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Professor Stefan Smolnik is co-organizer of two minitracks at the HICSS-49 (deadline: 15/06/2015)

49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January 5-8, 2016, Kauai, Hawaii, US

The 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-49) will take place 05 - 08 January 2016 at Kauai, Hawaii, USA. As in recent years, Professor Stefan Smolnik is co-organizer of two mini tracks within the track "Knowledge Innovation and Entrepreneurial Systems" (formerly "Knowledge Systems"). The minitrack "Knowledge Management Value, Success and Performance Measurements" is arranged together with Professors Murray E. Jennex (San Diego State University) and David T. Croasdell from (University of Nevada, Reno); the minitrack "Designing and Deploying Advanced Knowledge Systems" is offered together with Timo Käkölä (University of Jyväskylä).
The deadline for submissions is June 15th, 2015

Brief description of the minitrack "Knowledge Management Value, Success and Performance Measurements":

Research into 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 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 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 measure 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 KM, organizational memory, and organizational learning success. Eventually, another purpose of this minitrack is to present research on how to value knowledge-based initiatives.

(complete CfP) (HICSS-49 Homepage)

Brief description of the minitrack "Designing and Deploying Advanced Knowledge Systems":

Researchers and practitioners interested in submitting papers to this minitrack are encouraged to explore (1) the design, evaluation and deployment of advanced knowledge systems that integrate emerging technologies such as social media, mashups, and ubiquitous IT; (2) project management methods and tools involved in the design and deployment of such knowledge systems; and (3) the structuration of organizational knowledge processes, structures and systems. We welcome an integrative view spanning the entire life-cycle of knowledge systems – from knowledge systems design (often through design science research) through deployment (often through behavioral science research) to retirement.

(complete CfP) (HICSS-49 Homepage)