Irish Management Institute
Foras Bainistíochta na hÉireann | |
Other name | IMI |
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Type | Nonprofit |
Established | 1952 |
CEO | Shane O’Sullivan |
Location | , Ireland |
Campus | Urban |
Affiliations | University College Cork |
Website | www |
The Irish Management Institute (IMI) is an educational institute in
An alliance between University College Cork and the Irish Management Institute was announced in June 2011 by Taoiseach Enda Kenny,[1] the two institutions having been collaborating since 2009. As of 2014, the majority of the degrees offered by the IMI were accredited by UCC. In 2016, after many years of discussion, UCC bought the IMI and its lands.
History
The idea for the institute originated from a committee set up by Michael Dargan, T.P. Hogan and other businessmen. The motivation was to establish an organisation that would further the science and practice of business management in Ireland. Those involved were inspired primarily by the
The objective of the institute was to raise the standard of management in Ireland. Originally it did this through corporate and personal memberships, regular lectures and conferences, a journal called Irish Management, research and the establishment of a members library. After its first decade the institute became involved in management training courses.
Part of IMI's original brief had been to encourage the universities to develop management education. In the early 1960s both
UCC controversially bought the IMI and the IMI was merged into UCC.[7]
Board and Council
IMI is owned by UCC. Its council acts an advisory body for IMI management and is elected from a group of senior executives from member organisations. Council members serve as ambassadors for IMI within Irish industry and are the electoral college for IMI's board of directors. The board is responsible for IMI's strategy and planning.[8] The CEO (formerly the director general) is in charge of managing the institute.
Campus
The institute was originally headquartered upstairs in 81
The architect Arthur Gibney was awarded with the RIAI Gold Medal 1974-1976 for the building, which took design inspiration from the system of step terraces used in the Oakland museum of California. The site was developed to incorporate existing natural features, its distinctive trees and small hills, as well as Clonard, a mid-nineteenth century house. A sculpture by Michael Warren called Dolmen was erected in 2000. A residential block and conference centre were later added, for which Arthur Gibney & Partners won the RIAI Best Commercial Building Award in 2005.[11]
Further reading
- Cox, Tom (2002) The Making of Managers: A History of the Irish Management Institute, 1952-2002. Cork: Oak Tree Press. ISBN 9781860762406
External links
- IMI website
- Britain From Above Aerial photographs of Clonard House, Dundrum in 1948
References
- ^ "IMI and UCC alliance will 'transform business education here', says Kenny". Irish Examiner. 23 June 2011.
- ISBN 9781860762406.
- ^ Cox, p. 97
- ^ Cox, p. 149
- ^ Cox, p. 151
- ^ "Henley MBA". Irish Management Institute. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ UCC bought private college without liability for pensions by Niall Murray, Educational Correspondent, Irish Examiner, May 10, 2017.
- ^ "Board and Council". Irish Management Institute. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ Cox, pp. 43–211
- ^ Cox, p. 200
- ^ "Irish Management Institute". Arthur Gibney & Partners. Retrieved 29 March 2016.