Professional and Student Organizations
AITP
The Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) is a professional
management organization targeted for the information processing professional. In
fact, the AITP is the largest organization representing information management
professionals in the world.
ASQ
The American Society for Quality (ASQ) has been the leading quality improvement
organization in the United States for more than 50 years. Its members have
initiated most of the quality methods used throughout the world, including
statistical process control, quality cost measurement and control, total quality
management, failure analysis, and zero defects. ASQ has more than 117,000
individual and 1,100 corporate sustaining members worldwide. Individual members
belong to one of 247 local Sections located throughout the United States,
Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and an international chapter. ASQ also has 22
industry—and topic-specific Divisions.
APICS
American Production and Inventory Control Society is a not-for-profit
educational organization respected throughout the world as an authority on
integrated resource management. We are a leading provider of learning
opportunities that help our members increase productivity and compete in a world
that is becoming more complex as nations move toward a global marketplace.
DSI
The Decision Sciences Institute is an interdisciplinary, international
organization dedicated to the advancement of the science and practice of
education and research about business decisions. The Institute promotes
excellence in teaching and scholarship, and seeks to serve current and future
developmental needs of doctoral students, faculty, and academic administrators.
POMS
The Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) is the "Gateway to the
POM World", a society that is "home" to professors and professionals from all
over the globe and that links them into a "virtual department".