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Institute of Commercial Management -ICM

As an awarding organization for business development staff, ICM provides a wide range of professional qualifications in business, management, and related vocational areas.

ICM will support Salvation Academy in providing appropriate qualifications, enabling students to meet their potential.

Our Qualifications:
1. Leadership
2. Business Management
3. Human Resource Development
4. Office Management
5. Purchasing & Supply Management
6. Project Management

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Program Objectives:

Leadership

The Leadership program identifies and provides candidates with a detailed understanding of the key issues and concerns of leadership and leadership studies. It will provide candidates with an opportunity to study and understand key insights on the nature and character of leadership and leadership practices. The program will draw on historical examples of globally significant leaders to highlight classical and contemporary theories of leadership. The program will equip candidates with the strategic management skills, understanding and leadership insight to compete globally for the most challenging management roles. Knowledge gained and skills learned will enhance career potential and directly benefit the organizations that candidates work for now, and in the future.

Business Management

To provide prospective business and management students with a body of knowledge which will:

Increase their employment opportunities. Prepare them for supervisory and management careers in industry and commerce. Provide them with a qualification which will enable them to progress to higher level general management or specialized business programs at a later stage in their business or academic careers.

The ICM Graduate Diploma in Business Management program is also suitable for working supervisors and managers who require business qualifications for career advancement or promotion purposes.

N.B. The Graduate Diploma in Business Management has been withdrawn. All examinations, including re-sits, must be undertaken by the December 2020 Examination Series.

Human Resource Development

To provide participants with a body of knowledge which will enable them to:

Understand and apply human resource theory in the working environment.
Understand the importance of human resource development to the success of a business.
To make a positive contribution to the work of a human resource management department.
To increase and enhance employment opportunities within the human resource development industry.

Office Management

This program is designed for those who will ultimately seek positions as Office Managers and provides learners with the knowledge necessary for the effective management and administration of staff and resources. The program is particularly suitable for experienced and mature office staff who seek an Office Management qualification for career advancement purposes.

Purchasing & Supply Management

To provide learners with:

An understanding of the economic, legal and fiscal environments within which all businesses operate.
A detailed knowledge of the supply, storage and purchasing functions.
An understanding of the way in which business organizations are structured, managed and administered.
Numerate and analytical skills for purchasing stores management and supply decision purposes.

Project Management

This program is designed for those learners who wish to develop project management skills. In addition, the qualification is designed to assist learners by:

Increasing their employment opportunities
Providing them with a qualification which will enable them to progress to higher level general management or specialized business program at a later stage in their business or academic careers.
The program is also suitable for managers who require a business studies qualification for career advancement and promotion purposes.

Accreditation

Certified to Operate by the Ministry of Technical & Higher Education

Salvation Academy Sierra Leone Branch

43 Dundas Street
Freetown, Sierra Leone West Africa
Tel: (1)-703-763-1115
Fax:(1)-703-226-3328
email: support@salvationacademy.org