Affiliate

ASSOCIATION INFORMATION ET MANAGEMENT

 

10th conference

TOULOUSE, France, September  21st-24th 2005

Call for papers

 

IT GOVERNANCE  & IS STRATEGY FOR BUSINESS SUCCESS:

a challenge for organizational  change, development and  performance

 

French version

 

Program chair:
·       Ephraim R. Mc LEAN, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University
·       Serge A. BAILE, IAE - Université Toulouse 1 & Groupe ESC Toulouse
Conference chair:

·       Marie-Christine MONNOYER, CRG-IAE, Université Toulouse 1

DEADLINE FOR PAPERS : June 4th, 2005

 

Program Committee / Comité scientifique:
Ephraim R. MC LEAN, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, Chair

Serge A. BAILE, IAE-UT1 & Groupe ESC Toulouse, Co-Chair

 

Adams, D., Decision & Information Sciences, Univ. of Houston, US

Akoka, J., Computer Sciences Chair, CNAM, Paris, FR

Alessandri, P. , Universita di Ancona, IT

Andreu, R., IESE Barcelona, SP
Avgeroyu, C., London School of Economics, UK

Ballaz, B., ESA, University of Grenoble 2, FR

Bartoli, J.-A., IAE, University of Marseille Provence, FR

Belanger, F., Center for Global Electronic Commerce, Virginia Tech, US

Bennani, A., Reims Management School, FR

Bergeron, F., Laval University, Québec, CA

Briolat, D., ESSEC, FR

Chaabouni, J., ERGE, FSEGS, Univ. of Sfax, TN

Christiaanse, E., IS Department, ESADE, Barcelona, SP

Cremer, J., IDEI-University of Toulouse 1, FR

D’Atri, A, University of Rome LUISS, IT

De Marco, M. Universita Catolica de Milano, IT

De Michelis, G. University of Milan Bicocca, IT

Descargues, R., AFC, University of Toulouse 2, FR

Desreumaux, A., IAE-University of Lille 1, FR

Fabes-Costes, N., CRET-LOG, University of Marseille Méditerranée, FR

Fallery, B., IAE, University of Montpellier, FR

Favier, M., Univ. of Grenoble 2, FR

Fontan, G., LAAS, Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse 1, FR

Friggerio, C., Universita Catolica de Milano, IT

Germain, L., Toulouse Management School, FR

Giard, Paris Dauphine University, FR

Igalens, J., LIRHE & CRG-IAE/Univ. of Toulouse 1, FR

Isaac, H., CREPA, Paris Dauphine University, FR

Jelassi, T., ENPC, Paris, FR

Jiaccucci, G., Universta di Trento, IT

Kalika, M., CREPA, Paris Dauphine University, FR

Lebraty, J.-F., University of Nice, FR

Lechner, Ch., Toulouse Management School, FR

Lesca, H., IAE, University of Grenoble 2, FR

Limayem, M., Inforge, HEC Lausanne, SW

Loebbecke, C., Business & Media Management Department, Univ. of Cologne, Germ

Louart, P., IAE, University of Lille 1, FR

Lytras, M., Athens University of Economics and Business, GR

Kasper, G., IS Department, Virginia Commonwealth Univ., US

Mezghani, L., Erge, FSEGS, Univ. of  Sfax, TN

Missikoff, O., University of Rome LUISS, IT

Martinez, M., Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, IT

Monod, E., CREPA, Paris Dauphine University, FR

Morley, Ch., INT Evry, FR

Munari, S., Inforge, HEC Lausanne, UNIL, SW

Négro, Y., University d’Auvergne-Clermont Ferrand 1, FR

Nielsen, P., Computer Science Department, Aalborg Univ, DK

Orsoni, J., IAE-Univ. of Corsica, FR

Peretti, J.-M., IAE, Univ. of Corsica, FR

Pigneur, Y., Inforge, HEC Lausanne, UNIL, SW

Papadoupoulo, P., University of Athens, GR

Poulymenakou, A. , Athens University of Economics and Business, GR

Rapp, L., University of Toulouse 1, FR

Raymond, L., UQTR & Revue Internationale de la PME, CA

Redmond, R., IS Department, Virginia Commonwealth, US

Reix, R., IAE, University of Montpellier 2, FR

Rivard, S., HEC Montréal, CA

Rodriguez-Abitia, G., IS Department, MESM Campus, MX

Rolland, C., University of La Sorbonne, Paris, FR

Rowe, F., Univ. of Nantes & Systèmes d’Information et Management, FR

Ruiz, S. , Polytech, Université Montpellier 2, FR

Saint-Amant, G., Management Sciences Department, UQAM, Montréal, CA

Sieber, S., IESE, Barcelona, SP

Sipior, J., Decision & IT Department, Villanova Univ, US

Soulé-Dupuy, Ch., IRIT & University of Toulouse 1, FR

Te’Eni, D., Tel Aviv University, ISraël

Stringer-Stephens, Ch., Dept of CIS, Louisiana Tech University, US

Trahand, J., IAE, University of Grenoble 2, FR

Valles, R.S., Organization Department, UPC, Barcelona, SP

Vogel, D., IS Department, City University of Hong Kong, CH

Wagner, I., Technical University of Wien, AU

Zurfluh, G., IRIT & University of Toulouse 1, FR

Zwass, V., Journal of Management Information System, US

 

