The Arab Knowledge and Management Society (AKMS) was established on August 29, 1989, in Buffalo, New York (USA) and registered officially in Amman on October 10, 1990 under the name of the “Arab Management Society”.
The necessity of having such a society came from the realization of Arab managers and businessmen in the Arab world of the importance and consequences of their role in serving business communities in their countries.
Subsequently, in order to emphasize the group’s objective towards creating a knowledge society that uses modern management and technology and effectively developing the Arab potential, the name of the organization was chosen to be the "Arab Knowledge and Management Society" (AKMS).