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Business Management Professional

The Business Management program provides students the basic competencies involved in a leading a team whether from the very top of a company, middle management or first-line supervision. Managers at intermediate levels serve as the bridge between their staff and higher management understanding how to execute the project, exercising good judgment over costs and risks but also able to extract and rely on the talent of their team to get things done effectively. Good leaders are key to cultivating positive morale among their staff while also best situated to identify policies or procedures that are not working and improve upon them to benefit both staff and management. Effective managers have unique skill sets that promote collaborative, orderly and productive work environments from which everyone can benefit. Being an effective manager requires a fundamental understanding of leadership, organization and communication skills that will always be in demand by employers.

Leading a team of colleagues or managing your own staff requires a set of leadership skills that are often few and far between in today’s business culture. Understanding the personalities working for you and with you, while also maneuvering to get the most out of the different skill sets and personalities on your staff is essential to effective leadership and productive management.

With the Business Management program, this collection of skills and knowledge will ensure students understand the delicate balance of leadership, motivation, delegation, and authority while fostering an environment of encouragement and teamwork. From business communication and basic supervision to the fundamentals of leadership and project management, this combination of courses ensures learners will emerge with the confidence to make the tough decisions managers are faced with every day coupled with a comprehensive understanding of what it takes to be a true leader.

 

Program Objectives

After completing this program, learners will be able to:

  • Contrast theories and techniques of managing, motivating, and leading others
  • Analyze the impact of an organization’s culture, environment, and design on management
  • Examine how social responsibility and ethics affect management functions
  • Analyze issues facing managers when performing management functions
  • Examine challenges related to organizational strategies and processes that managers face in today’s business environment
  • Evaluate approaches to communication to best fit an organizational structure
  • Apply theories of leadership and motivation to effectively manage others
  • Assess approaches to controlling organizational performance
  • Examine operations management
  • Describe the key components of the contemporary U.S. and international business environment
  • Describe the role of ethics and social responsibility in the business environment
  • Examine how businesses can be organized and structured
  • Analyze the various functions of and approaches to management
  • Analyze marketing processes, forces, and issues in a business enterprise
  • Examine the key strategies, tools, and issues involved in business operations
  • Examine the key financial concepts involved in the business enterprise
  • Develop a business plan incorporating sound business concepts, systems, and strategies
  • Analyze the competencies and skills needed to be an effective supervisor
  • Explain contemporary workplace considerations with respect to a supervisory role
  • Plan strategically using goal-setting and organizing skills
  • Recommend a staffing, recruiting, and retention strategy
  • Recommend a control process strategy
  • Propose a decision-making strategy
  • Explain motivational leadership in the context of today's workforce
  • Use effective communication strategies
  • Propose group- and-team-building skills
  • Analyze the performance appraisal process
  • Recommend strategies to improve workplace health and safety
  • Propose conflict resolution strategies
  • Analyze factors that impact change management
  • Analyze the supervisor's role in the collective bargaining processes
  • Use Microsoft Office®

Certification Opportunities

After completing this program, learners will have the opportunity to take the leading national/industry-recognized certification exam(s) essential to entry-level employment in this fast-growing field.

 National Workforce Career Association (NWCA) Business Management (B-MGMT)


 

 

Optional Volunteer Externship Opportunity

Learners who complete this program are eligible to participate in an optional volunteer externship opportunity with a local company/agency/organization whose work aligns with this area of study in order to gain valuable hands-on experience.  As learners progress through their eLearning program, an Externship Coordinator will reach out to coordinate placement.

Note: Additional documentation including health records, immunizations, drug-screening, criminal background checks, etc. may be required by the externship facility.

Risk Management Professional (RMP®)

Start your prep for the PMI Risk Management Professional (RMP) certification exam with the PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) program. The performance-based labs included with this program deliver a unique and useful hands-on experience for learners to gain the practical skills necessary for success in this area and put to use the knowledge from each lesson. The PMI RMP training comprehensively covers the RMP certification exam objectives and helps learners gain an understanding required for working with project management framework, risk management planning, stakeholder communication and engagement; risk identification, and risk analysis.

