-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] Call for Papers: AMCIS Mini-Track on Organizational Learning through Process Modelling Datum: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 12:10:32 +0100 Von: Jens Poeppelbuss jepo@uni-bremen.de An: wi@lists.uni-karlsruhe.de

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Mini-Track "Organizational Learning through Process Modelling"

Track: "End-User Information Systems, Innovation, and Organizational Change (SIGOSRA)"

20th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS)

August 7-10, 2014, Savannah, Georgia, USA

Mini-Track / Track website: http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/track-list/77-amcis-2014/92

For understanding and improving work practices, organizations frequently rely on process models. Process discovery activities, for instance, help to understand the operation of business processes. Process-oriented methods (e.g., TQM, Lean Management, or Six Sigma) are widely adopted to continuously improve the operations of organizations. In this context, process models can serve as boundary objects between different intra- and inter-organizational communities of practice that facilitate organizational learning. However, many organizations also face problems with their process documentations, e.g., due to a model-reality divide or the reluctance of employees against process redesigns. New methods and tools can help organizations with the management of process-related knowledge and learning. Increasing involvement of employees and improved analytical approaches that disclose how processes are really performed can help in achieving more sustainable business processes. Research on how organizations manage process-related knowledge and learning is subject of this mini-track. We encourage papers applying a wide variety of methodologies, including quantitative and qualitative, empirical and theoretical research such as case studies, action research, surveys, experiments, and design science.

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_March 1, 2014: Submission deadline

_April 4, 2014: Authors will be notified as to whether their submission was accepted, conditionally accepted, or rejected

_April 18, 2014: Authors must have their revised submissions submitted

_April 25, 2014: Authors must have their camera-ready, final papers submitted

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Lars-Olof Johansson

School of Information Science

Halmstad University

Sweden

lars-olof.johansson@hh.se

Jens Poeppelbuss (primary contact)

Industrial Services Group

University of Bremen

Germany

jepo@is.uni-bremen.de