[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- *** Call for Papers *** eHR-KM First International Workshop on Knowledge Management and e-Human Resources Practices for Innovation within the 6th International Conference on Professional Knowledge Management (WM2011) 21-23 February 2011, Innsbruck http://wm-konferenz2011.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- It is widely recognized that Knowledge Management (KM) can provide an organization with the capability to understand customers' needs, effectively extract new ideas from suppliers and customers alike, and turn them into innovative products and services. Human Resource Management (HRM) plays an equal, if not more important, role in building and sharing the right set of employee competencies that help organizations to successfully compete. In many organizations, Human Resource (HR) executives and KM experts have found that developing an IT infrastructure that allows the free exchange of employee experience and expertise has increased the company's competitiveness. Many companies are now aware that timely capturing their employees collective knowledge is the only way to preserve their investments in human capital. As a result, some of them have invested to develop a corporate culture of sharing knowledge and experience, capable of convincing employees to share their expertise. However, how to enable synergy between KM and HRM to foster open innovation is still a relatively new issue. Traditionally, innovation has been seen as the responsibility of a R&D team or of a business unit. Recent experience has shown that innovation is largely dependent on creative individuals working in an environment that spans multiple organizations and includes, beyond regular employees, consultants and suppliers. Knowledge-supported HR can play a key role in attracting and keeping the most innovative people and partners, creating a culture that supports innovation. This workshop objective is twofold. The first goal is to provide a forum to discuss theoretical models and practical evidence on the effectiveness of knowledge-supported HRM. The second goal is to investigate the connection between the implementation of knowledge-supported HR and the degree of open and employee-driven innovation achieved by organizations. Topics of Interest Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): - Tools and techniques for knowledge-supported HR o Empirical evidence of HR and KM complementarity o Competencies analysis and profile mapping o Capturing and sharing employees knowledge - HR and KM practices for fostering innovation o Support for creativity and serendipity o Rewarding and profiling innovation - IT support for fostering creativity - IT support for knowledge-supported HR o Competence Ontologies o Interoperability of HR and KM systems o Roadmaps Audience The target audience of the workshop is researchers, practitioners and educators, who have experience with the role of human resource in innovation management. A special issue of the International Journal on Knowledge and Learning (IJKL) will be related to the workshop providing a mean for consolidating and disseminating the results. Submission of Papers Paper abstracts should be submitted electronically to the WM2011 submissions system http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wm2011. At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to participate in the conference and present his/her work. Accepted papers will be considered for publication in a Special Issue of the International Journal of Knowledge and Learning (IJKL) (http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalCODE=ijkl), scheduled for the second quarter of 2011. Authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit extended articles (a typical size is between 7000 and 9000 words) and a number of 6-8 papers will be selected for the special issue after a second review round. Workshop organizers - Paolo Ceravolo, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy - Ernesto Damiani, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy - Christian Guetl, Graz University of Technology, Austria - Gianluca Elia, Scuola Superiore ISUFI, Italy - Mustafa Jarrar, Birzeit University, Palestine