UK Academy of Management Sciences

RECOGNISING EXCELLENCE IN MANAGEMENT SCHOLARSHIP

UKAMS is an independent academic honour organisation for the management sciences, founded on scholarly distinction, rigorous judgement and accountable academic standards.

Academic remit

The management sciences

About the Academy

Fields represented by the Academy

The remit covers organisations, strategy, operations, finance, markets, work, information systems and public management.

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Fellowship

Fellowship recognises a sustained contribution to management scholarship.

Academy papers

Academy papers, evidence reviews and proceedings are governed by a published editorial standard.

Evidence and discussion

Evidence, round tables and formal statements address questions within the Academy's academic remit.

Work of the Academy

Fellowship, honours and scholarship

Recognise distinction

Apply peer judgement to sustained and distinguished work in the management sciences.

Sustain the disciplines

Support scholarship across the Academy's academic fields.

Inform public questions

Bring relevant scholarship to questions concerning management and institutions.

Maintain standards

Publish criteria for Fellowship, honours and Academy publications.

Intellectual scope

Branches of management science

The remit extends from analytical methods to the study of organisations, markets and public administration.

Strategy & organisation

Firms, institutions, corporate governance and organisational change.

Decision & operational sciences

Decision methods, operations, risk and complex systems.

Accounting & finance

Reporting, markets, stewardship and the allocation of capital.

Markets & consumer behaviour

Markets, innovation, exchange and consumer judgement.

Information systems & digital management

Digital systems, information and technological change in organisations.

Public management & policy

Public institutions, administration and policy implementation.

Researchers in conversation at an academic gathering

Scholarship in public life

Research on management informs institutions, policy and public life.

Publication themes

Management and institutions

The intellectual programme addresses organisational productivity, responsible innovation, decision-making and digital governance.

Institutional information

Records and registers

Authoritative information on institutional standards, Fellowship, governance and publications.

Academic framework

Purpose, independence, accountability and the Academy's public record.

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Document register

Constitutional documents, regulations and policies.

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Publication register

Academy papers, evidence reviews and proceedings.

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