To disseminate best practices in business teaching throughout Africa, GBSN worked with the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), in partnership with Lagos Business School (LBS) and other network schools, to develop a case method teaching workshop in South Africa for faculty across the continent. The program promoted the development of a peer support network for African business faculty who use discussion-based, practice-oriented teaching methods.

The annual Teaching the Practice of Management (TPM) workshop is now in it's fifth year and is hosted by the Association of African Business Schools (AABS). The workshop addresses the changing needs of teachers of Management for Africa’s new generation of business and community leaders. It provides a dynamic platform for faculty from business schools in Africa to explore practice-based learning in an intensive and interactive environment. Content has been specifically designed by faculty from GIBS and LBS together with leading international business schools.

Jonathan Cook from GIBS has directed the TPM since inception and together with Prof Tom Piper from Harvard Business School, Terrence Taylor and Prof Nick Binedell from GIBS, Enase Okonendo from LBS, and Freddie Acosta from Strathmore Business School will be leading the program.

For more information about TPM5 which will be held
8-14 July 2009 in Accra, Ghana
at Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA),
please visit the AABS website: TPM5