SECOND CONVENTION - 1968

The Second Convention was held on April 24 and 25, 1968 again in Karachi. Its theme was: "Management and National Growth". The inaugural address was by Mr. M.M. Ahmed, at that time Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Government of Pakistan.

• PLANNING FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• A critical Review of the Third Five-Year Plan
• Impact of Fiscal and Monetary Policies on Investment

• MANAGEMENT PLANNING IN R.C.D. COUNTRIES
• Management Planning in Iran
• Management Planning in Turkey
• Management Planning in Pakistan
• Manpower Planning in Pakistan

• MODERN PLANNING TECHNIQUES IN MANAGEMENT
• Operation Research
• The Role of Forecasting in Planning
• Long Range Manpower Planning
• Planning for a Computer

• THE ROLE OF INDUSTRY IN PAKISTAN’S CHANGING ECONOMIC PATTERN
• The Development of Industries for Export with Particular Reference to Maximum Growth Sector in the World
• The Place of Heavy industries in our Current Economic Situation
• The Role of Agricultural in Pakistan’s Economy
• The Problem of Generating Capital Formation to become Self-Reliant.

As in the case of the First Convention sponsored by the Association in November 1966, the large number of eminent delegates attending the Second Convention also evinced a great deal of interest in its deliberations. A more rewarding features of this Convention, however, was the active participation of the distinguished delegates from Iran and Turkey who went on to initiate the idea of forming a federation of the RCD management association.

It was not a mere coincidence, for example, that shortly after the conclusion of the Convention, the Government of Pakistan announced the appointment of a Commission to look into the country’s educational and manpower problems–

the problems which were subjected to a searching analysis by various speakers during the course of the Convention.

The recording of the proceedings of this Convention are also available in the form of a book kept at the Association’s library in Karachi.