Increasing numbers of business and management schools aspire to attain standards that are internationally accredited, of which the “Gold Standard” is said to be the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). The framework for AACSB accreditation is “mission driven” and intending schools need to demonstrate through documentary evidence that their operations and ethos contributes to their stated mission. This paper outlines how Henry Mintzberg’s (1980) model of organizations can be applied to a school’s organizational structure and human resources to identify the personnel and work effort needed to prepare the school for accreditation. The paper is in three parts. The first part gives an overview of AACSB accreditation and outlines the benefits to be gained from the process. The second part focuses on the Mintzberg (1980) model of organizational structure. This model is here adapted and interpreted to focus on issues pertaining to AACSB accreditation. The ensuing discussion describes how this endogenous model can help business and management schools identify the locus of effort relating to the key tasks for attaining accreditation. The paper concludes with a brief discussion of how a school can manage an accreditation process.