Sample Special Issue Call for Papers

Special Issue On: Evidence Based Management for the Services Sector

Submission Due Date
4/15/2015

Guest Editors
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Introduction
In recent decades, a great deal of scientific research has been carried out involving issues relevant to management practices. Evidence-based practice means making decisions based on best accessible facts, i.e., scientific findings and unbiased organizational facts. This is an emerging area in management which is based on critical thinking and best available contemporary and optimal evidence for explicit use in management and decision making processes. This field of study has emerged from empiricism with the aim of applying the scientific method to improve managerial decision making processes.

Objective
Often, it has been observed that Evidence-Based Management improves the overall quality of managerial decision making through deliberative use of relevant and best available scientific information. Services sectors are also increasingly moving in the direction of evidence-based practice models. The aim of this special issue is to provide a platform for the researchers, scholars, academicians, and practitioners from different parts of the globe to discuss various methods of evidence based practices in the services sector and how to integrate evidence into their own work.

Scholarly papers are invited from all over the world for publication in this issue.

Recommended Topics
Topics to be discussed in this special issue include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Advances in Management of Information Systems
• Decision Support and Expert System
• E-Commerce
• Auctions and Pricing
• Information Security issues
• Service Operations
• Inventory Management
• Marketing and OM Interface
• Revenue Management and Pricing
• Quality Control
• Supply Chain Risk Management
• Sustainable Operations Management
• Supply Chain Analytics
• Technology and Operations Management
• Human Resource Outsourcing
• Strategic HRM
• Talent Acquisition and Retention
• Performance Management
• Reward and Recognition
• Industrial Relations
• Culture and Diversity
• Executive Coaching and Leadership
• Human Capital Standards and Analytics

Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit their original empirical research articles 3,000–5,000 words in length. Interested authors must consult the journal’s guidelines for manuscript submissions at http://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted articles will be reviewed on a double-anonymized review basis by no fewer than 3 members of the journal’s Editorial Review Board and 1 Associate Editor. Final decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews received from the reviewers and at the sole discretion of the special issue guest editor.

All manuscripts must be submitted through the eEditorial Discovery® online submission manager: http://www.igi-global.com/submission/submit-manuscript

All submissions and inquiries should be directed to the attention of:
Editor's Name
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