MAP Management Man of the Year

The “MAP Management Man of the Year” is the highest award given by the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP). It is bestowed on exceptional persons who have posted a record of achievement and distinction as leaders and managers of organizations, and who are considered exemplary models who deserve to be emulated by their peers and by the younger managers alike.

Since its institutionalization 50 years ago, only 42 persons have been named MAP Management Man of the Year. Nominees need not be MAP members. However, nominations must be made by a MAP. member or the MMY Search Committee. The Award is given after careful evaluation by the MMY Judging Committee consisting of past awardees and past MAP presidents.

Nomination Process

1. Only MAP members are eligible to submit nominations.

2. A nominee need not be a MAP member.

3. To ensure a wide search of potential awardees, the MMY Search Committee, headed by the immediate past MAP president, is tasked to identify and propose nominees for the Award.

4. The nomination form or letter should be accompanied by a curriculum vitae of the nominee, including possible references who can help make clarifications as may be desired by the MMY Judging Committee.

5. Nominations shall be submitted to the MAP Secretariat through the prescribed nomination form or in the form of a letter signed by the MAP member.

6. The MMY Search Committee may or may not do a shortlisting of the nominees.

7. The MMY Search Committee will then endorse its list of nominees to the MMY Judging Committee.

Judging Process

1. The MMY Judging Committee shall serve as the Board of Judges which is tasked to choose the most deserving nominee.

2. The evaluation process shall consist of two stages: • a preliminary evaluation that will result in the preparation of a shortlist, and • a final evaluation of shortlisted candidates from which a final choice is made of one or more nominees, as the MMY Judging Committee may decide.

3. The MMY Judging Committee shall review the materials submitted through the nomination process, and other information as may be obtained, on which basis it shall decide who should be on the shortlist of nominees for further and more thorough evaluation.

4. The MMY Judging Committee may write to the nominators or the shortlisted nominees to confirm the nominees’ willingness to go through the evaluation process, to request additional information as it may need for final evaluation, and to request a personal interview, if necessary, with the nominee, his nominator and/ or the references specified in the nomination form.

5. The MMY Judging Committee may seek information or assistance from the MAP Secretariat or other persons as it may feel necessary for its evaluation work.

6. The principal selection criteria for the MMY are integrity, leadership and management qualities, contribution to nation-building and values formation, effective stewardship within the confines of the highest standards of business ethics and management practice.

7. Article I Section 3.3.1 of the MAP By-Laws stipulates that the selection of MMY requires the “review, screening and selection by the MMY Judging Committee.” In the past, the MMY Judging Committees have invariably sought consensus in their decisions.

8. With the exception of the chair and the vice chair, the names of the members of the MMY Judging Committee are not disclosed until the search process has been completed.

9. To ensure confidentiality in the discussions of the MMY Judging Committee, no minutes of its meetings are taken.

Presentation of MMY Judging Committee’s Choice to the MAP Board

1. The MMY Judging Committee’s choice is presented to the MAP Board of Governors for approval.

2. As stipulated by Article I Section 3.3.2 of the MAP ByLaws, the election of MMY requires “approval by the affirmative vote of the majority of the entire Board of Governors.”

Presentation to MAP General Membership

1. The Awardee approved by the Board of Governors will then be presented to MAP members for approval during a MAP general membership meeting.

2. Article I Section 3.3.3 of the MAP By-Laws provides that the election of MMY requires the “approval by the affirmative vote of the majority of the members of the Association present at a meeting for the purpose” of electing the MMY.

“Since its institutionalization 50 years ago, only 42 persons have been named MAP Management Man of the Year. Nominees need not be MAP members.”