Subject: [IFETS-DISCUSSION:4428] Call for Papers: "On The Horizon" journal special issue
From: Kinshuk (kinshuk@massey.ac.nz)
Date: Thu 27 Feb 2003 - 12:21:33 MET
From: "Kinshuk" <kinshuk@massey.ac.nz> Subject: [IFETS-DISCUSSION:4428] Call for Papers: "On The Horizon" journal special issue Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 00:21:33 +1300
CALL FOR PAPERS ON INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
On the Horizon, http://www.emeraldinsight.com/oth.htm, intends to explore a
broader domain beyond its present focus on the transformation of post secondary
education alone.
Revolutionary information technologies, globalization, and today’s knowledge
economy have been forcing all institutions into this same process of transformation,
and these forces seem to be accelerating recently. For instance, the uncontested
superiority of American military power is attributable to a “Force Transformation”
to “Network Centric Warfare,” notably seen in the battle to liberate Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, Enron, WorldCom, and other corporate scandals have heightened the urgency
of redefining corporate governance. State and Federal agencies are moving toward
“E-Government;” health care is in upheaval; while publishing, financial investment,
and other “information-intensive” industries are also moving toward the Internet.
These are simply prominent examples of “Institutional Change" – a field of study that
goes beyond "Organizational Change" to focus on the transformation of entire classes
of organizations serving various societal functions: business, government, education,
military, health care, media, etc. Unlike the more specific managerial aspects of
Organizational Change – teamwork, quality practices, reengineering processes, leadership
styles, etc. – Institutional Change addresses the underlying social rules that define
how these general societal functions are structured and conducted. This topic is of
timely interest because institutions have been struggling for decades to redefine
themselves for an Information Age with only modest success, but the biggest hurdles seem
likely to be addressed in the next decade or so.
This topic should be well-suited to the future-oriented capabilities of On the Horizon
contributors. Futurists can serve a unique role providing conceptual frameworks that
define the long-term pathway which business, government, education, medicine, the
military, etc. are following in this historic process. Papers may be submitted covering
any aspect of Institutional Change, and they could take many forms. Some suggested topics
are listed below:
- The emerging logic of Network Centric Warfare
- Reconciliation of the corporate profit motive with social interests
- Self-organizing, adaptive organizational structures
- The automation of supply-chains, client relations, and telework into online organizations
operating in real time
- Evolving forms of health care systems
- Online publications
- Case studies of Institutional Change
Accepted papers will appear in a special issue of On the Horizon scheduled to appear in
January 2004.
All manuscripts should be under 5000 words, essay format. Papers are due 1 July 2003
Articles are to be submitted electronically to: tom abeles tabeles@attglobal.net
or William E. Halal Halal@gwu.edu
Questions or expressions of interest to:
Tom Abeles, editor
On the Horizon
3704 11th Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55407
tabeles@attglobal.net
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/oth.htm
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