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Kenzi Farah Marrakech Hotel is the official location for the 9th IBIMA Conference on Information Management in the Modern Organizations.  The hotel is located in the middle of a three-hectare private park with pleasant colors and green spaces. You can enjoy a modern infrastructure where all the conveniences are available.  The hotel is within walking distance to Koutoubia and the world famous Djemâa El Fna Square. 

Please click on the Hotel link above for more details and directions.  For reservation: click here

Hotel Address:
Avenue du Président Kennedy
Marrakech – Morocco
Tél : +212 24 44 74 00
Fax: +212 24 43 82 16
E-mail : resafarah@kenzi-hotels.com

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Please note the following conference presentation guidelines
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  • Each presentation has 20 - 25 min. followed by  5 min discussion. Session chairs will coordinate presentations in their respective sessions
  • There will be LCD projector available in every session room.  Please prepare your presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 or 2003 (to insure compatibility). Please note that Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 IS NOT backward compatible with PowerPoint 2003.  So, please make sure you have your presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 or 2003
  • Save your files on a flash (USB) drive and on a CD just in case.  Also, it is highly recommended that you email your presentation to yourself on a web-based client (hotmail, yahoo, etc.) as a backup.  NO Floppy Disks OR Transparencies Please.
  • It would be a good idea to bring your own laptop for your presentation to insure that your paper is presented properly.
  • Every registered participant will be issued a name tag that he/she should wear at all times.  No one without name tag will be allowed into the conference area
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Conference Program
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Friday Jan. 04, 2008                                                    8:00 am – 3:30 pm
Registration


Friday Jan 04, 2008                                                     8:45 am – 9:00 am

Session F1.1: Day Opening Session                                           Atlas 3         

Conference Chair's Opening Remarks
Khalid S. Soliman, Hofstra University, USA

Speaker: An. Manthos,
Rector
              Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece


Friday Jan 04, 2008                                                     9:00 am – 10:15 am


Session F2.1  Supply Chain Management                                    Atlas 1         
Session Chair:
Danielle Bouder-Pailler

Les Facteurs Determinants De La Performance Du Service A La Clientele Dans Une Approche Supply Chain Management Interne : Etude De Cas
Fatiha Naoui

Approche qualitative de la stratégie servicielle : Cas de la biotechnologie
Nabil Mzoughi, Nedra Bahri, Olfa Bouhlel, and Skander Ben Ghachem

La mise en place de la GPA : Quels bénéfices stratégiques pour les industriels ?
Mariana VLAD

Sensibilité du Consommateur a la Logistique et Personnalité du Magasin : Antécédents et Conséquences, Cas des Grandes et Moyennes Surfaces en Tunisie
Olfa Bouhlel, Karim Garrouch, Nabil Mzoughi


Session F2.2     IS Outsourcing                                                   Atlas 2        
Session Chair:
Bruno Salgues

 
The Evolution of IT Business Process Sourcing: Outsourcing and Multisourcing
Marcela C. Revilla Escudero

Information Technology Offshore Outsourcing Research: A Theoretical Foundation and Practical Implications
Bouchaib Bahli and Kevin Carillo

Implementing and Managing the Governments Telecommunications Infrastructure in North America: Meeting the Outsourcing Challenge
Soumaya Ben Letaifa and Yves Rabeau



Session F2.3     E-Government                                                   Atlas 3       
Session Chair: 
Regina Connolly

The Use of ICT for improving R&D propοsals’ evaluation in Greece
Nikolaos Georgiadis, Christina Besta, Vicky Manthou, and Maro Vlachopoulou

The Impact of e-Readiness on e-Government in Developing Nations: Case of Universities and Colleges Admission Services
Hany Abdelghaffar and Sherif Kamel

Reinventing Government Communications: Going Mobile with E-Government
A.G. van der Vyver

Coffee Break                                                             10:00 am – 10:45 am


Friday Jan 04, 2008                                                     10:45 am – 12:15 pm


Session F3.1  Le Changement dans une Organisation                        Atlas 1       
Session Chair:
Nabil Mzoughi

Enjeux pour la mise en œuvre de systèmes d’information dans les organisations culturelles
Danielle Bouder-Pailler

Nouvelle méthodologie de recueil et de traitement de données, en vue de faciliter un changement dans une organisation : Illustration à partir d’une étude portant sur l’amélioration de la sécurité d’une installation  à hauts risques.
Gilles Le Cardinal, Jean-Francois Guyonnet, Bruno Pouzoullic, et Emmanuel Plot

