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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><i><span style="COLOR:blue;FONT-SIZE:14pt" lang="EN-US">Knowledge Management & E-Learning (KM&EL)</span></i></b><b><i><span style="COLOR:blue;FONT-SIZE:14pt" lang="EN-US"></span></i></b></font></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span style="COLOR:blue;FONT-SIZE:14pt" lang="EN-US">Practical Applications of KM Systems for Organizational Learning</span></b><b style><span style="COLOR:blue" lang="EN-US"></span></b></font></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b style><i style><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt" lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman">Guest Editors</font></span></i></b></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><i style><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt" lang="EN-US">Prof. Murali Raman</span></i><i style><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt" lang="EN-US"></span></i></font></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN-US">Email</span><span style lang="EN-US">: <a href="mailto:magwang@hku.hk"><font color="#0000ff">murali.raman@mmu.edu.my</font></a></span></font></font></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><i style><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt" lang="EN-US">Ms. Magiswary Dorasamy</span></i><i style><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt" lang="EN-US"></span></i></font></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US">Email:</span><span style lang="EN-US"> <a href="mailto:magwang@hku.hk"><font color="#0000ff">magiswary.dorasamy@mmu.edu.my</font></a></span></font></font></p>
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<p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY:inter-ideograph;TEXT-ALIGN:justify;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US">Modern day organizations are subject to continuous change. To remain relevant and competitive, it is imperative that organizations cultivate and foster learning capabilities. It has been widely accepted that learning is a subcomponent of knowledge management activities in an organizational context. Numerous studies have been done to examine the relationship between knowledge management (KM) and organizational learning (OL). Yet, limited research has been published to demonstrate how practical design and implementation of a KM system (or an instantiation of it) can impact/influence learning capabilities within organizations. KM in general is defined as a systematic way of creating, storing, sharing and disseminating knowledge to aid various forms of decision making within organizations. A KM system meanwhile is often related to the application of Information Technology to support KM efforts in an organizational context. OL is a sub-domain of organizational theory that examines issues pertaining to the importance of learning and keeping abreast with changes within the organizational landscape. There is significant role and scope for well designed and implemented KM systems to support learning efforts</span><span style="COLOR:black" lang="EN-MY">. </span></font></font></p>
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<p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY:inter-ideograph;TEXT-ALIGN:justify;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US">Given this backdrop, we would like to call for papers that examine anyone or more</span><span style lang="EN-US"> of</span><span lang="EN-US"> (albeit not restricted to) the following topics, in this special issue:</span></font></font></p>
<p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY:inter-ideograph;TEXT-ALIGN:justify;MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt 48pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Symbol" lang="EN-US"><span style><font size="3">·</font><span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">KM Systems and its role in organizational learning</font></font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><u><span style="FONT-VARIANT:small-caps;COLOR:blue" lang="EN-US">Important Dates</span></u></b><u><span style="FONT-VARIANT:small-caps;COLOR:blue" lang="EN-US"> <b style><span style> </span></b></span></u></font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN-US">Submission due: </span><span style lang="EN-US">15</span><sup><span lang="EN-US">th</span></sup><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span style lang="EN-US">Sep </span><span lang="EN-US">201</span><span style lang="EN-US">3</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span style lang="EN-US"></span></font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN-US">Notification of acceptance: </span><span style lang="EN-US">15</span><sup><span lang="EN-US">th</span></sup><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span style lang="EN-US">Nov </span><span lang="EN-US">201</span><span style lang="EN-US">3</span></font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Times New Roman','serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt" lang="EN-US">Publication schedule: </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Times New Roman','serif';FONT-SIZE:12pt" lang="EN-US">Dec 2013</span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><u><span style="FONT-VARIANT:small-caps;COLOR:blue" lang="EN-US">Submission Instructions</span></u></b><u><span style="FONT-VARIANT:small-caps;COLOR:blue" lang="EN-US"> </span></u></font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN-US">Electron</span><span style lang="EN-US">ic </span><span lang="EN-US">submission by email to Guest Editor</span><span style lang="EN-US">s</span><span lang="EN-US"> is required</span><span style lang="EN-US"> (<a href="mailto:murali.raman@mmu.edu.my"><font color="#0000ff">murali.raman@mmu.edu.my</font></a> or <a href="mailto:magwang@hku.hk"><font color="#0000ff">magiswary.dorasamy@mmu.edu.my</font></a> )</span><span lang="EN-US">.</span><span style lang="EN-US"></span></font></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Papers must not have been published, accepted for publication, or presently be under consideration for publication elsewhere. A standard double-blind review process will be used for selecting papers to be published in this special issue. Authors should follow the instructions outlined in the KM&EL Website (see URL</font><a href="http://www.kmel-journal.org/ojs/index.php/online-publication/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Times New Roman">http://www.kmel-journal.org/ojs/index.php/online-publication/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions</font></a><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">)</font></span></p>
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