Notes For Contributors - Style Sheet

O&P is the quarterly journal of AMED. Its target audiences include managers with responsibility for the development of organisations and individuals-such as strategists and line managers-as well as in-house and consultant organisation and management developers. It aims to form an effective link between the world of academic advance and the practitioner whose business results may be influenced significantly by the success or otherwise of development initiatives. We aim for concise presentation and simple language combined with depth of thought as a hallmark of the journal.

O&P welcomes articles following these guidelines:

1. Articles should have a practical bias, accessible to those at all stages of their business career, and be highly readable. Any subject within the broad field of developing organisations and individuals is acceptable such as: case studies of practical problems when enabling managers to take on the task of being coaches to their staff, strategy implementation, change management, cultural diversity and other topical areas relevant to development.
   
   
2. Articles should normally be between 1,500 and 3,500 words in length. Shorter submissions will be considered for inclusion in the Soapbox section. Longer articles may be accepted at the discretion of the editors but this will not normally be given. Articles may be submitted either by e-mail in either in Microsoft Word 6.0 or RTF to the editors (Richard Seel or Terry Gibson) or to the AMED office on IBM-compatible 3.5" floppy disks.
   
   
3. All material sent in - whether longer articles or shorter pieces - should be of a quality and standard for a professional journal such as O&P. It should be well thought out and constructed, easily readable, cohesive and grammatical. Consistent headings and sub-headings should be clearly indicated in the text.
   
   
4. Spelling should be anglicised, with -ise endings and English spelling of words such as honour, colour and so on.
   
   
5. Double quotation marks should be used for short direct quotations. Longer quotations should be set as a separate paragraph. All published quotations must be referenced with author, year of publication and page number: e.g. (Connors 1972:32).
   
   
6. Any other 'marked' words should be indicated by use of single quotation marks.
   
   
7. Bulleted lists should have a full stop at the end of each item.
   
   
8. References in the text should be made quoting the author's surname, followed by the year of publication in brackets. A list of references should be given at the end of the article. Books should be referenced as follows: Gumble, Barney (1998). Alcohol and Deviancy: An Insider Perspective, Springfield: Biggum Books. The format for articles is: Simpson, H. & Bouvier, M. (1995). "Relationships Between Television Consumption and Family Solidarity", Journal of Blue Collar Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, pp: 35-42.. If the article is from an edited collection it should be cited as: Simpson, Lisa (1997). "The Effects of Sibling Rivalry on Intellectual Development" in Ned Flanders (ed) Aspiration and Reality in Small Town America, Springfield: Sideshow Press, pp. 146-189.
   
   
9. Contributors are strongly encouraged to use visual material to support their arguments. Articles should be accompanied by relevant photographs, tables, diagrams or illustrations, each as a separate document and clearly labelled. The position of each drawing or photo in the main text should be indicated and they should be numbered. All illustrations must be of a high enough quality to permit immediate reproduction. Photographs should be black and white glossy prints, unmarked and uncreased with good contrast. Electronic versions of illustrations may be sent as PowerPoint, Excel or TIFF files. Avoid JPEG.
   
   
10. Each submission should be accompanied by a short biographical note for each author, together with a photograph of each.
    
    
11. Books, videos or materials for review should be sent to the Review Editor care of the AMED Office.
    
    
12. Contributors must obtain any necessary permissions and pay any fees for the use of other materials already subject to copyright. Contributors therefore undertake that their material is not in violation of any copyright and undertake to indemnify AMED for any loss occasioned in the consequence of any breach of this undertaking.
    
    
13. A limited number of copies of the journal will be provided to contributors of feature articles.

O&P is the journal of the Association for Management Education and Development (AMED).