IFSAM General Assembly (GA) can create committees and working groups for specific issues. Currently, there are six committees dealing with IFSAM strategy, awards, events, research, education and practice. The creation of the three last committees was approved late 2020. Current composition results from last GA decisions (April 6, 2022).
Strategy
Goals/tasks: reflect about the challenges the field and the Federation face and make recommendations about directions for future development to the General Assembly
Composition:
Sandro Castaldo (Ex-Officio, President), Chair
André Aquino
Osmar Arandia
Nic Beech (Ex officio, President Elect)
Wafa Khlif
Lee Lu
Xavier Castañer (Ex-Officio, Past President)
Awards
Goals/tasks: make recommendations to the GA about the number, purpose, advertising and selection process of IFSAM awards as well as for the composition of each award selection committee
Composition:
Baniyelme Zoogah, Chair
Isabelle Bouty
Sandro Castaldo (Ex-Officio, President)
Zineb El Andaloussi (delegate of GA member, AMG)
Anthony McDonnell
Events
Goals/tasks: make recommendations to the GA about the design of events
Composition:
Martin Spring (Ex-Officio, VP Events), Chair
Nic Beech (Ex-Officio, President Elect)
Juliana Bonomi (Deputy VP Events, guest Ex officio)
Yerko Cortes (delegate of GA member, ASFAE)
Robert Demir (Deputy VP Events, guest Ex officio)
Mohammed Hassainate
Wafa Khlif (Ex-Officio, Treasurer)
Lee Lu (Ex-Officio, VP Practice)
Michela Mason
Silviya Svejenova Velikova (Ex-Officio, VP Research)
Sergio Wanderley (Ex-Officio, VP Education)
Baniyelme Zoogah
Research
Goals/tasks: in line with IFSAM’s mission, purpose and evolving vision, (1) to make recommendations to the GA about important developments in management research worldwide, including proposing soft policy statements, based on (2) an ongoing dialogue about management research frontiers among IFSAM’s member organizations (and other scholarly associations), and with leading scholars, policy makers, funders, publishers, journal editors, and other relevant stakeholders in the field worldwide, through online panel discussions and seminars, as well as other appropriate means. Whereas inputs to recommendations and different forms of dialogue is done by the GA Research Committee, their implementation is led by the VP Research and their team.
Composition:
Silviya Svejenova Velikova (Ex officio, VP Research), Co-Chair
Xavier Castañer (Ex-Officio, Past President) Co-Chair
Sandro Castaldo (President)
Osmar Arandia
Stewart Clegg (ad Personam)
Didier Chabaud
Phylis Lan Lin
Renate Meyer (ad Personam)
Christine Moser (Deputy VP Research – Guest Ex officio)
Education
The main general aims are the following:
To foster collaboration and exchange of ideas among management-related scholarly associations, encouraging networking and knowledge sharing to enhance the quality of management education worldwide; to serve as a collective voice and advocate for management education at national and international levels, engaging with policymakers, educational institutions, and relevant stakeholders to shape policies that support the advancement and improvement of management education; to promote standards of quality assurance in management education, to provide opportunities for professional development to management educators, including workshops, seminars, and training programs, to enhance their teaching, research, and leadership skills; to facilitate the development and improvement of management education curricula, ensuring relevance, innovation, and alignment with industry needs and emerging trends in the field, fostering pedagogical Innovation.
Composition:
Sergio Wanderley (Ex officio, VP Education), Chair
Sandro Castaldo (Ex Officio, President, Co-Chair)
Dev Raj Adhikari
Osmar Arandia
Vanessa Bermeo Pazmiño (Deputy VP Education, guest Ex officio)
Matteo Cristofaro (Deputy VP Education, guest Ex officio)
Charles Dhanaraj (ad Personam)
Zineb El Andaloussi (delegate of GA member, AMG)
Trish McLaren
JC Spender (ad Personam)
Practice
The practice committee focuses broadly on:
- The efforts initiated by scholars and practitioners that contribute to management teaching, research, and how management practice is informed and contributes to organizational effectiveness, teaching, and research;
- the implication of current policies ( Institutional and membership bodies and country-specific) on the education, research, and practice linkage and the desired changes, if any;
- The relevant academic and administrative practices that enhance and contribute to academic excellence and practical and helpful management practices.
Composition:
Leehsing Lu (Ex officio, VP Practice), Co-Chair
Nic Beech (President Elect), Co-Chair
Dev Raj Adhikari
Koldo Echebarrìa (ad Personam)
Wafa Khlif
Catherine Leger Jarniou (delegate of GA member, AEI)
Katy Mason
Juan José Nájera Sánchez (delegate of GA member, ACEDE)
Prof. Vijayakumar Parameswaran Unnithan (Deputy VP Practice – Guest Ex officio)
Sim Sitkin (ad Personam)
Prof. Albert Valentine (Deputy VP Practice – Guest Ex officio)