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The JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT (JITM) is a forum for the communication of solutions found by practitioners and academicians to the multifaceted problems associated with managing information and information technology as a corporate resource. JITM is published by Maximilian Press on a quarterly basis and is sponsored by the Association of Management/International Association of Management (AoM/IAoM).

Written for non-technical audiences of practitioners and of academicians, the JITM invites manuscripts with a strong applied orientation in topics such as strategic importance of information systems; information systems planning and policy;systems development alternatives, methods and tools; end-user systems development and management; data base design and administration; network and telecommunications design and management; role and effectiveness of the information executive; and behavioral and human resources aspects of information systems.

Because of the two audiences served by this journal, i.e., practitioners and academicians, the following format requirements were adopted specifically for articles, short studies and case studies.

Articles
Submissions in this category deal with empirical papers presenting research results directly relevant to the information systems practice. Emphasis should be on long-term/managerial knowledge (rather than short-term/technology issues) and on creative thinking rather than replication of previous studies with minute variations. They should be presented in a language that is as practitioner oriented as possible but supported by empirical evidence. Articles must include an identification of the problem and its relevance, hypothesis statements, and conclusions with emphasis on how the results obtained in the study contributed to the solution of the problem. These submissions should not exceed 25 pages including references and exhibits.

Short Studies
This category includes exploratory studies and conceptual papers presenting results and/or arguments of immediate applicability to information systems practice.The emphasis of manuscripts in this category is on testing of existing concepts, frameworks and methodologies, and the development and testing of methodologies, procedures and techniques that support the managerial use of information technology. The recommended length for short studies is up to ten(10) pages.

Case Studies
Case studies involve descriptions of successful applications of concepts, methodologies, etc., to improve information systems practice. Manuscripts submitted as case studies emphasize the identification of concepts, frameworks and methodologies that improved information systems practice as well as the identification of factors that contributed to its successful application.The recommended length for case studies is up to ten (10) pages.

References
The JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT uses the following style for references:

1. References are numbered based on the alphabetical order of author(s) or editor(s) names, or the title of the work for items with no author's name.

2. Citations in the body of articles, short studies and case studies, are made to the number of the reference, in brackets (i.e. Mason [7]; adapted from Swanson [17, pp. 363-364].

3. Entries in the reference list are made: a. Books and working papers: author(s) name(s) (last name and first initial), title (underlined), number (if working paper), publisher (or school), city, state, year. [4] Davis, G. and Olson, M., Management Information Systems, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1985. b. Periodicals: author(s) name(s), title (in quotes), periodical (underlined), volume, number, date, pages. [10] Etzioni, A. "Mixed-Scanning: A 'Third Approach' to Decision-Making," Public Administration Review , Volume 27, Number 2, 1967, pp.385-392. c. Proceedings: author(s) name(s), title (in quotes), name of conference proceeding (underlined), city, state, month and dates, year, pages. [11] Hamilton, S. and Ives, B. "Communication of MIS Research: An Analysis of Journal Stratification," Proceedings of the First International Conference on Information Systems , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 8-10, 1980, pp.220-232.

All submissions must include a cover letter requesting that the paper be considered for publication in the JITM and stating that the manuscript has neither been published nor is under review elsewhere. The final version of the accepted manuscript should be provided by the author(s) in both diskette ( MS Word or WordPerfect) and hardcopy. The graphs and figures should be in Word or WordPerfect compatible format. NOTE: The JITM is moving towards an on-line submission and review system where no hard-copies will be needed.

Articles, short studies and case studies accepted for publication in the JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT are copyrighted by Maximilian Press.