2011 - The First International Workshop on Project Management and Project Performance Evaluation Motivation

The First International Workshop on Project Management and Project Performance Evaluation
Motivation

With the Three Gorges Dam, metros, high-speed trains, Shenzhou Space Shuttle v coming into our views, we witnessed a rapid development in the field of project management in these years in China. When we are proud of our great achievements we’ve made, we have to face the reality that we still find no efficient ways to improve the project performance so as to satisfy the urgent need of “low carbon” or “sustainable development”. The situation calls on us to find a new path to increase the project performance, and the worldwide financial crisis at present highlighted the demand once again. In the view of management rules and laws, evaluation is the sure method to improve every kind of management; accordingly, we hold the point that evaluating the project management performance will the answer to the problem of improving the project management efficiency.

Topics

As one part of the Fourth International Conference on Business Intelligence and Financial Engineering (BIFE 2011), The First International Workshop on Project Management and Project Performance Evaluation will create a platform for communication. The aim of this special session is to present the recent practice, studies and explorations in this field. Theoretical and practical contributions can both be submitted. Contributions with an applicative aspect are particularly encouraged.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

The Basic Theories of Project Evaluation

The New Advances in Project Management Researches

Public Project Management

Public Project Performance Measurement

Financial Project Management Low Carbon Project Management

Data Mining in Project Management

Knowledge Discovering in Project Management

Important Dates

Full papers submission:May 30, 2011

Notification of acceptance of papers: June 15, 2011

Author Registration Deadline: July 15, 2011

Conference Date: October 17, 2011- October 20, 2011

All the submitted papers should be in English, using the IEEE two-column template, include all tables, figures and references (Seehttp://www.gip.hk/cso2011/submission.htm). All papers must be submitted electronically in WORD or PDF format and be mailed to address: guoxingzh-AT-lzu.edu.cn with the subject of “PM-PPE 2011 Submission”.

Publications

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. All accepted workshop papers will be included in the proceedings of Conference Publishing Services (CPS) if they have paid for registration fee, which will be submitted to EI Compendex. Furthermore, the workshop organizers can recommend the extended versions of some selected high-quality workshop papers to some international journals.

Workshop Co-Chairs

Guoxing Zhang, School of Management, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China. Email: guoxingzh-AT-lzu.edu.cn

Jian Chai, International Business School, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, 710062, China. Email: chaijian-AT-stu.xjtu.edu.cn

Huping Shang, School of Management, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China. Email: zhouyafu8210-AT-sina.com