Introduction to the organizational systems and technology track

The Organizational Systems and Technology Track is the largest track at HICSS. It is also the most eclectic, ranging from data warehousing, to research methods and approaches, to creativity in information systems. Much like the information systems field, there are new topics this year, such as moving the organization to convergent technologies. Many of the topics relate closely to what is currently "hot" in the world of practice - e-commerce, data warehousing, ERP, and outsourcing. Others like project management professional ethics in information systems have a timeless value. The issues in organizational systems minitrack is also new and warrants special mention. In the past, many fine papers did not find a home at HICSS because they did not fit into an existing minitrack. This year, these papers were placed in the issues in organizational systems minitrack. Some of the topics of these papers may emerge in the future to be a minitrack.