The American Management Association ( AMA ) is an American non-profit educational membership organization for the promotion of management, based in New York City . Besides its headquarters there, it has local head offices throughout the world.
20-654: The Henry Laurence Gantt Medal was established in 1929 by the American Management Association and the Management section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for "distinguished achievement in management and service to the community" in honour of Henry Laurence Gantt . By the year 1984 in total 45 medals had been awarded. Award winners [ edit ] 20th-century winners,
40-480: A Man who Hoped Never to Grow So Old that a New Idea Would Shock Him . 1941. p. 9. ^ Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1931), The Journal. Vol. 35-36, p. 47. ^ Electrical Engineering, Vol. 60, 1941. p. 308. ^ Power and the Engineer, Vol. 87, 1943, p. 216. ^ Jane Lancaster (2015), Making Time: Lillian Moller Gilbreth -- Lillian Moller Gilbreth -- A Life Beyond "Cheaper by
60-507: A corporate training and consulting group, it provides a variety of educational and management development services to businesses, government agencies, and individuals. The origins of the American Management Association dates back to the beginning of the 20th century, when the training of industrial workers became a concern for large American companies. In 1913, 35 of the most important professional schools, led by
80-426: A second in 2000, MWorld . The American Management Association sold Amacom to HarperCollins in 2018. To date, the American Management Association has 25,000 members and 3,000 organizations in 90 countries. The current President and CEO of the American Management Association is Manny Avramidis. Presidents of the American Management Association, and some notable other functions, have been: In 2017 Manny Avramidis
100-1938: A selection 1929: Henry Laurence Gantt (posthumously) 1930: Fred J. Miller , 1931: Leon Pratt Alford 1932: Henry S. Dennison 1933: Henry Wallace Clark 1934: Horace B. Cheney 1935: Arthur Howland Young 1936: Morris Evans Leeds (1869–1952) 1940: William Loren Batt 1941: Paul Eugene Holden 1943: Dexter S. Kimball 1944: Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. (posthumously) and Lillian Moller Gilbreth 1945: John Milton Hancock 1946: Paul G. Hoffman 1947: Alvin E. Dodd 1948: Harold Fowler McCormick 1949: Arthur Clinton Spurr 1950: Charles R. Hook Sr. 1951: Thomas Roy Jones 1952: Frank Henry Neely (1884–1979) 1953: Thomas E. Millsop 1954: Clarence Francis 1955: Walker Lee Cisler 1956: Henning Webb Prentis Jr. 1957: Harold F. Smiddy 1958: Richard Redwood Deupree 1959: Peter Drucker 1960: Charles McCormick 1961: Lyndall Urwick 1962: Austin J. Tobin 1963: Lawrence A. Appley 1964: Harold Bright Maynard 1965: Ralph J. Cordiner 1968: J. Erik Jonsson 1969: Dave Packard 1970: Frederick R. Kappel 1971: Donald C. Burnham 1972: Robert Elton Brooker 1973: John T. Connor 1974: Willard Rockwell 1975: Patrick E. Haggerty 1976: Kenneth Daniel 1982: Charles Luckman 1983: Walter A. Fallon 1984: Rawleigh Warner Jr. 1987: Edmund T. Pratt Jr. 1988: William S. Lee 1996: George N. Hatsopoulos 21st-century winners 2000: Paul Soros 2001: Roy Huffington 2002: Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. 2003: William R. Timken 2004: Julie Spicer England 2006: Charla K. Wise 2007: Dean L. Kamen 2009: Charles M. Vest 2018: Todd R. Allen 2019: Margaret G. McCullough References [ edit ] ^ National Academies, 1942, Scientific and Technical Societies of
120-565: The New York Edison Company , joined forces to create The National Association of Corporation Schools (NACS). It came to life at a convention held at the New York University on January 24, 1913, at which a constitution was adopted, officers were elected and provision were made for the appointment of working committees. As first president was elected Arthur Williams , an electrical engineer and executive at
140-743: The American Management Association offered a forum for debates, a network of influence, and a platform for the leaders in the training of business leaders. Throughout the 1950s, the American Management Association continued to link the world of big business with government. It was in 1961 that it began its international expansion with the opening of a European center in Brussels . It then opened one in Mexico City in 1966, Canada in 1974, Japan in 1993, Shanghai in 1995 and Latin America in 1996. During this period, several centers were also established in
