[Sigkm-l] Call for Chapters - Knowledge Management Book

[Alex Koohang]

Call for Chapters
Knowledge Management (KM)

Dear Colleagues,

Please post and forward to potential authors

You are invited to submit via email by Feb. 20 the following:

1. 500-word abstract of a proposed chapter, accompanied by a
2. one-page preliminary outline of the proposed chapter for a book on Knowledge
Management.

The book will be published by Informing Science Press  (www.ispress.org) and be
made available online without charge (as well as in print). This will maximize
the impact of your contribution to science.

Topics covering all aspects of Knowledge Management (KM), theory, practice,
innovation, and research, are welcomed. Some suggested topics are, but not
limited to the following:

• Business Intelligence
• Communities of Practice
• Innovation
• Intellectual Capital
• Knowledge Management Systems/Tools
• Learning Organization
• Organizational Learning
• Strategy & Policy
• Technology Transfer & Development
• Virtual Organization
• Any other topics relevant to KM

Your abstract must contain an explanation of the topic you will write about and
summarize what you propose to write.  Please be concise, clear, and persuasive.
Follow the abstract with your one-page preliminary outline of the proposed
chapter.

By February 20, 2007, email your abstract and the one-page preliminary outline
in one document as an attachment file to Alex Koohang at ijkloeditor at ijklo.org.
The purpose of abstracts is to determine the suitability and suggest areas for
improvements.  Authors for accepted proposals will be given 100 days to complete
the first-draft of the chapter.  All chapters will be subjected to blind review
by three or more reviewers.

Alex Koohang & Keith Harman
Editors

Preliminary Timetable
February 20, 2007 (Abstracts due)
March 20, 2007 (Authors are notified regarding the acceptance of their
abstracts)
June 28, 2007 (Completed chapters are due to Editor)
July 1 – 31, 2007 (Chapters are blind refereed by three or more reviewers)
August 30, 2007 (Authors will be notified to revise their chapters)
September 30, 2007 (Revised chapters are due)
October to December 2007 (Editing and production)
January 2008 (Book will be in print)

Alex Koohang
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
USA