Asian Institute of Management

The Asian Institute of Management, or simply AIM, is a center of business and management research, although AIM is better known for executive education. It was founded in 1968, and is located in Manila, Philippines. It was touted by Asiaweek as the best in the Asia-Pacific region, and other magazines as one of the top three in the region in the field of business education. It is called by its alumni affectionally as the Harvard of the East, due to its close relationship with Harvard Business School during its early years, as well as its use of Harvard teaching methods.

AIM has a local board of trustees and an international board of governors. Today, AIM executes over twenty distinct programs each year.

It received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for International Understanding in 1995, for training Asians in management of business and development. WIth its commitment to the quality and the environment, AIM also became the world's first graduate school of management to receive the ISO 14001 standard in 2000. In 2004 it was one of only two Asian schools to be accredited by the AACSB and EFMD ^*.

Schools

Business

The Washington SyCip Graduate School of Business is known for its two-year MBA program and its EMBA program. Instruction is based, but not limited to, the case method originally developed at Harvard Business School. The school began by applying American and European management principles to problems in Asia. Over the decades, the school built up a bank of its own Asian cases, and added such in instructing its students. The school's authentically Asian solutions to the region's management problems became a unique strength in its business education.

The school also offers a one year, Master in Management program, which was inaugurated in 1974 and a one year Master in Development Management ^*..

Development

Since 1985, the AIM Center for Development Management has been involved in the education of rural managers and general development managers. This endeavor is part of AIM's goal of including educational options for managers of "the disadvantaged, the underprivileged, and the poor." The center teaches development managers in matters that involve social and economic development of different sectors, most espcially the marginalized. There are also special programs for professionals working in government and nonprofit organizations, as well as women in business. Such programs are not restricted to its primary Manila campus.

Other

Other programs soon followed tailored especially for air transport managers, marketing managers, bank managers, and other specializations. There are also special courses for middle and senior executives.

Notable people

Faculty

Ned Roberto

Alumni

Arnold Bengco
Tony Tan Caktiong
Robert Chandran
Ramesh Gelli
Ravi Prasad
Sanjiv Rathi
Cesar (Yoyong) Santos
Subodh Saxena
Johnson Sia
Vijay K. Sheth
Ashok Soota
Keenan Pereira
Arnab Dasgupta
Hari Prasad
Aloke Panikar

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