160-3999: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, The Society, 1979. p. 120. ^ Charles Luckman Papers, 1908-2000 - Online Archive of California . Accessed 09-05-2017. ^ MANAGEMENT REVIEW, 1983, p. 33. ^ Personnel, Vol. 64, 1987, p. 76. ^ The Bent of Tau Beta Pi, Vol. 79-81, 1988, p. 45. ^ Who's who of the Asian Pacific Rim, Vol. 6, 1998, p. 133. ^ or 1997, see IEEE Membership Directory, Vol, 1-2, 2001, p. 192. External links [ edit ] ASME Official Medal Page v t e American Society of Mechanical Engineers Organizations ASME Bioprocess Equipment group Engineering for Change Standards ASME B5 ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code ASME Y14.41 ASME Y14.5 ASME NQA ASME B16 Awards ASME Burt L. Newkirk Award ASME Medal ASME Leonardo Da Vinci Award Drucker Medal Edwin F. Church Medal Elmer A. Sperry Award George Westinghouse Medal Henry Laurence Gantt Medal Holley Medal Hoover Medal Max Jakob Memorial Award Rufus Oldenburger Medal Sia Nemat-Nasser Early Career Award Timoshenko Medal Thomas K. Caughey Dynamics Award Worcester Reed Warner Medal People Alexander Lyman Holley Henry Rossiter Worthington John Edson Sweet Matthias N. Forney Related American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Inc. v. Hydrolevel Corp. List of Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks Pressure Vessel for Human Occupancy v t e Henry Laurence Gantt Medal 1929–1950 1929: Henry Laurence Gantt (posthumously) 1930: Fred J. Miller 1931: Leon P. Alford 1932: Henry S. Dennison 1933: Henry Wallace Clark 1934: Horace B. Cheney 1935: Arthur Howland Young 1936: Morris E. Leeds 1940: William Loren Batt 1941: Paul Eugene Holden 1943: Dexter S. Kimball 1944: Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. (posthumously) and Lillian Moller Gilbreth 1945: John Milton Hancock 1946: Paul G. Hoffman 1947: Alvin E. Dodd 1948: Harold Fowler McCormick 1949: Arthur Clinton Spurr 1950: Charles R. Hook Sr. 1951–1975 1951: Thomas Roy Jones 1952: Frank Henry Neely 1953: Thomas E. Millsop 1954: Clarence Francis 1955: Walker Lee Cisler 1956: Henning Webb Prentis Jr. 1957: Harold F. Smiddy 1958: Richard Redwood Deupree 1959: Peter Drucker 1960: Charles Perry McCormick 1961: Lyndall Urwick 1962: Austin J. Tobin 1963: Lawrence A. Appley 1964: Harold Bright Maynard 1965: Ralph J. Cordiner 1968: J. Erik Jonsson 1969: David Packard 1970: Frederick Kappel 1971: Donald C. Burnham 1972: Robert Elton Brooker 1973: John T. Connor 1974: Willard Rockwell 1975: Patrick E. Haggerty 1976–1999 1976: Kenneth Daniel 1982: Charles Luckman 1983: Walter A. Fallon 1984: Rawleigh Warner Jr. 1987: Edmund T. Pratt Jr. 1988: William S. Lee 1998: George N. Hatsopoulos 2000–present 2000: Paul Soros 2001: Roy M. Huffington 2002: Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. 2003: William R. Timken 2004: Julie Spicer England 2007: Dean Kamen 2009: Charles M. Vest 2018: Todd R. Allen 2019: Margaret G. McCullough Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry_Laurence_Gantt_Medal&oldid=1237586887 " Categories : Henry Laurence Gantt Medal Awards established in 1929 1929 establishments in
180-672: The Dozen". p. 314. ^ Frank Henry Neely Papers - Georgia Tech Library . Accessed 08-05-2017. ^ Morgen Witzel , Malcolm Warner. The Oxford Handbook of Management Theorists. p. 115. ^ FRANCIS, CLARENCE: Papers, 1933-73 Archived 2017-01-25 at the Wayback Machine , eisenhower.archives.gov. Accessed 08-05-2017. ^ Richard Redwood Deupree (1885-1974) , at libraries.uc.edu. Accessed 08-05-2017. ^ The Journal of Industrial Engineering, 1959. p. 489. ^ In this year Robert G. Hess
200-696: The New York Edison Company, as first vice-president E. St. Elmo Lewis , as second vice-president Charles Proteus Steinmetz , as secretary Lee Galloway , and as treasurer E. J. Mehren . Frederick C. Henderschott was elected assistant secretary-treasurer. The first national convention of the association was held in September that year in Dayton, Ohio , under the auspices of the National Cash Register Company . In
220-555: The United States Management awards ASME Medals Hidden category: Webarchive template wayback links American Management Association It offers its members a wide range of training programs, seminars, conferences, studies, and publications, which cover topics as diverse as industrial or commercial management , communication, finance and accounting, human resources management , leadership, international management, marketing and sales. As
