Authors Guidelines

Positioning and challenges

Through developments in information and communication technologies (ICT), the social and economic behavior of people, businesses and organizations is undergoing profound changes in all sectors of industry, commerce, services merchants and non-merchants. In the light of the socio-technical potentials, the classic management, decision-making and organizational schemes are then brought to be completely rethought. Helping to understand the relationships between information technologies and organizational management practices constitutes a contribution by the academic community to debates on the issues, methods and tools of the information society. In this context and this perspective Information Systems and Management (SIM) intends to be the benchmark journal of the Francophonie concerning information systems for business management.

 Editorial objectives

By virtue of its existence and operation, the journal aims to:
· Highlight the work of researchers and practitioners and thus participate in the promotion of scientific knowledge in the chosen field;
· Share with the professional world the interest and the possibilities of applying academic research.

 Scientific objectives

SIM pursues three scientific objectives:
· Evaluate the performance and characterize the information systems both in their genesis and in terms of use;
· Describe and analyze the information interpretation processes deployed by the actors in their monitoring, communication, creation and enrichment of knowledge activities;
· Describe and analyze the way in which the actors appropriate information technologies and how these, in turn, modify the mechanisms of coordination between the actors and the socio-cultural norms.
From this scientific perspective, the SIM journal is particularly concerned by:
· The strategic nature of systems and information;
· Knowledge building and management;
· The cost, financing and profitability of technologies;
· The evolution of the information systems function;
· The evolution of work and business processes;
· Organizational transformation;
· Control, power and ethics.  Scientific character

Any original work improving knowledge of information systems can find its place there as soon as it relates to an issue of interest to management sciences. Contributions by authors based on theoretical corpus from many fundamental disciplines are welcome (philosophy, psychology, sociology, economics, anthropology, history, law, linguistics and cognitive sciences, computer science, mathematics). Theoretical research, the field of which is clearly put into perspective, naturally find its place there, as well as empirical research making it possible to revise certain concepts or theories. A journal with a strong scientific character, SIM publishes works respecting the principles of rigor in use at the international level. This scientific character does not exclude the diversity of methodological approaches: quantitative, qualitative, conceptual, research-action, clinical and experimental, simulations based on hypotheses taking into account concrete and relevant problems.

Consequently, priority will be given to articles:

1) making a significant contribution to knowledge in the chosen field

2) readable by teacher-researchers and experienced practitioners.

In the “Research articles” section, the articles must be built on solid methodological bases (review of the literature, justification and description of the method, etc.). The "Cases, experiences and teaching" section aims to publish teaching cases, feedback and testimonials from companies illustrating the design, use of tools and management of the information systems function; in this case, the emphasis is mainly on the relevance and originality of the contributions without special requirements for references to previous work.

Editing practices

Articles are published mainly in French and occasionally in English.
The articles submitted are original. They have not been accepted for publication in another journal or book and are not being evaluated in another peer-reviewed journal.
The articles submitted are reviewed anonymously by two readers specializing in the field (see instructions for authors at the end of the issue).