Diffusion Interest Group in Information Technology -- DIGIT

Workshop Announcement

The 7th annual DIGIT meeting will be held on Sunday, December 15, 1996

at the ICIS Conference Hotel (Renaissance Cleveland Hotel) in Cleveland, USA.

The fee for the workshop, which includes lunch and beverages, will be $30.

The deadline for registration is November 15. Participation will be limited

to the first twenty-five registrations received.

The workshop will start at 10.00 a.m. The format includes two paper

presentation and a panel discussion. The paper presentations will each be

limited to 20 minutes followed by 40 minutes of discussion. Copies of the

papers will be mailed in advance to registrants. The schedule for the

workshop is as follows:

10.00 - 10:30

Introduction

10.30 - 11.30

"Adoption of Document Management Systems in Business Processes," Rajiv

Dewan, Abraham Seidmann, Zhiping D. Walter, The University of Rochester,

Rochester, USA

11.30 - 12.30

"Industrial Learning: Does it Influence Organizational Structure?,"

Kristina Setzekorn, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, USA

12.30 - 1.30 LUNCH

1.30 - 4.00 [with beverage break at 2:30]

Panel discussion: "Challenges and Opportunities of Using Structural

Equation Modeling in IT Diffusion Research."

Panel members: Wynne Chin, University of Calgary, Canada; William Doll,

University of Toledo, USA; Ronald Thompson, University of Vermont, USA

Registration

If you plan on attending the DIGIT workshop, please complete and mail the

form below with a $30 check, payable to:

"Pontikes Center for Management of Information", by November 15, 1996.

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NAME ______________________________________

ADDRESS ______________________________________

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AFFILIATION ______________________________________

Mail to:

Dr. Arun Rai

Department of Management

College of Business and Administration,

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

Carbondale, Illinois, 62901, USA

If you need any further information, please feel free to contact the

program chair Dr. Arun Rai at arunrai@siu.edu.