AMDISA is a membership organization; in other words, it is necessary to be a member in order to avail of its services and participate in its activities. Membership services include:
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AMDISA is a membership organization; in other words, it is necessary to be a member in order to avail of its services and participate in its activities. Membership services include: |
| PUBLICATIONS | FACT-BOOK | WORKSHOPS |
| RESEARCH | FORUMS | INSTITUTION BUILDING |
| INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION |
Newsletter Journal
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The AMDISA Newsletter is published 3 times a year. It is a major source of information on management development activities in South Asia. It updates on latest developments in the fields of training, research and consultancy. It also provides a forum for member institutions to seek collaboration, exchange information and announce their upcoming events. AMDISA launched a quarterly South Asian Journal of Management in 1993, which is published by an international publishing house. This journal is designed to provide management professionals, managers and business leaders, information on management research and development in South Asia. |
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 Fact Book |
The Fact Book is a directory which provides updated information about member-institutions as well as faculty expertise available therein. The faculty database provides easy retrieval in terms of their specialization, training expertise, research and consulting experience. It is a valuable document for corporate enterprises to source professional assistance. It also provides leads for collaborative research among professionals and facilitates inter-institutional networking. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AMDISA Union Catalogue of Serials is an essential library reference which lists every major journal according to the libraries it can be procured from. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Books published by AMDISA deal primarily with contemporary issues in South Asian management. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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AMDISA organises 3 types of workshops. Faculty Development Workshops focus on frontier areas in management. Participation is open to faculty from member institutions in South Asia.
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AMDISA promotes research
in areas which are of relevance to South Asian management. It generates
funds to support such studies, assembles researchers from member institutions
in different countries of South Asia, formulates a common design and methodology,
helps member-institutions to undertake research, and finally integrates
country reports for wider circulation.
For example, AMDISA, with the support of Asia Pacific Development Centre in Kuala Lumpur, organised a five nation research project on Civil Service in South Asia. With a common methodology and agreed framework, IBA Dhaka, ASCI Hyderabad, NIBM Colombo, NASC Kathmandu and IBA Lahore participated in this cooperative research. AMDISA Secretariat conducted the study which is now published by APDC, Kuala Lumpur. AMDISA REGIONAL DOCTORAL AND POST DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME Sponsored by Commonwealth Secretariat 2004-05 to 2007-08The specific objective of the programme is to provide financial and academic-institutional assistance to Ph.D scholars and younger academics who are citizens of any of the South Asian Commonwealth member countries (Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Pakistan, Sri Lanka), for undertaking research of international quality and standards based on original comparative studies in at least two South/South-East Asian Commonwealth member countries (Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore), including the candidate's home country, in the field of management and/or related social sciences and other disciplines, especially in emerging areas. The broader objective is to contribute to the development of South Asian academic perspectives, networks and communities in management and related areas. The applicants should be resident-citizens of one of the above South Asian Commonwealth member countries, and should be registered Ph.D scholars or full-time teachers–researchers with a doctorate degree in recognised academic institutions in their home country. The Programme provides financial and institutional support for data collection and analysis, travel, and other incremental research-related expenditures. It is administered by a 5-member AMDISA Regional Fellowship Committee, comprising senior eminent academics from the South Asian management institutions which are AMDISA members. AMDISA Executive Board provides overall policy guidance. The details of eight Fellowships awarded todate are summarised in the following table. These Fellowship Awards have exhausted the present Commonwealth sponsorship funds. It is hoped that sponsorship for more such Fellowships will be available for 2007-08 and beyond. If so, suitable Fellowship Invitation and Announcement will be placed in the AMDISA website, the South Asian Journal of Management and the AMDISA Newsletter. FELLOWSHIP AWARDED SUMMARY TABLE ON FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED
Dr. Arif A. Waqif Chairman AMDISA Fellowship Committee |
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AMDISA organises
the South Asian Management Forum and academic conference every two
years where member institutions and faculty share their research findings,
interact with business leaders, policy administrators and other academics
from different parts of South Asia and outside. Each of these Forums has
led to a scholarly publication which is distributed free to all member
institutions. The first was held at Hyderabad in 1990, the second at Kathmandu
in 1992, the third at Dhaka in 1994,the fourth at Colombo in 1995,the fifth
at Thimpu in 1998; the sixth at Pune in 2000, seventh in Maldives in 2002 and
the eighth in Pakistan in 2004. Every alternate year AMDISA also organizes a South Asian Management Colloquium where business leaders, management academics and policy makers join in to review management education and look at managerial issues relevant for South Asian cooperation and development. The Nepal Administrative staff college hosted the first colloquium in March 1995 at Kathmandu, the second Management Colloquium was held at Karachi in 1997. The third Management Colloquium was held in Maldives at Institute of Management & Administration in July 1999. |
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AMDISA provides member institutions professional assistance in auditing and reviewing the institutional capabilities and helps them evolve strategic directions for the future. A three member review team is constituted for each institution which interacts with faculty and administration, and analyses secondary data for about a week. During this time, the team sounds them with its findings and generates options and action plans as a co-operative exercise. The team may use mail questionnaires to collect basic information. This is a gratis service, however actual expenses on travel and local hospitality have to be provided by the member institution. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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AMDISA participated in the first Global
Management Forum in Montreal in 1991, co-sponsored the second Global Management
Development Forum in Barcelona, 1993, and is supporting the third held at Chicago in
1998 and the fourth at Bangkok. The AMDISA Founder President is on the board
of INTERMAN.
AMDISA has participated in the Global Leadership Conference on Environment and Business, Costa Rica, 1995, and Global Network Meetings in Cleveland, Ohio, 1995, Halifax Canada, 1994, Brussels, Belgium, 1996 Chicago, 1998, Santiago 1999, and Bangkok 2002 is always on the lookout for other such opportunities which may enable AMDISA to share and learn from experiences worldwide. |
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