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SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR ECA/PE/V/F/E (EILEEN CONNOLLY); EUR/PD 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OEXC SCUL FR
SUBJECT: FY-2006 Voluntary Visitor Program: Pia IMBS (BOYLE). 
Request, recommendations, program suggestions 
 
 
Post requests an unfunded Voluntary Visitors Program for Pia IMBS 
(BOYLE), a French citizen who is Senior Lecturer & Researcher in 
Economics and Management as well as Program Director of a Master's 
Degree in Human Resource Management at University Robert Schuman, 
IAE (Institut d'Administration des Entreprises-Institute of Business 
Administration), in Strasbourg.  The program would involve a day of 
consultations in Boston (July 13) and a day of consultations in 
Washington (July 17).  Country Clearance has been granted. 
 
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PROJ-NAME: VOLVIS - FY 2006 - Pia IMBS BOYLE 
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PROJ-TYPE: Individual 
PROG-TYPE: Voluntary Visitor 
FY: 2006 
DEPART-POST: 07/11/2006 
SESSION-DATE: 07/13/2006 
RETURN-POST: 07/19/2006 
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START MEMO POST-OBJ: 
From 1996 through March 2006, Pia IMBS (BOYLE) served as director of 
the Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE)--Business 
Administration Institute, a component of the Robert Schuman 
University, that trains business managers (both professionals and 
students).  Like many other French professionals now, Ms. IMBS 
(BOYLE) has found that creating links between universities and 
business helps qualified students find employment while at the same 
time updating business practices for employers too busy to resume 
their own studies.  She therefore instituted a series of "PHARE" 
("lighthouse") lectures to develop a network between business 
leaders and university faculty and students.  The PHARE network is 
now well established at the regional level, and Ms. IMBS (BOYLE) is 
trying to expand it to the international level.  She would also like 
to advance this goal through the Strasbourg sister-city program. 
Pia IMBS (BOYLE) is Vice President of PHARE and still assistant 
professor at IAE.  She resigned from her position as director in 
order to be more available for a new assignment at the Regional 
Council, where she is the leader of a project on the evolution of 
professional teaching at the university level. 
Strasbourg and Boston have been sister-cities for over 40 years, but 
most of the exchanges were limited to the cultural and educational 
fields.  Both cities seek to develop more exchanges in business and 
economics.  The opportunity of a VolVis Program for one day in 
Boston for Pia IMBS (BOYLE) would greatly contribute to this aim. 
It would also be a good investment for the USG, within the lines of 
MPP priorities because it would reinforce Franco-American 
friendship, mutual understanding, and shared values through 
collaboration with an important French educational institution. 
Upon her return, Pia IMBS (BOYLE) hopes to bring a new impetus to 
the Boston-Strasbourg sister-city relationship as well as contribute 
to developing new exchanges with the United States at the university 
level and throughout the Alsace region. 
 
 
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START MEMO POST-RCMD: 
Suggested visits: 
BOSTON: 
-  Boston College, particularly Carroll School of Management. 
Meeting with person in charge of 'twinning' and Doctoral students 
exchanges 
-  Harvard School, doctoral programs 
-  Researcher on business social responsibility to exchange research 
work on this topic. 
WASHINGTON: 
-  University of Washington, particularly Organization and 
Management Department of the Business School 
Topics of interest: 
-  Research projects in the domain of human resources management and 
social responsibility 
-  Links between universities and businesses 
-  Strasbourg-U.S. sister city developments 
 
