Vision

To be a leading business and public policy-oriented think tank.

Mission

To produce in-depth studies in light of historical and philosophical perspectives, considering social, economic, political, legal, psycho-cultural, and technological environment, to come up with evaluation, recommendation, or conclusion with predictive dimension useful in policy-making of the government, corporations, national, regional and international institutions and organizations.

Goals

* To attract and organize a pool and network of experts in various fields of human affairs and provide an environment to bring out their best in the process of producing in-depth studies.
* To influence events, key players, paradigms, and policy-making in any or all sectors.

Strategy

* To scan the environment, identify mainstream trends, issues, concerns and problems on national, regional, and global levels, look into the underlying assumptions or paradigm with critical and analytical mind, and come up with a new way of looking at the world.

Tactics

* To conduct researches and surveys to gather and obtain the necessary data.
* To develop a network for obtaining timely information and proposed activities, plans, or projects in the pipeline.

Organizational Structure

The Institute of International and Strategic Studies shall have the following structure:

Board of Trustees (BOT)

It shall be composed of a Chairman-CEO, President-COO, Vice Chairman, and 12 other Trustees of recognized stature, competence, and leadership in the field of either education, business, finance, industry, trade, agriculture, journalism, economics, technology, religion, management, law, and government.

The BOT shall formulate and approve the Vision, Mission, Plans, Goals, Strategies, Tactics, Policies, Procedures, and Rules of ISIS.

The Board of Trustees shall provide Vision, Mission, and direction to ISIS and shall oversee the implementation of the Vision and Mission; goals and strategies; formulate policies, procedures, and rules for the guidance of the administration and other stakeholders of ISIS, and to continuously review, improve, and revise the same to adapt to changing times and circumstances.

Operations and Administration

Executive Director

The Executive Director (Ex-Di) shall have direct and active management of the operations of ISIS. The Ex-Di may recommend amendments or revision of the Vision, Mission, Goals, Strategies, Tactics, Policies, Procedures, and Rules of ISIS for approval by the BOT. He shall lead in the implementation and observance of the same by formulating proposed plans and program of activities, subject to approval by the BOT.

A Deputy Executive Director shall assist the Executive Director and shall have primary responsibility of monitoring and communicating with members of the network and other stakeholders.

Fellows, Associate Fellows And their Privileges

The ISIS pool of experts shall consist of Fellows and Associate Fellows.

All MBA and Ph.D. in Management students and graduates of IAME are automatically qualified to be an Associate Fellow of ISIS.

An Associate Fellow may be elevated to full-pledged Fellow upon publication of his/her research work in the IAME Journal of Management, Law, and Economics or other reputable and respected journals or publications.

Privileges

An Associate Fellow or Fellow shall have access to the facilities of ISIS and may use the ISIS office as his/her business office address in Makati City.

The ISIS shall have research area and business center area to be made available to any Associate Fellow or Fellow upon prior appointment or reservation on first come-first served basis. Other amenities of IAME such as the VIP room of the restaurant, EMBA and Ph.D. rooms shall likewise be made available to them by appointment or reservation on first come-first served basis.

Committees

There shall be an Executive Committee composed of the Chairman-CEO, President-COO, one other member of the BOT, Ex-Di, Deputy Ex-Di, and one Fellow, and one Associate Fellow.

The BOT may create such other committees as may be necessary in furtherance of its Vision, Mission and Goals of ISIS.

International Advisory Council

There shall be an International Advisory Council (IAC) headed by a Chairman and Vice-Chairman composed of outstanding individuals of recognized international stature coming from the academe, diplomatic world, leaders of government, non-governmental organizations, corporations, and international institutions and organizations, coming from various nations all over the world