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Revised call on Common Sense and other Decision Influences

  • 1.  Revised call on Common Sense and other Decision Influences

    Posted 03-30-2008 10:56
    Hi,

    Please forgive cross-posting

    Call for papers and reviewers for a special issue of Management Decision

    This revised call deserves serious consideration by academic and practicing professionals because the topic - Common Sense and other Decision Influences - has the potential for significantly helping them become more competent and effective.  It also raises significant issue of the influence of moral and ethical considerations in decisions.

    Since the topic is rarely given very serious thought, the editor of the special edition will respond to very rough drafts, even to outlines of possible papers, with comments and suggestions.  Please send these to Erwin Rausch, didacticra@aol.com.

    Common sense issues are especially important for all of us in management positions, and for others who are also called on constantly or occasionally to assume leadership roles.  As professionals we need to consciously work on improving our own common sense and to devote the necessary effort to guide team-members, trainees, and other relevant stakeholders, along the same path. 

    The special edition, for which the call is issued, is intended help bring greater awareness of the need for improved knowledge of the impact of common sense on decisions, and assistance on how to proceed in addressing the responsibilities it brings.

    The publisher of this special edition, Emerald Publishing, is the world's leading publisher of management research. Its focus on theory-into-practice means that all Emerald journals publish papers with direct application to the world of work.

    Papers for this special edition can address research or viewpoints.  They can technical or conceptual papers, case studies, literature reviews, or general reviews.

    All papers will be double-blind reviewed, after a preliminary screening by the guest editor. 

    As a guide, papers should be between 3,000 and 6,000 words in length. A title of not more than twelve words should be provided.

    Articles should be submitted no later than June 1, 2008 to ScholarOne's Manuscript Central at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/md,  Extensions of this deadline can be requested if needed. 

    Author guidelines are on http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/md/notes.jsp

    Topics on which papers could be submitted include, but are not limited to:
    -    Definition of common sense
    -    History of research on common sense
    -    Models of common sense
    -    Cultural values and influences in common sense
    -    Religious influences on common sense
    -    Common sense and ethical behavior
    -    Impact of common sense on decisions
    -    Criteria for determining quality of decisions
    -    Evaluating quality of common sense
    -    Development of common sense
    -    Common sense and decision traps
    -    Common sense relationship to rational and critical thinking
    -    Misconceptions about common sense influence on decisions
    -    Attitudes, experiences, and education influences on common sense
    -    Interaction and group influences on common sense
    -    Organizational "Systems" and other external environmental factors impacting common sense
    -    Intuitive and deductive reasoning's role in common sense
    -    Common sense and philosophical issues
    -    Common sense with respect to health and medicine
    -    Common sense in education
    -    Common sense in the engineering and architectural professions
    -    Common sense in the arts
    -    Common sense in emergencies





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