 

Conference organizing committee / Comité d’Organisation
Marie-Christine MONNOYER, Pr, CRG-IAE, UT1,  Chair

 

Baile, S., Pr, CRG-IAE/UT1 (IT Governance Business Day Coordinator)

Ettien, F. Ph.D candidate (Papers evaluation)

Fernez-Walch, S., Ph.D, CRG-IAE/UT1 (Conference Logistic Coordinator)

Juston-Coumat, R., Ph.D. candidate, CRG-IAE (Public Relation coordinator)

Lancini, A., Ph.D., CRG-IAE/CRET-LOG/Aix-Marseille 2 (Doctoral Tutorial Coordinator)

Monod, E., Ph.D., Paris Dauphine University, (International Relations Coordinator)

Omer-Eltaief, A., Ph.D candidate, CRG-IAE/IUT1 (Societies Information)

Pham, K.U., Ph.D. candidate, CRG-IAE/UT1 (conference web site Coordinator).

Rim, L., Ph.D candidate, CRG-IAE/UT1 (Papers evaluation)

…

 

 

 

The 10th AIM Conference focuses on the central topic "IT governance and IS strategy". This topic has been studied in numerous academic publications and professional reports. The term "governance" is defined in this call for papers as the "art or manner of controlling IS, planning, controlling and managing IT resources". The term “strategy”, is understood as the link, interaction or "fit" between the respective modes of IT governance and business. These two terms refer to a common vision of managers and researchers. This common vision is organized around the notions of IS success, IT return on investments, and IT business value creation. This value is generated by technological choices, expected process innovations, services improvement and, in fine, user satisfaction within organizations.

 

Strategy and governance are now the two convergent vectors of change, induced by new management practices, and organizational performance, sought by new models of value creation in companies of any size. This call for papers stresses the various problems of modelling, analysis, designing and evaluating organizational and inter-organizational IS. These problems are linked to the mechanisms of value creation, organizational transformation, process improvements, and, generally, the levelling of management practices. These questions are recurrent and concern , on the one hand, the automation and thus the governance of automated IS (or data processing) and, on the other hand, e-business governance. These questions are driving many research projects, often touch the various disciplines of management, industrial economy, legal, computer, networks, social and human sciences.

 

"IT governance and IS strategy" refers to a spectrum of contributions expected in three areas of research: first, political and economic, second, organisational and management, and third, methodological and technological. For each one of these three areas, the fields mentioned previously have numerous influences, intended to help the understanding of the phenomenon by researchers, consultants and experts, at different levels of analysis, study and research (empirical, cases, models....).

 

The list of possible sub-topics is not exhaustive. On the other hand, critical approaches are welcome, as well as empirical work investigating the applications perspectives in specific industries (banking, manufacturing, education, tourism, culture, local government, for instance).

 

 

1.  Organizational and economic analysis of IS/IT policies governance and strategic analysis  

 

1.1.        Firm governance and IS/IT governance:

 

1.1.1.    Theories, models and principles of governance electronic of the markets and the organizations - contributions economic, legal, social and cultural.

1.1.2.    The good practices as regards governance of the IS/IT with an intra versus inter-organisational perspective - concrete cases and success in the private and public sectors are expected.

1.1.3.    Economic, legal and social conditions of development of the policies of governance of the IS/IT - aspects contractual and lawful European and international.

1.1.4.    (…)

 

1.2.        Firm strategy  and IS/IT strategies :

 

1.2.1.    Theories, models and principles of analysis of strategies IS/IT will intra versus inter-organisational

1.2.2.    Strategies of development (e.g. industrial, commercial, financial, GRH, logistics, IF…) and choice of the modes of governance of IT - stakes, policies, practices and conceptual models of analysis are expected.

1.2.3.    Performance evaluation of strategies IS/IT

1.2.4.    (…)

 

 

 

2.  Organizational and management research area of the IS/IT modes of governance and development policies

 

2.1.        IS/IT governance styles and organizational development:

 

2.1.1.    Theories and models of globalisation, integration and transformation of the processes of management (e.g. production, distribution-logistics, personal…)

2.1.2.    Theories and models of governance of the IS/IT in the corporate networks (E-SME, E-Government…)

2.1.3.    Management of the organizational capacities and role of the IS/IT governance (in the ERP, CRM, SRM, Sourcing projects …)

2.1.4.Principles and practical of control and accompaniment of the change (e.g. competence and stock management,  human capacities and groups…).

