The Society for the Advancement of Management, commonly known as SAM, is the oldest among professional management societies. On November 11, 1910 colleagues of Frederick W. Taylor met at the New York Athletic Club to discuss and promote the principles of 'scientific management'.
Following two years of discussion groups and informal meetings the group came together and formed the Taylor Society on November 7, 1912.
In 1936 the Taylor Society merged with the Society of Industrial Engineers and new organization undertook the new name. To date the Society is the world's oldest professional management society.
Society for Advancement of Management In 1936 the Taylor Society merged with the Society of Industrial Engineers forming the Society for Advancement of Management (SAM). International presidents of the society have been:S.A.M. Advanced Management Journal, Volume 53, 1988. p. 40-48
1936-1937: Ordway Tead 1937-1939: William H. Gesell 1939-1941: Myron H. Clark 1941-1942: Keith Louden 1942-1944: Percy S. Brown 1944-1946: Raymond R. Zimmerman 1946-1947: Harold B. Maynard 1947-1948: William L. McGrath 1948-1949: Charles C. James 1949-1951: Dillard E. Bird 1951-1952: Leon J. Dunn 1952-1953: Edward W. Jochim 1953-1954: Bruce Payne 1954-1955: George B. Estes 1955-1956: Frank F. Bradshaw 1956-1957: John B. Joynt 1957-1958: Homer E. Lunken 1958-1959: Phil Carroll 1959-1960: Dause L. Bibby 1960-1961: James E. Newsome 1961-1962: Robert B. Curry 1962-1963: Fred E. Harrel 1963-1964: Hezz Stringfield Jr. 1964-1965: William R. Divine 1965-1966: Oliver J. Sizelove 1966-1967: Donald B. Miller 1967-1968: James L. Centner 1968-1969: David N. Wise 1969-1970: Jack E. Wiedemer 1970-1971: Carl W. Golgart 1971-1972: Owen A. Paul 1972-1973: Ernest T. Tierney 1973-1974: Warren G. Orr 1974-1975: James W. Bumbaugh 1975-1976: Hal J. Batten 1976-1977: W. H. Kirby Jr. 1977-1978: A. T. Kindling 1978-1979: James J. Rutherford 1979-1980: John S. McGuinness 1980-1981: Clifford J. Doubek 1981-1983: Tony Brown 1983-1986: Moustafa H. Abdelsamad 1986-1987: Thomas R. Greensmith 1987-1988: S. G. Fletcher 1989-1990: Milt Kuhn 1990-1991: Sick Scarchetti 1991-1992: G. Paul Keddy 1992-1993: Bill Sauser 1993-1994: Mac Banks 1994-1996: Ralph Foster 1996-2018: Moustafa H. Abdelsamad 2018-2019: Allen Frazier 2019-2021: Avinandan Mukherjee 2021-2023: Susan Elkins 2023-2025: Reza Kheirandish 2025-Present: Henry "Hank" Johnson
One of the main task of the Society for Advancement of Management was the recognition of achievements in the advancement of management. For that, the society had initiated an Award Program, which contained the Taylor Key Award, the Human Relations Award, the Gilbreth Medal, the Materials Handling Award, the Phil Carroll Advancement of Management Award, the Industrial Incentives Award, and finally The SAM Service Award Honor Society.
Taylor Key Awards Prominent winners of the Taylor Key Awards have been: Lawrence A. Appley, George W. Barnwell, Donald C. Burnham, Phil Carroll, Morris L. Cooke, Donald K. Davis, Ralph C. Davis, W. Edwards Deming, Henry S. Dennison, Hugo Diemer, M. A. Dittmer, Peter F. Drucker, H. P. Dutton, W. M. Gesell, King Hathaway, James L. Hayes, Herbert C. Hoover, Harry A. Hopf, John B. Joynt, Henry P. Kendall, Dexter S. Kimball. Axa S. Knowles, Harold Koontz, Harold B. Maynard, Robert S. McNamara, John F. Mee, Don G. Mitchell, Allan H. Mogensen, Frank Henry Neely, Kaichiro Nishino, Nobuo Noda, Harlow S. Person, Henning W. Prentis, F. J. Roethlisberger, Edward C. Schleh, Harold F. Smiddy, Brehon B. Somervell, J. Allyn Taylor, George T. Trundle Jr., Lyndall F. Urwick, and Robert B. Wolf.
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