AMA has been conducting these surveys with the help of i4cp (Institute for Corporate Productivity）.AMA is a leading provider of essential information for sound decision making. Our groundbreaking studies on key management issues are used by organizations worldwide.
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Developing Successful Global Leaders 2012
May, 2012
The main objective of this third annual study is to capture the current status of global leadership development programs and track ongoing progress of exisiting programs.
Developing Successful Global Leaders 2011
May, 2011
Updating the current status of Global Leadership Development Program. Some additional questions added, such as the future of global leadership development program.
Developing Successful Global Leaders 2010
May, 2010
The 2010 study established a foundation for understanding global leadership development programs; how many of the companies had created such programs, the effectiveness, which competency included, how do you evaluate the programs...etc.
Agility and Resilience In the Face of Continuous Change November, 2006
This survey focused on the changing external conditions experienced by organizations as well as what companies are doing internally at the individual, team, and organizational levels to manage or even induce change.
How to Build a High-Performance Organization
November, 2007
This study is to determine the impact of today’s challenges on organizations and the best practices associated with successful organizations. The study identified five integrated components of a high-performance organization: strategy, customer focus, leadership, processes, and values.
Critical Skills Survey 2011
As the U.S. economy begins to show signs of improvement, executives say they need
a workforce fully equipped with skills beyond the basics of reading, writing, and
arithmetic (the three Rs) in order to grow their businesses.Skills such as critical thinking,
communication, collaboration, and creativity (the four Cs) will become even more
important to organizations in the future.
Cultivating Effective Corporate Culture
June, 2008
This survey is to discuss the factors that influence corporate culture, as well as explore the actual characteristics of corporate culture and their relationship to business success, and help executives develop the kind of culture that will cultivate and foster higher productivity and profitability in an organization.
The Keys to Strategy Execution
March, 2007
The study showed that organizations best at strategy execution excel in revenue growth, profitability, and customer satisfaction. And the study identified both the obstacles to implementation of strategic plans and drivers of successful strategy execution.
Creating a Sustainable Future
September, 2007
This Sustainability Survey of 1,365 respondents looked at not only the degree to which organizations are using sustainability approaches but also how this differs among higher-performing and lower-performing organizations, as determined by self-reports in the areas of revenue growth, market share, profitability and customer satisfaction.
Magnifying Customer Focus
June, 2006
This is a study to determine the strategies and culture that define a customer-focused organization. More than 900 executives and managers to identify what is driving customer focus today, how companies put customer focus into practice and how it will change over the next 10 years.
The Quest for Innovation
April, 2006
Innovation is at the top of the list among global executives, yet most organizations enjoy only moderate success in managing the process, let alone using it successfully to grow their bottom line. What are so many organizations doing wrong? The survey is to answer this question, and capture current thinking on innovation and identify best practices.
Leading into the Future
October, 2005
This survey explores the roles leaders now play in organizations, how the best-in-class organizations develop leaders and how leadership may well change over the next decade.
The Ethical Enterprise
January, 2006
This study shows what is influencing ethics in today’s organizations, what best-in-class ethics programs are in place and how ethics may evolve over the next ten years.
