Professional Advanced Diploma In Administrative Management (AD.AM)
Introduction
Following the success of the Institute’s ordinary diploma and need to provide training progression for its graduates, resulted in the establishment of  IRAMN advanced diploma.  The programme structure is based on the recommendation of academic board submitted to the Governing Council of the Institute August 2007.
In February 2008, the Institute first Advanced Diploma examination was hosted by the Department of Business Administration whch was then headed by Dr. Aliyu Mamman, M.inst.AM. Thirty- Five candidates sat for the examination, enrolment into the programme now stands at One Hundred and Seventy – Five students.
Objective
The coursework of advanced diploma is designed to provide further educational opportunities for graduates of Ordinary Diploma in Management and other related disciplines for increased learning which shall provide opportunities for employment to higher responsibilities or for growth in existing employment.
Also, it is expected that graduates of the Advanced Diploma shall seek further educational opportunities in Polytechnics and Universities.
Curriculum Design
The programme curriculum  is  built to provide further professional training to Ordinary diploma graduates of the Institute. Hence, it’s based on foundation provided by coursework of Ordinary Diploma of the Institute and institutions offering similar qualification. Its content is approximated to bench mark academic standard for advanced diploma.
The advanced diploma is structured along two management functionality. i.e. Public Administration and Marketing. This is to provide specialization opportunity at this level that shall guide its grandaunts on choice of career and further studies.

 See Paragraph 9.5 for programme outline as it currently run.
Admission Requirements:
Students must fulfill admission requirement for Advanced Diploma programmes. Specifically, students must possess recognised Ordinary Diploma, National Diploma, intermediate certificates of other professional Institutes such as CIA, ICAN, CIBN, IESAM, ICEN, NIMN, NIM etc.
Advanced Diploma In Administrative Management                                                                                                             Course Outline

Compulsory Section

Code         Subject                                              Credit Hours

AD101       Systems and Information Technology           2

AD102       Organisational  Behavioral Studies                        2

AD103       Managing People and Training                     2

AD104       Meetings and Corporate Law                                3

AD105       Small Scale Business Management                2

AD106       Public Finance                                            2

Research Methodology

Marketing Option

MKT101     Consumer Behavior                                     2

MKT102     Marketing Research                                    2

MKT103     Product Development and Management                2

MKT104     Industrial and Service Marketing                  2

MKT105     Marketing Management and Cases                       3

MKT106     Marketing Communication                            2

Public Administration Option

PUB101     Public Health Administration                         2

PUB102     Human Resource Management                     2

PUB103     Co-operative and Community Development    2

PUB104     Local Government Administrative and Finance        2

PUB105     Government Accounting                              2

PUB106     Public Policy Analysis                                  2

Please refer to appendix four for detailed syllabus of the programme
Duration
The programme is structured into two parts, first part being compulsory and second part of marketing or public administration specialization options is expected to take an average student twelve (12) calendar months to complete