Editorial Introduction

            This issue of the Independent Journal of Management & production (IJM&P) features a selection of articles submitted and revised until July 2016. Observe the works are the fruit of research and publications of undergraduate, postgraduate and entrepreneurs.

            It is important to mention that all the works are showed without any kind of payment. All of them are published free from payments or taxes.

            The publication also counts on the work of researchers from various parts of the world, which have undergone a process of peer review.

            As chief editor of IJM&P, I am indebted to all members of the editorial board and reviewers, which contributed to achieve a very decent job during the evaluation and revision. Moreover, that they have contributed to the Journal in recognition of the international scientific community.

            In addition, with all the authors, who trusted the results of their research and publications to the scrutiny of editors and reviewers who are part of our Journal.

            Since 2015 we are promoting the dissemination of articles published on LinkedIn Pulse, through Chief Editor account of Professor Dr. Paulo Cesar Chagas Rodrigues.

In April 2016, our journal has been indexed by RedALyC and now our goal is to increase the visibility and seek indexing in Scopus and Web of Science.

The first table presents how our collaborators, by their categories of study and sex are.

Table 1: Distribution of users by degree

 

Dr.

Ph.D.

MSc.

Dr./Ph.D. Student

MSc. Student

Specia-

list

Profes-sors

Stu-dents

Others

Total

Male

840

216

198

47

28

24

26

91

1,469

Female

296

101

109

14

8

3

21

25

577

            From the data provided in Table 1 on the distribution users by titration, Figure 1 shows the percentage of each titration.

Figure 1: Distribution chart for degree

            In the period from January, 01 to August, 31 2016, the journal was accessed by approximately 11,065 users, of approximately 2,238 cities and 155 countries, in the Figure 2 is presented the map mundi, in which can be observed the countries of where was originating the access (GOOGLE, 2015).

Figure 2: Countries that have accessed the journal

            The Table 2 shows the preview data and journal access, since its creation in 2010.

Table 2: views by volume/number

Year

Country

Cities

Access

Users

Viewers

2010

25

75

340

181

5,474

2011

75

343

1,510

1,024

12,942

2012

83

444

2,187

1,406

15,499

2013

118

1,208

11,946

6,006

71,264

2014

146

1,978

17,440

10,503

68,340

2015

147

2,307

23,017

14,460

96,735

2016

155

2,238

16,361

11,065

74,484

            In Figures 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 is shown a graph of the amount of hits that the journal received between January 1 2014 and May 31 2016; these data are based on information provided by the Google analytics.

Figure 3: amount of hits between 2014 and 2016

            The Figure 4 shows the comparison of the number of cities, around the world, that have accessed the journal.

Figure 4: Amount of cities between 2014 and 2016

            The Figure 5 shows the averages of views on the journal in the period between the years of 2014 and 2016.

Figure 5: Amount of average between 2014 and 2016

            The Figure 6 shows the comparison of the number of countries, around the world, that have accessed the journal.

Figure 6: Amount of countries between 2014 and 2016

            The Figure 7 shows the comparison of the number of users, around the world, that have accessed the journal.

Figure 7: Amount of users between 2014 and 2016

            The Figure 8 shows the comparison of the number of viewers, around the world, that have accessed the journal.

Figure 8: Amount of Viewers between 2013 and 2016

            Figure 9 shows the evolutionary chart of resolutions address the articles registered in Crossref since 2014, which is based on monthly report. This graph can be seen the evolution of the journal has achieved.

Figure 9: Resolution Report for prefix 10.14807 from between 2014 and 2016

            We appreciate the intense participation of all colleagues, which has made our journal become a place of wide dissemination of knowledge.

            The following content will be presented with the titles, authors and the pages of all of the articles published in this edition issue.

