IFSAM General Assembly (GA) can create committees and working groups for specific issues. Currently, there are six committees dealing with IFSAM strategy, awards, the 2022 congress, 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:
Michael Morley (AB), Chair
Isabelle Bouty
Sandro Castaldo (Ex-Officio, President)
Wafa Garah (delegate of GA member, AMG)
Baniyelme Zoogah
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)
Wafa Khlif (Ex-Officio, Treasurer)
Silviya Svejenova Velikova (Ex-Officio, VP Research)
Sergio Wanderley (Ex-Officio, VP Education)
Lee Lu (Ex-Officio, VP Practice)
Mohammed Hassainate
Baniyelme Zoogah
Juliana Bonomi (Deputy VP Events, guest Ex officio)
Robert Demir (Deputy VP Events, guest Ex officio)
Research
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)
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
Charles Dhanaraj (ad Personam)
Wafa Garah (delegate of GA member, AMG)
Trish McLaren
JC Spender (ad Personam)
Matteo Cristofaro (Deputy VP Education, guest Ex officio)
Vanessa Bermeo Pazmiño (Deputy VP Education, guest Ex officio)
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
Katy Mason
Prof. Vijayakumar Parameswaran Unnithan (Deputy VP Practice – Guest Ex officio)
Juan José Nájera Sánchez (delegate of GA member, ACEDE)
Sim Sitkin (ad Personam)
Prof. Albert Valentine (Deputy VP Practice – Guest Ex officio)