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CALL FOR PAPERS
51th Annual Hawai'i International Conference on System Sciences
(HICSS-51)
January 3-6, 2018 (Wednesday-Saturday)
Hilton Waikoloa Village (http://www.hiltonwaikoloavillage.com)
Minitrack: Knowledge Value, Success and Performance Measurements
(http://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-51/knowledge-innovation-and-entrepreneurial-systems/#knowledge-value-success-and-performance-measurements-minitrack)
Part of the Track: Knowledge Innovation and Entrepreneurial
Systems
Minitrack description:
Research into knowledge systems, 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 knowledge/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 knowledge/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 measuring 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 knowledge
system, 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 relevant for submissions include, but are not limited to,
the following:
* Frameworks and models for assessing knowledge systems,
knowledge management, and/or organizational memory systems
* Methodologies and processes for measuring knowledge systems,
knowledge management and/or organizational memory success and
performance
* Impact of knowledge use, 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 systems, knowledge management, organizational
memory, and organizational learning metrics
* Knowledge systems, knowledge management, organizational
memory, and organizational learning success factors and key
performance indicators
* Benchmarking of knowledge systems/knowledge
management/organizational memory initiatives
* Case studies of knowledge systems, knowledge management and
organizational memory success and performance measurements
* Measuring knowledge systems, knowledge management and/or
organizational memory performance in global organizations and
globally dispersed communities
* Effectiveness and/or efficiency of knowledge systems/knowledge
management/organizational memory systems
* Modeling and measuring the impact of social software on
knowledge system/knowledge management performance
* Defining knowledge systems, 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
* Understanding knowledge-based initiatives’ activities and
output as service offerings and exploring their productivity
* Usage, adoption and success of knowledge management methods
For additional information or to submit abstracts, please
contact the minitrack co-chairs:
Murray E. Jennex (Primary Contact), San Diego State University,
USA, mjennex<at>mail.sdsu.edu
Stefan Smolnik, University of Hagen, Germany,
Stefan.Smolnik<at>FernUni-Hagen.de
David T. Croasdell, University of Nevada, Reno, USA,
davec<at>unr.edu
Important Dates for HICSS-51 Paper Submission:
April 1, 2017: Paper submission begins
June 15, 2017 | 11:59 pm HST: Paper submission deadline
August 17, 2017: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
September 22, 2017: Deadline for authors to submit final
manuscript for publication
October 1, 2017: Deadline for at least one author of each paper
to register for HICSS-51
For further submission information, please see the general
HICSS-51 Call for Papers (http://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-and-minitracks/authors).