---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: CFP - Decsion Support Technologies of IRMA2002 Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 16:05:12 +1000 From: George Ditsa georged@UOW.EDU.AU To: ISWORLD@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
Call for Papers Decision Support Technologies Track of IRMA 2002 International Conference
2002 Information Resources Management Association International Conference May 19-22, 2002 at Renaissance Madison Hotel Seattle, Washington, USA
Submission Deadline October 1, 2001
TRACK CHAIR George Ditsa University of Wollongong, Australia E-mail: georged@uow.edu.au
TRACK COVERAGE
New technology is emerging at an unprecendented rate. Tasks that were not feasible before are becoming trivial. Today, we can communicate with anybody at any place at any time. New software products are being developed almost everyday to assist decision making at different managerial levels. With the rapid changes in technology and software, analysts are beginning to provide support to high level executives like, the Board of Directors, the President, the Congress, Directors and the CEOs. With the advent of internet/intranet, decision support is taking a completely different meaning,an on-line real time paperless support.
RECOMMENDED TOPICS
The Decision Support Technologies Track encourages the submission of quality papers and panel and workshop proposals dealing with (but not limited to) the following topics:
Intranet/internet and its implications for Decision support Data Warehousing and its usage in decision support Cross-cultural issues in multinational decision support Successes and failures in decision support applications Data mining and its implications for decision support Client/server architecture for decision support Decision support in human resource management Field/lab studies that provide innovative ideas Intelligent information Support Systems Emerging technologies and their implication for decision support
Full lengths papers (3-3500 words), research-in-progress proposals (abstracts/summaries of 500-1000 words) and panel, workshop, tutorial or
symposium proposals (500-1000 words) invited.
For complete conference information, visit the IRMA Web Site at http://www.irma-international.org
All submissions to be sent to: irmaconf@irma-international.org
Please note that selected papers will also be considered for inclusion in refereed journals.
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