[LINK] XML Business Process Standards, Canberra, 4pm, 12 November 2010

[Tom Worthington]

Professor Viswanath Venkatesh, University of Arkansas, will speak on
"Are You Ready? Deployment and Success of Business Process Standards",
4pm, 12 November 2010 at the Australian National University in Canberra.

The seminar will detail results of a study of organisations using 
RosettaNet, a non-profit consortium using XML business to business (B2B) 
e-commerce interfaces: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RosettaNet>.

RosettaNet was set up by the the Uniform Code Council, Inc. (UCC) and 
the Australian affiliate is RosettaNet Australia:
<http://www.gs1au.org/services/rosettanet/>.

The European equivalent is EDIFICE, which originated working
on EDIFACT messages: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDIFICE>

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		ANU NCISR Industry Seminar Series

Are You Ready? Deployment and Success of Business Process Standards

Process standards, which are being increasingly deployed, can provide
various benefits to organizations. Not all organizations, however, are
successful in their deployment. Given that process standards are growing
in importance, the key question is: Is your firm ready? Organizations
that aren’t ready will either fail to implement the new processes or
fail to garner the benefits following implementation.

Based on an extensive study of over 70 organizations seeking to
implement RosettaNet <http://www.rosettanet.org>, this talk will make a
case for readiness as a key prerequisite for success. Specifically,
technology readiness, process readiness and people readiness are
presented as three key necessary conditions for success. Details related
to what constitutes readiness, how to evaluate readiness and how to get
ready will be discussed.

Speaker: Professor Viswanath Venkatesh, Professor and George & Boyce
Billingsley Chair in Information Systems, Walton College of Business,
University of Arkansas; Visiting Professor, Australian National University

Date: 4 – 5.15 pm, Friday, 12 Nov, 2010 (followed by refreshments)

Location: Lecture Theatre 1, CBE, Building 26C, ANU – Map G3 URL:
<http://campusmap.anu.edu.au/displaymap.asp?grid=gh32>
Parking available off Childers Street Map F2 URL:
<http://campusmap.anu.edu.au/displaymap.asp?grid=ef32>

Cost: No charge (but bookings essential, places are limited)

RSVP: Antoinette Bosman, by Tuesday. 9 November, 2010
(02) 6125 9827 Antoinette.Bosman at anu.edu.au

Professor Viswanath Venkatesh

Viswanath Venkatesh, a visiting professor at ANU, is a professor and the
holder of the George and Boyce Billingsley Chair in Information Systems
at the Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas. His research
focuses on understanding the diffusion of technologies in organizations
and society. For over a decade, he has worked with several companies and
government agencies in different capacities ranging from a systems
engineer to a special consultant to the Vice-President, and has
rigorously studied real world phenomena. Most recently, he served on an
expert panel at the United Nations that focuses on the advancement of women.

The sponsorship of his research has been about $10M, including funding
from government agencies, e.g., National Science Foundation and
Department of Transportation. His work has appeared in leading academic
and practitioner journals. His articles have been cited over 12,000
times and 4,300 times per Google Scholar and Web of Science
respectively. One of his papers has been identified by Science Watch (a
Thompson Reuters’ service) as the most influential article in one of the
four Research Front Maps identified in business and economics.

Sponsored by

* National Centre for Information Systems Research:
<http://www.cbe.anu.edu.au/NCISR/>
* School of Accounting & Business Information Systems, College of
Business & Economics, ANU: <http://www.cbe.anu.edu.au/schools/abis/>
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More links in my blog at:
<http://blog.tomw.net.au/2010/10/success-of-business-process-standards.html>


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Tom Worthington FACS CP HLM, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150
PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia  http://www.tomw.net.au
Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science, The
Australian National University http://cs.anu.edu.au/courses/COMP7310/