'Flexible Systems Management' is a movement towards a new synthesis of knowledge in the disciplines of systems and management, where the bottom line is 'Flexibility'. In order to aid this process of synthesis from multiple directions, GIFT schools in the contemporary areas of interest are being developed. As in most of the evolving managerial approaches 'Flexibility' is a common point, these schools in various thrust areas will be enriching the 'Flexible Systems Management' paradigm from multiple perspectives.

The professional society GIFT has a flexible organizational structure, in which new schools can be created based on new interest areas and the schools dealing with obsolete interest areas can be phased out. It provides an evolutionary and organic structure so as to adapt with the evolution of knowledge.

Each school has sufficient autonomy to organize its activities to enrich the specific area of interest, and at the same time its synthesizes with the larger framework of 'Flexible Systems Management'. In order to aid the process of synthesis, three major routes are built into the system, viz. cross-membership in schools, annual global conference GLOGIFT and giftjourn@l.

Each member of GIFT can opt for an association with any of the two GIFT schools in operation at any point in time. This association can be changed every year as per the shifting interests of members. In this manner, each school may have members with interest in all other schools. This type of cross-membership will aid a great deal in cross-fertilizing the ideas and ultimately facilitating the synthesis of knowledge generated in various quarters.