Subject: please circulate or respond!
Date:  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 11:10:39 +0000
From:  elayne coakes <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]


Dear all

I would like to offer a call for chapters for the following book due
early
2002.  I am tasked with finding work especially for the first section of

the book entitled: From Technical to Socio-Technical.

Chapters  for this should address the evolution of Information Resource
Management from a technical to a socio-technical domain, providing a
foundation for the rest of the text.

The section will describe the two paradigms - social and technical -
that
come together to form the sociotechnical paradigm.  It will show the
sociotechnical origins from the past and indicates the possible future
directions, and implications, of the paradigm for IRM.

This section will also address how the sociotechnical paradigm
enlightens,
and can provide the moral imperative for, human-centred computing.

I would of course be happy to hear from people with their ideas before
they formally submit, and if you would like to submit for another area
we
would welcome that too.

Elayne Coakes

CALL FOR CHAPTERS
Submission Deadline  (Proposals) March 31, 2001

"Socio-Technical and Human Cognition Elements of Information Systems"
A book edited by Steve Clarke, Elayne Coakes, Gordon Hunter and Andrew
Wenn

The 1980s and 1990s has seen a growing interest in research and practice

in information systems viewed from a combination of social, technical
and
cognitive perspectives.

This book will be a compilation of contributed chapters by researchers
and
practitioners from these social, technical and cognitive domains,
addressing conceptual, methodological, and empirical studies.  Reports
of
action research or cases demonstrating the relevance of theoretical
constructs to practical interventions will be particularly welcomed.
The
editors have no preferred theoretical perspective and welcome chapters
that assume a multidisciplinary approach to the analysis of information
systems.

Representative topics include but are not limited to the following:

        Case studies or action research covering the operational
development and management of information systems.
        Case studies or action research covering the formulation and/or
management of information systems strategies.
        Reports of interventions in the private and public sectors.
        Issues of conflict resolution in information systems management.

        Reports of system failure.
        The relationships between people, organizations and information
technology.
        The role of organizational culture in information systems
management.
        The role of organizational structure in information systems
management.
        Methodological developments in information systems development
and
strategy.
        Studies addressing the difficulties of linking 'hard' and 'soft'

issues, and focusing on solutions from an interpretative perspective.
        The development and management of end-user computing.
        The impact of user involvement on information systems success.
        Innovative approaches to emerging technologies.
        Investigations leading to new theoretical constructs to underpin

research and practice in information systems.
        Studies linking theory to practical interventions.
        New paradigm research into the human (cognitive or social)
aspects
of information systems research and practice.
        The impact of research and practice based on critical theories.

Chapters that describe issues with a global or international focus will
be
particularly welcomed.

Authors are invited to contact the editors for further advice.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before March
31,
2001 a 2-3 page abstract of the proposed chapter. Proposals may address
theory, research, and applications, as well as describe guidelines or
specific relevant projects. Authors of accepted proposals will be
notified
by April 30, 2001 and sent chapter organizational guidelines. Full
chapters are expected to be submitted by September 30, 2001. All
chapters
will be reviewed on a blind review basis. The book is scheduled to be
published by Idea Group Publishing in Early 2002.

Inquiries and Submissions can be forwarded to:
Dr Steve Clarke
Department of Finance, Systems and Operations
Luton Business School
The University of Luton
Park Square, Luton
LU1 3JU, UNITED KINGDOM
Email: [log in to unmask]

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