The Asian Institute of Management (AIM) is an international management school and research institution. It is one of the few business schools in Asia to be internationally accredited with the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). It was established in partnership with Harvard Business School and uses the Harvard Business School case study teaching methodology. Prof Stephen Fuller of the Harvard Business School was its first president, to be succeeded by another professor from Harvard. It was described by Asiaweek magazine (a Time Inc. publication) as the best in the Asia-Pacific region in terms of executive education. History The institute was established in 1968 in partnership with Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University, Harvard Business School, the Ford Foundation, and visionaries of the Asian academic and business communities. It is located in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. AIM has a local board of trustees and an international board of governors. Organization and administration AIM is a member of the following associations: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM) Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools (AAPBS) European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) Global Business School Network (GBSN), Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), and Pacific Asian Consortium for International Business Education and Research (PACIBER). AIM is also a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME). Academics Asian Institute of Management has four schools. Washington SyCip Graduate School of Business The Washington SyCip Graduate School of Business (SyCip School) offers two degree programs: the 12-month Master in Business Administration and the Executive MBA program. Instruction is based primarily on the case method developed at Harvard Business School. The school applies American and European management principles to problems in Asia. Stephen Zuellig Graduate School of Development Management The Stephen Zuellig Graduate School of Development Management (Zuellig School) has an 11-month Master in Development Management program intended for executives and managers from developing nations. AIM used to offer a Rural Development Management Program in 1976, followed by a Program for Development Managers (PDM) in 1985. PDM then became the core course for the MDM program in 1989. The Center for Development Management at AIM was formally established as a school in 1991. It was renamed the Stephen Zuellig Graduate School of Development Management on March 13, 2014, in honor of Dr. Stephen Zuellig. School of Executive Education and Lifelong Learning The School of Executive