TRAINING

The contents of the various courses are covered by formal lectures, group discussions and case studies as well as practical exercises. Films and other audio-visual aids are also used extensively to illustrate various points, techniques and skills.

2008 TRAINING AND MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES

2008 Training Brochure

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• Information and Communications Technology Management
• Human Resources Management
• Finance & Accounting Management
• General Management

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• Operation Management
• Marketing & Sales Management

Training Types

The training programmes are in three categories, namely:

(i) In-Plant/In-House programmes which are conducted at the request of the client with inputs specifically tailored to the requirements of the client.

(ii) Scheduled training programmes conducted by NIM faculty and carefully selected external resource persons;

(iii) Unscheduled special programmes designed to meet the needs of the society and Management Education Programme.

(iv) A three-tier Diploma in Management Programme is offered to meet identified needs of a large number of Managers and Supervisors in business, industry and administrative organizations, who have not had the benefit of formal management education, and whose jobs do not permit regular attendance at formal educational courses or institutions. We also offer Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies as well as Masters degree in Management as additional ways of promoting management as a profession.

Coverage

The Institute offers a large portfolio of management training programmes in General Management, Operations Management, Finance and Accounting Management, Marketing and Sales Management, Human Resource Management and Computer and Information Technology.

Objectives

The principal objectives of the Institute are, to:

• Encourage and develop the art and science of good management;
• Provide facilities for interested persons to meet and discuss management practice and problems with a view to improving standards of managerial performance in Nigeria;
• Collect and disseminate information on management subjects; and Make provision for such facilities and assistance as may be required by those studying for professional examinations in management subjects.

However, the Institute was granted a charter status in the year 2003 by an Act of the National Assembly. The law charged the Institute with the responsibility for registration of persons seeking to become management practitioners in Nigeria. Specifically, the Institute is charged with the general duty of:

• Determining what standards of knowledge and skills are to be attained by persons seeking to become members of the management profession and raising those standards from time to time as circumstances may permit;
• Securing in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the establishment and maintenance of registers of members and the publication from time to time of a list of those members;
• Regulating and controlling the profession of management in all its aspects and ramifications; and
• Performing through the Council under this Act the functions conferred on it by this Act.

Services and Activities

In order to fulfill these objectives, NIM undertakes the following services and activities:

Services:

• Management Training and Education Courses.
• Management Consultancy
• Research/Library Services
• Management Film Rentals
• Privileges of Individual/Corporate Membership
• Executive Staff Recruitment
• Commercial Research Activities

Activities

• Conferences, notably Annual Management Conference
• NIM Distinguished Management Lecture Series
• Young Managers’ Competition
• Publishing of Management Books, Journals and Monographs
• Mandatory Continuing Professional Education Programme (MCPEP) for Professional Managers

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

On request, the Institute will send registration forms. In case this is not sufficient, photocopies of the form can be used.

Enquiries about NIM courses and services should be directed to:

The Registrar
Nigerian Institute of Management
Plot 22, Idowu Taylor Street
Victoria Island
P.O. Box 2557
Lagos. Tel: 01-2705367; 01-4812903

OR

The Resident Consultant
Abuja Area Office,
Plot 604, Lingu Crescent
Off Aminu Kano Crescent
Wuse 2
P.O. Box 4469
Garki, Abuja. Tel: 09-6706604

OR

The Resident Consultant
Eastern Area Office
190/192, Victoria Street
Off 120 Aggrey Street
Port Harcourt. Tel: 084-578569

Course Fees

The scale of fees for a particular year is determined in advance. The Institute reserves the right to revise fees without notice.

Payment

The fee for a course should be paid not later than two weeks before the course commences. Fees do not normally cover accommodation and boarding, unless so specified in the course description.

Payments made four (4) weeks before a course will attract a discount of 5%.

CANCELLATIONS

The following condition will apply:

(a) If the cancellation of a confirmed reservation is made more than four weeks before a course starts, the course fee is returned in full.

(b) If the cancellation is made four weeks or less but more than one week before a course starts, only half the fee is refundable.

(c) If the cancellation is made a week or less before the course starts, the fee is liable to forfeiture.

(d) If no formal cancellation has been notified, but the nominee fails to report for the course, fee is liable to forfeiture.

(e) Within the four weeks period preceding the start of a course, the Institute cannot transfer a reservation to a later course since there is seldom sufficient time to arrange the attendance of a replacement and planned income is therefore lost. Deletion of a reservation is regarded as a cancellation and the condition set out in the preceding paragraphs will apply.

The Institute may, however, accept a substitute nominee from the organization concerned if he/she has comparable experience and qualifications.

NIM Training Course Certificates are awarded at the end of each course. To qualify for a certificate, a trainee must satisfy the in-house course requirements.

NOTE

Over-Subscription In the case of over-subscription for any course, preference will be given to corporate subscribers’ nominees and members of the Institute. Industrial Training Fund (I.T.F.) All NIM Courses are approved by I.T.F. and, therefore, qualify for 60% I.T.F. refund.

Additional Courses

The courses described herein represent the Institute’s basic programmes. Additional courses will be planned in response to the needs of Nigerian Mangers and in continuation of our efforts towards professionalizing management.

We shall continue to announce and publicize such programmes whenever we develop them.

Information to Institute’s Members

Use of credit points for upgrading Attendance at NIM activities and use of credit points for upgrading is created for the purpose of providing the necessary education for members.

Activities and Credit Points

(i) Mandatory Continuing Education Programme (MCPEP) (5 credit points)

(ii) Annual National Management Conference. (5 credit points)

(iii) NIM Training & Development Programmes (5 credit points)

(iv) Women in Management (5 credit points)

(v) Management Summit/Distinguised Management Lecture (2 credit points)

(vi) Other programmes organized by the Institute. (2 credit points)

Regulations

(i) An Associate Member needs a minimum of 15 points every year including one (1) appearance at Mandatory Continuing Education Programme (MCPEP) to qualify for upgrading into Full Member.

(ii) Similarly a member needs a minimum of 15 points every year to qualify for upgrading into Fellowship.

(iii) All Fellows will need to attend at least one Fellows’ Management Forum (an equivalent of MCPEP) yearly to retain their fellowship.

The (i) and (ii) conditions are in additional to the normal criteria being for upgrading into the respective grades.

(iv) Members who are deficient in MCPEP requirements would be banned from the following:

1. Sponsoring students for registration, examination and registration for induction into membership
2. Elevation to Fellowship
3. Obtaining and renewing practicing license
4. Membership of Committees
5. Contesting Council elections, and
6. Being Chairmen or any other Executive members of the Branches and Zones.

If this continues for many years, it can lead to suspension of membership