JOURNAL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT RESEARCH (JBMR)

The Journal of Business Management Research (JBMR) is the journal of the Department of Business management of the University of Calcutta. This is a blind referred Journal bearing ISSN  No. ISSN 0975 - 7767

Established in 1985, the Department has always focussed on teaching and learning during the past years besides research (Ph. D. Programme and funded research projects). By now it has produced very distinguished batches of alumni. Since the year 2009 it has started a self-financed Post Graduate Management Program in Human Resource and Organisational Management.

 The journal will publish research papers, management articles, book reviews and case studies, with management orientation, in disciplines/domains of business, economics, human resource management, operations research, information systems, behavioral sciences and other areas of interest to the business community and academics.

 The JBMR is published once a year. The Editorial Board of the journal consists of distinguished scholars/teachers in the management field.

Editorial Board:

• Prof. S. Dhar

• Prof. R. Khasnabis

• Prof. R. Chakrabarty

• Prof. S. Majumdar

Joint Editors:  Prof. Nabinananda Sen, Prof. Suvasis Saha

Call for Papers: (for the Fourth Issue) 

The faculty and scholars of university management departments, management schools and other professional institutions are invited to contribute papers for publication in the journal. For every published paper, the contributor(s) will receive three copies  of the reprint and one copy of the journal.  The copyright of the published papers will remain with the Department of Business Management of the University. 

The forthcoming issue (Vol. 4, No. 1) of the journal is expected in the month of June 2012.  Contributors are requested to contribute their papers on or before November 30, 2011.  Electronic submissions in the format enclosed should be submitted to the e-mail address: cumbm1@dataone.in  and a hard copy along with a soft copy in a CD should be sent to the Departmental postal address within three working days of electronic submission.

Guidelines for Authors       

The journal publishes research papers centering around management issues, management articles, in disciplines of business, economics, human resource management, operations research, information systems, behavioral sciences, supply chain management, public sector management, urban management, environmental management and other disciplines of interest to the business community and academics.

The submitted manuscript should be an original work of the author(s) and must not have been submitted or published in any other forum / printed &/or electronic media or elsewhere.  The guidelines for authors are as follows:

1.      Manuscripts should be preferably within 10000 words (printed in A-4 size paper, double spaced and 12- point font).  Microsoft word or Word Perfect should be the preferred software used. Manuscript should be submitted in duplicate along with a CD of the manuscript.

2.      The cover page should be separate bearing the title of the manuscript, the author(s) name, designation, institution, address (postal and e.mail) with telephone number and mobile number besides the abstract.  The main text should bear only the title of the paper and the text content.

3.     Abstract should not be more than 200 words.

4.     Tables, Charts, Maps and Diagrams should be properly numbered and titled.

5.     End-notes should be numbered and detailed literature must be stated in the text (using font-size 8 point) in an identified block below the text with the reference of literature wherever applicable.

6.     References should mention only those sources that have relevance (i.e., cited) to the manuscript and should be numbered. Name(s) of Author(s) should be the same as in the original source. The reference should consist chronologically the following:

• Name(s) of Author(s) ( first initial and last name)
• Title of the work
• Journal , the Issue or Volume No
• Publication
• Date of the work
• Page no.(s) 

7.    The revised manuscript (if manuscript is recommended for acceptance subject to revision by the referee(s)) should follow the guidelines stated above along with submission of a separate CD and an electronic submission to the e.mail site: cumbm1@dataone.in 

8.    Questionnaire(s) or detailed model(s), if any, should be the placed under Appendix.

9.     Manuscripts will be considered for publication in the journal based on the feedback of the Referee.

10.   Manuscript should be submitted addressed to the Joint Editor, JBMR in the following address:

               Department of Business Management.

               University of Calcutta, 

               1, Reformatory Street,

               Kolkata-700 019.  

               Tel No: (033) 2449-9418 (11-5PM) 

               Email  : cumbm1@dataone.in

11.    On receipt of the manuscript a Code No will be assigned which must always be referred for future correspondence.  

12.    The author(s) will receive three complimentary copies of the issue in which the paper has been published.

13.     Manuscript(s) not recommended by referees will not be sent back

The copyright of the journal and its contents belong to the Department of Business Management, University of Calcutta.