Founded 1971
UNITED KINGDOM

THE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT SPECIALISTS

British

Corporate Fellowship Award

… A Senior Management Programme

Acquire 21^st Century Business Skills

to transform your career & organization

and earn a Professional UK “ CFA ” award

5 Reasons Why you must not miss this leadership programme:

• Mastering 21st Century Strategic and Leadership Skills,
• Opportunity to exchange idea with other seniors, managers and business owners in the programme,
• Enhanced your Professional Status with “CFA” title after your name,
• Be part of EDS Asia-Pacific Alumni Network, and
• CFA is your most flexible pathway to DBA.

The Institute of Management Specialists, founded in 1971 by Professor H.J. Manners since its foundation proved the need for management specialists and other specialists in modern industry and commerce. Having celebrated its Silver Jubilee year in 1996, the institute is proud that it now offers more courses to satisfy students’ needs. These cover many aspects of management and specialist fields, all designed to help students advance in this fast moving technological age, and to allow the students to use their KSE (Knowledge, Skill and Experience) to support themselves, their companies and their organizations.

Students must now view their careers from the angle that learning is for a lifetime and they must aim to hold down their existing jobs whilst continuing their learning to ensure their advancement in the worldwide job market.

IMS has given 35 years of service to students, companies, organizations and educational centres throughout the world, providing their countries with specialists and management specialists to help solve problems within industry and commerce.

Our Mission
Performance Excellence

Our Objectives

• To encourage management excellence & specialist expertise.
• To help members achieve their personal aspirations, fulfill their career ambitions & develop their innate potential.
• To support lifelong learning and encourage education in management & specialist areas.
• To give professional recognition to the knowledge & skills of managers & specialists.

The Institute of Management Specialists (IMS) is a United Kingdom examining and professional association with members in over forty different countries worldwide, the diplomas and membership diplomas of each body are qualifications in their own right and are recognised as professional British qualifications. The Institute is listed in “British Qualifications” – the British Council’s reference book, published by Kogan Page Ltd. Please visit www.group-ims.com for further details.

President and Founder:
Professor H.J. Manners, C.Eng, F.R.S.A., M.I.C.E., F.I.Mech.E., F.I.M.S., F.I.Manf., F.I.E.E., F.I.M., F.A.E.A., F.Prof.B.T.M., F.M.S., F.I.Plant.E., F.S.O.E., D.I.P.F.M., I.C.I.A.

This Programme is specially designed for senior managers, directors, executives and professionals who have extensive and valuable managerial and/or business experience. This Programme leads to a professionally respected qualification - the IMS Corporate Fellowship’s Award - which compliments the position and experience of such senior managers and business people.

IMS in collaboration with EDS Asia Pacific is offering a condensed EDS™ Advanced Doctoral Seminar series to enable senior managers, directors, executives and professionals to gain the CFA Award in a remarkably short period of time; often within as little as 8 months.

The Corporate Fellowship’s Award will be awarded upon compulsory participation of any three Advanced Doctoral seminar conducted by EDS Asia Pacific and successful completion of all the coursework assignments.

The Corporate Fellowship’s Award holder is qualified to use the designatory letters “CFA” after their name.

Each seminar requires a four part set of assignments, including the compulsory attendance of the 16 hours support seminar participation, assigned readings following the seminar related the main topics for learning, a short set of essay question related to the reading to be completed with references to the readings, and a brief seven page paper or more on an approved topic for the module.

Participants are allowed 17 weeks following completion of the support seminar to submit the required assignments in completed form. All assignments are carefully evaluated and must satisfy minimum graduate standards for essays, scholarly papers and reports, and referencing the assigned scholarly literature.

The Corporate Fellowship’s Award will be awarded upon compulsory participation of any three EDS™ Advanced Doctoral Seminar conducted by EDS Asia Pacific and successful completion of all the coursework assignments.