isahi lunch ecis 2008 galway

ISAHI Lunch ECIS 2008 Galway

THE RESULTS OF

ISAHI 2008

QUESTIONNAIRE

Stanislaw Wrycza


Percentage of the questionnaire respondents

86%

14%

Lack of answers

Respondents

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


According to ISAHI Charter

Matters of concern to university administrators with executive authority over academic units directly encompassing Information Systems.


Such matters include:

• faculty supervision,

• recruiting, and development;

• academic programs and curriculum development;

• pedagogy;


Such matters include:• accreditation; • student recruiting; • facilities and laboratories; • educational technology; • funding sources; • academic leadership; • and other matters


The goals of ISAHI 2008 questionnaire:

• Assesment and perception of ISAHI by its members;

• Identification of new forms of ISAHI activities


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


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


3. I am the member of AIS

26 of 27


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


5. Till now I have participated in the following ISAHI events:

Breakfasts, Lunches, Elections



6. I will be at ISAHI Lunch

52% declared

ISAHI Members who applied for lunch at ECIS 2008

92%

8%

Lack of answers

Respondents

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


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


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


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)



In my opinion ISAHI should:

37%

63%

Remain theindependentworldwideorganization of ISHeads?

Move to becomean AIS SIG, i.e.ISAHI-SIG ?

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.


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.


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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30 eurosor less

40 euros 50 euros Noanswer

ISAHI membership fee?


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

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



Do you see the possibility of your institution sponsorship for ISAHI?

33%

63%

4%Yes

No

No answer


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...


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


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


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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The ISAHI Charter is:

70%

11%

19%

satisfactory

should bechanged in thefollowing aspect(s)

No answer


15. ISAHI website

seems to be poor, hence I propose to add useful information


I have visited ISAHI website (http://www.isahi.univ.gda.pl):

66%

30%4%

Yes

No

No answer


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


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


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.


Thank you!

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