Changing Perspective of Management: Call for Papers

Asian society has a variety of practices, beliefs, social roles, norms, expressions, forms of organization and conflicts on various issues like political, legal, economic models, which exhibit various sorts of managing people in organizations. Therefore, even similar strategies are perceived as producing different outcomes because of the influence of several contextual variables: industrial relation system, labor market, strategic human resource management practices, organizational strategies, changing business environment etc. The cultural context of Asia: emphasis on power distance, paternalism, collectivism, and social relations play a prominent role in raising unique style of leadership, attitudes, behavior and distinct organizations such as family business. Besides these, a number of significant global developments are taking place that have serious implications for organization and workforce management. The increasing level of FDI, cross- border alliances, business process outsourcing, and growth of multinational in this region have raised the question as how best to manage in this turbulent times.

Western society, powerful nation-states, large multinational organizations, global business leaders, and even free market ideologies are being discredited and blamed for the recent global economic crisis that swiftly spread throughout the world and they question the risks and challenges of globalization. The global economic crisis-2008 challenges management researchers to consider whether our research and knowledge provide contribution to the wellbeing of the society at large in which we live and work. This has not only affected organizational live of the globe also challenged efforts of globalization that started in the 1980s.

We all can contribute to this task regardless of our specific areas of inquiry since these questions span multi-disciplinary boundaries and reflect the very core of our scholarly mission to inform the field of management in this changing perspective. Firstly, we see necessity to revisit the applicability of our existing theories in the light of the changing perspectives of management, and, secondly, we need to generate novel theoretical ideas that better reflect the dynamics and provide relevant and timely knowledge to address these challenges. 
In context of this changing perspective of management, the primary goal of the conference is to provide a unique global platform to the researchers, practitioners, and academic community to facilitate the exchange of leading edge ideas through multi-disciplinary presentation. Therefore, this is solicited to submit conceptual and empirical papers on five topical conference tracks and five plenary as described below. Submission will be taken to imply that the article constitutes original work that has not previously been published, accepted for publication, or presently under consideration elsewhere

Conference Tracks included but not limited on:

*    Human Capital Management (HRM): (Strategic HRM/ Strategic International HRM/ Cross- Cultural Management of HR/ Human Resource Development/ HRM-Performance Linkage/ Talent Management/ Quality of Work Life/ Labour Productivity/ Labour Relations/ Unionism/ Reward and Performance/ Multi Cultural Work Teams/ Different Issues and Perspectives of HRM and their applicability).
*    Organizational Leadership and Change: (Public Relation Management/ Organizational Change and Development/ Challenges of Organizations/ Organizational and Individual Behaviour/ Logistics management/ Tourism Management/ Leadership/ Changing Business Environments/ Organization and Information Technology/ Corporate Performance/ Group and work Teams/ Virtual Organizations/ Decision Making).
*    Knowledge Management (Innovation/ Organizational Learning/ Exploration vs. Exploitation/ Knowledge Strategies/ Global and Local Knowledge/ Knowledge Seeking, Search, Access, Creation, Acquisition, Sharing, Exchange, Transfer, and Governance Mechanism/ Knowledge, Productivity and Spillovers).
*    Strategy and Entrepreneurship (Strategic Management/ Global Strategy/ Role of Alliance/ Competitiveness of Firms/ Joint Ventures/ Social Capital/ Parent- Subsidiary Relationship/ Competitive Advantages/ Combination of Innovation, Proactive, and Risk Bearing Behaviour/ Young and Women Entrepreneurship/ Research and Development/ Family Business).
*    Corporate Social Responsibility (Business Partnership/ Multi National Company/ Business and Society/ International Business and Management/ Business and Legislations/ Accountability and Transparency/ Foreign Direct Investment/ Corporate Governance). 

Theme of the Plenary Session included on:

*    Research in Cross Cultural Management.
*    Globalization, Regionalization and Localization.
*    Asian Practices of Management-Spirituality Dominance.
*    Emerging Economies, Economic Crisis and Way Forward.
*    Emerging issues of Management Education.

Important Dates

*    Call for Abstract of papers due: June 25, 2010
*    Notice of acceptance of Abstract Paper:  July 10, 2010.
*    Last day of receiving full paper: October 15,  2010.
*    Notification of the acceptance of Paper:  November 15, 2010.
*    Early Registration of Participants: Till December 10, 2010.  
*    Conference Date:  March 10-12, 2011.

Manuscript Requirements

*    Manuscript should be submitted in double line spacing “word format” with wide margins, and all Authors’ details (autobiographical note) on a separate sheet.
*    Manuscript should be between 5000 to 7000 words in length. Authors must supply a structured Abstract; Purposes; Methodology/ Approach; Findings; Research Limitations/ Implications for empirical papers. Conceptual, Literature and thought provoking paper are also invited.
*    Abstract should not be more than 500 words. All papers must be submitted in English, no later than the deadline. Papers in other languages will not be considered.
*    References should be completed in Emerald Publication Style, and shown within the text by giving the author's last name following the year of publication all in round brackets, e.g. (Gautam, 2008).
*    Notes/ Endnotes should be used only if absolutely necessary. The author must ensure that it is complete, grammatically correct and without spelling errors.        

Registration

  Registration fee for the conference

Early registration (Till December 10, 2010)

SAARC Country Delegates

International Delegates

Academicians              IC  7000

Academicians          US$ 500

Practitioners               IC  8000

Practitioners            US$ 600

Registration After December 10, 2010

SAARC Country Delegates

International Delegates

Academicians             IC    10000

Academicians         US$ 800

Practitioners              IC    12000

Practitioners          US$ 1000

IC= Indian Currency or equivalent

 


Registration fee includes charges for Breakfast, Lunch (during two days of the Conference), Tea/Coffee during session breaks, Conference Kits. We negotiated special discount to International Delegates on Standard Hotel Accommodation (Five Star Hotels with twin sharing basis) that charge IC 750 per day to Delegate from SAARC Member Countries and US$ 40 per day for International Delegates other than SAARC Member States. All payments for Registration and Accommodation should be made through Online Fund Transfer as per details provided below:

Banker:                                    Everest Bank Limited, New Baneshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Bank Account Number:         00 100 1052 00713        (Current Account)
Name of the Beneficiary:       Nepalese Academy of Management, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Swift Code:                              E V B L N P K A

Delegates can also make payment through Demand Draft drawn in favour of “Nepalese Academy of Management”, P. O. Box 12719, Kathmandu, payable at Kathmandu, Nepal.