Publishing Management Research Relevant to
Management Practitioners.
POOMS is an Open Access publisher of management research on a mission to make management science relevant to management practitioners by pioneering a novel, practice-oriented publication model that disrupts the status-quo.
About Us
The Practitioner-Oriented Open Management Science (POOMS) is a publisher of scholarly management research that is relevant and impactful to management practitioners. We deploy a novel patent-pending publishing model and process that integrates practitioner- relevance requirements and standards across all stages of the publishing process to ensure that the management research we publish is the most relevant and impactful to management practitioners.
Our Purpose
To change the world one relevant management research at a time.
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At POOMS we believe that businesses are the engine that drives a better world, and a compelling force for good in the world. We also believe that scholarly management research insights are at the core of successful business processes and outcomes. Therefore, we exist to publish management research that is the most relevant to management practitioners, thereby amplifying opportunities for businesses to change the world.
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Our Vision
To lead and accelerate the advent of a future where practitioner relevance and practitioner impact is the predominant driver of management science.
To be the leading global publishing brand for people who care about helping managers and businesses obtain the most relevant scientific insights they need to succeed.
Our Mission
To publish management research that is the most relevant and most impactful to management practitioners while simultaneously fostering collaboration between management scholars and management practitioners; bridging and connecting the research siloes that exist separately in management academia and management practice; and leading a movement of community activists to usher in our vision of a future where practitioner-relevance and practitioner-impact is the predominant driver of management science.
Our Goals
Shatter Scientific Barriers
To advance management science by shattering research silos.
Deepen Relevance
To deepen the prioritization of practitioner-relevance in management research publishing.
Deepen Impact
To pioneer, entrench and deepen practitioner-usage impact as the pre-eminent end of management research.
Deepen Rigor
To maximize scientific rigor through full, end-to-end editorial transparency and our ‘publish everything’ policy..
Our Commitment to Relevance
By championing practitioner relevance, we aim to create a future where management research is not just informative, but truly transformative. Our dedication to relevance extends beyond publishing. We actively advocate for a new standard in management research: relevance alongside rigor. This ensures that the research you encounter on our platform is not just theoretically sound, but also directly applicable to the challenges you face every day. By empowering managers with actionable insights, we aim to drive positive change across organizations translating into stronger businesses, a more innovative global economy, and ultimately, a more prosperous global community.
Our Commitment to Open Science
Our commitment to Open Science is reflected in our equal commitment to scientific rigor and in our vision of a future where all scientific research and their components are truly open. In line with this commitment, we became signatory to the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI). The BOAI was established in 2001 by major stakeholders in the global publishing industry in a meeting hosted by the Open Society Foundation with a commitment to accelerate progress in the international effort to make research in all academic fields freely available on the internet.
Our Commitment to the UN SDGs
As part of our commitment to sustainability, we became signatory to, and were officially granted membership of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Publishers Compact. The compact which was launched on the 14th of October, 2020, commits publishers and publishing associations to accelerate progress to achieve the SDGs by 2030 through the publication of books and journals that will help inform, develop and inspire action in that direction.
As a signatory and member of the UN SDGs Publishers Compact, we commit to the development of sustainable practices and to act as champions of the SDGs in general. Most importantly, we commit to all of the 10 point agenda of the compact especially in actively promoting and acquiring content on themes represented by the SDGs.