Washington, DC—The SCORE Association “Counselors to America’s Small Business” and American Management Association (AMA) announce a national alliance to foster best practices in business management. SCORE, a leader in business mentoring and AMA, a leader in management development training, partner to bring their combined expertise to entrepreneurs.
Through the alliance, SCORE and AMA will seek to raise awareness about the importance of business management and the value of lifelong learning. The organizations will sponsor joint research, develop customized educational programs and expand the small business management “how to” information on their respective Web sites.
AMA President and CEO Edward T. Reilly says, “This unique partnership between AMA and SCORE brings together practical management training and real-world business experience to help small businesses with the necessary skills to succeed in today’s competitive environment. AMA looks forward to this collaboration in assisting new and established entrepreneurs better navigate the unique challenges we are all now facing and help take their performance to a higher level.”
SCORE CEO Ken Yancey says, “General business management skills improve business success. Many entrepreneurs possess a depth of industry and product or service knowledge, but may lack a general business background. Together, SCORE and the AMA bring business management know how and business planning expertise to more entrepreneurs nationwide.”
Both SCORE and the AMA advocate the importance of the business plan for a small business. Yancey adds, “SCORE views management know how as the combination of solid business planning, ethical business practices, lifelong learning and mentoring. Management know how gives small businesses the skills, knowledge and behaviors that they can leverage for business success.”
The SCORE Association was formed in 1964. SCORE is a nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation, growth and success of small business nationwide. For information about starting or operating a small business, call SCORE for the chapter nearest you. More than 10,500 volunteers provide individual counseling and business workshops for aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners. SCORE has assisted nearly 4.5 million Americans with small business counseling. Visit SCORE on the Web at www.score.org.
American Management Association is the world’s leading membership-based management development organization. For 80 years, it has provided valuable and practical action-oriented learning programs to people at all levels, in all industries, from companies and agencies of all sizes. More than 500,000 AMA customers and members a year learn new skills and behaviors, gain more confidence, advance their careers and contribute to the success of their organizations through a wide range of AMA seminars, conferences and executive forums, as well as through AMA books and publications, research and print and online self-study courses. |
