Call for Chapter Proposals

Proposal Submission Deadline: 20 May 2010

Open Source investment: IT management theory and its application

 

A book edited by Prof. Sam Lubbe, University of South Africa, South Africa; Shawren Singh, University of South Africa, South Africa and Peter Mkhize, University of South Africa, South Africa

 

To be published by IGI Global:

 http://www.igi-global.com/AuthorsEditors/AuthorEditorResources/CallForBookChapters/CallForChapterDetails.aspx?CallForContentId=40e7af89-0fe9-4b41-8aad-dd9d7833d0fc.

 

 Introduction

 

Many researchers have been working to classify migrations in the field of e-Government and IT. Various aspects of the migration from a Microsoft Platform to an Open Source platform will be presented in this book, which will address concerns such as training for e-Government, Governance, Sensitivity of information during migration, formal problem identification, in-house training and social acceptance of e-Government will be addressed.

 

For example, the present South African Government believes that Free/Open Source Software offers the government possibilities to provide efficient and better services for citizens and businesses. However, criticism about the provision of e-government in South African services has proposed a more user-oriented approach, one that FOS may help achieve at a reduced cost. The user needs to be at the centre of the development of electronic public services. And it is even more important to pay attention to the impact of the new services on customers. This group of research therefore focuses on the development of a framework (both a conceptual model and specific indicators) to measure different aspects of electronic public services based on a FOSS platform.

 

 

Book Objective

The main goal of the book is to be a collection of chapters that provide a broad coverage of the various aspects that differentiates FOS approaches, discussing technical, economic, and social matters.

 

Target Audience

All enterprises in Africa and other countries, researchers, graduate students, Free/Open Software developers in general will find in depth information on FOS development approaches, from the technical to the economical and social aspects.

 

Recommended Topics

Given the growing interest and acceptance of FOS and the small number of references to this subject, this book proposes to analyze a series of topics where FOSS is seen as the preferred platform for the development of e-government applications. The topics might include (but are not limited to):

 

a.      Overview of FOSS

b.      Problem identification in this business science environment

c.       Impact on information sensitivity

d.      Training people in this environment

e.      Governance and migration

f.        Social impact of FOSS

g.      E-Governance and business science

h.      Trends on open source and the impact on business science

Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science reference,” and “IGI Publishing” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2011.

 

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners interested in submitting chapters are invited to submit on or before 20 May, 2010, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters (7,000 - 10,000 words) are expected to be submitted to singhs@unisa.ac.za by 20 May, 2010. All submitted chapters should be in MS-Word or Open Office format and will be reviewed on a double-blind peer review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

 

Important Dates

Proposal Submission Deadline: 20 May, 2010

Full chapter Submission: 10 September, 2010

Review Results to Authors: 30 November, 2010

Revised Chapter Submission: 15 January, 2011

Final Deadline: 15 March, 2011

 

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically to:

Shawren Singh

University of South Africa, South Africa

singhs@unisa.ac.za