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1. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway THE RESULTS OF ISAHI 2008 QUESTIONNAIRE Stanislaw Wrycza

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3. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway 27 answers out of 172 ISAHI Members Answers from • USA - 14 • Australia – 2 • Denmark – 2 • Germany - 1 • Israel – 1 • Ireland – 1 • Italy – 1 • Liechtenstein – 1 • Mexico – 1 • Poland – 1 • South Africa – 1 • UK - 1

4. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway According to ISAHI Charter Matters of concern to university administrators with executive authority over academic units directly encompassing Information Systems.

5. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway Such matters include: • faculty supervision, • recruiting, and development; • academic programs and curriculum development; • pedagogy;

6. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway Such matters include: • accreditation; • student recruiting; • facilities and laboratories; • educational technology; • funding sources; • academic leadership; • and other matters

7. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway The goals of ISAHI 2008 questionnaire: • Assesment and perception of ISAHI by its members; • Identification of new forms of ISAHI activities

8. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway 2. I am the member of ISAHI: • I am the chair/director of an information systems department • inspiration of IS development, research and teaching, • effective management of IS Department • the group provides insight into matters important to my position • exchange information and ideas about how to better perform the role

9. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway 2. I am the member of ISAHI: • I am the member of a similar group of IS Heads in Australasia (ACPHIS) • Info sharing • I like the exchange with colleagues

10. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway 3. I am the member of AIS 26 of 27

11. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway 4. I am a member of the following IS/CS professional and academic organizations: • AIS, ACM, IRMA, SIM, IEEE BCS IFIP • Most are the members of 3-4 professional organizations

12. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway 5. Till now I have participated in the following ISAHI events: Breakfasts, Lunches, Elections

13. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway 6. I will be at ISAHI Lunch 52% declared

14. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway 7. I think that the aim and content of ISAHI meetings (breakfasts, lunches), should be: • enrollment management • decline in enrollments, • accreditation • curricula models • building relationships

15. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway 7. I think that the aim and content of ISAHI meetings (breakfasts, lunches), should be: • info & experience exchange • best practices sharing • start new research and teaching cooperation • networking exchange ideas about programs and curriculum

16. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway 8. The events appropriate for such meetings are: • *Short* presentations, "birds-of-a-feather" table gatherings, discussion, minutes/codifying of shared knowledge so it can be referred to after the event/meeting • AIS meetings and conferences (e.g. ICIS, AMCIS, and ECIS

17. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway 8. The events appropriate for such meetings are: • Breakfast Lunch Dinner Seminar • Discussion Panels Peer presentations • EU-COST (we could propose a new action to COST)

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19. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway 9. In my opinion ISAHI should: • Not a SIG, but affiliated with AIS in a different way • It can gain from the established capacity of AIS • It is not clear whether AIS actually serves the boarder information systems community. There are some IS groups that seem to be more comfortable with ACM IEEE.

20. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway 9. In my opinion ISAHI should: • Have more flexibility and agility, such as applying for COST support • AIS is a natural "home" for ISAHI and could derive benefit from the resources (headquarters staff, etc.) available through AIS. • AIS is the international society for information systems and we should be a part of it. Our participation will further strengthen its value to the field.

21. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway 9. In my opinion ISAHI should: • AIS - it could be easier to manage • It is not clear whether AIS actually serves the broarder information systems community. There are some IS groups that seem to be more comfortable with ACM IEEE

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23. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway 11. Do you see the possibility of your institution sponsorship for ISAHI? • $500-$1000 • It depends on what is needed. • Rather small amounts, including the travel costs for participating in ISAHI meetings • They currently cosponsor ICIS breakfasts • None and no money

24. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway 11. Do you see the possibility of your institution sponsorship for ISAHI? • for Proposals to support Scientific and Technical Collaboration in Europe • http://www.cost.esf.org/index.php?id=opencall

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26. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway 12. I think that the best forms of ISAHI activities are following: • as outlined in the ISAHI Charter • best practices sharing • breakfast and luncheon meetings with focused topic • Keep the current activities • Round table discussions, with or without food...

27. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway 13. I propose the following new forms of ISAHI activities: • At least one seminar a year on the research, teaching and organizational horizons of IS/BI • COST application. Pre-proposals can be submitted at: http://www.cost.esf.org/index.php?id=opencall

28. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway 13. I propose the following new forms of ISAHI activities: • Increase email communications and discussions Consider a regular newsletter • mini-conference preceding ICIS with a variety of panels focused on burning issues faced by IS programs • Remote activities through the e-list An accessible directory Promotion of exchange and collaboration funding possibilities statistics collections & publishing • Voluntary working groups to deal with major challenges for ISAHI members

29. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway 14. The ISAHI Charter is • cannot evaluate it until now • not sure but seems thin as it is. • other than affiliating with AIS, I don't know enough about the Charter to make any other suggestions. • Past President should be included in Executive Committee

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31. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway 15. ISAHI website seems to be poor, hence I propose to add useful information

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33. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway General conclusions • The current activities and ISAHI model is widely accepted (Keep the current activities) • ISAHI should be affiliated by AIS • ISAHI meetings should be connected with AIS events • consider a regular newsletter • e-list

34. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway General conclusions • breakfast and luncheon meetings with focused topic • best practices sharing • mini-conference preceding ICIS with a variety of panels focused on burning issues faced by IS programs • Voluntary working groups to deal with major challenges for ISAHI members

35. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway Points of discussion and voting • Affiliation with AIS (rather not SIG) • Membership fee • ISAHI Charter changes • Launching the network projects • Forms of sponsorship • best practices sharing • a regular newsletter • e-list • Mini-conference preciding ICIS/ECIS • Website content.

36. ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway Thank you!