6 - 9, 2003: Hilton Waikoloa Village on the Big Island of Hawaii
Although organizations have long faced varying degrees of uncertainty,
complexity, novelty, and change, scholars agree the rate of change in
today's environment is unprecedented. This volatility necessitates that
organizational systems be designed for the future. Strategic management,
or vision development as we like to call it, should enable organizations
to align their structure, procedures, and technologies with anticipated
needs.
Vision development is more challenging than ever. Organizations have to
deal
With infinite, ambiguous and unexpected information, managers face
markets
Undergoing sudden chaotic change, and predictions about the future are
hard to make.
Besides the increasing information challenges, vision development in
today's
organizations is also increasingly collaborative. Where managers were
able to make authoritative decisions in the past, they now have to rely
on the in-depth expertise of
professionals. Vision development projects require collaboration to deal
with complexity, for acceptance reasons, for evaluation purposes, to
involve different
stakeholders, and to create synergy.
The aforementioned changes in vision development require the support for
vision
development to change as well. Traditional decision support systems were
based on
fundamental technologies, allowed limited communication, and followed a
rational
approach. Today's tools and technologies, however, allow for a more
sophisticated
support environment, including simulation, graphics, and collaboration.
The
role of the
web in this should also not be underestimated.
The minitrack on "COLLABORATIVE VISION DEVELOPMENT" as part of the
Collaboration Systems and Technology Track at the Hawaii International
Conference on
System Sciences (HICSS) is to discuss the support for groups to
participatively develop
shared understanding and vision regarding their organizational systems.
This
minitrack
provides one of the key international platforms on which the following
issues
can be
discussed:
(1) Collaborative approaches to create a vision for organizational
systems.
(2) Collaborative approaches to model organizations as systems in order
to
operationalize this vision to organizational structure, processes, and
performance.
(3) Collaborative approaches to translate the system visualized into a
system
implemented.
Thus, papers are welcome that contain original ideas on systematic
modelling,
analysis,
design and implementation of visions concerning organizational
structures and
processes. In summary, the specific topics of interest for this
minitrack
fall into categories
below. However, topics addressing the minitrack theme that are not
listed
below are
especially welcome:
A. Approaches
??joint modeling sessions
??group communication, facilitation and coordination
??analyst and stakeholder interaction and roles
??process management methods
??decision-making models
??creativity processes
??assessment and measurement of system performance and effectiveness
??theories and guidelines for organizational design and development
B. Modeling techniques
??(dynamic) enterprise and process modeling
??object-oriented modeling
??diagramming techniques to capture time-related aspects
??simulation/animation models
??incorporation of external factors and influences
??incorporation of uncertainty
??information visualization techniques
??building flexibility and longevity into models
??evaluation of various modeling methods used in vision development
??implications of modeling technique choice
C. Supporting tools
??interactive modeling workbenches and CASE tools
??modeling support for (stakeholder) groups
??simulation/animation tools
??data collection tools
??electronic meeting tools for organizational design
??use of design tools applied in organizational contexts
D. Special application areas
??gaming
??(dynamic) models for decision support
??(dynamic) models as training instruments
??system dynamics
??administrative logistics and project management
??production and transport chain logistics
E. Implementation issues
??transferring models for design into actual implementations
??change management
??implementation success factors
??coping with resistance to organizational change
??impact on job content and quality of working life
??stakeholder roles and responsibilities
MINITRACK COORDINATORS
Mariëlle den Hengst
Delft University of Technology
Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management
P.O. Box 5015, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands
phone: +31.15.27-88542 fax: +31.15.27-83429
e-mail:
m.den.hengst@tpm.tudelft.nl
John Kruse
The University of Arizona
Center for the Management of Information
P.O. Box 210108, Tucson, AZ 85721-0108
phone: +520-907-1864 fax: +603-462-8020
e-mail:
john@kruser.org
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
March 31, 2002
Abstracts submitted for guidance and indication of appropriate content.
June 1, 2002
Full papers submitted to Minitrack Chairs.
Contact minitrack chairs
for submission instructions.
August 31, 2002
Notice of acceptance or rejections of papers sent to Authors by
Minitrack
Chairs.
October 1, 2002
Accepted manuscripts submitted electronically to the publisher of the
conference proceedings.
At least one author of each accepted paper
must register to attend the conference by this date. Registration
cancellations after this date may result in the paper being pulled from
the Proceedings prior to printing. See conference web site for
registration fee refund policy.
NOTE: Because HICSS is a nonprofit activity funded entirely by
registration
fees, all
participants and speakers are expected to have their
university/organization
bear the
costs of their expenses and registration. HICSS is not able to subsidize
registrations or
offer reduced fees.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSION
1. Submit papers electronically, in Word or PDF format, directly to the
appropriate
Minitrack Chair. If this is not possible, submit six (6) copies of the
full
paper,
consisting of 22-26 double- spaced pages, including diagrams, directly
to the
appropriate Minitrack Chair. (NOTE: The final paper will be a maximum of
10
pages,
double-column, single-spaced.)
2. Do not submit the manuscript to more than one Minitrack Chair. Papers
should
contain original material and not be previously published, or currently
submitted for
consideration elsewhere.
3. Each paper must have a title page to include title of the paper, full
name
of all
authors, and complete addresses including affiliation(s), telephone
number(s), and email
address(es).
4. The first page of the manuscript should include only the title and a
300-word abstract
of the paper.
Send all correspondence related to this minitrack to:
Mariëlle den hengst
Delft University of Technology
Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management
PO Box 5015, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands
T: +31 15 2788542, F: +31 15 22783429
E:
m.den.hengst@tpm.tudelft.nl
TRACKS AT HICSS-36
??Collaboration Systems; Co-Chair: Jay Nunamaker; Email:
nunamaker@bpa.arizona.edu; Co-Chair: Robert O. Briggs; Email:
bbriggs@GroupSystems.com
??Complex Systems; Chair: Robert Thomas; Email:
rjt1@cornell.edu
??Decision Tech. for Management; Chair: Dan Dolk; Email:
dolker@redshift.com
??Digital Documents and Media; Chair: Michael Shepherd; Email:
shepherd@cs.dal.ca
??Emerging Technologies; Co-Chair: Ralph H. Sprague; Email:
sprague@hawaii.edu
Co-Chair: Hesham El-Rewini; Email:
rewini@engr.smu.edu
??Information Technology in Health Care; Chair: William Chismar; Email:
chismar@cba.hawaii.edu
??Internet & the Digital Economy; Co-Chair: David King; Email:
dave@comshare.com; Co-Chair: Alan Dennis; Email:
ardennis@indiana.edu
??Organizational Systems & Tech.; Chair: Hugh Watson; Email:
hwatson@uga.edu
??Software Technology; Chair: Hesham El-Rewini; Email:
rewini@engr.smu.edu
HICSS conferences are devoted to advances in the information, computer,
and
system
sciences, and encompass developments in both theory and practice.
Invited
papers may
be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial or descriptive in nature.
Submissions
undergo a peer
referee process and those selected for presentation will be published in
the
Conference
Proceedings. Submissions must not have been previously published.
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http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu
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2003 HICSS-36 CONFERENCE VENUE:
Hilton Waikoloa Village on the Big Island of Hawaii
425 Waikoloa Beach Drive
Waikoloa, Hawaii 96738
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