1998 INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR PAPERS

                           Healthcare Management Division
                                      of the
                      INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANAGEMENT


Dear Colleague:

We are delighted to announce the 1998 International Call for Papers
for the new Health Care Management Division of the International
Association of Management.

The 1998 conference will be held on August 5-8 in Chicago, Illinois,
and will feature 12 new Tracks dedicated to research in Health Care
Management. Last years conference attracted more than 300 outstanding
papers and presentations.

Our health care Tracks have grown exponentially, and we encourage
you to participate in this years exciting conference. Please also kindly
forward, post and/or distribute copies of this announcement to your
colleagues. Thanks!

If you have any questions, please contact Dana Forgione at
1-410-837-5253, Fax 1-410-837-5722, or Email
[log in to unmask] We look forward to receiving your paper or
proposal, and to meeting you in Chicago this summer!

Best regards,


Dana A. Forgione, Ph.D., CPA, CMA, CFE
Editor, Research in Healthcare Financial Management (RHFM)

Sharon Buchbinder, Ph.D., RN
Co-chair, Health Care Management Division



                          1998 INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR PAPERS

                             Healthcare Management Division
                                       of the
                        INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANAGEMENT

                          16th Annual International Conference
                                   Chicago, Illinois
                                    August 5-8, 1998

  * symposia   * panels   * workshops   * case studies   * proposals

This year we have the special opportunity to offer a new Division and
12 separate Tracks dedicated to research in Health Care Management at
the International Association of Management Annual Conference. We will
be offering numerous workshops and technical sessions in this timely
and exciting area.

As the Division Co-chairs we encourage you to participate in the
Association's 1998 conference. Last year's conference will result in
publication of the fourth issue of Research in Healthcare Financial
Management again as a special series issue of the International
Association of Management Journal. We have assembled a prestigious,
international Board of Editorial Advisors, and plan to publish the fifth
issue in 1998.

The Health Care Management Division has a broad scope and welcomes
papers discussing practical applications and teaching innovations, as
well as those pertaining to theoretical and empirical research. Papers
on research in progress may also be accepted for presentation at the
technical session.

Topic areas include all issues relevant to the management of
healthcare organizations or public healthcare financing policy and
reform-including accounting, economics, finance, management,
marketing, and public health administration.

All submissions are subject to an international blind review process,
including the most distinguished Health Care Management academicians
and practitioners from across North America and their counterparts in
the UK, Europe and Asia. Outstanding papers will be published in the
refereed, special series journal issue, Research in Healthcare Financial
Management. Other accepted papers or abstracts will also be published
in the International Association of Management 1998 Conference
Proceedings.

We also encourage you to accept leadership roles for the 1998
conference as either a Discussant or Reviewer. Performance of these
roles is vital to the success of the conference, and additional
recognition will be given to those who serve in leadership roles.

The 1998 conference will be held on August 5-8 in Chicago, Illinois,
with our Health Care Management Division technical sessions (HCM 1-12)
being held early in the conference.

FOUR COPIES of all draft submissions, along with a DISK COPY (in
Microsoft Word or ASCII Text), should be mailed or (preferably) sent as
email attachments by March 15, 1998 to:

             DANA A. FORGIONE, HCM Division Chair
                  Merrick School of Business
                   University of Baltimore
                  1420 North Charles Street
               Baltimore, MD  21201-5779  USA

                    Phone:  1-410-837-5253
                    Fax:    1-410-837-5722
              Email:  [log in to unmask]
or:

            SHARON BUCHBINDER, HCM Division Co-chair
                 Department of Health Sciences
                       Towson University
                    Towson, MD   21204-7097
                     Phone: 1-410-830-4219
                 Email: [log in to unmask]

Please check our Internet Home Pages at: HTTP://WWW.AOM-IAOM.COM
for frequently updated information on the conference and the many other
Divisions and Tracks of the International Association of Management.

We look forward to receiving your paper or proposal, and to meeting you
in Chicago this summer!