WelcomeThe Origins Growth and Achievements of IMCAWe tell the story here of IMCA's growth and development since its original foundation in 1964 at Slough in Buckinghamshire, England. Why were we established, who were the founders and what successful and unsuccessful paths has the Faculty taken us along since then? Its a fascinating tale of tens of thousands of graduates and hundreds of Faculty in 45 countries seeking to use lifelong action learning approaches to improve managerial effectiveness which gained prized accreditations in the UK and the USA from the mid 1980s. Wantonly expelled from its homeland by a bizarre twist of fate in 1988 and by financial meltdown in 1991 it was resurrected by its Members from Australasia and Malaysia and has been sustained and flourished ever since by its global community. IMCA has since its inception been at the leading edge of learning innovation and design in its programmes at every level. It was the first such institution to go fully onto the Internet by 1995. Its Faculty has included myriad outstanding scholars and practitioners of action learning from all continents and its Court of Honorary Members boasts outstanding practitioners from across the globe. Most of the buttons to the left here give access to the documentary evidence of our history ... but first try the Story Telling link which provides History in Focus for those coming to IMCA perhaps for the first time as an Associate or a new Faculty Member. Which is not to undersell the remainder of the IMCA archive which has been custom designed for the nostalgic. Nor to suggest you should fail to link to Tomorrow's History as divined by IMCA's leaders today. Finally, for memorabilia go shopping at the Boutique. |
