Sponsored by The Institute of Eastern Europe and Central Asia (IEECA) and the University of Economics, Prague
--- 02-03 June 2016
Conference theme: The Challenges of Modern Management in Eastern Europe and Central Asia concentrates specifically on the business and management challenges faced within the region of the countries of the former Soviet Union, Warsaw
Pact and Yugoslavia (Eastern Europe and Central Asia).
Registration and fees: 150 USD / 150 € (pre-registration). Interested participants must register no later than April 30, 2016 to benefit from this fee. Registration details, fee structure, and form are found on the Institute’s website:
http://ieeca.org/registration-form
Travel and accommodation: Packages including airfare, hotel, meals and other amenities are available from
http://eventaid.cz/ For further information, please contact
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Call for submissions: The call is open to all academicians, doctoral candidates as well as post-doctoral students. In addition, certified professionals such as accountants, lawyers, and project management practitioners are welcome
to contribute. Submissions may comprise manuscripts, posters, annotated literature reviews, case studies, contributions to the extant body of knowledge. All materials must be in English (UK, Canada, US). Further details as to format are available from
http://ieeca.org/how-to-submit-article .
Topics of interest: The conference is composed of four tracks. A list of possible discussion themes are as follows:
TRACK |
Project Management |
Management Practice and Theory |
Process Excellence Management |
Globalisation, Government, and Management |
THEMES |
PM as Corporate Culture |
Current trends in management |
Lean management |
Government intervention |
Project Governance |
Management models / organisations |
Industries 4,0 |
Government and globalisation |
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International and Cross-Cultural PM |
Corporate governance |
Big data |
TQM and public administration |
|
Industry specific PM |
Teaching management |
ISO 9001 2015 |
Procurement management |
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Stakeholder Management |
Building management culture |
Quality management systems |
Globalisation trends |
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Risk Management |
Responsible management |
Clusters |
Corruption |
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EVM practical applications |
Role modelling |
Facility management |
Managing globalisation |
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Time development |
Gender and management |
Supply chain management |
Governance and ethics |
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Country-specific PM methodologies |
Country-specific trends |
Sustainability |
Transitional economies |
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Behavioural competencies |
Organisational trauma |
Occupational safety |
Management practice in government |
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Teaching PM at the university level |
Group process facilitation |
Internet and Things |
Legal dimensions |
Conference proceedings and publications: The university will publish the conference proceedings. Selected manuscripts will be accepted for publication in the October 2016 issue of double-blind, peer-refereed JEECAR journal, assumed
that revised and completed papers will be received by September 1, 2016. One copy of the printed journal will be provided free of charge to the authors who attend the Prague Conference in person.
Conference Agenda: Upon arrival at the Conference venue all participants will receive a
Welcome Kit that will contain a detailled agenda and itinerary. Two tracks will be offered in parallel during each of the morning and afternoon sessions over the two days. Tracks will be supplemented through panel discussions, guest speakers, and presentations.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: No matter the type of submission (manuscript, poster, case study, etc.), the deadline is
March 4, 2016. Contributors will be contacted prior to the end of March as to the suitability of their work and respect of the following criteria. The work:
o coincides with the mandate of the Institute;
o is relative to the theme and nature of the conference as stipulated in the Conference theme;
o is relative to one of the conference tracks and
o follows the accepted guidelines of academic integrity or if a professional contribution, industry-specific ethics.
Once evaluated and if revisions are required, final submissions are required no later than
April 15, 2016.
Submissions are to be forwarded to Dr. Richard Brunet-Thornton at
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Further information: Please contact either of the conference co-chairs for further information:
For the University of Economics, Prague: Dr. Richard Brunet-Thornton:
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For the Institute of Eastern Europe and Central Asia (IEECA) and the Journal (JEECAR): Dr. Nikolay Megits:
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Richard BRUNET-THORNTON, FRSA, MIM, MBA, PhD
Odborný asistent CSc. / Ph.D.
(Assistant Professor)
Katedra management
(Department of Management)
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Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze
University of Economics, Prague
École des Hautes Études commerciales de Prague
náměstí Winstona Churchilla 4
130 67 Praha 3 -
Žižkov
Česká republika -
Czech Republic