Journal of Universal Excellence - JUE (Revija za univerzalno odličnost - RUO)

Description of the Journal

The Journal of Universal Excellence is an interdisciplinary journal that combines (1) organizational sciences or management and (2) universal excellence, i.e. business, organizational, and personal excellence.

ISSN 2232-5204
Publisher: Faculty of Organisation Studies in Novo mesto
Editor-in-chief: Boris Bukovec, PhD.

Editorial Board

Milan Ambrož - Fakulteta za organizacijske študije v Novem mestu, Slovenija
Janez Gabrijelčič - Združenje rastoče knjige sveta, Slovenija
Hiroko Kudo - Univerza Chuo, Japonska
Cornell W. Clayton - Državna univerza Washington, ZDA
Petr Jüptner - Karlova univerza v Pragi, Češka
Annmarie Gorenc Zoran - Fakulteta za organizacijske študije v Novem mestu, Slovenija
Luca Brusati - Univerza v Udinah, Italija
Mirko Markič - Univerza na Primorskem, Slovenija
Matjaž Mulej - Univerza v Mariboru, Slovenija
Marija Ovsenik - Univerza v Ljubljani, Slovenija
Daniel Klimovský - Komenskega univerza, Slovaška
Anca-Olga Andronic - Spiru Haret University, Romunija
Razvan-Lucian Andronic - Spiru Haret University, Romunija
Lea-Marija Colarič-Jakše - Visoka šola za upravljanje podeželja Grm Novo mesto
Nadia Molek - Fakulteta za organizacijske študije v Novem mestu, Slovenija
Matej Mertik - Alma Mater Europaea, Slovenija
Andrej Dobrovoljc - Fakulteta za organizacijske študije v Novem mestu, Slovenija
Armand Faganel - Univerza na Primorskem, Slovenija
Tomaž Kladnik - Univerza v Mariboru, Slovenija
Janez Povh - Rudolfovo - znanstveno in tehnološko središče Novo mesto

Journal Address: Faculty of Organisation Studies in Novo mesto, Ulica talcev 3, 8000 Novo mesto, Slovenia.

Published Issues

Topics and Purpose

Postmodern organisational theory recognises in Total Quality Management (TQM) a "new organisational theory" that focuses on the growth and development of the organisation as an "entity", its processes and stakeholder relationships. The embeddedness of the organisation in its wider ecosystem raises challenges for the study of the organisation that are multifaceted and interdisciplinary.

RUO focuses on exploring the internal aspects of the organisation as an entity, which, in its goal-oriented relationships between people, are identified as relevant for responding appropriately to changes in the organisation's ecosystem. We are interested in the personal, interpersonal, organisational and inter-organisational relationships of both profit, non-profit and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). In doing so, we focus on the human being as an actor and observer in these relationships or processes. We recognise the key role of the human being in managing organisational growth and development. Human personal growth and development is transformed into interpersonal growth and development, which in turn is transformed into organisational growth and development. Talking about organisations is talking about people. The journey from quality to excellence is based on unlocking people's creative potential.

The Journal covers topics on organizational studies and universal excellence. Its purpose is to research and develop the fundamental principles of excellency, in other words, the fundamental concepts of the new organizational paradigm using the EFQM model of business excellency:

A Focus on Adding Value for Customers
Achieving Balanced Results
Leading with Vision, Inspiration & Integrity
Managing by Processes.
Succeeding Together with Employee
Nurturing Creativity and Innovation.
Building Partnerships
Taking responsibility for a sustainable future

Because the journal has the ambition to encourage new ideas and thoughts, its purpose also is to research and develop the basic principles or concepts of universal excellence using the Otočec rising strategy of universal excellence and mastery:

Education, training, and lifelong learning
Releasing human's creative potential
Socially responsible sustainable activities
Focus on self-transcedence and achievements
Ethical reasoning and action

Peer Review

Before publication, all articles estimated by editor are forwarded in anonymous review process to at least two reviewers (blind peer review). The editorial board reserves the right that in the event of major inconsistencies or. substantive deviations from the editorial policy, does not forward the article for review and rejects it. Based on the received reviews, editor or editorial board publishes the article, requires revision or rejects it. Author must provide proofreading for the article.

Authorship and AI tools

The statement asserts that AI tools cannot be listed as authors of a paper, as they cannot meet the requirements for authorship, take responsibility for the submitted work, assert conflicts of interest, or manage copyright and license agreements. Authors must be transparent in disclosing if and how AI tools were used in their paper, and they are fully responsible for the content of their manuscript, including parts produced by an AI tool, and are thus liable for any breach of publication ethics.

Izzivi prihodnosti, guided by the COPE recommendations, supports this position on authorship and AI tools, while also acknowledging that its stance may evolve as AI tools and practices continue to develop. As the use of AI in writing becomes more prevalent, discussions around ethical considerations will undoubtedly continue.

Open Access Policy

The journal’s editorial policy is that all articles upon publication are freely available so that they are accessible to the public for global exchange of knowledge.

This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.

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Ethical awareness

A reviewer should be alert to potential ethical issues in the paper and should bring these to the attention of the editor, including any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which the reviewer has personal knowledge. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation.

We follow COPE’s principles of publication ethics. To promote academic integrity Challenges of the Future follows COPE’s Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. More about the Core Practices available here.

Copyright Statement

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The publication was financially supported by ARIS under the call for co-financing domestic scientific periodical publications.

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