Last July 16, heavy rains did not prevent more than 30 participants from assembling at AIM's Meralco Room to listen to Dr. Ramon Katigbak speak on using research to influence management decision-making and to Dr. Robert Keitel share his experience in using grounded theory in analyzing call center partnerships with higher educational institutions.

The Philippine Academy of Management is now in the build-up phase under the stewardship of Dr. Ricardo Lim of the Asian Institute of Management. He took over from Dr. Benito Teehankee of De La Salle University-Manila who served as founding president. Dr. Lim was responsible for securing considerable support from AIM for the fledgling PAoM. This was instrumental in helping PAoM get organized during the challenging years of start-up from 2005 to 2007.