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Origin & Purpose
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Botswana Campus
Lesotho Campus
Swaziland Campus
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Origin and Purpose of IDM
The Institute of Development Management (IDM) was established in 1974 as
a regional organisation in Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (BLS)
countries to help meet the management needs of the Region through
management development activities including training, consultancy,
research, and the establishment of a Management Resource Centre.
The specific objectives of IDM are:
- to improve the managerial knowledge and skills of persons charged
with senior responsibilities for development in the public, parastatal
and private sectors;
- to provide management training and consultancy to middle and
senior level personnel in the public, parastatal and private sectors;
- to improve organisational structures, administrative and
management procedures and development policies related to social
and economic needs;
- to improve the data base available for decision making with
respect to development;
- to extend public awareness of, and encourage, public involvement
in all aspects of development.
IDM Management
The Institute is an autonomous institution and operates under the
general direction of a Governing Board
composed of representatives from government, industry and universities
in each of the BLS countries.
The Board meets regularly in member countries on a rotational basis
to discuss matters pertaining to management training programmes, staff
development, finances, relations with donor agencies and other
policy matters.
Administratively, it is headed by a Regional Director who is the Chief
Executive. Each country has a campus headed by a Country Director.
The Regional Office of IDM is located in Gaborone, Botswana.
Professional Staff
IDM has a full-time faculty of thirty-eight staff members covering a
wide variety of areas of specialisation. The full-time faculty operates
in all three countries conducting management development and training
needs assessment, designing and conducting management courses and
carrying out consultancies for clients in the public, parastatal and
private sectors. In addition to the full-time faculty, the Institute
has Associate Consultants in each country whose services are used to
provide expertise whenever necessary.
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