The Society for Advancement of Management

What The Society for Advancement of Management does

The Society for Advancement of Management at California State University, Long Beach (SAM @ CSULB) is a student-run professional development chapter affiliated with the national nonprofit Society for Advancement of Management, which was established in 1912 to promote the scientific study of management principles. The chapter serves CSULB students, primarily within the College of Business, with the stated objective of bridging the gap between classroom learning and workplace readiness through leadership training, networking, and corporate exposure.

The chapter operates a two-tier membership program. General Membership is free and provides access to weekly Wednesday meetings, social events, and some corporate tours. Representative Membership is priced at $50 per semester and unlocks exclusive benefits: networking dinners with industry professionals (the Executive Eats program), a year-long Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) membership, preferred access to corporate tours, professional headshots, voting rights, and eligibility to run for board positions. Programming is delivered through weekly General Meetings featuring guest speakers, corporate tours to operating facilities such as Maersk, Parker Aerospace, and Toyota, social events (bonfires, hikes, mixers), and community outreach activities.

The organization is governed by an executive board of more than 30 student leaders covering President, Vice Presidents of Finance, Public Relations, Events, Membership, and Corporate Relations, plus directors for Alumni Relations, Fundraising, Sponsorship, Multimedia, and Community Outreach. Marketing and member acquisition are conducted through Instagram (@samcsulb), the chapter website (csulbsam.org), an email newsletter, and on-campus outreach within the College of Business. No proprietary technology platform is used; core technology is "not applicable" per the input, and the chapter's distribution is exclusively on-campus.

Name

The Society for Advancement of Management

Legal name

The Society for Advancement of Management

Website

https://csulbsam.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1912

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

SAM @ CSULB is a student-run professional development chapter at California State University, Long Beach, offering free and paid ($50/semester) memberships that provide business students with leadership training, corporate tours, networking dinners, and CSCMP membership access.

Ownership category

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Product category

Student Professional Development Services

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (61143), Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Business Schools and Computer and Management Training (6114)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAMAIAG

Leadership, Character Education & Values Development

Education/Supplemental & Enrichment Programs (Arts, STEM, Language)/Life Skills & Personal Development (Study Skills, Executive Function, SEL)

SECONDARYEDAAAEAA

University/College Continuing Education (Extension) Programs

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Continuing Education (Noncredit) & Lifelong Learning Programs

SECONDARYEDALAIAG

Outdoor Recreation & Adventure Programs (Trips, Climbing, Rentals)

Education/Student Services & Campus Operations/Athletics, Recreation & Fitness

Keywords

• Student professional development
• Management student organization
• Campus membership program
• Corporate networking tours
• Leadership training programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Long Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Representative Membership Dues: The organization generates revenue through Representative Membership fees at $50 per semester. This membership tier provides exclusive perks including networking dinners, CSCMP membership, preferred tour access, professional headshots, voting rights, and eligibility for board positions. General membership is free with basic access to meetings and events.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

SAM @ CSULB is a student-run professional development organization at California State University, Long Beach that offers a two-tier membership program — a free General Membership providing access to weekly Wednesday general meetings, select social events, and corporate tours, and a $50-per-semester Representative Membership providing exclusive perks including year-long CSCMP membership, networking dinners with industry professionals, preferred tour access, professional headshots, voting rights, and board eligibility. Programming centers on bridging classroom learning and workplace readiness through professional speaker series, corporate facility tours, exclusive networking dinners (Executive Eats), and community outreach.

Product overview

The Society for Advancement of Management (SAM) at CSULB is a student-run professional organization offering a membership-based program focused on developing managerial and leadership skills. The organization operates two membership tiers: a free General Membership providing basic access to meetings and events, and a paid Representative Membership ($50/semester) offering exclusive benefits including networking dinners, CSCMP membership, and voting rights. Core programming includes weekly General Meetings featuring professional guest speakers, corporate tours to companies like Maersk, Parker Aerospace, and Toyota, social events (bonfires, hikes, mixers), the Executive Eats dinner program with industry professionals, and community volunteering initiatives. The organization positions itself as bridging the gap between classroom learning and workplace readiness through practical professional development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• General Membership Free membership tier offering CSULB students access to weekly general meetings, social events, and select corporate tours at no cost. No sign-up required.
• Representative Membership Premium paid membership tier at $50 per semester providing exclusive perks including year-long CSCMP membership, networking dinners (Executive Eats) with industry professionals, preferred corporate tour access, free professional headshots, gamified SAMily Tree points system, voting rights, and eligibility for board positions.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)coreOthersRepresentative members receive year-long membership to CSCMP as part of their $50 semester membership. This partnership provides students access to industry resources, professional development, and networking opportunities through a major supply chain professional organization.
• MaerskminorOthersSAM organizes corporate tours to Maersk facilities, including Santa Fe Springs location. These tours allow members to see logistics and shipping operations firsthand, connecting classroom theory with real-world operations.
• Parker AerospaceminorOthersCorporate tour host for SAM members to observe aerospace manufacturing and operations. Scheduled for February 20, 2026.
• ToyotaminorOthersCorporate tour host for SAM members to observe automotive manufacturing operations. Scheduled for March 27, 2026.
• J.B. HuntminorOthersJesus Toscano, Transportation Manager at J.B. Hunt, serves as guest speaker for GM #5 on Intermodal Supply Chain Logistics and hosts exclusive Executive Eats dinner event for representative members.
• FMA (Financial Management Association)minorOthersCollaborative partner for joint student organization events such as ice skating social held November 21, 2025.
• DSPminorOthersCollaborative partner for joint student organization events such as ice skating social held November 21, 2025.
• SWB (Supply Chain Management Association)minorOthersCollaborative partner for joint events including hike with SAM at White Point Nature Reserve in San Pedro, CA.
• AMA (American Marketing Association)minorOthersCollaborative partner for joint events including hike with SAM at White Point Nature Reserve.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Enactus: International nonprofit with student chapters at universities running project-based leadership and business-development programs; covers similar professional-development territory via a project/certificate framework analogous to SAM's project-based certificates.
• Beta Gamma Sigma: International business honor society that confers recognized credentialing to top business school students; comparable member-benefit structure (membership credential, networking) but functions as an honor society rather than an open-membership club.
• DECA: National student organization focused on business, marketing, finance, and management skill development; much larger scale and brand but serves a comparable collegiate professional-development use case across thousands of high-school and college chapters.
• National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS): Large national leadership and success organization with campus chapters that sells membership and provides certificates, networking, and speaker programming — a scaled, private-sector analog to SAM's leadership/credentialing offering.

Direct peers

• Supply Chain Management Association (SWB) — CSULB Chapter: CSULB supply-chain-focused student org that hosts joint events with SAM and overlaps heavily on CSCMP-related programming and corporate-tour supply-chain audience.
• Delta Sigma Pi (DSP) — CSULB Chapter: Professional business fraternity operating on the same campus with a similar professional-development, networking, and corporate-event value proposition; direct competitor for business-student attention and dues.
• American Marketing Association (AMA) — CSULB Chapter: Another on-campus business student org that partners with SAM on joint social events (e.g., hikes, mixers) and competes for the same marketing/business student membership pool and corporate sponsorship dollars.
• Financial Management Association (FMA) — CSULB Chapter: Co-located CSULB business student organization that runs its own speaker series, social events, and joint programming with SAM; targets the same business-student persona with overlapping professional-development offerings.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/samcsulb
• Xx.com/csulbsam

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

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