29 May 2006

Management in Malaysia, The Story of the Malaysian Institute of Management
By Manogaran Maniam

Book Price: Selling Price : RM98.00 (Hardcover) MIM Member: RM88.20 (Hardcover) Selling Price : RM68.00 (Paperback) MIM Member: RM61.20 (Paperback) About the book This is a book of records, literally, in more ways than one. It attempts to offer an economically expansive record of the events that have lined the four-decade landscape of the Malaysian Institute of Management (MIM), and was completed in record time. More than a flavourful chronicle for posterity, Management in Malaysia: The Story of the Malaysian Institute of Management will mean different things to different readers. The public will gain some insights into the beginning of our national management organisation; how it survived, thrived and evolved over 40 years amid the complex interplay of human factors and environmental variables, to become the entity that is today. Those who have been or associated with MIM - whether as members, partners or employees - will be able to identify themselves directly with many of the milestones described, at varying personal levels in varying degrees of intensity. For them, The Story of MIM is more than just another item on the shelf; it is also a testament of self, whose interpretation is best known to that oneself alone.

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About the Author

MANOGARAN MANIAM was a Senior Manager at MIM from 1981 to 1992. He led the Special Projects department and subsequently, In-Company Training department. He developed Case-Writing workshops and Environmental Management seminars, pioneered and produced Malaysian management training videos, and established the Publications unit. Mano originated and led a three-year group research programme on Intercultural Management in Malaysia.

He left MIM to join Malaysian Institute of Personnel Management as General Manager. Prior to joining MIM, he was Executive Director of Malaysian American Commission on Educational Exchange (MACEE) for eight years.

He received the Fulbright Distinguished Artiste Award in 2000, and was adjunct professor at San Diego State University and Loyola University in Chicago; in 2004 he was the Henry B. Luce Scholar-in-Residence at Ohio University in 2004. He has also received several awards for his contributions in the performing arts as actor and director.

Currently, Mano is a management trainer and continues to work on special projects with MIM. He is also the President of the Environmental Protection Society and the Deputy President of the Case Writers Association of Malaysia.