Forwarded message from [Leonie.Thomas@UTAS.EDU.AU (Leonie Thomas)] sent originally on Sat, 22 Jan 2000 07:31:10 +1100: : AMCIS 2000 : Americas Conference on Information Systems : Long Beach, California : August 10th - 13th, 2000 : : Call for Papers for the Mini Track : “Organizational Change” : : The topic of change management has been with us since Leavitt first talked : about the effects of change in the early 60’s. Since then theories and models : have been developed some of which include Lewin’s three-stage change model, : the Planned approach to change, the Emergent approach to change and the : Improvisational Model for change management. Organisations are now operating : in an environment of continual and rapid change. : : In order to remain competitive or gain a strategic advantage organisations are : having to realign their products or services with the aim of entering new : markets. Some organisations adopt BPR to restructure while others choose an : incremental approach to BPR. A strategic vision is created and the : organisation moves closer to that vision by implementing new systems or : procedures, all of which create change. : : However, in the wealth of literature on change management seldom is guidance : provided in the practical application of change management theories or : strategies. Organisations can evaluate the environment in which they operate : or they can analyze their culture to check for change readiness. The : literature has provided the means for analysing the various types of change : they may encounter such as emergent, anticipated, planned and lately : opportunity-based change. How is this helping organizations in the Year 2000 : to implement change? : : This mini track is focused on how organisations are currently coping with : continual and rapid change. What strategies or practices are they using to : help with the implementation of change and who in the organisation are they : recruiting as change agents to reduce resistance to the specific change. : : Possible Topics may include the following: : -Organizational change : -The implementation of IS/IT related change : -How organisations are coping with continual change : -Change agents : -BPR and change : -Overcoming resistance to change : -Strategies for implementing change : -How organisations are coping with rapid change : -Change management theories : -Change models : -The role of managers in implementing change : -Organizational change management case studies : -Implementing large scale Organizational change : -The use of quick wins when implementing change : -The uses of a mission or vision statement in implementing change : : Mini Track Chair : Leonie Thomas : Leonie.Thomas@utas.edu.au : School of Information Systems, University of Tasmania : GPO Box 252-87, Hobart 7000 Tasmania : Phone:+61 3 62267180 : : Important Dates : Submission of Material : March 15, 2000 : Notification of Acceptance: April 15, 2000 : Camera-Ready Copy: May 5, 2000 : Conference Registration: June 1, 2000 : : Submission Guidelines : All submissions and inquiries are to be made to Leonie Thomas at : Leonie.Thomas@utas.edu.au. Submissions must be in English, and should : represent the original work of the authors. Each submission is limited to : SEVEN pages (approximately 3500 words) in length for a full complete : research paper and : THREE pages (approximately 1500 words) for a research-in-progress paper. All : submissions should be made electronically and sent as an attachment in MS : Word,WordPerfect, PDF, or HTML format. Please indicate "AMCIS 2000 Mini Track : Submission" in the subject line of the e-mail to which your submissions are : attached. Best papers will be recognized and receive awards at the conference. : : Submissions should include the following: : i)Name, e-mail, mailing address, university/organization affiliation, : phone/fax : numbers of the contact person and all co-authors. : ii)Title of the submission, Keywords (five words), Abstract , and Main body of : the submission. : iii) References and/or bibliography (in MIS Quarterly format). : : Americas Conference on Information Systems covers the latest and important : issues in Information Systems and to serve the research and teaching interests : of the IS community. For more details about AMCIS 2000, see : www.csulb.edu/conference/ais2000. : : ===== Start of ISWorld List Footer ===== : ISWorld list is a service of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) : (http://www.aisnet.org) hosted at University College Dublin. For archives, : subscribing, or posting "norms" see http://www.isworld.org/isworldlist : ===== End of ISWorld List Footer =====

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