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PREFIX: Mrs 
F-NAME: Pia 
M-NAME: Maria,  Mathilde 
L-NAME: IMBS BOYLE 
SUFFIX: 
POSITION-CODE: 213 
PRINCIPAL?: Yes 
M-ADDR1: University Robert Schuman 
M-ADDR2: IAE (Inst d'Admin des Entreprises) 
M-ADDR3: 61 avenue de la Foret Noire 
M-CITY: Strasbourg 
M-STATE: 
M-CNTRY: France 
M-ZONE: 67000 
M-ZIP: 
M-PHONE: 33-3-90-41-43-43 
M-FAX: 
M-EMAIL: Pia.Imbs@urs.u-strasbg.fr 
M-CNTRY-ID: FR 
M-ADDRTYPE: B 
GENDER: F 
DOB: 03/14/1960 
MAR-STAT: M 
BIRTH-CITY: Strasbourg 
BIRTH-CNTRY: France 
CITIZ-CNTRY: France 
RES-CNTRY: France 
START MEMO POSITION: 
From 1987: Senior Lecturer & Researcher in Econ. & Mgt 
END MEMO POSITION: 
START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
Program Director of a Master's Degree in Human Resource Management. 
END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
1997 to 2006:  Director of the Institute of Business Administration, 
Strasbourg. 
1990 to 1992:  Director of the Economics Department in a French 
School for Engineers. 
1987 to 1990:  Dean of the Faculty of Economics, University of 
Amiens. 
END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
1998:  Research Symposium on Global Management in Chicago. 
END MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
2005:  Canada, Quebec, University Three Rivers "Building links in 
Research in the field of Management and PhD". 
2005:  China, University of Shanghai "Building links in Research and 
Teaching". 
2005:  Ukraine, University of Kiev "Building links in Research and 
Teaching". 
2005 and 2006:  Morocco, Casablanca "Lecturing Management in an 
Engineering School". 
END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
START MEMO EDUCATION: 
2000:  Habilitation Thesis in Management, University Robert Schuman, 
Strasbourg. 
1986:  PdD in Economics, University of Paris Sorbonne. 
END MEMO EDUCATION: 
START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
French Association of Human Resource Management based in Paris. 
International Institute of Social Audit. 
Association for the Development of Teaching and Research of Social 
Responsibility. 
National Organization of Human Resource Managers. 
END MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
START MEMO PUBLICATIONS: 
Publications on Business Management; Management of Human Resources 
and Engineering of Training; Financing of Technological Innovation 
and Industrial Economy; Macroeconomy. 
Doctoral thesis on "Inflation and groups' behavior; the French case 
(1974-1984)", under the Direction of Professor Henri Bartoli, at 
University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne. 
 
END MEMO PUBLICATIONS: 
START MEMO SPEC-CONSID: 
Non-smoker 
END MEMO SPEC-CONSID: 
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Strasbourg and Boston have been sister-cities for over 40 years, but 
most of the exchanges were limited to the cultural and educational 
fields.  Both cities seek to develop more exchanges in business and 
economics.  The opportunity of a VolVis Program for one day in 
Boston for Pia IMBS (BOYLE) would greatly contribute to this aim. 
It would also be a good investment for the USG, within the lines of 
MPP priorities because it would reinforce Franco-American 
friendship, mutual understanding, and shared values through 
collaboration with an important French educational institution. 
Upon her return, Pia IMBS (BOYLE) hopes to bring a new impetus to 
the Boston-Strasbourg sister-city relationship as well as contribute 
to developing new exchanges with the United States at the university 
level and throughout the Alsace region. 
END MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: 
START MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD: 
Suggested visits: 
BOSTON: 
-  Boston College, particularly Carroll School of Management. 
Meeting with person in charge of 'twinning' and Doctoral students 
exchanges 
-  Harvard School, doctoral programs 
-  Researcher on business social responsibility to exchange research 
work on this topic. 
WASHINGTON: 
-  University of Washington, particularly Organization and 
Management Department of the Business School 
 
 
END MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD: 
START MEMO VIS-OBJ: 
Topics of interest: 
-  Research projects in the domain of human resources management and 
social responsibility 
-  Links between universities and businesses 
-  Strasbourg-U.S. sister city developments 
END MEMO VIS-OBJ: 
START MEMO VIS-REC: 
 
END MEMO VIS-REC: 
NOMINATING-OFFICER: Frankie A. REED 
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
From 1996 through March 2006, Pia IMBS (BOYLE) served as director of 
the Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE)--Business 
Administration Institute, a component of the Robert Schuman 
University, that trains business managers (both professionals and 
students).  Like many other French professionals now, Ms. IMBS 
(BOYLE) has found that creating links between universities and 
business helps qualified students find employment while at the same 
time updating business practices for employers too busy to resume 
their own studies.  She therefore instituted a series of "PHARE" 
("lighthouse") lectures to develop a network between business 
leaders and university faculty and students.  The PHARE network is 
now well established at the regional level, and Ms. IMBS (BOYLE) is 
trying to expand it to the international level.  She would also like 
to advance this goal through the Strasbourg sister-city program. 
Pia IMBS (BOYLE) is Vice President of PHARE and still assistant 
professor at IAE.  She resigned from her position as director in 
order to be more available for a new assignment at the Regional 
Council, where she is the leader of a project on the evolution of 
professional teaching at the university level. 
 
 
END MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
NOM-OFF: Consul General Strasbourg, France 
SPEAKER?: No 
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