The PMI RMP certification is an industry-recognized vendor-neutral credential that validates your project management skills. The PMI Risk Management certification is targeted at project management professionals who provide expertise in the specialized area of assessing and identifying project risks along with preparation plans. The RMP exam verifies professionals' expertise in risk strategy and planning; stakeholder engagement, risk process facilitation, risk monitoring, and reporting; perform specialized, and risk analysis.

 

Program Objectives

This program covers the following key areas and topics:

  • Project and Operation
  • Project Life Cycles and Project Management Processes
  • Project Environment
  • Organizational Structure
  • Risk and Planning Risk Management
  • Project Stakeholder Management
  • Project Communications Management
  • Theories and Concepts
  • Identifying Risks
  • Risk Analysis
  • Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
  • Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
  • Plan Risk Responses
  • Implement Risk Responses
  • Monitoring Risk
  • Use Microsoft Office®

Performance-Based Labs

The labs contained in this program are simulators that provide learners with a virtual real-world environment where they can practice the skills acquired in each lesson.

  • Introduction to the Project and Operation
  • Introduction to the Project Risk Management Process
  • Introduction to the Plan Communications Management Process
  • Introduction to the Manage Communications Process
  • Introduction to Risk Analysis
  • Introduction to the Plan Risk Responses Process

Certification Opportunities

After completing this program, learners will have the option to take the leading national/industry-recognized certification exam(s) essential to entry-level employment in this fast-growing field.

 Project Management Institute (PMI)® Risk Management Professional (RMP)®


 

 

Optional Volunteer Externship Opportunity

Learners who complete this program are eligible to participate in an optional volunteer externship opportunity with a local company/agency/organization whose work aligns with this area of study in order to gain valuable hands-on experience.  As learners progress through their eLearning program, an Externship Coordinator will reach out to coordinate placement.

Note: Additional documentation including health records, immunizations, drug-screening, criminal background checks, etc. may be required by the externship facility.

Project Management Professional (PMP®)

Project Management Professionals have a firm understanding of the basic competencies involved in management and oversight, including areas such as effective time management, managing multiple projects simultaneously, scope and estimation of project undertaking and devising a detailed project plan alongside project risk and cost analysis. The program includes training and exam preparation for students to become a Project Management Professional (PMP®) as designated by the Project Management Institute. The PMP® is the most important industry-recognized certification for project managers. Globally recognized and demanded, the PMP® demonstrates that individuals have the experience, education and competency to lead and direct people and helps individuals to stand out to employers and maximize their earning potential overall.

This program builds successful project managers at all levels of an organization. It provides a comprehensive preparation for the PMP® certification exam including exam-taking tips, 25 comprehensive module quizzes, five process group tests, and two full-length, 200-question practice exams covering the areas of interest from A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, (PMBOK® Guide), which will provide a report to help you determine your areas of weakness.

 

Program Objectives

After completing this program, learners will be able to:

  • Recognize how enterprise environmental factors and organizational process assets affect how projects can be managed
  • Explain the five stages of a project life cycle and illustrate how these stages can overlap in time
  • Demonstrate how to create a project management plan with subsidiary plans for each of the knowledge areas and explain how progressive elaboration and integrated change management can keep these documents effective and relevant
  • Explain the overlapping nature of project activities and practice Project Integration Management to coordinate the various project management processes
  • Illustrate how a project's various baselines (including scope, cost, schedule, quality, risk, procurement, and others) are determined, planned for, and managed
  • Recognize how to effectively manage human resources and communicate with all stakeholders
  • Explain the key methods used to estimate project schedule and cost at the beginning of a project and to forecast cost and schedule variances at any time during the project
  • Identify key project stakeholders and continuously engage them in appropriate project activities
  • Describe how the project management knowledge contained in the PMBOK® Guide can be used in practice
  • Use Microsoft Office®

Certification Opportunities

After completing this program, learners will have the option to take the leading national/industry-recognized certification exam(s) essential to entry-level employment in this fast-growing field.

