>
> > ( Sorry if you are receiving this call again )
> >
> > Dear Sirs,
> >
> > I am the editor of the forthcoming IGP's book: "IT-Based Management:
> > Challenges and Solutions", and am looking for researchers and
practioners
> > who want to submit proposals so as to be eventually considered as full
> > chapters for the book. I would like to invite you to present proposals
and
> > beg you to pass this call along.
> >
> > I am looking forward to receiving a feedback from you.
> >
> > Sincerely yours,
> >
> > Luiz Antonio Joia, Ph.D.
> > Associate Professor
> > Rio de Janeiro State University
> >
>
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> > --------------------------------------------------
> > CALL FOR CHAPTERS
> >
> > Submission deadline January 31, 2001
> >
> >
> >
> > IT-Based Management: Challenges and Solutions
> >
> > A book edited by Luiz A. Joia, Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Information Technology has changed heavily the way organizations must be
> > managed. However, old paradigms are still used in Business
Administration.
> > IT has changed Strategic Management, Marketing, Logistics,
Organizational
> > Design, Human Resources Management, Accounting and so forth. It is
unfair
> to
> > use the old strategic models developed during the industrial era; not to
> > consider the role Internet has in the Marketing frameworks; to despise
new
> > organizational architectures; or even do not understand that Logistics
and
> > Supply Chain Management must be innovated with the use of Information
> > Technology. Concepts like Learning Organization, Intellectual Capital,
> > Knowledge Management, Performance Evaluation, Electronic Commerce and
the
> > like lies heavily on the possibilities enabled by Information
Technology.
> > Every facet of Management needs to be rethought by academics and
> > practioners, from Strategy to Logistics, from Marketing to Accounting,
> from
> > Organizational Design to Personnel Management, just to name a few,
taking
> > for granted the turmoil IT has created for the companies around the
world
> > and the very need they have to find new modus-operandi and business
> models.
> >
> >
> > The main target of this book is to present how IT has created a New
> Mandate
> > for Management as a whole and for its branches, so as to develop new
> > business models and frameworks based on the importance IT plays in these
> > fields.
> >
> > Representative topics include but are not limited to the following:
> >
> > IT and a New Mandate for Management
> >
> > The role and impact of IT in Strategic Management and New Business
Models
> >
> > The role and impact of IT in Marketing Models
> >
> > New Organizational Designs enabled by IT
> >
> > The role and impact of IT in Accounting
> >
> > IT-based Supply-Chain Management and Logistics
> >
> > The role and impact of IT in Project Management
> >
> > The role and impact of IT in Production Management
> >
> > IT-Based Retailing
> >
> > IT-Based Procurement
> >
> > IT-Based Total Quality Management
> >
> > The role and impact of IT in Human Resources Management
> >
> > IT and Corporate Training
> >
> > IT and Knowledge Management
> >
> >
> >
> > SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
> >
> > Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before January
> 31,
> > 2001, a 2-5 page manuscript proposal clearly explaining the mission and
> > concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be
> > notified by May 15, 2001 about the status of their proposals and sent
> > chapter organizational guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be
> > submitted by September 15, 2001. All submitted chapters will be reviewed
> on
> > a blind review basis. The book is scheduled to be published by Idea
Group
> > Publishing in Spring 2002.
> >
> > Inquiries and Submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word97) to:
> >
> > Luiz A. Joia, Ph.D.
> >
> > Rio de Janeiro State University
> >
> > Engineering Faculty
> >
> > Rio de Janeiro RJ 20550-013 Brazil
> >
> > Tel: 55-21-552-0645 Y Fax: 55-21-553-2932 Y Email: [log in to unmask]
> >
> > http://www.w3e.com.br
> >
> >
> >
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