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CALL FOR PAPERS

20th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2014)

Minitrack: "Knowledge Management Value, Success and Performance Measurements"

(http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/track-list/77-amcis-2014/88)

August 7-10, 2014, Savannah, Georgia, USA (http://amcis2014.aisnet.org)

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Deadline for paper submissions:  March 01, 2014

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More information: http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/call-for-papers

 

 

Minitrack Description

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Research into knowledge management (KM), organizational memories, and organizational learning has been affected by investigations such as implementation aspects, system developments, or knowledge flows during a number of years. Therefore, a high maturity level of KM research has been achieved. However, organizational KM initiatives are more and more faced with budget cuts and justification demands due to intense competition in today’s business environments. The influences of the rapid pace of globalization and of the ongoing liberalization of national and international markets lead to the emergence of increased pressure on existing companies. Project managers of KM initiatives like Chief Knowledge Officers need to justify their budgets and thus are in need of qualitative and quantitative evidence of the initiatives’ success. In addition, ROI calculations and traditional accounting approaches do not tell an adequate story when proposing knowledge-based initiatives. This minitrack explores research into strategies, methodologies, and stories that relate to measure this success. In addition, this minitrack will be used to explore the bodies of performance measurements that define the current state of research in measuring KM, organizational memory, and organizational learning success. Eventually, another purpose of this minitrack is to present research on how to value knowledge-based initiatives.

 

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

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* Frameworks and models for assessing knowledge management and/or organizational memory systems

* Methodologies and processes for measuring knowledge management and/or organizational memory success and performance

* Impact of knowledge management strategy, organization, systems, culture, and other issues on knowledge management/organizational memory success

* Organizational effectiveness/efficiency due to knowledge management/organizational memory/organizational learning, knowledge and organizational memory use

* Knowledge management, organizational memory, and organizational learning metrics

* Knowledge management, organizational memory, and organizational learning success factors and key performance indicators

* Benchmarking of knowledge management/organizational memory initiatives

* Case studies of knowledge management and organizational memory success and performance measurements

* Measuring knowledge management and/or organizational memory performance in global organizations and globally dispersed communities

* Effectiveness and/or efficiency of knowledge management/organizational memory systems

* Modeling and measuring the impact of social software on knowledge management performance

* Defining knowledge management and organizational memory success

* Rigorous anecdotes and user stories and their theoretical basis to facilitate the value of knowledge-based initiatives

* Developing grounded theory approaches to valuing knowledge-based initiatives

 

We welcome original  research papers regardless of decision domain, decision process, or research  methodology. Since related problems have been studied in numerous problem  domains and diverse scientific disciplines, we encourage authors to explore this rich literature and benefit from it.

 

Submission Outline

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+ Manuscript submissions open:   January 5, 2014

+ Submission  Deadline:   midnight, Savannah (EST) time, March 1, 2014

+ Author Notification:   April 4, 2014

+ Revision submission:   April 18, 2014

+ Camera ready submission deadline:   April 25, 2014

 

Paper submissions must be made  electronically through the AMCIS on-line submission system  (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2014 ). BE SURE TO SELECT THE APPROPRIATE  MINITRACK.

 

Papers must not exceed 5,000 words and must conform to the  AMCIS 2014 submission requirements.  At least one author of every accepted  submission must present at AMCIS 2014 in Savannah. For additional information  see  http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/call-for-papers.

 

Minitrack Co-Chairs

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Murray E. Jennex, San Diego State University, USA, mjennex<at>mail.sdsu.edu

Stefan Smolnik, University of Hagen, Germany, stefan.smolnik<at>fernuni-hagen.de