Culture organisationnelle  et résistance à l’innovation technologique
Neïla Mouihbi et Ridha Ouni

Une méthode pour conduire un changement de façon participative  en trois phases: construction du programme d’actions,  motivation des acteurs et évaluation du changement opéré.
Gilles le Cardinal et Jean-François Guyonnet

Réingénierie et Impact de la Réforme LMD sur le Processus de Préparation des Emplois du Temps
Abdallah Ben Frej et Sonia Ayachi Ghannouchi

Session F3.2  Database and Information Processing & Retrieval      Atlas 2       
Session Chair:
Bouchaib Bahli

Keyword Search over Relational Databases
Mohammad Hassan

Back to Simplicity: An Old-Looking New Database Design Methodology
Marin Fotache and Cătălin Strîmbei

Towards an Arabic Language Interface to Relational Database
Harmain M. Harmain, Hazim El-khatib, and Hatem Haddad

Knowledge Acquisition from Comparable Corpora for Cross-Language Information Retrieval
Sadat Fatiha

KACST Arabic Text Classification Project: Overview and Preliminary Results
AbdulMohsen Al-Thubaity, Abdulrahman Almuhareb, Sami Al-Harbi, Abdullah Al-Rajeh, and Mohammad Khorsheed



Session F3.3  
 End-User Support and User Perception             Atlas 3       
Session Chair: 
Sherif Kamel

Supporting Mobile Workers: A Socio-Technical Perspective
Leida Chen and Ravi Nath

An Empirical Examination of Computer Self-Efficacy and Computer Anxiety at the Application Level
Bassam Hasan and Mesbah Ahmed

The Analysis of User Involvement in Development & Implementation of Computerized Information Systems and Perceived Usefulness: Case Study in Saudi Arabia
Amine Nehari-Talet and Hafid Agourram

Perception of Quality of High Tech products made in Mexico, Italy, USA, Germany and China: A Two Country Empirical Analysis
Mohammad Ayub Khan and Judith Luna Arroyo

Internet Banking Technology Adoption in Yemen: Correlates of Rogers’ Five Innovation Attributes
Ali Hussein Saleh Zolait and Ainin Sulaiman


Conference Lunch                                                      12:30 pm – 2:00 pm


Friday Jan 04, 2008                                                      2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Session F4.1   Traitement de l'information Arabe                                   Atlas 1       
Session Chair:
Abdellah Chouarfia

Approche hybride pour l'extraction des termes en langue arabe.
Siham Boulaknadel, Beatrice Daille, et Driss Aboutajdine

Révision des Extraits de Documents Multiples Basée sur la Réorganisation des Phrases : Application à la Langue Arabe
Fatma Kallel Jaoua, Lamia Hadrich Belguith, et Abdelmajid ben Hamadou

Grammaire TAG pour l’Analyse Syntaxique de Textes en Arabe comme un Problème de Classification
Fériel Ben Fraj, Chiraz Ben Othmane Zribi, et Mohamed Ben Ahmed

Compréhension automatique de la parole arabe spontanée: Intégration dans un serveur vocal interactif
Younès Bahou, Lamia Hadrich Belguith, et Abdelmajid Ben Hamadou



Session F4.2  Information Management and Environnemental Issues      Atlas 2       
Session Chair:
A.G. van der Vyver

Market Survey Concerning Complex Environmental Project Management In Order To Assist the Local Community Administration
Augustin Mitu and Catalin Popescu

Environmental Management Elements In Contract Documents
Mohd Omar,  A. K., Asyirah A.R., Shalima, T, Sabariah, S, and Fatehah M.O.

Information Management for Monitoring Surface Water Quality:
case study of Ploiesti, Romania
Caşen Paanaitescu, Catalin Popescu, Loredana Dobre, and Maria Popa

Communicating environmental requirements in the construction industry through environmental management plan
Nik Norulaini, N.A, Shalima, T,  Sabariah, S., and Fatehah M.O.

