Knowledge Management Tools, Technologies, Mashups, and Design Approaches

Mis à jour : 25-02-2008

The objective of this minitrack is to develop the architecture of Knowledge Management Systems to support organizations facing changing environments. Organizational decision-making and learning are people-intensive processes. Individuals learn and share what they have learned with those “nearby” them, who in turn share knowledge with others. In this manner, knowledge propagates or “spirals” throughout the organization and beyond (Nonaka 1994, 1998; Nonaka and Takeuchi, 1995). This growth of knowledge and the understanding it brings enable organizations to react quickly to changing environments, a necessity for survival. However, because these needs are so strongly based in the social perspective, we believe that technological support of these systems should have a foundation that can recognize the social aspects of knowledge creation and use (see, for example, Brown and Duguid 2000).

Researchers and practitioners interested in submitting papers to this minitrack are encouraged to explore knowledge management architectures, tools, and mashups – for example as related to supporting knowledge use and transfer or to organizational learning, particularly from a design science perspective. We welcome a wide range of approaches that focus on architectural design for KM or learning organizations.

 

Minitrack Chairs :

Stefan Smolnik (Primary Contact)

Information Systems 2

European Business School (EBS)

International University Schloss Reichartshausen

Rheingaustr. 165375 Oestrich-Winkel, Germany

Phone: +49-6723-991-2

Fax: +49-6723-991-259

Email: stefan.smolnik@ebs.edu

URL: http://www.ebs.edu/is2

 

Nassim Belbaly

GSCM Montpellier Business School

2300, Avenue des Moulins34185 Montpellier Cedex 4, France

Phone: +33-4-6710-2516

Fax: +33-4-6745-1356

Email: n.belbaly@supco-montpellier.fr

 

Richard Orwig

Accounting and Information Systems

Weis School of Business

Susquehanna University

514 University Ave., Selinsgrove, PA 17870, USA

Phone: +1-570-372-4380

Email: orwig@susqu.edu

 

Possible topics include, but are not limited to :

• Methodologies, tools, processes, technologies for developing KM and/or Organizational Memory Systems
• Empirical studies of designing and using KM tools and systems
•  Systems design for social knowledge creation and use, e.g. social software system architectures
• KM tools that map, track, or visualize social networks to facilitate knowledge sharing
• Evaluation of knowledge retrieval and representation methods
• Using semantic technologies to implement knowledge retrieval and representation
• Developing processes and systems for knowledge visualization techniques
• Designing for data, information, knowledge, and learning
• Learning-based systems design
• Knowledge Management Systems Design for Wicked Problems; Ethics and Aesthetics; Inquiring Organizations; and Learning Organizations
• Design of technological support for Implementing Churchman's Inquiring Systems; Inquiring Organizations; and Learning Organizations

 

Deadlines :

Abstracts are optional. Please do not hesitate to contact Minitrack Chairs or the primary contact at stefan.smolnik@ebs.edu for guidance and indication of appropriate content at any time.

 

• June 15, 2008: Authors submit full papers by this date, following Author Instructions found on the HICSS web site. All papers will be submitted in double column publication format and limited to 10 pages including diagrams and references. HICSS papers undergo a double-blind review (June15 – August15).
• August 15th, 2008: Acceptance notices are sent to Authors. At this time, at least one author of an accepted paper should begin fiscal and travel arrangements to attend the conference to present the paper.
• September 15th, 2008:  Authors submit Final Version of papers following submission instructions posted on the HICSS web site. At least one author of each paper should register by this date with specific plans to attend the conference.
• October 2nd, 2008: Papers without at least one registered author will be pulled from the publication process; authors will be notified.

 

MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE CONFERENCE WEBSITE:

Knowledge Management Systems Track:

http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_42/minitracks/km-kmt.htm

 

Conference webpage:

http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/