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#1732802467721240-792: The United States and Canada, Volume 4. p. 62 ^ Henry Laurence Gantt, Alex W. Rathe (1961), Gantt on Management: Guidelines for Today's Executive. p. 8 ^ Henry Laurence Gantt Medal Archived 2018-09-23 at the Wayback Machine at asme.org. Accessed 08-05-2017 ^ Charles M. Merrick (1984). "Henry Laurence Gantt Medal," ASME Management Division history, 1866-1980, p. 135 ^ Lester Robert Bittel, Muriel Albers Bittel (1978), Encyclopedia of professional management . p. 456. ^ Platts Power, Vol. 71, 1930, p. 581. ^ ASME. Fred J. Miller: A Biography of
260-525: The United States in Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco and Washington, DC. In 1963, the American Management Association established the Operation Enterprise , a program designed for high school and college students. From the 1960s on, it also increased its editorial activity and created a publishing house, Amacom, in 1963. In 1972, it founded a newspaper, Organizational Dynamics , and launched
280-516: The first president Sam A. Lewisohn (1884–1951). At the end of the war, there were movements in industry to spread socialist ideals and to revive trade unionism. The American Management Association made it their mission to help managers manage social relations in order to cope with them. However, with the Great Depression of 1929, the American Management Association adopted more progressive positions to limit direct policy interventions in
300-604: The first year already 30+ major corporations had joined, with in total over 500.000 employees. Under the influence of Taylor's methods, the aim of the association was to promote vocational training as a factor in the competitiveness of industrial activity. After the First World War , The National Association of Corporation Schools moved closer to another recently created association, the Employment Managers' Association . The Employment Managers' Association
320-421: The management of enterprises. With World War II the American Management Association began to advocate greater equality of treatment at work. In 1942, it published a study that called for better integration of black workers into the world of work. In 1943 it published a similar study on women's work. During these war years the American Management Association brought together a large number of business leaders, and
340-637: Was chairman of the Gantt Medal Board of Award, and gave the presentation. ^ American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Mechanical Engineering, Volume 83, 1961, p. 122. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series, 1964: July–December. p. 1659. ^ The MTM Journal of Methods-time Measurement, Volumes 9-12. 1963. ^ Gantt Medal Board of Award, Harold Bright Maynard. The Henry Laurence Gantt Memorial Gold Medal: Harold B. Maynard, 1964 Medalist, 1965. ^ Or 1977, see Mechanical Engineering: The Journal of
360-598: Was in 1920 reorganized into the Industrial Relations Association of America , which in 1922 merged with The National Association of Corporation Schools to form the National Personnel Association . In 1923 the association changed its name into the current American Management Association. Some of the founders of the American Management Association were Meyer Bloomfield , Henry S. Dennison , William J. Graham and
380-553: Was named 18th President and Chief Executive of the American Management Association. Julie Spicer England Julie Spicer England (born November 12, 1957) is an American chemical engineer and business executive, who served as Vice President of Texas Instruments Incorporated . Born in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin , England obtained her BA in Chemical Engineering in 1979 and later her MBA, both from
400-536: Was very close to the political power. The American Management Association Vice-President Lawrence A. Appley was one of the directors of the War Manpower Commission . After the war the influence of American Management Association remained high, and they successively published recommendations on the quality of financial reporting in 1946, and on cooperation with the trade unions in 1948. By the time Lawrence A. Appley started his presidency, in 1948,
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