 International Journal of Quality and Innovation (IJQI)
ISSN (Online): 1756-6983 - ISSN (Print): 1756-6975
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Both 'quality' and 'innovation' play vital roles for businesses to remain competitive in the marketplace. Broadly speaking, quality aims for high and sustainable performance in existing business areas, while innovation aims for a breakthrough in business areas. Both concepts are in some ways mutually dependent – an organisation has to be innovative in solving problems to achieve quality and has to have the quality backing to deliver a sustainable innovation. Both concepts are also in some ways mutually paradoxical – quality appears to require conformance to a standard whereas innovation suggests a deviation. Yet, it is in the twin pursuit of quality and innovation that a business continues to keep ahead of its competitors.
IJQI serves as a platform to encourage the creation of knowledge and the exchange of information on the issues of quality and innovation that businesses face. In particular, while we are interested in issues of quality and issues of innovation, and how each may be achieved, we are especially interested in how quality and innovation may be integrated into a coherent and powerful strategic package, and the dilemmas and tensions faced in pursuing quality and innovation concurrently.
Of course, the issues of quality and innovation involve complex and intricate challenges for leadership and management, such as organisational change, culture, processes and technologies. Moreover, the challenges faced may differ from industry to industry and from country to country. Therefore, the challenges will have to take into account the specific nature of the industry in question, the professional and customer profile, the historical background of the country or region, local habits and practices, ethics and even religious beliefs.
IJQI therefore serves as an international and multi-industry platform to bring together academics, researchers and practitioners from different backgrounds to share new theories, research findings and case studies, enhancing understanding and collaboration.
 Objectives
IJQI aims to promote understanding and dialogue across cultures and industries on the issues of quality and innovation by serving as a platform where new theories, research findings and case studies can be published and shared internationally. Readership
IJQI is a vehicle which provides the latest findings and developments to industry leaders, corporate managers, engineers, scientists, consultants, academics and researchers involved in the field of quality and innovation. IJQI is a forum through which members of different professional communities (manufacturing or services sectors; public or private sectors; profit or non-profit sectors) can disseminate theories, strategies and practices involved in quality and innovation, thus learning from one other’s expertise and experience. Contents
IJQI publishes original papers in theoretical development and empirical research, case studies, discussion papers dealing with the frontiers of quality and innovation, conference reports, book reviews, commentaries and news. Special issues devoted to important themes in the area of quality and innovation will also be published from time to time. IJQI welcomes contributions from academics, researchers, industry leaders and practitioners across the globe and from any industry. Subject Coverage
Subjects covered include, but are not limited to:
- The strategies and integration of quality and innovation
- The dilemmas and tensions of quality and innovation
- Leadership and management issues in achieving quality and innovation
- Socio-cultural issues in quality and innovation
- Training and education issues in quality and innovation
- Change management in achieving quality and innovation
- Risk and cost of quality and innovation
- Technologies, techniques and tools for quality and innovation
- Performance indicators for quality and innovation
- Quality assurance systems and innovation frameworks
- Innovative solutions for quality challenges
- Quality platform for innovation and breakthrough
- The relationship between quality and innovation and other disciplines such as knowledge management, total quality management and organisational learning
- National policies for quality and innovation
- Quality and innovation through industry-university collaboration
Specific Notes for Authors
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may
only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has
been completely re-written).
All papers are refereed through a double blind process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Submission of
Papers web-page.
