From: S1.SRE@isumvs.iastate.edu (Sree)
Subject: HICSS-26 CFP for ODSS minitrack
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 18:12:24 GMT



                            CALL FOR PAPERS

                          Twenty-sixth Annual
           Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
             Poipu Beach, Kauai, Hawaii January 5-8, 1993.

                       Information Systems Track
                 Organizational Systems and Technology

                             Mini Track on
                 Intelligent Organizational Processes/
                Organizational Decision Support Systems


         Papers are requested for an on-going minitrack
     which addresses all aspects of organizational decision
     support systems. Papers in previous sessions have
     included a wide variety of topics, including conceptual
     issues, ODSS design, modeling, system interfaces, case
     studies, object oriented approaches, etc.

         Organizational decision support systems(ODSS) have
     lately received much attention from a growing body of
     researchers and practitioners. The general field of MIS
     has always claimed that its ultimate role is in
     supporting the organizational needs of information and
     is increasingly been felt that through ODSS it is
     feasible to achieve this objective. ODSSs seek to
     coordinate and disseminate decision making throughout
     the organization, spanning functional and hierarchical
     levels, making it possible for decisions to be more
     focused on organizational goals.  Other related systems
     such as DSS, GDSS, NSS have also helped in refining the
     extent of reach of these ODSSs.

         The increasing relevance of ODSS to the study of
     information systems in organizational decision making
     is evident from the level of activity seen at the past
     few HICSS meetings. In spite of the fact that a
     mini-track has been functioning only for the last few
     years, the quality of papers presented as well as the
     level of interest shown (reasonable attendance at the
     sessions, usually the last few sessions of the
     conference) have been noteworthy.

         Submitted research papers should be original and
     should not be under publication consideration
     elsewhere. Papers may focus on all aspects of ODSS such
     as that

         * employ new theoretical, data collection, or
     analysis approaches

         * question, expand, or provide inquisitive and
     creative perspectives on ODSS research and practice

         * provide theory based descriptions of experiences
     of ODSS implementations in a variety of environments

         * make use of creative research methodologies

         All research papers received by the submission
     deadline will be considered for presentation at the
     Conference. To ensure acceptance of high quality
     papers, each paper submitted will be blind refereed by
     at least five qualified reviewers. All submissions
     will be reviewed promptly.

         It is expected that the minitrack will be organized
     to include two sessions one of which will focus on
     innovative and provocative ideas of ODSS design and
     implementation.

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Important Dates

June 5, 1992       Full papers submitted to minitrack chair
August 30, 1992    Notification of acceptance
October 25, 1992   Camera-ready manuscripts due, authors register
November 15, 1992  At least one author must register for the Conf.
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Instructions for submitting Paper

   * Submit six copies of the full paper consisting of
     22-26 double spaced word-processed pages, including
     figures and tables, to Sree Nilakanta, minitrack chair.

   * The manuscript should not be submitted to more
     than one HICSS minitrack, nor should it be published
     previously or in review in a journal.

   * Submit two title pages: the first includes the
     title, full name of all authors, and their complete
     address, including affiliation(s), telephone numbers,
     and e-mail addresses and the second which contains only
     the title of the paper.

   * The first page of the manuscript should include
     the title and a 300 word abstract of the paper.
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Send all correspondence to:

Sree Nilakanta, Chair HICSS minitrack
College of Business
300 Carver Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
Tel: 515 294-8113
Fax: 515 294-6060
Bitnet:  S1.SRE@ISUMVS Internet: NILAKANT@IASTATE.EDU

--
Sree Nilakanta                  |  Imagination is more
Iowa State University           |  more important than
Ames, IA 50011 USA              |  knowledge
s1.sre@isumvs.iastate.edu       |      Albert Einstein
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Sree Nilakanta                  |  Imagination is more
Iowa State University           |  more important than
Ames, IA 50011 USA              |  knowledge
s1.sre@isumvs.iastate.edu       |      Albert Einstein
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