1st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MANAGEMENT CITPM 2016 21-22 APRIL 2016, CZĘSTOCHOWA, POLAND Main Organizing Institution Faculty of Management Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland in partnership with Faculty of Economics VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic Faculty of Social and Economic Relations Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín Slovakia MAIN CONFERENCE TOPICS 1. 2. BUSINESS MANAGEMENT CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 3. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 4. BUSINESS & MARKET STRATEGIES 5. 6. 7. ENTREPRENEURSHIP E-BUSINESS SERVICES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT 8. PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS STRATEGIES 9. TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT 10. STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 11. MANAGEMENT RESEARCH METHODS AND MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS 12. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 13. LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT AND PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION 14. EMPIRICAL RESEARCH IN OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 15. ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY AND ANY DISCIPLINES CONCERNING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN MANAGEMENT AND ENTERPRISE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 16. RISK MANAGEMENT 17. CHANGE MANAGEMENT 18. MARKETING 19. ECONOMICS 20. INDUSTRY INNOVATION 21. SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES 22. OTHER SPECIAL TOPICS PUBLICATION OPORTUNITIES All submissions must be entirely original, not previously published, and must not be under concurrent consideration or scheduled for presentation elsewhere. All papers must be submitted electronically by sending an e-mail to the conference chair (citpm@zim.pcz.pl). Full versions of accepted papers will be published in the CITPM conference proceedings. The proceedings will have an ISBN number. All papers that will successfully pass double-blind review process will be published in a printed book proceedings that will be send for indexing in Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Science & Humanities (The Thomson Reuters ISI Index), accessible at the Web of Science. Selected articles reviewed by the Conference Scientific Council will be recommended for publishing in extended form to the Editorial Boards of the journals: Polish Journal of Management Studies (ISSN: 2081-7452), indexed in: Scopus, RePEc, EBSCO, EconPapers, BazTech and Index Copernicus; Social and Economic Revue (ISSN - 1336-3727), indexed in: Index Copernicus, Central and Eastern European online Library (CEEOL), EBSCO Publishing, Inc.-Business Source Complete; Ekonomická revue – Central European Review of Economic Issues (ISSN 1212-3951), indexed in: EconLit, EBSCO; ECON - Journal of Economics, Management and Business (ISSN 1803-3865); Zaszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Humanitas (Humanitas University’s Research Papers Management), series: Zarządzanie (ISSN 1899-8658); indexed in: Index Copernicus, ERIH PLUS, PBN (Polish Scientific Bibliography), BazEkon. Zeszyty Naukowe Politechniki Częstochowskiej, series: Zarządzanie (ISSN 2083-1560) DEADLINES Call for Papers Registration / Abstract submission deadline (Extended) Notification of abstracts acceptance/rejection Full paper submission deadline Notification of full paper acceptance Conference fee deadline Conference opening September 2015 29th November 2015 30th November 2015 31th December 2015 29 February 2016 29 February 2016 21th April 2016 Fees and payment Regular Fee 100 EUR or 415 PLN for the participant of the conference including the paper publishing (one paper), conference proceedings, access to all conference sessions, refreshments during the conference (conference lunches/coffee breaks) and gala dinner (VAT included). Accompanying 60 EUR or 260 PLN for the participant of the conference including Person Fee conference proceedings, access to all conference sessions, refreshments during the conference (conference lunches/coffee breaks) and gala dinner (VAT included). Publication 60 EUR or 260 PLN for the paper publication without attending the conference (VAT included). Fee Notes: Paid conference fee is not refundable in absence of the contributor (participation of alternate will be accepted). Bank wire transfer details will be available on the conference Website after acceptance of the abstracts. PRELIMINARY program Thursday 21th April 2016 Friday 22th April 2016 09.00 – 10.00 - Registration 10.00 – 11.30 - Parallel sessions 10.00 – 10.15 - Conference opening / 11.30 – 11.45 - Coffee break Welcoming the guests 10.15 – 11.45 - Plenary session 11.45 – 12.15 - Conference conclusion 11.45 – 12.00 - Family photo 12.15 – 13.00 - Lunch 12.00 – 13.00 - Lunch 13.15 – 16.00 - Sightseeing Częstochowa 13.00 – 14.30 - Parallel sessions 14.30 – 15.00 - Coffee break 15.00 – 16.30 - Parallel sessions 19.00 – 22.00 - Social evening PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SCHEDULE MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Detailed program of the conference will be available the first week in April 2016. REGISTRATION Completed registration form should be sent to the e-mail address: citpm@zim.pcz.pl till the 29th November 2015. Prospective authors are invited to submit an electronic version of the paper in English related to conference topics. The Programme Committee reserves the right to decide whether or not papers will be accepted on the basis of the results of the review process. The conference organizer reserves the right to reject papers not related to the conference scope or return papers for revise. All submissions must be typed according to the Paper Template. The Conference Organizing Committee can decide to reject papers which do not follow these guidelines. All submissions will be reviewed. Selection for inclusion in the conference program will be based upon quality, originality, and relevance, in the judgment of the review process. All accepted papers will be published in the "Proceedings of CITPM 2016" with ISBN, which will be submitted to be considered for inclusion by CPCI (Conference Proceedings Citation Index, an integrated index within Thomson Reuters Web of Science). All submissions must include a Title, Authors (names, affiliations, e-mails of all authors), an Abstract (no more than 250 words) and 3-5 Keywords. Paper submissions should not exceed 10 pages, including the Abstract, text body (Introduction, Theory, Methods, Findings, Discussion, Conclusions and Implications), Tables, Figures and References. The paper should be to e-mail address: citpm@zim.pcz.pl Participants will be asked to prepare a presentation and present it during the session. English is the official language of the conference. However, at the request of participants, it is possible to organize sessions in their native language, having gained a minimum of 8 speakers. The certificate of presentation will be distributed to the conference participants at the conference registration desk. Scientific committee Prof. zw. dr hab. Arnold Pabian (Faculty of Management, Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland) Doc. Sergej Vojtovič, DrSc. (Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín, Slovakia) Doc. Ing. Martin Macháček, Ph.D. (VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic) Prof. PCz dr hab. Dorota Jelonek (Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland) Prof. Wei-Bin Zhang (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan) Prof. univ. dr Liviu Mihăescu (“Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Romania) Prof. nadzw. dr hab. Agnieszka Bitkowska (University of Finance and Management in Warsaw, Poland) Doc. Ing. Pavlína Pellešová, Ph.D. (Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic) Prof. dr hab. Ludmiła Szulgina (National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, Ukraine) Prof. univ. dr Claudia Ogrean (“Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Romania) Prof. dr hab. Olena Kolomytseva (Cherkasy State Technological University, Ukraine) Prof. Ing. Dr. Valentinas Navickas (Kaunas University of Technology, Faculty of Economics and Management, Lithuania) Doc. Ing. Miloslava Chovancová, CSc., (Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic) Prof. Juan Sapena Bolufer, Ph.D. (Catholic University of Valencia "San Vicente Martir", Spain) Prof. Dr. Csaba Bálint Illés (Szent István University, Hungary) Prof. Ing. Dr. Rolf Karbach (Zwickau University of Applied Sciences, Germany) Prof. univ. dr. Mihaela Herciu (“Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Romania) Prof. dr. sc. Marijan Cingula (University of Zagreb, Croatia) Prof. Miguel Ángel Latorre Guillem, Ph.D. (Catholic University of Valencia "San Vicente Martir", Spain) Prof. univ. dr. Maria-Viorica Bedrule-Grigoruta ("Alexandru Ioan - Cuza" University of Iasi, Romania) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anna Dunay (Szent István University, Hungary) Małgorzata Smolarek, Ph.D. (Humanitas University in Sosnowiec, Poland) Ing. Bc. Monika Mynarzová, Ph.D. (VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic) Ing. Katarina Haviernikova, Ph.D. (Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín, Slovakia) Ing. Radomir Kaňa, Ph.D. (VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CHAIR OF ORGANISING COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF ORGANISING COMMITTEE Małgorzata Okręglicka Ph.D. phone: +48607287226 e-mail: citpm@zim.pcz.pl Iwona Gorzeń-Mitka, Ph.D. Anna Lemańska-Majdzik, Ph.D. Monika Sipa, Ph.D. Andrzej Skibiński, Ph.D. ORGANISATION Department of Economics, Investments and Real Estate Faculty of Management, Czestochowa University of Technology Armii Krajowej 19b, 42-201 Czestochowa, Poland VENUE Faculty of Management, Czestochowa University of Technology Armii Krajowej 19b, 42-201 Czestochowa, Poland e-mail: citpm@zim.pcz.pl WEBSITE citpm.pl