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| − | The Center For Creative Leadership | + | *The [[Center For Creative Leadership]] |
| − | The Conference Board of Canada | + | *The [[Conference Board of Canada]] |
| − | Families and Work Institute | + | *[[Families and Work Institute]] |
| − | Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government | + | *Harvard University, [[John F. Kennedy School of Government]] |
| − | International Association of Business Communicators | + | *[[International Association of Business Communicators]] |
| − | Leader to Leader Institute | + | *[[Leader to Leader Institute]] |
| − | National Institute of Standards and Technology | + | *[[National Institute of Standards and Technology]] |
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
New York <br> | New York <br> | ||
Revision as of 21:05, 16 November 2005
The Conference Board is a U.S.-headquartered membership organisation for business. It describes its role as providing "knowledge about management and the marketplace to help businesses strengthen their performance and better serve society."
Contents
History
According to its own website:
- The Conference Board was born out of a crisis in industry in 1916. Declining public confidence in business and rising labor unrest had become severe threats to economic growth and stability.
- A group of concerned business leaders, representing a variety of major industries, concluded that the time had arrived for an entirely new type of organization. Not another trade association. Not a propaganda machine. But a respected, not-for-profit, nonpartisan organization that would bring leaders together to find solutions to common problems and objectively examine major issues having an impact on business and society.
- The Conference Board's stature and credibility have grown far beyond what any of its founders imagined. But it has remained faithful to its original ideals and mission.
Alliances
As part of its effort to help business in the global marketplace, The Conference Board works with a wide variety of organizations around the world. Following is a partial list of these "alliances":
Asia-Pacific
- The American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand
- Asian Institute of Management, Philippines
- Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute, Malaysia
- Confederation of Indian Industries
- Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management National Council of Applied Economic Research, India Singapore Institute of Management SPRING Singapore (Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board) Singapore Trade Development Board
Europe
CEDE - La Confederación Española de Directivos y Ejecutivos (CEDE) Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies IFL - Swedish Institute of Management IMI - Irish Management Institute NIVE - Nederlandse Vereniging voor Management TÜSIAD - Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association
Latin America
la Asociación Mexicana en Dirección de Recursos Humanos, A.C. Centro de Estudios Economicos del Sector Privado, A.C., Mexico Fundacion Mexicana para la Calidad Total, A.C. Instituto Chileno de Administración Racional de Empresas, ICARE Instituto Para el Desarrollo Empressarial de la Argentina Mexican Business Council for International Affairs US-Mexico Chamber of Commerce/ Northeast Chapter
North America
- The Center For Creative Leadership
- The Conference Board of Canada
- Families and Work Institute
- Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
- International Association of Business Communicators
- Leader to Leader Institute
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
External links
New York
The Conference Board Inc.
845 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022-6679
Tel: (212) 759 0900
Fax: (212) 980 7014
Brussels
The Conference Board Europe
Chaussée de La Hulpe, 130, Box 11
B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: (32) 2 675 5405
Fax: (32) 2 675 0395
E-mail: brussels AT conference-board.org
Website http://www.conference-board.org/