You may send one copy in the form of an MS Word file attached to an e-mail (details of file formats in Author
Guidelines) to Prof. Dr. Niaz Ahmad
Please include in your submission the title of the Journal
Editors and Members of the Editorial Board
Editor in Chief Prof. Dr. Niaz Ahmad
Rector
National Textile University
Sheikhupura Road
Faisalabad 37610
PAKISTAN
rector@ntu.edu.pk
Associate Editor and Editorial Advisor Dr. Pak Tee Ng
Policy and Leadership Studies Academic Group
Nanyang Technological University
National Institute of Education
1, Nanyang Walk
Singapore 637616
SINGAPORE Editorial Co-ordinator Ms. Tayyiba Rashid
Lecturer
University of the Punjab
Institute of Quality & Technology Management
Lahore
PAKISTAN Editorial Board Members Dr. Muhammad T. AfzalMu
Associate Professor & HEC Foreign Professor
University of New Brunswick
Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Management
P.O. Box 44555
Frederiction, NB E3B 6C2
CANADA Prof. Dr. Farid Nasir AniFa
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Johor Bharu
MALAYSIA Prof. Dr. Muhammad Arif ButtMu
Ex-Vice Chancellor; Dean
University of the Punjab, Lahore
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Quaid-e-Azam Campus
Lahore
PAKISTAN Prof. Sujit BanerjiSu
Professor of Operations Management; Executive Director, Postgraduate Programs
University of Warwick
Wawick Manufacturing Group
Coventry CV7 4AL
UK Dr. Siamak BoudaghpourSi
K.N. Toosi Technical University
Environmental Engineering Division
Civil Engineering Department
Tehran
IRAN Prof. Dr. Sajjad Ahmed ChaudhrySa
Foreign Faculty Professor, HEC; President & Chief Executive Officer
Business & Quality Services of America
4035, Bratton Street
Sugar Land, TX 77479
USA Dr. Fred M. HaywardFr
Consultant
World Bank on Quality Assurance and Accreditation
3628 Van Ness St. NW
Washington, DC 20008
USA Dr. Chung Hwa HsuCh
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences
Kaohsiung
TAIWAN Prof. Dr. Iftekhar KarimiIf
National University of Singapore
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
4 Engineering Drive 4
Singapore 117576
SINGAPORE Prof. Dr. Basheer KhumawalaBa
University of Texas at Houston
334 Melcher Hall
Houston, TX 77204-6021
USA Prof. Thow Yick LiangTh
Associate Professor of Management
Singapore Management University
Lee Kong Chian School of Business
50 Stamford Road
Singapore 178899
SINGAPORE Dr. M.A.K. LodhiM.
Texas Tech University
Department of Physics
Lubbock TX 79416
USA Dr. Sarfraz A. MianSa
Professor of Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship
State University of New York at Oswego
School of Business
310 Rich Hall
Oswego, NY 13126-3599
USA Prof. Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan RajputAb
Vice Chancellor and Professor of Computer Systems and Software Engineering
Mehran University of Engineering & Technology
Jamshoro 76062, Sindh
PAKISTAN Prof. Dr. Abdul RaoufAb
Distinguished National Professor; Higher Education Commission – Pakistan; University Professor and Advisor
University of Management and Technology
C-2 Johar Town
Lahore-54600
PAKISTAN Dr. Kala S. RetnaKa
Lecturer in Management; Course Coordinator, Organisational Behaviour
Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria Management School
Rutherford House, Room RH 909, 23 Lambton Quay
Pipitea Campus, PO Box 600
Wellington 6140
NEW ZEALAND Prof. Dr. Dominique RichonDo
Research Director and Head of Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria Research (CEP/TEP)
École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris-ParisTech
Centre Énergétique et Procédés (CEP)
35, rue Saint-Honoré
F - 770305 Fontainebleau Cedex
FRANCE Dr. Leigh SparksLe
Professor of Retail Studies
University of Stirling
Stirling FK9 4LA
UK Dr. G. SrikanthanG.
RMIT University
Centre for Management Quality Research
Research Development Unit, Business
GPO 2476V
Melbourne, Victoria 3001
AUSTRALIA Prof. Sivalinga Prasad VasireddySi
Director
National Assessment & Accreditation Council (NAAC)
#2/4, "Aragini Bhavana" Dr. Rajkumar Road
P.O. Box No. 107
Nagarbhavi, Bangalore 560072
INDIA Prof. Arif A. WaqifAr
Director
University of Hyderabad Campus
Academic Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia
Hyderabad 500 046
INDIA Prof. Dr. Muhammad ZafarullahMu
Vice Chancellor and Professor of Business Administration
Bahauddin Zakariya University
Multan
PAKISTAN Dr. Zuraidah Mohd ZainZu
Associate Professor, School of Manufacturing Engineering; Dean,
University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
Centre for International Affairs
Pusat Hal Ehwal Antarabangsa Tingkat
1, Taman Kechor Indah Jalan Abi Tok Hashim
01000 Kangar Perlis
MALAYSIA Mr. Anders ÖrtenbladAn
Halmstad University
School of Business and Engineering
P.O. Box 823,
301 18 Halmstad
SWEDEN
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