Our History
From a founding meeting of 26 scholars in Benin City to a national academy of over 1,000 members — the story of TAMN.
The TAMN Story
Founding of the Academy
On 16 August 2001, twenty-six management scholars gathered at the University of Benin for an inaugural meeting hosted under the Vice Chancellorship of Prof. A. R. Anao. That meeting gave birth to The Academy of Management Nigeria (TAMN).
The founding President was Professor Adebayo Akerele of the University of Benin, and the founding Vice-President was Professor Nnamdi Asika of the University of Lagos. The Academy was established with a clear vision: to be continuously on the cutting edge of Management Sciences thought and practice for the benefit of mankind and society.
CAC Registration
On 7 June 2004, TAMN was formally incorporated as Incorporated Trustees under the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) with the Corporate Affairs Commission of Nigeria — Certificate No. 000533. This gave the Academy full legal standing as a professional body.
Inaugural Annual Conference
TAMN held its First Annual Conference in November 2005 at Rockview Hotel, Abuja, under the theme "Management: Key to National Development." This established what would become the flagship event of Nigeria's management academic calendar — a tradition that has continued unbroken for nineteen editions and counting.
Nigerian Academy of Management Journal (NAMJ)
TAMN launched the Nigerian Academy of Management Journal (NAMJ), the Academy's flagship peer-reviewed publication. Published annually at first, the journal moved to twice-yearly publication in January 2010, releasing issues every January and July. NAMJ provides a credible forum for the development and propagation of management theory and practice, with full blind peer review for all submitted articles. Copyright to all published articles is vested in The Academy of Management Nigeria.
2025
Growth Across Nigeria
Through successive Annual Conferences held at universities across every region of Nigeria — from Bayero University Kano and Ahmadu Bello University Zaria in the north, to University of Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka in the south-west and south-east, to University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State University, and Federal University Otuoke in the south-south — TAMN grew from a small group of founding scholars into a truly national academy.
By its 19th Annual Conference in September 2025, hosted by Southern Delta University, Ozoro, Delta State, the Academy had grown to 1,039 active members drawn from universities, research institutions, government agencies, and industry across Nigeria.
TAMN Today
The Academy of Management Nigeria today operates from its Secretariat at Prof. Iyayi Hall, Ugbowo Campus, University of Benin, under President Prof. Mande Samaila of the National Open University of Nigeria and an elected Executive Committee drawn from institutions across the country.
TAMN continues its founding mission: to strive for intellectual rigour and best practice in Management Sciences, to provide a national forum for management scholars, and to ensure that Management Sciences impacts all aspects of national life and policy for the most efficient and effective utilisation of Nigeria's resources.
Vision, Mission & Objectives
"To continuously be on the cutting edge of Management Sciences thought and practice for the benefit of mankind and society."
"The Academy of Management Nigeria strives for intellectual rigour and best practice in Management Sciences."
Objectives of the Academy
The objectives of the Academy shall be to:
- Encourage the pursuit of scholarship of the highest order in Management Sciences
- Conduct research into all aspects of Management Sciences relevant to the Nigerian context
- Examine the relevance and applicability of management theories and practices from other countries to the Nigerian situation
- Create a national forum for the coordination of efforts to promote Management Sciences theories in aid of practice
- Develop Management Sciences theories from the peculiar Nigerian experience which recognise the various cultures of the country
- Seek to make Management Sciences impact on all aspects of national life and policies for the most efficient and effective utilisation of Nigeria's resources
- Seek the improvement of Nigeria's international standing and influence through the promotion of relevant Management Sciences theories and best business practice
- Encourage and undertake various publications — books, bulletins, journals, monographs and newsletters
- Cooperate with similar institutions in the promotion of Management Sciences in the service of humanity
- Undertake any other activities which will contribute to the attainment of the broad objectives of the Academy in the overall National interest
Definition of Management Sciences
For the purposes of TAMN membership and activities, Management Sciences includes the functional areas of Accounting, Actuarial Science, Finance and Banking, Business Administration, Human Resources Management, Insurance Management, Management, Management Science, Marketing and Organisational Behaviour — and other Doctorate Degrees awarded by the Faculties of Management Sciences and Business Administration in any recognised University.