Handbook of Research on Enterprise 2.0: Technological, Social, and Organizational Dimension
Call for Chapter Proposals ---------- Chapter proposal submission deadline: July 15, 2011 ---------- A book edited by Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha, Fernando Moreira and João Varajão [email protected] ---------- Dear Professor/Dr./Mrs./Mr., It is our pleasure to invite you to consider contributing to this handbook of research. Chapter proposals of 1-2 pages clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter are accepted until July 15, 2011. Proposals should be sent in Word format or PDF to [email protected]. Please feel free to forward this message to colleagues / peers who might be interested. Kind regards, Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha Fernando Moreira João Varajão ---------- ---------- Introduction: The way we work and workplace technology is changing at a fast pace and driving the introduction of new patterns towards an increase in productivity and efficiency of the workforce. Enterprise 2.0 can be understood as a way that workforce is liberated from the constraints of legacy communication and productivity tools. Enterprise 2.0 represents a tremendous competitive advantage for those that embrace the emerging tools that allow achieving and exploring the collective intelligence of the organization, enabling contextual, agile and simplified information exchange and collaboration among distributed workforce and networks of partners and customers. ---------- ---------- Overall objectives of this book: The handbook of research intends to collect the most recent developments on the technological, organizational and social dimensions of the Enterprise 2.0, which dictate a paradigm shift in organizations, society and people. ---------- ---------- Recommended topics: The handbook is intended to cover the following aspects: 1.- The technological dimension, addressing: - Emerging technologies; - Emerging architectures; - Web 2.0 Tools; - Standards and reference models; - Applications and Platforms Technology; - Security. 2.- Impact on organizations, society and individuals, covering: - New business models; - Collaborative work; - Culture and internal communication; - Mobile enterprise people; - Social networks; - Studies on adoption; - Studies of impact; - Critical success factors; - Level of preparedness mainly of SME. 3.- Applications and solutions: - Application to different sectors, from business to government services, from education to e-Health; - Relevant developments; - Technical considerations. ---------- ---------- Audience: The handbook of research is intended to support a professional audience of top managers and IT professionals (system developers and IT specialists) and also an academic audience (teachers, researchers and students, mainly of post-graduate studies). ---------- ---------- Submission Procedure: Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before July 15, 2011, a 1-2 page proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter. This proposal should be sent in Word format or PDF to [email protected] Authors will be notified by July 25 about the status of their proposals. Authors of accepted proposals will be sent guidelines to prepare the full chapter (7,000 10,000 words) to be submitted by October 31, 2011. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis by two or three reviewers. This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the Information Science Reference (formerly Idea Group Reference), Medical Information Science Reference, Business Science Reference and Engineering Science Reference imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication scheduled for release in 2013. ---------- ---------- Important dates: - Deadline for proposals submission: July 15, 2011 - Notification of proposals acceptance/rejection: July 25, 2011 - Full chapter submission deadline: October 31, 2011 - Notification of review results: January 15, 2012 - Submission of revised version of accepted chapters: February 01, 2012 - Submission of final materials of accepter chapters: February 15, 2012 ---------- For any questions, please contact the editors at [email protected] ---------- http://www.igi-global.com/authorseditors/authoreditorresources/callforbookch apters/callforchapterdetails.aspx?callforcontentid=96c51560-befa-4070-881b-4 91a1945dd61 ---- [[ Petri Nets World: ]] [[ http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/TGI/PetriNets/ ]] [[ Mailing list FAQ: ]] [[ http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/TGI/PetriNets/pnml/faq.html ]] [[ Post messages/summary of replies: ]] [[ [email protected] ]]
