ENHANCING THE CAPABILITY OF THE
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Objectives

The program was directed at enhancing the capability of the NIBM to organise, run and manage its Higher Diploma courses in Computer Based Information Systems (HDCBIS), and covered a 3-year period from 1989 to 1992. The program, funded by UNDP and executed by the ILO, on behalf of the National Institute of Business Management (NIBM), with close partnership between the University of Dublin (UCD) strengthened the Institute in a number of ways.

Organisational / managerial development of the NIBM

The overall professionalism of NIBM staff and systematic training given by the UCD led to a gradual shift in the administration and control of the HDCBIS from the hands of the UCD to the NIBM, thus realising the main goal of the Project. Whereas in 1989 the teaching, management and administration of the project was carried out entirely by the UCD, by 1991, the staff of the NIBM had assumed a larger part of that responsibility and proved themselves to be very efficient in executing their new task.

Course Development

A significant output of the Project was the broad-basing and re-structuring of the core curriculum, with six new modules being introduced into the existing curriculum.

Equipment

Eight microcomputers and a mini computer were installed at the NIBM by the end of the Project under supervision by the UCD which also monitored the suppliers and evaluated their capability to maintain them.

Future objectives

The project also led to some significant proposals for the future that included a proposal for a degree program and the creation of a strong applied research/consultancy facility through the establishment of a Computer Imaging Unit, proving beyond doubt that the ILO/UNDP funded project had more than realised its goals.