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SUBMISSION DUE DATE:  September 30, 2010
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SPECIAL ISSUE ON System Dynamics and other Simulation-based Approaches for
Information Systems for the International Journal of Information
Technologies and the Systems Approach (IJITSA)
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Published: Semi annual (both in Print and Electronic form)
http://www.igi-global.com/ijitsa
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Guest Editors:
Dr. Peter Otto, Union Graduate College, USA, ottop@union.edu
Dr. Andrej Skraba, University of Maribor, Slovenia,
andrej.skraba@fov.uni-mb.si
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INTRODUCTION:
IS research aims to help decision-makers understand and anticipate
opportunities to deploy IS and adding business value for organizations in
today’s competitive environment. Decisions concerning IS are complex and
challenging for a decision-maker; time pressure, incomplete information,
unknown feedback loops, organizational contexts, and selfish motivations
strongly influence such decisions. Inadequate decisions and subsequent
actions might lead to undesired results. Enhancing the knowledge of
gaining business value from IS is possible by achieving insights into the
complex behavior of the system and the interaction among decision
variables. Using simulation models permit the testing of various
assumptions and provide decision-makers with the ability to explore the
consequences of various scenarios and alternative functional relationships
among variables in the system.

OBJECTIVE OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE:
It is important to gain a broader, systemic view on the management and
control problems in the fields of systems engineering, software
engineering and information systems. This would contribute to better
understanding of underlying system structure, dynamics and possibilities
for efficient control. Papers in the special issue should therefore
address practical application of System Dynamics and other
simulation-based approaches in the field of Information Systems to improve
understanding of business structures and decision making. Methodological
papers as well as case studies are welcome.

RECOMMENDED TOPICS:
Topics to be discussed in this special issue include (but are not limited
to) the following:

•	Diffusion of new IS technology
•	IS development
•	IS-individuals interaction
•	Implementation issues
•	Outsourcing and country selection issues
•	Social media and Web 2.0 issues
•	Health informatics
•	E-commerce and web-enabled delivery systems
•	CRM, SCM applications
•	Models and dynamics of efficient application of human resources and
knowledge
•	Organization structure, dynamics and improvements
•	Optimization of systems engineering, software engineering and
information systems by system dynamics models
•	Sustainable financing dynamics in IT projects

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this
special theme issue System Dynamics and Other Simulation-Based Approaches
for Information Systems on or before September 30, 2010. All submissions
must be original and may not be under review by another publication.
INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNAL’S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT
SUBMISSIONS at
http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guidelines%20submission.pdf.
All submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review
basis. Papers must follow APA style for reference citations.

ABOUT International Journal of Information Technologies and the Systems
Approach (IJITSA):  The Journal of Information Technologies and Systems
Approach (IJITSA) is an academic and practitioner journal created to
disseminate and discuss high quality research results on Information
Systems and related upper and lower level Systems as well as on its
interactions with Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Complex
Systems and Philosophy issues, through rigorous Theoretical, Modeling,
Engineering or Behavioral studies in order to explore, describe, explain,
predict, design, control, evaluate, interpret, intervene and/or develop
organizational systems where Information Systems are the main objects of
study and the Systems Approach –any variant- is the main research
methodology and philosophical stance used. This journal is an official
publication of the Information Resources Management Association
(http://www.igi-global.com/ijitsa)

IJITSA EDITORIAL  BOARD
•Frank Stowell (EiC),	University of Portsmouth, England
•Manuel Mora (co OEiC and OEiC), Autonomous University of Aguascalientes,
México
•Denis Edgar-Nevill, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
•Miroljub Kljajic, University of Maribor, Slovenia
•Amitava Dutta, George Mason University, USA
•Yasmin Merali, University of Warwick, UK
•David Brown, University of Lancaster, UK
•Robert Cloutier, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
•James R. Burns, Texas Tech University, USA
•RRory O'Connor, Dublin City University, Ireland

PUBLISHER:
The International Journal of Information Technologies and the Systems
Approach (IJITSA) is published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.),
publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group
Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference”, “Business Science
Reference”, and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional
information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com

All submissions should be directed to the attention of:
Guest Editors:
Dr. Peter Otto, ottop@union.edu
Dr. Andrej Skraba, andrej.skraba@fov.uni-mb.si





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Manuel Mora, EngD.
Full Professor and Researcher "C" Level
Autonomous University of Aguascalientes
Ave. Universidad 940
Aguascalientes, Ags.
México 20100
www.uaa.mx
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