AMED is the network for developers, a unique association of individuals committed to developing people and organisations.

Within the overall aim of promoting and encouraging management education and development, AMED explores new ideas, shares research and good practice and develops skills needed for the future, for the personal and professional benefit of people in all communities.

AMED’s development values and style distinguish it from other organisations in the international field of management education. We strive to behave in line with our values, modelling these in our activities. We value:

• organisation and people development as mutually reinforcing
• all individuals in the development process, whatever their role
• clarity, integrity and honesty in theory, principles, research and practice
• feedback from our own and other networks
• change - both practical and attitudinal - as essential to the development process
• the contribution of development to our changing world
• Our strategy, based on our values and our vision for what we wish to become by the year 2000, defines the framework to guide goal-setting and action; it is under continual review and combines what we want to do (our interests and desires) what we could do (opportunities in the environment) what we have to do (our responsibilities) and what we can do (with our competence and resources).

We want to:

• develop ourselves as a learning organisation
• develop other people and organisations
• build a thriving, active network reaching into Europe and the wider world
• encourage more people to benefit from our network
• become ready for our next phase of development

We could:

• meet changing needs
• enable deeper understanding of development and its impact on the future

We have to:

• fulfil our obligations in law
• meet members' needs

We can:

• encourage curiosity, learning and shared insights
• work on issues which may be difficult
• become even more professional without losing creativity
• innovate

Guided by members' suggestions, Council sets priority targets from within the following objectives:

To develop ourselves as a learning organisation by

• Making continual opportunities for learning
• Maximising learning from all our involvement's
• Promoting diversity of interest, background, need and ability

To develop other people and organisations by

• Devising programmes for skill, knowledge and attitude development
• Working in partnership with others to share skills and experience

To build a thriving, active network by

• Enabling and developing local and interest-based networks
• Identifying and experimenting with new opportunities for networking
• Focusing interest on different themes and approaches
• Involving members in decision-making and two-way communications
• Ensuring that individuals and networks experience AMED's benefits

To encourage more people to benefit from our network by

• Increasing our membership generally and in targeted sectors
• Enhancing AMED’s profile as the forum for exploring the leading edge
• Ensuring our activities are accessible to non-members
• Communicating our successes

To be ready for our next phase of development by

• Debating openly and continually reviewing our strategy, approaches and operations

To meet changing needs by

• Dealing creatively with issues in our changing world and sustainable development

To enable deeper understanding of development and its impact on the future by

• Exploring and communicating what development is and who benefits

To fulfil our obligations by

• Working within our constitution, company and charity law
• Making optimum use of resources

To meet members' needs by

• Conducting member surveys and acting on results
• Taking members' comments and complaints at any time and acting on these
• Providing professional courses, publications, events and other activities

To encourage curiosity, learning and shared insights by

• Stimulating research in key aspects of development
• Providing opportunities for members to explore research at the leading edge

To work on issues which may be difficult by

• Behaving positively in ethics, equality and the environment

To become even more professional by

• Aiming for quality and consistency in style, approaches and operations
• Developing our staff

To innovate by

• Developing ideas and setting trends
• Offering opportunities for experimentation and leading-edge activities