Call for Papers

Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems (MCIS)

September 12- 14 2010

http://www.mcis2010.org/

The MCIS conference invites paper submissions for the 

 track on Power and Politics in IS Design and Implementation

(Track #26 on the EasyChair system: https://www.easychair.org/login.cgi?conf=mcis2010)

OBJECTIVES OF THE TRACK:

Power and politics (defined as influence attempts) are prevalent in all aspects of system implementation. In fact, there is a significant body of literature on how issues of power and politics affect the role that CIO's play in organizations, the negotiations that take place during the process of system design, and aspects like pre-implementation decision making, training, maintenance, and modification of systems. The objective of this track is to attract quality papers that focus on these topics. 

RECOMMENDED TOPICS:

Topics to be discussed in this track include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Changes in the power of the IT unit as a function of the diffusion of new technologies
• CIO as a political actor in the process of design and implementation of IS
• Impact of cultural issues on the political aspects of system design and implementation
• Impact of gender and other demographic variables on the power and politics of system design and implementation
• Impact of global issues on the political aspects of system design and implementation
• Political behavior of members of the IT function vis-à-vis the organization
• Political impact of outsourcing
• Political role of the CIO vis-à-vis the management team, including his/her perception and acceptance by the other members of the executive team
• Politics of changes causes by implementation of new information systems
• Politics of design
• Politics of implementing information systems in times of recession and downsizing
• Politics of merging systems
• Politics of modifications and upgrades

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this track on or before May 22, 2010.

Instructions for submission are presented in the conference Web Site.

High quality papers from this track will be fast-tracked into a special issue of the International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) to be edited by Professor Arik Ragowsky.