The Centre for Management Development (CMD) is a resource institution established by Decree 51 of 1976 as the operational arm of the Nigerian Council for Management Development.

The Federal Executive Council, in line with the Federal Government’s policy on rationalization of the Public Service, approved the merger of the Centre with the National Centre for Economic Management and Administration (NCEMA).  Following this, NCEMA was shut down and all its activities transferred to CMD.

Specifically, the Centre pursues one of its roles of capacity building by:

Identifying the type and quantity of programmes required for the country’s managerial manpower; developing resources for management teaching, training and consultancy;
building institutions to meet the need of national development; improving the quality and enhancing the use of management consulting, research and training; serving primarily as a training centre for economic planners, policy analysts, budget and project officers at the federal, state and local government levels; developing and strengthening specific skills that will enhance the quality of management of the national economy at the macro and sectoral levels; and being a policy laboratory for vigorous and sustained development and promotion of highly specialized skills required for enhancing efficient and effective planning and management of the Nigerian economy among others.

In addition to these mandates, the Centre undertakes the management development component of small-scale industries development through the design and provision of suitable training packages for small-scale industrialists and officials of federal/state agencies, which have responsibilities for developing small-scale industries in the economy.

ORGANIZATION

CMD is organized into five departments, eighteen divisions and several operating units, namely:

Administration and Finance Department, comprising:

1. Administration and Personnel 
2. Management Division;
3. Budget and Accounts Division and
4. General Services Division

Management Education and Training Department, comprising:

1. Curriculum Development and Evaluation Division;
2. Academic Programmes Division;
3. Management Information Division;
4. Educational Technology Division; and
5. Management Training Division

Economic Management Department, comprising:

1. Macro Training Division; and
2. Sectoral Training Programmes Division

Research and Consultancy Department, comprising:

1. Research Division;
2. Management Consultancy Services Division;
3. Publications Division; and
4. Library and Documentation Division

Entrepreneurship and Business Development Department, comprising:

1. Small-Scale Industries Advisory                  
   
2. Services Division; and
   
3. Entrepreneurial Development Division.

The Director-General’s Office supervises and co-ordinates the activities of the five departments. 

Two divisions and three units are located in the Director-General’s office, namely:

1. Area Offices Administration;
   
2. Corporate Affairs Division;
   
3. Internal Audit Unit;
   
4. Legal Services Unit; and
   
5. Council Secretariat.