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BRIEF HISTORY
INTRODUCTION
The
Chartered Institute of
Personnel
Management
of Nigeria (CIPMN) was
established in
1968.
The cradle of the
Institute was the
department
of Management Studies,
Yaba College of
Technology,
Yaba. It started as the
Personnel
Management
Association of Nigeria
and in 1973, it
was renamed
and has since taken on
the current
name.
Finally,
the Institute was
chartered by Decree
No. 58
of 1992.
DUTIES
The
Institute is a corporate
body charged
with the
general duties of:
Determining what
standard
of knowledge and skill
are to be
attained by
persons seeking to
become registered
as personnel
management practitioners
and raising
these standards
from time to time as
circumstances may
permit;
Securing in accordance
with the
provisions of
the decree, the
establishment and
maintenance
of a register of members
and
publication from
time to time of the list
of those
person; Regulating
and controlling the
profession in all
its aspects
and ramifications;
Performing through
the Council
under the Decree the
functions
conferred on
it by the Decree.
OBJECTIVES
OF THE INSTITUTE
To
promote and develop the
science and
practice
of personnel management
in all its
ramifications;
To foster and maintain
investigations
and research
into the best means,
methods of
applying the
science and art of
personnel
management and
to encourage, extend,
increase,
disseminate
and promote knowledge
and the exchange
of information
and ideas with regard to
all questions
relating
thereto or connected
therewith;
Develop and
maintain high standards
of
professional competence
and ensure that the
management of the
human
resources in Nigeria,
both in the
public and
private sectors,
conforms with the
best professional
standard; To conduct
research into and
publish
materials on all matters
relating to
the discipline
of HRM.
BENEFITS
AND PRIVILEGES OF
MEMBERSHIP
-
Free
supply of the
Journal of the
Institute.
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Free
supply of the CIPM
Newsletter.
-
Free
professional advice
on Human
Resources problems.
-
Access
to a reference
library of the
Institute.
-
Invitation
to the Annual
General Meeting
(AGM), Public
Lecture and other
activities of
CIPM if
financially active.
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Entitlement
to a professional
certificate.
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