2.1.5.Managing SI function (suppliers contracts, operational services, invitation to tender, IS mastering work, …)

2.1.5.    (…)

 

2.2.        Mechanisms of management of the IS/IT governance:

 

2.2.1.    Theories, models and concepts of decision-making aid as regards of the IS/IT governance - directing principles of management and choice of IT use, strategies of choice of the IT infrastructures, IT structures and IS urbanization, IT/IS investment and management of the projects  … are the main areas of the expected contributions.

2.2.2.    The engineering of the projects of governance (risks management, costs management, personal driving, budgets and investments data-processing… are some examples of expected contributions)

2.2.3.    Accompaniment of the projects of governance (cooperation and alliances, services and consultation, IS planning and design based on the process reengineering, on the continuous process improvement, training, education and development of human resources… are some examples of expected contributions)

2.2.4.    The success evaluation of the IS/IT modes of governance (like projects benchmarking, IS/IT effectiveness metrics, measurements of IS/IT impacts on organizational performance, …, are some examples of expected contributions)

2.2.5.    (…)

 

 

3.  Methodological and technological research area on IS/IT infrastructure development and governance tools implementation

 

3.1.        Methods and tools of support to the deployment of IS/IT strategies and governance :

 

3.1.1.    Methods of IS Planning

3.1.2.Methods of Business Process Modelling

3.1.3.Methods for aligning IT and business strategies

3.1.3.    Methods for total quality management and process performance evaluation

3.1.4.Methods of information engineering,

3.1.5.Methods for design IS for Internet Commerce

3.1.6.Methods for knowledge engineering,

3.1.7.Methods for IS urbanization

3.1.6.    Methods for IS design  (UML/XML, Software-System…)

3.1.8.Methods of particular projects management  (data-processing, Web, network…)

3.1.9.Methods for stake managing IS/IT projects

3.1.8.    Methods and metric of IT evaluation

3.1.9.    (…)

 

3.2.        The technologies and infrastructures supported by the strategies and mechanisms of IS/IT governance :

 

3.2.1.    Support technologies to business process with an intra or inter-organizational perspective (e.g. workflow, EDI, Web…)

3.2.2.    Support technologies to aid of the electronic market places development (data-warehouses, networks....)

3.2.3.    Business Support Technologies 

3.2.4.    Decision support technologies (EIS, DSS, Operational Research Tools…)

3.2.5.    knowledge management Support technologies (e-CRM and dated-mining, process- mining, simulation and optimisation tools…)

3.2.6.    (…)

 

 

Instructions to authors

 

The overall program will be organized into three tracks :

·       Completed Research Track. Submissions in this track are typically expected to make empirical and/or theoretical contributions to knowledge in the field.

·       Research-in-Progress Track. These submissions do not require complete analysis of results but must represent original work.

·       Teaching & Professional Cases Track. The papers must be based on original research to convey the richness of the practices and experiences being communicated.

 

All submitted papers must represent completed and original work and must not have been published to previous conference or journal. All submitted papers will be blind reviewed by three people of the program committee.

General submission requirements for each of the tracks are listed below. For more detailed information, please visit our web site (forthcoming, next February, 2005). Submissions must be sent in electronic form using the AIM model. Submissions must be prepared in RTF or Microsoft Word 97 or pdf. The papers must be written in French or English.

The word count limits for submissions are:

·       Completed Research: 5,000 words.

·       Research-in-Progress: 2,500 words.

·       Teaching Case: 5,000 words.

 

For more information about the format, see http://www.misq.org/roadmap/standards.html#Link6

For these three kinds of submissions, the first page should contain the title, abstract and the contact information of the author (name, e-mail adress, mailing address, phone number and fax number). Then, the second page should contain ONLY the title and abstract, without any mention about the author.

 

 

PhD Consortium

Half a day of the conference will be reserved to the PhD consortium, which aims at helping doctoral students to conduct their research work.

Speakers must send before June 4th, 2005, a 5-to-15 pages paper presenting the problem and the state of the research.

Responsible : Pr  Robert Reix, IAE, Université Montpellier II, France, Agnès LANCINI (CRET-LOG/Aix Marseille 2 & CRG-IAE/UT1).

Conference Guest Speaker

 

The guest speaker will be Ephraim R. McLean, Georges E. Smith Eminent Scholar’s Chair in Information Systems, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State Univerity, Atlanta, GA (http://www.cis.gsu.edu/~emclean)

Important dates and localization (forthcoming)

 

June 4st, 2005 :                             Submission deadline

July 2nd,  2004 :                   Notification of authors

July 23th, 2004 :                            Deadline for final papers

 

September 21 to 23, 2005 :         Conference

September 21, 2005 :                   IT Governance Business Day

September 24, 2005 :                   PhD Consortium

 

 

 

Submission  addresses

 

Communications must be sent to : Serge Baile : baile.serge@free.fr