MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES


GENERAL OUTLINES OF PAPERS


Your paper should contain the following items in the order shown below:

Title, author's affiliation and full address.

Abstract (not more than 150 words) outlining the purpose, scope and conclusions of the paper. The abstract should explain why the readers should consider these results important.

The text, suitably divided under headings and sub-headings to elucidate the text and to emphasize points.

Acknowledgements, if any.

References.

Tables: Tables (each on a separate sheet) should be numbered consecutively in Roman numerals and should be referred to in the text as Table I, Table II etc. Tables should not duplicate results in graphs.

Graphs: The minimum amount of descriptive text should be used on graphs and drawings (label curves, points etc. with single-letter symbols). Graph axes should be labeled with variable written out in full, along the length of the axes, with the unit in parenthesis.

Figures and illustrations (each on a separate sheet).

REFERENCES


Referencing should be in APA (6th style).Only those references; which are actually utilized in the text, should be included in the reference list. In the text, references should be cited with the surname of the author(s) along with the year of publication, all in brackets. References should be complete in all respects and alphabetically arranged.

DETAILED CHECKLIST :


While submitting the article please ensure that you have included the following:

The purpose and prospective readers for whom the article has been targeted, the significance of your contribution.

Appropriate context and background to your article by referring to earlier work in the area.

Practicality and usefulness of your work.

Implications of the study and Identification of future areas of work.

Proper structuring of the paper so that it reads in a clear and logical manner.

REFERENCE CITATION


Books:

Cooke, Helin S. and Tate, Karen (2005), "Project Management", Tata Mc Graw Hill.
Rothwell, William J. and Kazanas, H. C (2007), ''Planning and Managing Human Resources", JAICO Publishing House.

Edited Book:

Rai, P. (2004), ''Mergers and Acquisitions of Companies", Deep & Deep Publication Pvt. Ltd.

Articles in Edited Books:

Gupta, R. (2001), "Financial Institutions and Growth", in Problems and Prospects of Development Banking, ed. Atmanand, Delhi, International Books, pp. 410-415.

Journal Article:

Jayanti, N. (1997), ''Beyond Outsourcing: Managing IT Resources as a Value Center", Sloan Management Review, 38(3): 51-64 Kephart, J.Q. et al. (1997).

Newspapers:

Tarapore,S.S. (1998). FIs' Days are numbered. Business Standard, 28 August.