Useful Information for Management Concern Determination of Oil Product Losses and Means of Diminishing the Losses Of Petroleum Products Stored In Vertical Cylindrical Tanks
Liviu Toader and Cătălin Popescu


Special Session F4.3    ICT and Academia                                  Atlas 3       
Session Chair:
Mohammad Ayub Khan

Users’ Perspective on ICT Infrastructure in a Higher Learning Institution
Najwa Hayaati Mohd Alwi, Nurdiana Azizan, Shaharudin Ismail, Kamaruzzaman Seman

MBA Programs between Ensuring Quality and Retaining Applicants: the Case of SQU
Ali Hamad Al-Badi, Syed Jafar Naqvi, Nick-Naser Manochehri, Ali Nasser Al-Solbi

Development of e-Sign Dictionary Using 3D Technology for the Deaf Community
Siew Hock Ow and Pek San Lim

Measuring the Performance and Excellence of Academicians through the e-Balanced Scorecard (e-BSC)
Suraya Hamid, Yu May Leen, and Soo Hsaio Pei

Creating Learning Organization through the Development and Implementation of an Open and Flexible E-Training System
Suraya Hamid and Nur Azizan




Coffee Break                                                             3:30 pm – 4:00 am


Friday Jan 04, 2008                                                   4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Session F5.1   Logique Floue et les Réseaux de Neurones        Atlas 1       
Session Chair: Karim Gassemi



Modélisation et simulation d’approches stratégiques selon une méthodologie de logique floue
Saida Habhab-Rave

Un Système Interactif d’Aide à l’Evaluation Hiérarchique et à l’Analyse de la Compétitivité
Ridha Hachicha and Habib Chabchoub

Réconciliation des Cubes de Données Géospatiales et Visualisation avec l’Outil SOLAP: Support à la Prise de Décision
Mohamed Bakillah

Méthodes d’analyse des comportements de gènes à partir des données de puces à ADN
Sami Touil, Mohamed Mohsen Gammoudi, et Amel ElGaied

Prédiction de la structure 2D des protéines par les réseaux de neurones
Hafida Bouziane, Belhadri Messabih, et Abdellah Chouarfia

Quantification des données en vue de leur transfert contre les risques de vol, de perte et de détérioration
Nadia Soudani, Sarra Ben Lagha, et Mohamed Ben Ahmed


Session F5.2  Computer and Networking Engineering            Atlas 2       
Session Chair: Fatiha Sadat


Traffic Management for the Gentle Random Early Detection using Discrete-Time Queueing
Hussein Abdel-jaber, Fadi Thabtah, and Mike Woodward

FCT-Based Convolution, Filtering and Correlation of Signals' Unified Structure
Qadri Hamarsheh

A Model-Driven Design For Developing An Application for Adaptive Distribution Chain Configuration
Dhayalan Velauthapillai and Reggie Davidrajuh

Quality of software components assembly
Abdellah Chouarfia, Mebarka Yahlali

A Theoretical Framework and Application of Analytical And Holistic Paradigm Synthesis
Niculae V. Mihăiţă

A Model for Intelligent Traffic Control
Irfan Younas and Wasim Hashmi Syed



Session F5.3  E-Business                                                          Atlas 3      
Session Chair: Siew Hock Ow

E-Commerce and Economic development
Abdalla Hamed, Hilary Berger, and Pat Cleary

RFID Tagging In Monitoring and Control of Oil Palm Breeding and Traceability of Seeds.
Norlida Buniyamin, Ismarani Ismail, and Zainuddin Mohamad

Consumer Applications in RFID-equipped Grocery
Daniel Buser

The Quality of Information in a Paperless Office

Mircea-Radu Georgescu, Alexandru Ţugui, Iuliana Georgescu, Iuliana Ţugui, and Diana Genete

A Framework for Online Publishing in the University of Malaya
Norjihan bt Abdul Ghani, Suriawati Suparjoh, and Suraya Hamid

The Design of A DSS For The Selection of ERP System and Consultant
Zaitun A.B. And Zaini Zainol



Saturday Jan 05, 2008                                                     8:45 am – 9:15 am

Session S2.1: Day Opening Session                                           Atlas 3         

Speaker: Carlos Romero Uscanga, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
              Dean of Graduate Programs and Direccion de EGADE


Saturday Jan 05, 2008                                                     9:15 am – 10:30 am


Session S2.1    e-Gouvernement                                                            Atlas 1       
Session Chair: Thomas Stenger


L’e-gouvernement et l’entreprise : Government to business L’apport de l’e-gouvernement à la performance  des entreprises tunisiennes
Jameleddine Ziedi et Zohra Azizi

E-gouvernement et stratégies de communication marketing des institutions publiques marocaines : fondements et implications
Meriem Elayoubi

