Communication is increasingly at the center of human activity and crucial to the success of individual professionals and their organizations. Moreover, communication in various organizations (companies, schools, etc.) encompasses all the means, both formal and informal, by which information is conveyed. These various modes of communication may be exploited to disseminate official information between parties, to exchange hearsay and rumors, or anything in between. The challenge for businesses, pedagogy and linguistics is to channel these myriad communications so they serve to improve relations, bolster individual satisfaction, build knowledge-sharing throughout the organization, and most importantly, enhance mutual understanding. Unfortunately, despite this vigorous economic growth, most emerging economies still lag behind the mature, developed countries in economic output and standard of living. To truly close this gap, new management techniques, new business models, and new regulatory policies, among other factors may be needed. Moreover, information and communication technologies (ICTs) will likely play a vital role in this development process. Thus, the objective of this conference is to provide a forum for interested researchers and practitioners to exchange their experiences and creative ideas related to ICT management for global competitiveness and economic growth in emerging economies.  Possible topics may include but are not limited to the following:

• Social, political and legal frameworks as they relate to ICT and ICT Management
• Unique ICT management techniques for emerging and transition economies
• Methods for measuring the benefits and costs of projects involving the adoption of ICT
• The role of human and social capital
• Innovative ways for generating revenues and creating commercial knowledge products
• Educational systems and training as they relate to ICT and ICT Management
• ICT to support small and medium enterprises
• ICT as a path to economic growth
• ICT productivity with specific reference to the prevalent social and business conditions
• Global supply chain management in emerging and transition economies
• Country specific case studies, with specific reference to the prevalent social and business conditions
• ICT off-shoring/outsourcing into emerging and transition economies
• ICT project management, with specific reference to the prevalent social and business conditions
• Digital divide in emerging and transition economies
• E-commerce impact in emerging and transition economies
• E-government in emerging and transition economies
• Psychological, social, and economic aspects of Internet use in emerging and transition economies
• Virtual reality in psychological treatment
• Information and communication technologies in personnel recruitment, assessment and development
• Leadership and new technologies
• Psychological aspects of working in a virtual team
• Information and communication technologies in an ageing society
• Quantitative methods and information technology in management

Note:

Contributions to any of the directions within the spectrum of the ICTM2015 paradigm are welcome.

The four categories for proposals are (1) abstracts, (2)individual papers, (3) posters and  (4) e-posters.

Three kinds of publications are planned, the first one - a monograph, in which the papers with up to 20000 characters in English be will be included; the second one, in which the articles in a smaller volume will be published. The monographs will be submitted for inclusion in the Citation Index by Thomson Reuters. Paper should also be accompanied by a summary in English. Top rated by reviewers in the English language papers submitted to the ICTM 2015 conference will be published in a special issue of the journal of international scope information Economy Market Education and Polish Journal of Applied Psychology.

Proceedings_ICTM2015.pdf

 Conference Co-Chairs

Jolanta Kowal
University of Wrocław,
College of Management
EDUKACJA, President Elect of PLAIS

Poland
 

Helena Lindskog
 

Linköping University, Sweden

Programme Co-Chairs

 Conference Secretaries

 Anna Kuzio

University of Zielona Gora, Poland

Magdalena Ślazyk-Sobol

University of Wroclaw, Poland

University of Wrocław
College of Management "Edukacja"

ictm2015@edukacja.wroc.pl