Professional Association in Economic, Finance and Management

Well, one of the lastest assignment is to research about professional associations. Well, I must confess, that I did not thought that! And it is probably for a reason: making human connections is extremely hard - not painful, not stressful, not dreadful- no just plain hard. People are so strange. They don't set their life to some principles and plan it accordingly. They cannot analyze, and rather judge by its feeling. And they think they want something, and they fire back. So far though, they are the majority. Since a child, I always tried to understand. Problem is they still are hard to understand. Sometimes they are hard to bear, many of them don't have principles, are highly cynical, or are highly plain plain plain-minded. Hahahahaha. I think I am enjoying blogging.

Anyway, being hard does not meaning being avoidable. You have to network, because you are responsible for any outcomes, an networking is a good way to look for influence. In the end, people are easy to manipulate, and they flow with their feelings. So if you think you are not being liked for who you try to have something in common, don't worry. Lower a little bit the coefficient of dis-likeness you have assigned, and try to cry. They know how being hurts feels -because they always go for that outcome - and your smartness, attitude and confidence will amuse them. What amuse them more, is that you are not afraid of taking not-popular-but-needed decisions, a quality they will always lack. But I am guessing that is not good when networking.

So now I wish you luck, and wish me luck because I know this is going to be hard.

Economics:

· American Economic Association: The American Economic Association (AEA) is an association which purposes are: i) the encouragement of economic research, especially the historical world and statistical study of the conditions of industrial life; ii) the issue of publications on economic subjects: iii) the encouragement of perfect freedom of economic discussion. The association publishes many Journals: The American Economic Review, The Journal of Economic Literature, The Journal of Economic Perspectives and The American Economic Journals. Its membership fee is 35 USD.

· Association of Environmental and Resource Economists: The Association of Environmental and Resource Economist ( AERE) focus on environmental and resources economics. They promote meetings and workshop that present research of the members. AERE publishes two journals: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, and Review of Environmental Economics and Policy. It charges a membership fee of 27 USD

· National Association for Business Economics: The National Association for Business Economics (NABE) is a professional association for business economist and those who use economics in the workplace. They have several subject-oriented roundtables for Corporate Planning, Financial, Health Economics, International, Manufacturing / Industry, Small Business / Entrepreneurship, Real Estate / Construction, Regional / Utility, Technology and Transfer Pricing. It has a quarterly journal, called Business Economics and offers several certifications, as well as conferences. The student membership is 30 USD

Finance:

· Association for Financial Professionals: The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) targets treasury and finance professionals. It focuses on providing information such as news, economic research and data, certifications, events and training. It does not have journals; instead, it provide several surveys that focus on key financial indicators such as Payment Survey, Liquidity Survey, Financial Risk Survey, Business Outlook Survey and Compensation Survey.

· Association for Accountants and Financial Professionals in Business: The Association for Accountants and Financial Professionals in Business (IMA) has as mission to provide a forum for research, practice, development, education, knowledge sharing, and the advocacy of the highest ethical and best business practices in management accounting and finance. Its membership provides professional development training, networks and communities, publications, conferences and events, career services, research and information, ethics center and helpline. It also provides students access to different scholarships.