FOCUS, the management journal, is being
brought out by the Institute of Finance and
International Management (IFIM) with a view to
facilitating effective dissemination of information with
regard to various management issues and problem solving
methodology relevant for practising executives as well
as for academicians working in the field of management.
This is further to fosrer better understanding of the
theory and practice of management. More specifically the
coverage will include discussions on theories and
concepts, problem solving through consultancy
assignments, research papers based on industry studies
or findings ofresearch projects executed and also case
studies as an important tool for getting an insight into
the industry practices as well as to understand the
necessity for adopting to an integrated approach to
problem solving.
The following could be some representative topics or
focus areas for writing an article:
- Strategic issues, discussions, approaches with regard to
different functional Specialization
- Operations management
- Logistics and supply chain management
- Papers focusing on globalisation issues
- E-business and e-marketing
- Business process outsourcing
- Environmental management systems
- Service operations management
- Entrepreneurship and small business management
- Computer applications
- Human resources management
- Insurance, health, infrastructure management, etc
- Financial management
- Case studies related to the above topics
- Review articles on the state-of-the-art topics, issues,
subjects, concepts, strategies, Techniques and
management approaches.
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The Refereeing Process
All the articles received by the journal will be first
reviewed by the Editor for their appropriateness and
completeness in terms of the requirement of the journal.
The articles, which meet the basic requirements, will be
reviewed by two referees conversant with the subject.
Once the papers are cleared by the referees, they will
go for final publication in the journal. This is keeping
in with the standards stipulated by any international
refereed journal.
All the accepted manuscripts for the journal will-be
paid honorarium as follows:
- Articles and cases : Rs 3,000/- /case/article
- Articles/cases from abroad : $ l00/case/article
- Book reviews : Rs 1,000/- /book
Editorial Board
The editorial board comprises:
- Dr. M. R. Gopalan, Director (Research) IFIM, Bangalore,
Chief-Editor of the Journal.
- Dr. V. Sridevi., Area Head, Finance &
Chairperson - Centre for Research, Editor of
the Journal.
- Dr. Prakash Apte: Director, IIM Bangalore
- Dr. S. Sadagopan: Director lIlT -Bangalore.
- Mr. Ramasubramanian: MD Eastcom Systems Pte Ltd, 12
Lorong Bakar Batu # 04- 11, Singapore 348745 Tel: (65)
841 3848, Fax: (65) 841 3850.
- Dr. C. Jayachandran, Professor & Director, The Center
for International Business, School of Business,
Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043.
- S. Prof. John Bicheno, Reader of Operations Management
Department, Business School, University of Buckingham,
U.K.
- Dr. Paul Swamidass: Director of Thomas Walter Center for
Technology Management, Auburn University, USA.
- Dr. R.Balachandra, Professor, Information, operations
and Analysis
- Group College of
Business Administration, Northeastern University,
Boston, USA..
Email:
r.balachandra@neu.edu
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Editorial Representative for Outside India
- Dr. R.Nat Natarajan, W.E.Mayberry Professor of
Management, 407B, Johnson Hall, College of Business,
Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN
38505, USA, is our representative for outside India for
the period 2006-2007.
- Mr. Alan Barker, Regional Managing Director, Strategic
Consulting Services (Asia-Pacific) Ltd., PO Box 35 463,
Browns Bay, Auckland, New Zealand is our Regional
Editorial Representative for South East Asia, Australia
and New Zealand.
Email:
scsasiapacific@clear.netnz
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Editorial Committee(Operations)
- Dr. Sridevi, Faculty, Finance, IFIM Bangalore
- Dr. Kavitha Mathad, Assistant Professor, Economics, IFIM,
Bangalore.
- Ms. Shinu Abhi, Assistant Professor, Marketing, IFIM,
Bangalore..
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Referee Panel
- Dr.G.G.Hegde: Associate Professor of Business
Administration, Katz Graduate School of Business, USA.
University of Pittsburgh.
- Mr. S. Suresh : Head of Software Projects, Glaxo
SmithKline, Mumbai.
- Prof. Ramesh Kumar: Professor of Marketing IIM,
Bangalore.
- Dr. Nat Natarajan : Tennessee Technological University,
USA.
- Dr. Rishikesh Krishna: Professor IIM, Bangalore
- Dr. Mathew Manimala: Chairman, Raghavan Center for
Entrepreneurial Development.
- Dr.Vasanthi Srinivasan: Faculty, lIM, Bangalore.
- Dr. Ravi Anshuman, Professor of Finance, IIM, Bangalore
- Dr. R. Srinivasan: Professor of Finance & Control, IIM,
Bangalore.
- Dr. Nithin Singh: professor of Operations Management,
IIM, Indore.
- Prof. Achuth Kumar, Sr. Professor Strategic Management,
IFIM, Bangalore.
- Dr. Gunasekaran, Faculty, Finance, IFIM, Bangalore.
- Prof. Ashoke Rao: Dean (PGDM) & Professor of HR, IFIM B-
School, Bangalore.
- Dr. Madhumita Chatterji, Prof. of Corporate Social
Responsibility & Ethics, IFIM, Bangalore.
- Dr. Soumendra K.Dash, Professor of Finance, IFIM
B-School, Bangalore
- Prof. T.Y.P.Chowdry, Professor of IT, IFIM, Bangalore.
- Prof. J. Govardhan, Professor of Operations Mgmt. &
Quantitative Method, IFIM, Bangalore.
- Dr. N. Balasubramanian, Dean PGDM-IB (International
Business), IFIM, Bangalore
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