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President’s report at the 2021 and 56th Annual General Meeting of the Institute of Management Services (IMS) held on Friday 8th October, 2021

President’s report at the 2021 and 56th Annual General Meeting of the Institute of Management Services (IMS) held on Friday 8th October, 2021

Coulson-Thomas, Colin (2021) President’s report at the 2021 and 56th Annual General Meeting of the Institute of Management Services (IMS) held on Friday 8th October, 2021. In: Institute of Management Services, 2021 Annual General Meeting, 8th October 2021, Virtual AGM hosted by Institute of Management Services.

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Abstract

There are opportunities for management services practitioners to participate in individual and collective activities to confront shared existential challenges facing mankind by: helping people to review, re-purpose, re-invent and change direction; supporting them during transitions and transformation journeys to more sustainable and inclusive business and operating models; and by inspiring creativity and being creative, encouraging innovation and being innovative, and supporting entrepreneurship and being entrepreneurial. In all these areas, whether working alone or with others, there may be opportunities for IMS Measurement Practitioners, IMS Productivity Analysts and different levels of IMS membership, including involvement in multi-organisational teams and collective activities as supply chain and collaborative responses are explored, implemented and operated. With so many possibilities and people needing to adopt more sustainable lifestyles, one need never be too old to seize opportunities to advise, coach, mentor or otherwise help others.

Item Type: Conference or Conference Paper (Speech)
Additional Information: This is a speech that constitutes an early version of a published manuscript by Coulson-Thomas, Colin (2021), President’s Update, Management Services, Vol. 65 No. 4, Winter, pp 6-7 (author's note). President's annual update at the 2021 AGM of the Institute of Management Services was subsequently published in the Institute's journal: Coulson-Thomas, Colin (2021), President’s Update, Management Services, Vol. 65 No. 4, Winter, pp 6-7
Uncontrolled Keywords: Productivity, labour productivity, material productivity, management services, practitioners, Institute of Management Services, challenges and opportunities for humankind and IMS members, role and contribution of the profession and individual practitioners, sustainability, sustainable lifestyles and growth, negative consequences of human activities, IMS measurement practitioners, IMS productivity analysts, individual and collective opportunities, climate change, collective action
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
H Social Sciences > HF Commerce
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: Faculty of Business
Faculty of Business > Centre for Work and Employment Research (CREW)
Faculty of Business > Centre for Work and Employment Research (CREW) > Leadership & Organisational Behaviour Research Group (LOB)
Faculty of Business > Department of Human Resources & Organisational Behaviour
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Last Modified: 13 Dec 2021 15:24
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/34577

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