Forwarded message from [R.Hackney@MMU.AC.UK (HACKNEY R DR)] sent originally on Wed, 2 Feb 2000 10:37:57 GMT0BST: : *************************************** : AMCIS 2000 : Americas Conference on Information Systems : Long Beach, California : August 10th - 13th, 2000 : *************************************** : Call for Papers for the Mini Track : Title: E-business - new paradigms for strategic planning : *************************************** : : Following a successful 'strategic IS planning' mini track at last : years AMCIS this track welcomes research papers which consider the : critical issues relating to e-business strategic planning paradigms : : Overview : : A number of authors have identified various factor (i.e., : senior management support, IT function assessment, etc) for : successful congruence between IS and the business but there has been : little comment on how such changes can be accommodated particularly in : an e-business context (Dutta, 1996; Earl, 1996; Earl & Sampler, 1998; : Horner & Benbasat, 1996, Burn and Barnett, 1999) : : There is also little consensus with regard to the approach which : should be used to achieve this strategic congruence and indeed some : scepticism that there is a universal "best" planning approach : (Hackney, 1996; Yetton, 1997; Burn, 1997; Sauer & Burn, 1997; Hackney : et al, 1999). These researchers suggest that it is inappropriate to : assume that strategic alignment will automatically improve the : chances of IS effectiveness and improved organisational performance : : The phenomenal growth of e-business has now placed the focus clearly : on IT-intensive value innovation (El Sawy et al, 1999) and evaluation : of value returns (Farbey et al, 1999). The lack of evidence supporting : such return calls into question the original planning processes and : suggests a new paradigm is required recognising the value of : e-knowledge and its incorporation into all strategic planning : activities within the organisation. : : Possible Topics; : : - Succesful strategies for e-business : - New paradigms for e-business Planning : - Planning for e-knowledge (e-commerce + knowledge management) : - Organisational strategy research : - E-business complexity frameworks : - Assumptions for e-business planning : - Theories of strategic planning for e-commerce systems (SPECS) : : Mini-Track Co-Chairs: : : Ray Hackney : Manchester Metropolitan University, UK : r.hackney@mmu.ac.uk : : Janice Burn : Edith Cowan University, Australia : < j.burn@ecu.edu.au> : : Gurpreet Dhillon : University of Nevada, USA : dhillon@nevada.edu : : 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 enquires should be made to Dr Ray Hackney : (r.hackney@mmu.ac.uk). 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. Best papers will : be recognised and receive awards at AMCIS2000. : : Submissions should include the following; : : 1) name, email, mailing address, university/organisation, phone/fax of : authors 2) title of the submission, keywords (five words), abstract : and main body of submission 3) references/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> : : ----------------------------------------------------- : Dr Ray Hackney : Director BIT Research : Manchester Metropolitan University : Department of Business Information Technology : Aytoun Street : Manchester : M1 3GH : UK : : Tel: +44 (0)161 247 3735 : Fax: +44 (0)161 247 6317 : ------------------------------------------------------- : : ===== 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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