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Chair(s):
Oscar Gutierrez1(oscar.gutierrez@umb.edu)
Kieran Mathieson2 (wei.zhang@umb.edu)
Wei Zhang1 (wei.zhang@umb.edu)
University Affiliation:
1. UMass Boston, College of
Management
2. Oakland
University, School of Business
Administration
Phone:
1. 617-287-3946
2. 248-370-3507
SIG URL:
Description:
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Traditionally, IS
researchers have focused on studying IS issues in private, profit-driven
businesses. IS in nonprofits are less studied. This needs to be changed
for a few reasons. First, not-for-profit organizations have become a
substantial part of US
economy. Although the penetration of IS/IT into these organizations has
been increasing, nonprofits lag the private and public sectors in IT
adoption. Studying IS in
nonprofits is practically important, especially considering that nonprofits
usually have a constrained IT budget. Second, nonprofits present an
organizational context different from for-profit organizations. By studying nonprofits and
compare-and-contrasting findings with those made in for-profit
organizations, we can expand our understandings in the interaction
between IS and organizational contexts. Third, studies in nonprofits may
contribute to some emerging research areas in IS, e.g., the open source
software movement and the digital divide.
The mini-track is
to provide researchers who are interested in the area with an opportunity
to share their ideas and their work. To promote theory building in this
area, we encourage authors to explicitly integrate non-profit context
into theoretical developments.
Both completed research and work-in-process are accepted.
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The mini-track will focus on:
- IT governance in nonprofits, for example
- Characteristics of nonprofit software markets
- Helping nonprofit managers explore the
potential of IT
- Data security practices in nonprofits
- The effect of funding source on IT investment
in the nonprofit sector
- Strategic uses of IT in nonprofits
- Evaluation of IT/IS effectiveness in
nonprofits, for example
- The role of nonprofit technology assistance
providers such as NTAPs
- The effect of cooperative norms on
sector-wide technology support frameworks
- Partnerships with private companies for IT
consulting
- System development and deployment involving
nonprofit organizations, for example
- IT acceptance by users in nonprofits
- Approaches to facilitate stakeholder analysis
and representation
- Systems development techniques and methods
applicable to non-profits
- The relevance of constituency representation
and procedural issues in systems development
- Training models suitable to high turnover
populations
- IT acquisition models
- Privacy and confidentiality issues affecting
non-profits, for example
- Client record de-identification
- Confidentiality and consent to use client
level-data
- Client identifiers
- Legal issues pertaining to client data records
- Effects of IT/IS on non-profit work, for
example
- Fundraising strategies for the Internet
- Using IT to facilitate task fragmentation across
large number of volunteers
- Balancing between accountability and service
- Performance or efficiencies enhancement
through IT
- IT/IS workforce in nonprofits, for example,
- Preserving IT expertise in nonprofits
- IT apprenticeships in nonprofits
- Factors that predict IT volunteerism
- Estimating the capabilities of IT volunteers
- The organization of IT work using volunteers
- Motivating volunteers to perform IT tasks
- Reducing the risk of using volunteers for
critical IT tasks
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AMCIS 2007 Colorado
http://www.biz.colostate.edu/amcis07/
Key Dates:
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Paper Abstracts Due
(optional)
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Monday, February 5, 2007
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Papers Due:
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Monday, March 5, 2007
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Notification of
Acceptance:
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Monday, April 16, 2007
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Camera Ready Copy
Due:
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Monday, April 30, 2007
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