EDITORIAL: VOLUME 7, NUMBER 3 (I-VIII)

Paulo Cesar Chagas Rodrigues, Carlos Antonio Pizarro Louzada

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v7i3.366

 

DELIVERY AND PICK-UP PROBLEM TRANSPORTATION - MILK RUN AND CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS (746-770)

Delmo Alves de Moura, Rui Carlos Botter

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v7i3.434

 

THE IMPACT OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT ON EXPORT PERFORMANCE: CASE OF EUROPEAN TRANSITION ECONOMIES (771-785)

Branislav Mitic, Mladen Ivić

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v7i3.440

 

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS: MANAGEMENT MODEL APPROACH (786-806)

John N. N. Ugoani

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v7i3.427

 

CULTURAL DIMENSIONS IN GLOBAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR NIGERIA (807-832)

John N. N. Ugoani

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v7i3.429

 

OPTIMIZATION OF TIMES AND COSTS OF PROJECT OF HORIZONTAL LAMINATOR PRODUCTION USING PERT/CPM TECHNICAL (833-853)

Fernando Henrique Lermen, Márcia de Fátima Morais, Camila Matos, Rodrigo Röder, Celise Röder

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v7i3.423

 

IMPACT OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC HOME ENVIRONMENT ON STUDENT LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT (854-871)

Jolita Dudaitė

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v7i3.439

 

SOCIAL QUALITY AND QUALITY OF WORK LIFE OUTLINE THE EMPLOYEES’ QUALITY OF LIFE IN INDIAN PUBLIC SECTOR: AN INVESTIGATION (872-889)

Rinku Sanjeev, Urvashi Makkar, Sanjeev Kumar Singh

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v7i3.433

 

AN ANALYSIS OF ACCIDENT TRENDS AND MODELING OF SAFETY INDICES IN AN INDIAN CONSTRUCTION ORGANIZATION (890-902)

Sunku Venkata Siva Rajaprasad, P. Venkata Chalapathi

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v7i3.432

 

AN APPLICATION OF FULL COST ASSESSMENT IN THE ENERGY SECTOR (903-913)

Denise Helena Lombardo Ferreira, Carolina Baron, Luciano Hideaki Fujita

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v7i3.438

 

THE ADOPTION STAGES OF MOBILE NAVIGATION TECHNOLOGY WAZE APP AS JAKARTA TRAFFIC JAM SOLUTION (914-925)

Noni Noerkaisar, Budi Suharjo, Lilik Noor Yuliati

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v7i3.447

 

COMPUTER GAMES AND THEIR IMPACT ON CREATIVITY OF PRIMARY LEVEL STUDENTS IN TEHRAN (926-936)

Tahereh Mokhtari, Reza MohammadKazemi, Kambiz Kamkari

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v7i3.462

 

LEAN PRODUCTION ASSESSMENT IN A SUGARCANE AGRIBUSINESS: A CASE STUDY IN BRAZIL (937-952)

Eduardo Guilherme Satolo, Laiz Eritiemi de Moura Hiraga, Gustavo Antiqueira Goes, Wagner Luiz Lourenzani

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v7i3.471

 

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AS CATALYZER OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF COOPERATION NETWORKS IN CLUSTERS (953-974)

Eduardo Dias Leite, F. Xavier Molina-Morales, Edgar Reyes Júnior

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v7i3.472

 

THERMAL PAINT PRODUCTION: THE TECHNO-ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF MUSCOVITE AS INSULATING ADDITIVE (975-988)

Gabriela Fernandes Ribas, Marcelo Telascrêa, Arthur Issa Mangili, Ricardo Ramos Rocha, Beatriz Antoniassi Tavares, Marcia R. M. Chaves

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v7i3.452

 

APPLIED KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN SMALL DESIGN FIRMS: CASE STUDY (989-1004)

Christian Donin, Eduardo Rizzatti, Karin Teresinha Geiger, Tatiane Sartori

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v7i3.444

 

September 1, 2016

Prof. Dr. Paulo Cesar Chagas Rodrigues

Chief Editor

 

Prof. MSc. Carlos Antonio Pizarro Louzada

Section Editor