Dear colleagues:
I am the editor for this new electronic-journal which began to publish
papers in January 1998. I believe your presence in this list indicates you
have the kind of background which would provide a rich foundation for a
contribution and I invite you to consider submitting an article for this
journal. You may freely access the journal at the URL shown above.
Please share this call for papers with other professionals you know who may
have an interest.
Sincerely, Peter Smith
Editor, J. Systemic Knowledge Management
NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS - JOURNAL of SYSTEMIC KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Statement
The Journal of Systemic Knowledge Management is the first scholarly
publication to devote itself to collecting serious research about
knowledge management and its applications. Authors are invited to read the
notes for contributors provided below, and are encouraged to contribute.
We will promise a fast and fair critical review of all papers submitted.
The Journal of Systemic Knowledge Management is published in electronic
format only.
The philosophy of the journal is systemic, and will include
submitted/invited papers related to all aspects of knowledge management.
Elements such as financial and physical assets, learning, database
technology, intellectual capital, investment strategy, mindsets, and a
host of other factors subject to systemic interactions, are increasingly
treated as separate and unrelated topics. The journal will seek to foster
cross-fertilisation and a more general understanding of how all these
elements and subsystems can be identified, and managed, to fit together
and interact to best fulfill organisational objectives. It is hoped to
promote a practical view of knowledge management which will motivate
practitioners to engage across topic boundaries.
Systemic Knowledge Management (SKM) is defined as those processes, tools
and infrastructures by which an organisation continuously improves,
maintains and exploits all those elements of its knowledge base which the
organisation believes are relevant to achieving its goals; SKM includes
the processes, tools and infrastructure by which these goals are modified
as the organisation's knowledge base changes.
The organisation's knowledge base is defined to include the data,
information, intuition, knowledge (know how), understanding (know why),
and wisdom, residing throughout the organisation.
Purpose
The Journal of Systemic Knowledge Management aims to collect, and
disseminate to a multi-disciplinary audience, writings which will
contribute to an holistic understanding of organisational knowledge
management. Currently papers and presentations are scattered over a wide
range of publications, none of which focus on knowledge management as a
system which can only be understood and optimised when its elements have
been identified, and their interactions understood and harmonised.
Our intention is, above all, to be informative and useful to those working
in organisations. As such, we would encourage those preparing submissions
to think carefully about applications in practice.
We are keen to encourage a wide range of submissions and contributions,
including research findings, case studies, critical essays, trend
analyses, anecdotal experiences, product and service reviews and
commentaries, book and other publication reviews, and other areas of
interest.
Scope
The Journal of Systemic Knowledge Management invites papers related to
terms such as Knowledge Management; Intellectual Capital; Intangible
Assets; Human Resource Assets; and on related topics such as the following
(Note: the terms and this list are not exhaustive and are not in any sense
to be regarded as restrictive):
-Definition(s) in your organisation; how is that meaning being operationalized
-A review of literature and/or practice to date
-A simple introduction to key concepts
-Taxonomy
-Impact of physical and other assets
-A CEO's guide to investing in these topics
-Strategy and value creating processes
-Performance measures
-Privacy, confidentiality, secrecy
-In the "learning organisation" concept
-Design and use of computer- and telecommunications-based tools and systems
-Dynamic and static modeling
-Applications of TQM/QA disciplines
-Relevance to individual and organisational development
-Training and development concerns
How to submit contributions.
Articles can be submitted in the following formats:
1. Electronically, by E-Mail attachment to the Editorial Director, Peter
Smith, address pasmith@tlainc.com Please submit in Word for Windows 6 or
compatible format; articles will also be accepted in HTML.
2. On disk, Word 6 or compatible software, HTML, by mail to the following
address:
P.A. Smith, 12 Kilpatrick Drive, Holland Landing, Ontario, L9N 1H6,
Canada.
Please ensure disks are virus-scanned.
Before publication, authors must present the final version of a paper in
electronic format, on disk or E-Mail attachment.
Format
A brief autobiographical note should be supplied including full name,
position held and name of employing organisation, address, E-Mail address
and telephone/fax numbers.
An abstract of 50 - 150 words should accompany articles submitted.
Abstracts should summarise, factually, the main points of the article.
Please also suggest up to six keywords which describe the article.
Please ensure that headings and sub-headings are clearly identified,
preferably by marking them in brackets (heading) (subheading).
References
References in the text should be with the author's last name and year of
publication in parentheses (Peters, 1996). A list of references should
follow the article with references listed alphabetically as follows:
surname, initials, date, article or chapter title (if appropriate), book
or journal title, volume and issue (for journals), publisher, place of
publication and edition (for books). Example: Peters, V.J., 1996,
Electronic Peer Review, Internet Research, 6.1; Peters, V.J., 1996, The
Beginner's Guide to Electronic Peer Review, MCB University Press,
Bradford, UK, 1st Edn.
Charts, diagrams and figures
These should be called figures, numbered consecutively (Figure 1, Figure 2
etc.), with a brief title. Indicate where in the text you wish the figure
to appear (e.g. Fig 1 about here).
Tables
Tables should be numbered consecutively and independently of figures.
Indicate in the text where you wish them to appear. Give them a brief
title. Please ensure they are clear and legible.
Refereeing procedure
J. Systemic Knowledge Management is a refereed journal. That means that
articles submitted for publication will be read and commented on by one or
more reviewers as well as the editor. Authors will be advised that their
journal has been accepted as is, needs revision (guidelines will be
given), or cannot be accepted for publication.
Copyright
Please respect the rights of authors like yourself. Authors submitting
articles for publication must warrant that their work is not an
infringement of any existing copyright. Papers and published contributions
become the legal copyright of the publisher unless otherwise agreed. This
means that your articles can be abstracted and re-published by the
publisher, or with the publisher's permission. This does not infringe or
override your intellectual property rights as an author.
--"Peter A.C. Smith" <pasmith@tlainc.com>
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