Enjeux de la cartographie des systèmes d'information pour le développement de l’administration en ligne: le cas de l'Etat de Genève
Christine Aïdonidis, Abdelaziz Khadraoui, and Michel Warynski


Session S2.2   IT Management and Transfer: Region Analysis                Atlas 2       
Session Chair:
Cătălin Popescu

Rapid Data Growth in Some Government Organizations
Maytham Safar and Samira Al-Shayji

Issues for Successful IT Transfer in the Arab World: a Multiple Stakeholder Perspective
Kahlid Al-Mabrouk and Jeffrey Soar

Quality Management Implementation in IS/IT Departments in Saudi Arabian Private Organizations
Khalid I. Al-Shitri and Pam Mayhew

Building a Framework for Understanding and Improving Information Technology Transfer Process in the Arab Countries
Khalid Al-Mabrouk and Jeffrey Soar

Evidence That Normative Beliefs is a Multidimensional Construct: Personal and Mass Media Referents
Ali Hussein Saleh Zolait and Ainin Sulaiman



Session S2.2   IS Research In Europe                                        Atlas 3       
Session Chair: Vicky Manthou


New Key Issues in Information Technology Management
Hulya Aksoy, Sevil Alieva, Nurgen Celilbatur, and Ozgur Dogerlioglu

Internet Users’ Information Privacy Concerns: An Empirical Study
Regina Connolly

An empirical study on the propensity of ICT use by hotels in France
Az-Eddine Bennani, Aihie Osarenkhoe, Dhiba Lhajji, and Serge Baile

Big Links and Small Links in the Supply Chain and Their Use of Information Systems
Liam Doyle

Benchmarking concept of controlling instruments
Diana Bratic


Coffee Break                                                                 10:30 am – 11:00 am
Sponsored by Tec de Monterrey, Mexico


Saturday Jan 05, 2008                                                     11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Session S3.1   Nouvelle tecgnologies dans les Organisations (I)     Atlas 1       
Session Chair:  Slim Turki


Gestion de l’information pour l’aide à l’expression des besoins dans le domaine de l’audit en nouvelles technologies : proposition d’une démarche hybride
Sabrina Boulesnane et Laïd Bouzidi

L’impact des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication (TIC) Sur les Coûts de Transaction
Kamel Touati

Search Engine Marketing : quelle place pour le marketing ? Le cas du référencement d’un site web
Thomas Stenger

L’évaluation de la qualité de l’information dans l’utilisation d’un système d’information marketing par les utilisateurs et les producteurs de l’information : proposition d’une démarche
Sabrina Zaïdi-Chtourou et Laïd Bouzidi

Performance des systèmes d’information cas de la banque
Ali Elidrissi et Djamila Elidrissi


Session S3.2   Accounting Information Management                   Atlas 2       
Session Chair: Nidžara Osmanagić-Bedenik


The New Information Technologies: Blessing, Curse or Ethnocentrism Fertiliser?
Adrian Bogdanel Munteanu, Doina Fotache, and Octavian Dospinescu

The quality of accounting information in TQM approach

Iuliana GEORGESCU, Alexandru Ţugui, Mircea-Radu Georgescu, Diana Genete, and Iuliana Ţugui

Identifying the typological profile of the Romanian entrepreneur as a new research challenge
Niculae Mihăiţă, Sima Violeta, and Ileana Georgiana Gheorghe

Quality Based Accounting in the New Digitized Economy. Implications and Challenges for Modern Enterprises
Alexandru Ţugui, Iuliana Ţugui, Mircea-Radu Georgescu, Iuliana Georgescu, and Laura-Diana Genete


Special Session S3.3   Tutorial                                                        Atlas 3       

Speakers: Magdy Serour and Darryl Winder

A Practical Approach to Operational Excellence
Case Studies of industiral and Goverment Projects in Australia


President's Lunch and Keynote Speech                12:30 pm – 2:30 pm



Saturday Jan 05, 2008                                                     2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Session S4.1 
Nouvelle tecgnologies dans les Organisations (II)            Atlas 1      
Session Chair: Abdelaziz Khadraoui

L’impact des systèmes d’aide à la décision de groupe sur la définition des besoins en  systèmes  d’information
Karim Gassemi

De l’intention à la valeur dans un dispositif de formation pour demandeurs d’emploi
Slim Turki, Jessica Kohlbecker, Bertrand Grégoire, and Thibaud Latour

