For 110 years the Society for Advancement of Management has been a thought leader through historic moments in time. Today, we are proud to commemorate our organization’s tremendous contributions to the science of management, the generations of members that advanced its mission, and the thousands of members through the years who have dedicated their careers to make better organizations through the application, study, and research of management.
Today, SAM delivers on its mission by representing a diverse group of management practitioners, educators, and students with a unified voice to organizations and other stakeholders across the country by working to educate and train managers to lead the charge in creating better systems of leadership while driving the future of the global management landscape.
As the oldest professional management society in the world, SAM is comprised of Professional members who work for fortune 500 corporations, top tier ACBSP and AACSB program faculty and administrators, the next generation of leaders who are students in those management and business programs, and retired members of the management community who have collectively seen hundreds of year’s worth of management change take place.
While we celebrate our SAM legacy, we also must acknowledge that history is complicated. We recognize the global challenges for business leaders and the roadblocks that have been in place for women, minorities, and other groups who have suffered from the inequities of the historic management philosophies that created a need for systemic change. Today, we work to address and rectify the past wrongs. In partnership with institutions of higher learning, organizations with deep ties to their communities and our organization, we look forward knowing that to create the next era of leadership in management we as a society will create room for growth and development for everyone.
Join us as we work towards a brighter future by becoming a member or joining us at our 78th Annual Conference. We look forward to continuing for another 110 Years and want you to be a voice in the chorus of the next era in advancing management.