Topic:  "Reflections on Information Systems Strategizing"

PROF. ROBERT D. GALLIERS, PhD. (presença confirmada)

Currently Dr. Galliers is Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Bentley College, USA. Prior to taking up this post in 2002 he was professor of Information Systems and research director in the Department of Information Systems at the London School of Economics, with whom he retains a close association as a Visiting Professor. A leader in the field of management information systems, Galliers is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Strategic Information Systems, and a fellow of both the British Computer Society and the Royal Society of Arts. A graduate of Harvard University, Bob Galliers received a Masters in Management Systems from Lancaster University, and a Doctorate in Information Systems at the London School of Economics. His doctoral research focused on strategic information systems planning practice in Britain and Australia. He was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science degree by Turku School of Economic and Business Administration in Finland in 1995. He was appointed an Honorary Professor of the European Institute for Advanced Management Studies in Brussels in 1997. He is past president of the Association for Information Systems, and is co-chair of the 2002 International Conference on Information Systems.  Dr. Galliers research is transdisciplinary in nature and currently focuses on IT and business innovation/transformation and the management of change; information systems strategy; strategy alignment; knowledge management, and intra- and extra-organizational impacts of the Internet. He began his professional career outside of academia, first in social work administration and then in management consulting.

Palestra: "Reflections on Information Systems Strategizing"
We have come a long way in the theory and practice of Information Systems Strategy (ISS) - or have we? Professor Galliers will reflect on developments in the field of ISS from the early days of formal IS planning within organizations to such recent concepts as information architectures, knowledge management and inter-organizational systems. But what have we really learned from these developments over the past 40 years or so? What is the current status of ISS in theory, and in practice? Professor Galliers will reflect critically on the 'state of the art', concluding - not as some have done - that ISS is in a terminal condition, but that much more remains to be done in what he contends is still a crucial research domain for the IS community.

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PROF. SUE NEWELL, PhD. 

Sue Newell is Cammarata Professor of Management in the Department of Management at Bentley College, USA, and Chair of Bentley's Research Committee. She is also visiting Professor at Royal Holloway, University of London and has a PhD from University of Wales, 1983.    Prof. Sue Newell has taught on a wide range of courses at all levels – from first year undergraduate, through MBAs to PhD. Teaching areas covered include: KM, OB, HRM and IS. Obviously, given her current research interests specialist courses in innovation and knowledge management are key teaching themes. She has also taught on a range of specialist executive courses. Prof. Newell has also been involved in all aspects of programme and course development. For example, while at Aston University she was the Director of the Masters programme in Personnel Management; and while at Warwick University she was involved in the implementation of a new Masters programme in Organization Studies. In her current position, she have been involved in re-validating parts of our External and Executive programmes in order to ensure that they fit with the new QA guidelines. Prof. Newell have also been an external examiner in several universities, overseeing both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.  In her most recent post Prof. Newell was Director of the External and Executive programmes. At present this encompasses four major programmes – a Distance Learning MBA run through the University of London, a collaborative MBA run with Hong Kong University (SPACE department) and two executive programmes for major corporate clients (and MBA for JP Morgan and a Certificate in Professional Recruitment Services for Reed International).
 

"Knowledge Transfer: Short-circuiting the learning cycle?"
Knowledge is considered to be a key organizational resource in the 21st century and the knowledge management 'movement' has alerted organizations to the fact that they should more strategically exploit this knowledge. Companies are thus lured by the suggestion that they can gain competitive advantage by the more astute management of their knowledge base and in particular, by the transfer of knowledge across individuals, groups and organizational units using IT. In this presentation, we will reflect upon what knowledge transfer actually implies - essentially that it is possible to short-circuit the learning cycle, so that individuals do not have to rely on their personal experiences to identify better practices but can learn from the codified lessons of others. More importantly, we will consider the characteristics of knowledge – that knowledge is distributed, ambiguous and disruptive – that makes its transfer highly problematic. We will relate this to the learning cycle and so identify barriers to knowledge transfer. We will conclude by considering ways of overcoming these barriers that emphasize the importance of social systems as well as technical systems.
 

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Professor Miklos A. Vasarhelyi has taught in accounting and system topics both at the graduate and executive programs in the US, Europe and South America. He has consulted on accounting and computer matters for the government and major firms in the US and Brazil. He is the director of the Rutgers Accounting Research Center and was area chairman for three years. He is the creator and coordinator of the MBA program at the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, as well as Executive Director of the Rio Data Center. Prof. Vasarhelyi has been associated with the AT&T Bell Laboratories since 1985. His work has concentrated in the areas of financial systems architectures, Internet / Electronic Commerce and expert systems. He is the author of several books on Accounting, Computer Related Topics and Research, and over 70 articles in journals and publications. Prof. Vasarhelyi is joint Webmaster at the Rutgers Accounting Web (http://raw.rutgers.edu) the leading accounting Web site and principal investigator of the RAW project.

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Extensible Business Reporting Language - XBRL

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Professeur des Universités - Université du SUD Toulon-Var, França, Professor visitante da FEA USP

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