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This is after the idea was conceived in November, 1965 by Mr. S.B. Chambers, then Director of the Jamaica Employers Federation (J.E.F.), and an ex-civil servant from Nigeria. Jamaica was then in its third year of independence and was faced with the training and development of its own managers. There was a great amount of support for its establishment from leading members of the Government of Jamaica, the Trade Unions, the University of the West Indies and the Private Sector. A Resolution was passed on March 2, 1966 for the formation of the Institute. A Foundation Committee was also formed which among other things, entertained overseas guests such as Mr. R.W. Kerwin of the Ford Foundation, through the instrumentality of Dr. Phillip Sherlock, and Mr. B.W. Vigrass of the British Institute of Management (BIM) under the auspices of the British High Commission in Jamaica. This was in an effort to seek sources of funding and guidance for the formation of the Institute. Support also came from many sources in Jamaica, financial and otherwise, including from Professor Rex Nettleford who was instrumental in the preparation of the first mock up budget.
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