Archived Press Releases 1999–2001

American Management Association Names Lou Schuyler as Chief Information Officer — 12/13/01

Bright Idea at Philips Lighting Company Earns AMA’s 3rd Annual Innovation Award— 11/12/01

The “5-Day MBA” American Management Association Offers Week-long Business Survey Course— 11/1/01

American Management Association Opens New Executive Conference Center in Atlanta— 10/10/01

Nearly 60 Percent of Major U.S. Companies Report Job Cuts—AMA’s 2001 Staffing Survey Shows — 10/10/01

“Gateway To Achievement” American Management Association Sponsors 9th Annual Administrative Professionals Conference, November 12-14 — 10/1/01

Working Through The Emotional Aftermath of September 11 an American Management Association Workshop— 9/26/01

American Management Association Offers New Management and Leadership Series For African-Americans— 8/26/01

Beware Workplace E-Mail, a New Survey Says— 8/10/01

Few Managers Will Take Extended Vacations This Summer, More Will Pack Cell Phones and Check Company E-mail, AMA Survey Shows— 6/25/01

American Management Association Names Edward T. Reilly President And CEO— 6/01/01

One-third of Job Applicants Flunked Basic Literacy and Math Tests Last Year, American Management Association Survey Finds— 5/8/01

Nearly Half of U.S. Companies Will Not Meet Year-End Revenue Targets, American Management Association Survey Shows — 4/26/01

William K. Slate II Elected Chairman of American Management Association’s Board of Trustees — 4/25/01

American Management Association to Offer New Corporate Branding Conference— 4/23/01

American Management Association Seeks Nominations for Office Innovation Award — 4/20/01

More Companies Watching Employees, American Management Association Annual Survey Reports— 4/18/01

American Management Association Introduces Forums on Current Issues in Finance— 4/11/01

AMA Extends Member Benefits — 1/15/01

American Management Association Introduces 11 New Seminars in 1st Quarter 2001 New Courseware Designed to Meet Managers’ Needs in the Digital Economy — 1/3/01

Barry Lawson Williams Named Interim President & CEO of American
Management Association
— 11/13/00

American Management Association Awarded Federal Supply Contract— 11/01/00

AMA’s Executive Roundtable on “The B’s and C’s of e-Commerce” —10/6/00

AMA and KNOWHOW, Inc. Form Partnership—9/26/00

American Management Association Presents 2nd Annual Office Innovation Award—9/26/00

American Management Association and PrimeLearning.com Form Strategic Alliance—9/26/00

AMA Survey finds that the Secretarial Role is Evolving to Include Managerial Tasks— 9/25/00

Workforce Growth Averages 5.9%, Annual AMA Survey finds— 9/25/00

AMA to Launch New e-Learning Initiative with “e-AMA Experts” Portfolio at Online Learning—9/25/00

AMA’s Membership Website—MWorld—Now Relaunched as an Interactive Portal With Convenient “Channel Format,” All New Content, plus-a new Spanish Executives Channel —9/12/00

American management Association Named to CIO 100—8/18/00

AMA and Corpedia Announce New E-Learning Partnership—8/9/00

Peter Brunold Assumes Global Conference Responsibilities at American Management Association—8/8/00

American Management Associations New “Executive Roundtable Series”—7/27/00

AMA Now Empowered to Award Continuing Professional Education Credits for Self-Study Courses —7/24/00

Need for Talent and Flexibility, Not Cost Savings, Drive Hiring of Contingent Workers —7/18/00

AMA and the Home Depot To Sponsor Leadership Forum for Atlanta Business Community —7/11/00

U.S. Corporations Reduce Levels of Medical, Drug, and Psychological Testing of Employees —6/16/00

AMA Awards College Scholarships to Two Saranac New York Area High School Seniors — 6/8/00

U.S. Corporations Find Prospective Employees Lack Basic Skills — 5/25/00

AMA Launches New Customer-Driven Assessment Tool, a3 Streamlines Assessment Process; Empowers Managers to Achieve Organizational Success — 5/23/00

Junior Achievement to Reward Volunteers with American Management Association Membership — 5/15/00

AMA Seeks Applicants for Office Innovation Award — 5/9/00

More U.S. Firms Checking e-Mail, Computer Files, and Phone Calls, Says American Management Association Survey — 4/14/00

American Companies Increase Use of Electronic Monitoring — 4/12/00

American Management Association Saranac Lake — 4/4/00

New Members Elected to AMA Board of Trustees — 3/7/00

AMA Honors Volunteer Business Leaders — 3/7/00

Top Executives Rank Attracting and Serving Customers as Most Important Aspect of E-Business — 3/6/00

Management Centre Europe Hosts President of Indonesia During State Visit to Belgium —2/8/00

Majority of U.S. Corporations Provide No Support for Teleworking Employees —1/4/00

Forget Y2K – Holiday Spirit Represents Real Danger to U.S. Business Productivity —12/29/99

Workforce Growth Slows, AMA’S 13th Annual Workforce Survey Shows— 10/26/99

More Hiring, More Firing, More Companies Doing Both at Once; Corporate Restructuring and Reengineering Result in both Job cuts, Additions, says the American Management Association
NEW YORK, October 26, 1999— As more companies hire, fire and do both concurrently, overall growth of the workforce is slowing, according to the findings of the American Management Association's (AMA) 13th annual survey of the U.S. workforce.

Press Conference: Helping Members Create Sustainable Competitive Advantage

NEW YORK, April 6—During his first press briefing held during the 69th Annual Human Resources Conference & Exposition, AMA's President & CEO talked about the organization's future and its role to share best practices among its members.

Dr. George Weathersby Is Named CEO of American Management Association
NEW YORK, Feb. 18.—Dr. George B. Weathersby was named President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Management Association, the world's largest educational organization for managers and executives. The appointment is effective immediately. The "Nanny Trial" Brings Work and Family Issues to the Forefront Work-life and family-life are fundamentally interconnected—and businesses, civic groups, educators, and individuals all have a responsibility to work together. That’s the message of a timely, unique and powerful book, SHARED PURPOSE: Working Together to Build Strong Families and High-Performance Companies (Amacom; November 1997). AMA Survey by Fax: The Knowledge Worker
A summary of results from our most recent survey-by-fax which was sent to 5,526 executives and managers in AMA-member companies.

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