Special Integration Group on Systems Applications in Business and Industry, July 8, 2004, at the
48th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences, Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California

[Call for Papers] | [SABI Preconference Discussion] | [SABI Sessions]
| [SABI Thursday, 1:00 p.m. - In, Out and Between] | [SABI Thursday, 3:30 p.m. - Environmental Context]
| [OTSC I Tuesday, 1:00 p.m.] | [OTSC II Wednesday, 1:00 p.m.]

The roundtable sessions for the Special Integration Group on Systems Applications in Business and Industry are scheduled on the afternoons of Thursday, July 8, at 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., and at 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., as part of the 2004 ISSS meeting at the Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California.

Call for Papers

For posterity, the original call for papers has been preserved, with a description of the Singerian Inquiry format.

Preconference Discussion

Nine papers were accepted for two 120-minute sessions. The papers have been clustered into two themes:

The goal of the preconference discussion (and, of the meeting in person on July 8) is to exchange ideas, and learn from each other.

SABI Sessions

The timing in a Singerian Inquiry session is a little loose, depending on how the conversation flows. Authors should, however, expect to be heard in the following order.

Time Session Theme Speakers and Papers
Thursday, July 8,
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Systems Applications in Business and Industry

Chair: David Ing

[a digest by David Ing will eventually appear here]
Business Systems -- Inside, Outside and Between Annaleena Parhankangas, David Ing, David Hawk, Gosia Dane & Marianne Kosits, "Negotiated order in Network Form Business

Raul Carlos Carral Pavón & Markus Kajanto, "Industry demand analysis to better sustain major organizations"

G.A Swanson, "Inter-Organizational Mediating Spaces, Living Systems Theory, and Accountability"

K.C. Wang, "The Strategic Triangle Model in Alliance Strategies"
Thursday, July 8,
3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Systems Applications in Business and Industry

Chair: David Ing

[a digest by David Ing will eventually appear here]
Business Systems -- Environmental Context Martin Östlund & Péter Révay, "Systems Thinking in the Virtual Realm - Bringing Focus to the Human Activity System with VR Technology"

Gary Metcalf, "Implements and Images: The Making of Social Systems"

Sung Chull Kim, "Peace-Prone Foreign Policy: Systems Analysis of Domestic-Regional Linkage"

Patrik Brandt, Péter Révay & Louise Wennberg, "System Thinking on Risk Analysis"

Adejoke Tugbiyele, "The Mysterious Management of Urban Systems"

OTSC Sessions

SABI SIG members may also be interested in the following sessions scheduled for the Organizational Transformation and Social Change SIG. These papers are presented in the usual conference fashion (i.e. probably 20-25 minutes each).

Time Session Speakers and Papers
Tuesday,
July 6,
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Organizational Transformation and Social Change

Chair: Maurice Yolles
M. Yolles & K. Guo, "Cybernetic organisational development"
K. Haruna, "Judging function of enterprise R&D process to adapt information technology innovation"
D. Ing, "Legitimation and situated practices: Shared trajectory in emerging communities of business and information technology architects"
P. Buckle, "Detecting self-organized behavioural patterns in workplace settings---Integrating practice with theory: A grounded theory study"
Wednesday,
July 7,
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Organizational Transformation and Social Change

Chair: Maurice Yolles
M. Yolles & P. Iles, "Changes in China through informatization and WTO"
K. Sanders, "Design for results: Designing school/community partnerships for comprehensive learning support systems"
A. Mulhaney, J. Robbins & C. Watts, "A systemic approach to delivering 'best value' within a public sector housing"
H. Alberts, "Effect of language on peoplesďż˝ development"

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