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The Institute

The Southern Africa Institute of Management Services (SAIMAS) is a nonprofit, non-political professional body committed to the efficient application of resources and creating a high quality of working life.

Vision

To effectively promote excellence in the Management Services field.

Mission

Create an empowering platform for role players to enhance excellence in the workplace.

 Objectives

  • To actively ensure networking opportunities
  • To determine and maintain professional standards for the management services practice
  • To market management services as a mechanism for enhancing organisational effectiveness
  • To improve the quality and professional expertise through education, training and research in the management services field
  • To promote the education and training of persons who enter, or intend to enter, the management services field
  • To promote the interests of the Institute continually amongst all related interest groups
  • To disseminate information to promote excellence and professionalism

Functions

  • Business Transformation & Enablement
  • Financial & Asset Management
  • Information & Technology Management
  • Organisational Change Management
  • Human Resource Management
  • Quality Management
  • Operational Improvement
  • Performance Management
  • Monitoring & Evaluation
  • Reporting
  • Operations Management

SAIMAS is a non-profit organisation and one of the main objectives of our institute is: “To collect and to publish articles on modern technology and techniques for the benefit of its members in order to promote excellent professional performance “.

We have indicated before, that we endeavour to collect articles from our members to provide them with an opportunity to share their expertise with other members and to provide a platform for the publishing of research papers in our and related fields.

Publishing a paper or an article in the journal provides exposure to quite a broad spectrum of audience.  The SAIMAS journal is sent to universities in South Africa and there is even international exposure through membership by international organisations.

This is an invitation to our members to share their articles and papers with other members and the public.  Articles can be related to investigations conducted in the organisation that you work in.  The articles can be related to organisational structure investigations; procedure and method studies including technology upgrades; change management interventions and operations management.  Here are some pointers to keep in mind when preparing your article or paper:

Articles/papers can range from 2-4 pages (1000-2000 words).  If your article is a series of papers, please ensure that each paper can be published as a whole and will not be affected if the rest of the series is not published later.

Research must be must be referenced correctly and listed where appropriate.

The heading should include your name or your title if preferred.  Please also provide your contact details to ensure that SAIMAS can contact you if necessary.   Articles can be sent at any time and the article will be published in the issue following the date received. Articles can be sent to the SAIMAS office: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. / or to the editor: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .   We are looking forward to receive your articles!