Promoting Effective Management for Sustainable Development

The Introduction of the Special Issue

This issue covers the new challenges that management practice faces currently and has to cope with in the future. Sustainable development is a wide-encompassing area ranging from long-term survival of the existing business, its evolution through change as well as a keen consideration for sustainability like green issues likely to impact business. Management evolves in an environment characterized by productivity, innovation and profit while sustainable development is incipiently felt but not duly considered. Taking in view of changes in mindset adopted by governments all over the world, it is expected that management gets involved in sustainable development issues.  This call for papers wants to see how researchers purport interesting and insightful ideas on this challenging issue and how they are contributing to finding appropriate alternatives for management to carve its way within sustainable development. This special series is innovative in the sense that it delves into this critical issue with views coming from various stakeholders with varied viewpoints on the central theme.

The Research Scope of the Special Issue

·To ensure appropriate management approaches to maintenance and promotion of sustainable development.

·To develop managerial concepts and ideas around sustainability.

·To consider the influence of green management philosophies in sustainable development.

·To analyse new leadership perspectives regarding sustainable development.

·To find out a multidisciplinary approach to sustainable development through the integration of various managerial disciplines within this concept.

The Article Title of the Special Issue

1:Management approach to sustainable development

2:Organization Development and Sustainability

3:Leadership within sustainable development

4:The Green Issue and business implications

5:Long-term and sustainable growth of business

6:An ecological mindset for management thinkers

7:A multidisciplinary approach to management thinking in sustainable development

8:Plus any other title within the scope of the Special Issue

Submission guidelines

All papers should be submitted via the 

Business Administration and Management submission system:

http://ojs.piscomed.com/index.php/BAM

Submitted articles should not be published or under review elsewhere. All submissions will be subject to the journal’s standard peer review process. Criteria for acceptance include originality, contribution, scientific merit and relevance to the field of interest of the Special Issue. 

Important Dates

Paper Submission Due: May/June , 2019

The Lead Guest Editor

Nirmal Kumar Betchoo

Letter of invitation
This journal,BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT, is currently preparing a special issue on innovative challenges that management practice faces within sustainable development. As you may be aware, sustainable development is a wide-encompassing area ranging from long-term survival of the existing business, its evolution through change as well as considering sustainability focusing on green issues, ecology and the natural environment impacting business. This special edition is inviting papers that contribute interesting and insightful ideas on this challenging issue and how today’s managers and business stakeholders are contributing to finding appropriate alternatives for management to carve its way within sustainable development. This special series is pioneering in the sense that it researches ideas, views and incisive thoughts from various stakeholders with varied viewpoints on the central theme. We are welcoming papers from the following areas namely: management approach to sustainable development, organization development and sustainability, leadership, green issues including a multidisciplinary approach to management thinking in sustainable development. Please send your manuscript to the following address:
Regards,
Dr Nirmal Kumar Betchoo
Lead Guest Editor,
Special Issue: Management Perspectives and Challenges in Sustainable Development

Guest Editors:

Dr Krishna Moortee Saurty, Director Institute of Online Learning, Universite des Mascareignes, Ph D Limoges University in Distance Learning

Dr Priya Devi Gunesh, Faculty of Law and Management, University of Mauritius (UOM), PhD Marketing Leeds Beckett University