About Exec-ed - Regional and national management education associations
| See also Only a small percentage of institutions offering management education are accredited by either AACSB or EQUIS. Certainly outside of North America and Western Europe there are only a handful of accredited schools. This does not mean that all non-accredited schools are to be ignored. Indeed many local business schools/management departments outside of North America and Western Europe will be able to offer greater insights, research and contacts to their local business community than accredited schools located in the USA or France say. Membership of the local (either regional or national) management education association can be a useful extra tool in assessing a school's quality. Below we list most of the relevant associations around the world. Many (but not all) of them require prospective members to fulfil certain "quality assessment" criteria in order to join. All the associations listed below have their own websites – we recommend making contact with these organisations to assure yourself of its members' credentials. INTERMAN – The International Association of Management Development Associations.This is the worldwide body of management development associations. Formed in 1985 it is a "network of networks". It hosts the Global Forum, a conference on management education that occurs twice a decade (last one in Chile in October 2005). Its website is hosted by AACSB at www.aacsb.edu/interman/interman.asp EuropeFranceAssociation Nationale des IAE (Instituts d'Administration des Entreprises) (National Association of Graduate Business Schools, FRANCE) The French Business School network has its (French only) website at www.reseau-iae.org . It has 29 member schools located throughout France. FNEGE – Fondation Nationale pour L’Enseignement de la Gestion de l’Entreprise (French Foundation for Management Education) Established in 1968 by both government and private
bodies to train trainers and support management research. It is
connected to most of the French business schools. Conference des Grandes Ecoles (Association of “Grandes Ecoles”) “Grandes Ecoles” are graduate schools. They tend to be large educational institutions with close ties to industry. Courses generally are “long-term”. All Grandes Ecoles are accredited by Commission des Formations et des Diplômes de Gestion. For more information see www.cge.asso.fr . Germany, Austria and SwitzerlandFIBAA – Akkreditierungsagentur für Bachelor- und Masterstudiengänge. (Foundation for International Administration Accreditation) Located in Bonn, this organisation covers management education institutions in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. www.fibaa.de ItalyASFOR - Associazione per la formazione alla direzione aziendale (Italian Association for Management Education Development) Established in 1971 and now with 60 members, ASFOR runs its own accreditation scheme. See www.asfor.it for more details. SpainAEEDE - Asociación Española de Escuelas de Dirección de Empresas. (Spanish Association of Business Schools) AEEDE was set up in1989 and has a membership of 11 of Spain’s leading business schools. Membership is based on meeting certain minimum teaching criteria. For more information visit www.aeede.es United KingdomABS – The Association of Business Schools This is a purely UK based organisation. Full membership is only available to UK located universities and business schools. There is no “accreditation” as such, but membership is only available to business schools that meet certain criteria – primarily that their courses are quality assured through the UK higher education sector (www.qaa.ac.uk) More information on ABS can be found at www.the-abs.org.uk .
Central and Eastern EuropeCEEMAN – (Central and Eastern Europe Management Development Association) Based in Slovenia CEEMAN was set-up in 1993 to foster the development of management education in Central and Eastern Europe. It has a high profile internationally and currently has 140 members from 40 countries. www.ceeman.org Poland(SEM) FORUM - Stowarzyszenie Edukacji Menedzerskiej (Association of Management Education – Poland) Created in 1993 as an organisation bringing together everyone interested in supporting management education in Poland, it has run its own accreditation programme since 1994. Accredited members are listed at its website www.semforum.org.pl RussiaRABE – Russian Association of Business Education Established in 1990 and now with over 100 members. See www.rabe.ru for more information.
North AmericaCanadaCFBSD – Canadian Federation of Business School Deans Established in 1976 and now with over 50 members, CFBSD is committed to creating excellence in business education and furthering links between business schools and external institutions. www.hec.ca/cfbsd USAAACSB - Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business See entry under Accreditation
Latin AmericaCLADEA – Consejo Latinamericano de Escuelas de Administración (Latin-American Business School Council) Established in Lima, Peru in 1967 and with over 100 members CLADEA is the pre-eminent management education association in Latin America. Membership is based on meeting stringent criteria through a process similar to that of accreditation. www.cladea.org
AsiaAMDISA – Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia Established in 1988 AMDISA draws together management associations from across the SAARC region (South Asia Association for Regional Co-operation: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) . Further information and links to the national associations can be found at www.amdisa.org . ADSGM – Association of Deans of South-East Asian Graduate Schools of Management ADSGM is an exclusive association composed of deans from top management schools in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. CAMAN – Central Asian Foundation for Management Development Established in 1995 and with over 50 members, the association is based in Almaty, Kazakhstan. caman-kz.euro.ru/bframeen.html
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