---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: CFP - IT & Management (special issue) Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 11:38:24 GMT0BST From: HACKNEY R DR R.Hackney@MMU.AC.UK To: ISWORLD@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE

CALL FOR PAPERS

Information Technology & Management (special issue)

Strategic Planning for E-Commerce Systems (SPECS): value returns and customer alliances

Important Dates:

Paper Submission (email in Word) October 5, 2001 Notification of Acceptance: December 14, 2001 Papers in Final Form Due: February 15, 2002 Target Publication Date: Spring 2003

Author Guidelines:

http://www.wkap.nl/kaphtml.htm/IFA1385-951X

Submissions to r.hackney@mmu.ac.uk

Theme:

There is clearly a great amount of interest in the inter-relationship between e-commerce and approaches to strategic planning. This special issue of IT&M seeks research papers which consider the critical issues relating to this theme (SPECS). The guest editors would particularly welcome papers which include empirical evidence of research paradigms and their impact upon organisations.

There is currently little consensus with regard to the approach which should be used to achieve 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-commerce 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 empirical evidence, in particular, in supporting such return calls into question the original planning processes. This suggests a new paradigm is required for e-commerce systems recognising the value of implementation experience and its incorporation into all strategic planning activities within the organisation.

Ray Hackney Manchester Metropolitan University, UK r.hackney@mmu.ac.uk

Janice Burn Edith Cowan UniversityAustralia j.burn@ecu.edu.au

Gurpreet Dhillon University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA dhillon@ccmail.nevada.edu

Thanks Ray -----------

----------------------------------------------------- Dr Ray Hackney Director BIT Research The Business School Manchester Metropolitan University Aytoun Street Manchester M1 3GH UK

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