Athenaeum

Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy

The Athenaeum

Athenaeum is derived from the Greek “Athenion”, the temple of Goddess Athena. Athena is the Goddess of Wisdom and of course Civilization itself. The “Athenion” temple of ancient Greece also symbolized the place where scholars congregated to deliberate and nurture Philosophy and Thought.

The Athenaeum at BIM is such an endeavour where we plan a confluence of academicians who gather to discuss and deliberate topics on contemporary management research.

The process is initiated with a call for research papers from the Academia and Industry. The abstracts received are sent for a blind review to an expert panel of eminent research scholars who are associated with us in advisory and contributory roles. The scholars whose abstracts have been short-listed by the review panel are then requested to formally send in their full papers for a peer review. At the end of the peer review process, the selected papers are short-listed for presentation on the day of the Symposium which will be graced by eminent personalities from the Academic world and the Industry. The event intends to showcase scholarly work from academia and industry on the same platform, providing a professional forum of idea interchange. The deliberations and learnings that are gleaned out of this conference are planned to be published as a compendium of papers by a leading publishing house in the country.

THEMES

Bottomline HR

IT in Business & IT as Business

The Human Resources Management of the contingent workforce can be challenging due to the unique legal and operational landscape. HR has assumed a crucial role in attracting, retaining, motivating and empowering talent. All these roles will effectively enhance the bottomline of the Organisations. Human Resource Management (HRM) is all about managing human capital and culture for business success. We invite papers on the multifaceted thought processes in Organisational Behavior and Human Resources Management.

Suggested tracks include:

Advances in technology have very greatly changed our perspectives of conducting business. Conversely, business-related challenges and opportunities today have come to represent many of the major factors shaping the development of technology and information management. Throughout the intersecting territories of business and technology lie tremendous opportunities for valuable research. We invite papers that nurture and deepen the understanding of problems involving business and technology.

Suggested tracks include:

GUIDELINES

To be eligible to enter a paper in the symposium, the authors may be one of the following:

Permanent / Adjunct Faculty of an Academic Institution.
Doctoral / Post Graduate students enrolled with an Academic Institution.
Industry Professionals/ Independent Researchers

A maximum of four authors per paper are allowed. However, the number of participants permitted to register for the programme would be limited to two.
There is no limit on the number of entries from an Institute/ Organization.
A one page abstract (MS Word, Times New Roman, 12 font size, single line spacing with 1 inch border on all sides) should be accompanied by affiliation and contact details (on a separate sheet) should reach us by 20th of December, 2006. This should be sent electronically to athenaeum@bim.edu and athenaeum.bim@gmail.com.
Results will be intimated to the authors of the selected entries and will also be notified on our website by 30th December 2006.
Complete copies of maximum 20 pages excluding appendices (two hard copies as well as the soft copy) of the selected entries should reach us by 20th of January, 2007.
The papers should be typed in MS Word in Times New Roman with font size 12, double line spacing, right and left margins justified and 1 inch border on all sides.
The paper should start with Introduction and all subsequent sections should be numbered. It should end with the conclusion summarizing the findings of the paper.
To the extent possible, tables and figures should appear in the document near/after where they are referenced in the text. Large tables or figures should be put on pages by themselves.
It is the author’s obligation to provide complete references with the necessary information. List of references should be placed at the end of the manuscript and follow the MLA Handbook style of Referencing.
Papers omitting a reference, appendix, using plagiarized material, or failing to document sources appropriately shall be disqualified without appeal. Papers are accepted for publication on the understanding that these contain original unpublished work, not submitted for publication anywhere else.
Facts of papers presented in the symposium must be clearly mentioned at the bottom of the first page of the manuscript and the author should specify with whom the copyright rests.
The results of the second stage after the peer review will be declared by the 10th of February, 2007. The authors of the selected entries will be intimated and the results will also be notified on the website.
Authors of the selected entries will be called for presentations to be done at the ATHENAEUM on 17th and 18th of March, 2007.
The Institute reserves the right to publish the proceedings of the conference with due mentions being made about the contribution of the authors. The Institute also reserves the right to edit the proceedings accordingly to aid publishing.
A prize of Rupees 10,000 will be given to the best paper in each of the functional areas. The decision of the judges will be final and binding.
The Hard copies of the papers are to be submitted to:

Centre for Contemporary Management and Research

Bharathidasan Institute of Management

Post Box No 12

BHEL Complex

Tiruchirappalli – 620014

TamilNadu, India

REGISTRATION AND HOSPITALITY

All registration fees are applicable to the candidates who have been short listed to present their papers on the 17^th and 18^th of March 2007 and to others who wish to participate without making contributions in the Symposium.