Indexation Des Ressources Pedagogiques Dans Une Memoire Organisationnelle Appliquee A La Formation
Abderrahim Benbouna, Soufiane Baribi, Mohamed Eladnani, Catherine Barry, and Marie-Helene Abel

L’expérience des produits virtuels : Ses caractéristiques et le rôle de la présence
Hamdi Ben Osman et
Néji Bouslama



Special Session S4.2  ICT in Healthcare                                                 Atlas 2     
Session Chair: 
Jeffrey Soar

Information Management in Healthcare – gaps and opportunities
Jeffrey Soar

The acceptance of blended e-learning in the pedagogical process of nursing
Boštjan Žvanut, Patrik Pucer, Matic Lukin, Irena Trobec, and Nadja Plazar

Key Issues for an E-Health Project Development: A case Study for Prahova County – Romania
Violeta Sima and Ileana Georgiana Gheorghe


Session S4.3  
Organizational Change, IT Alignment, and control       Atlas 3    
Session Chair:
Mircea-Radu Georgescu

Exploring Differences in the Perception of Business & IT Alignment
A.J. Gilbert Silvius

RADaR: A Model for IT Organizational Change: Four Australian Case Studies on the Adoption and Diffusion of Method Engineering
Magdy K. Serour and Darryl Winder

An Empirical Assessment of Information System Planning Practices across Large-Sized Business Networks in India
Anjali Kaushik and Muneesh Kumar

Managing Open Knowledge and Firm’s Boundaries for Successful New Product Development
Raffaele Filieri and Salma Alguezaui

Information Network of Controlling
Nidžara Osmanagić-Bedenik and Diana Bratić


Sunday Jan 06, 2008                                                     9:00 am – 10:30 am

Session SU1.1   IS Planning and Risk Management                       Atlas 1    
Session Chair:
Maurice Abi-Raad

The Abstract Process Model with Building Blocks
Antonio Di Leva and Paola Laguzzi

Organizing as Programming: A Reference Model for Cross-Organizational Collaboration
Beat Schmid and Christoph Schroth

The predefined approach for IT processes construction
Boštjan Žvanut, Marko Bajec, and Marjan Krisper

A Risk Management Model for Project Execution
Samer ALHawari, Fadi Thabtah, Louay Karadsheh, and Wa’el Musa Hadi

Risk management information system in Power Utilities
Tina Jakaša


Special Session SU1.2    Financial Information Engineering                    Atlas 2    
Session Chair:
Takao Ito

An Analysis of Long Memory in the SSE’s Component Index
Shu Quan Lu, Takao Ito, and Kevin Voges

Partial Privatization and Incentive Contracts
Najiba Benabess

Centrality Analysis in the Keiretsu of MAZDA
Takao Ito, Kazuhito Fukuda, Passerini Katia, and Sakamoto Makoto

Limit Cycles in the Keiretsu of MAZDA
Takao Ito, Masanori Tsujino, and Sakamoto Makoto


Coffee Break                                                                 10:30 am – 11:00 am

Sunday Jan 06, 2008                                                      11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Session SU2.1     Knowledge Management and CRM                    Atlas 1    
Session Chair: Najiba Benabess


Understanding Knowledge Management Environment: A Holistic Approach
Marcela C. Revilla Escudero

A review of Theoretical Framework: How to Make Process about, for, from Knowledge work
Haroun Alryalat and Samer ALHawari

Customer Knowledge Management and Web 2.0: Lessons to Learn from Two Case Studies
Pasquale Del Vecchio, Sebastian Kelle, and Nouha Taifi

A Theoretical Framework for Customer Relationship Management Process: Towards a Conceptual Framework
Haroun Alryalat, Samer ALHawari, Asim El Sheikh, and Hussam AL-Abdallat


Session SU2.2    IT Project Planning                                             Atlas 2    
Session Chair:
Beat Schmid

Beyond IT Interoperability Assessment: Complexity Analysis of the Project Context
Gregory J. Skulmoski and Francis T. Hartman

An Integrated Model for De-escalating Runaway IT Projects
Magnus Mähring, Donal Flynn, Mark Keil, and Gary Pan

A Human perspective to managing IT projects through effective communication
Maurice Abi-Raad and Christopher Notsis

Conventional Models and Information System Planning for Business Network
Anjali Kaushik and Muneesh Kumar


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