The International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management (IFSAM) is a federative organization (association) whose members are management-related scholarly associations. Management is broadly defined to encompass all areas of business and organizational administration (accounting, finance, HR, marketing, operations, R&D, strategy,...). IFSAM strives to be the United Nations of academies pertaining to management around the world, to be the world wide policy body in management research, teaching and practice.