Guidelines to Authors

1. Type or Types of Papers Preferred: Research papers, review papers and case studies are preferred. Book reviews must contain name of the author (s) or editor/editors and the book reviewed, place of publication and publisher, year of publication, number of pages and price.

2. Style of Referencing: APA Style should be followed for formatting the references.

3. Author (s): Name, Designation, Affiliation with full address and Postal Index Number (PIN), Mobile Number, Landline Number, E-mail Address etc. are to be given. Details of the corresponding author if any should be given clearly.

4. Language: All the manuscripts must be prepared in English. British spellings are preferred though American spellings will also be accepted.

5. Typing: All the articles should be typed on one side of the paper (preferably A4) and double-spaced. Manuscripts should be accompanied by a CD in IBM compatible format in MS Word, and identical in every respect to the hard copy. Or a soft copy (prepared in MS Word 2003 and 2007) and a hard copy of the manuscript can be submitted by the authors. All articles must be accompanied by an abstract of 15-200 words.

6. Correspondence: Manuscripts and all editorial correspondence should be addressed to: The Editor, Management Today, Department of Management Studies, Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology, Bachupally, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, PIN-500090, INDIA.

7. Undertaking: Authors should give an undertaking that the article is original and has never been published in any form and in any journal. Model undertaking is given hereunder.

8. Abstract: Abstract should be in fully italicized text, not exceeding 250 words. The abstract must be informative and explain the background, aims, methods, results & conclusion in a single para.

9. Keywords: Abstract must be followed by list of keywords, subject to the maximum of five. These should be arranged in alphabetic order separated by commas and full stops at the end.

10. Headings: All the headings should be in a 14 point Times New Roman Font. These must be bold-faced, aligned left and fully capitalised. Leave a blank line before each heading.

11. Sub-Headings: All the sub-headings should be in a 13 point Times New Roman Font. These must be bold-faced, aligned left and fully capitalised.

12. Main Text: The main text should be in 12 point Times New Roman font, double spaced and justified.

13. Tables and Figures: These should be simple, centered, separately numbered. Sources of data should be mentioned below the table. It should be ensured that the tables/figures are referred to in the main text.

    Publication of the articles received is subject to review and approval by the experts.