 Project Management Institute (PMI)® Project Management Professional (PMP)®


 

 

Optional Volunteer Externship Opportunity

Learners who complete this program are eligible to participate in an optional volunteer externship opportunity with a local company/agency/organization whose work aligns with this area of study in order to gain valuable hands-on experience.  As learners progress through their eLearning program, an Externship Coordinator will reach out to coordinate placement.

Note: Additional documentation including health records, immunizations, drug-screening, criminal background checks, etc. may be required by the externship facility.

Project Management Professional (PMP®)

Project Management Professionals have a firm understanding of the basic competencies involved in management and oversight, including areas such as effective time management, managing multiple projects simultaneously, scope and estimation of project undertaking and devising a detailed project plan alongside project risk and cost analysis. The program includes training and exam preparation for students to become a Project Management Professional (PMP®) as designated by the Project Management Institute. The PMP® is the most important industry-recognized certification for project managers. Globally recognized and demanded, the PMP® demonstrates that individuals have the experience, education and competency to lead and direct people and helps individuals to stand out to employers and maximize their earning potential overall.

This program builds successful project managers at all levels of an organization. It provides a comprehensive preparation for the PMP® certification exam including exam-taking tips, 25 comprehensive module quizzes, five process group tests, and two full-length, 200-question practice exams covering the areas of interest from A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, (PMBOK® Guide), which will provide a report to help you determine your areas of weakness.

 

Program Objectives

After completing this program, learners will be able to:

  • Recognize how enterprise environmental factors and organizational process assets affect how projects can be managed
  • Explain the five stages of a project life cycle and illustrate how these stages can overlap in time
  • Demonstrate how to create a project management plan with subsidiary plans for each of the knowledge areas and explain how progressive elaboration and integrated change management can keep these documents effective and relevant
  • Explain the overlapping nature of project activities and practice Project Integration Management to coordinate the various project management processes
  • Illustrate how a project's various baselines (including scope, cost, schedule, quality, risk, procurement, and others) are determined, planned for, and managed
  • Recognize how to effectively manage human resources and communicate with all stakeholders
  • Explain the key methods used to estimate project schedule and cost at the beginning of a project and to forecast cost and schedule variances at any time during the project
  • Identify key project stakeholders and continuously engage them in appropriate project activities
  • Describe how the project management knowledge contained in the PMBOK® Guide can be used in practice
  • Use Microsoft Office®

Certification Opportunities

After completing this program, learners will have the option to take the leading national/industry-recognized certification exam(s) essential to entry-level employment in this fast-growing field.

 Project Management Institute (PMI)® Project Management Professional (PMP)®


 

 

Optional Volunteer Externship Opportunity

Learners who complete this program are eligible to participate in an optional volunteer externship opportunity with a local company/agency/organization whose work aligns with this area of study in order to gain valuable hands-on experience.  As learners progress through their eLearning program, an Externship Coordinator will reach out to coordinate placement.

Note: Additional documentation including health records, immunizations, drug-screening, criminal background checks, etc. may be required by the externship facility.

Risk Management Professional (RMP®)

Start your prep for the PMI Risk Management Professional (RMP) certification exam with the PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) program. The performance-based labs included with this program deliver a unique and useful hands-on experience for learners to gain the practical skills necessary for success in this area and put to use the knowledge from each lesson. The PMI RMP training comprehensively covers the RMP certification exam objectives and helps learners gain an understanding required for working with project management framework, risk management planning, stakeholder communication and engagement; risk identification, and risk analysis.

The PMI RMP certification is an industry-recognized vendor-neutral credential that validates your project management skills. The PMI Risk Management certification is targeted at project management professionals who provide expertise in the specialized area of assessing and identifying project risks along with preparation plans. The RMP exam verifies professionals' expertise in risk strategy and planning; stakeholder engagement, risk process facilitation, risk monitoring, and reporting; perform specialized, and risk analysis.

 

Program Objectives

This program covers the following key areas and topics:

  • Project and Operation
  • Project Life Cycles and Project Management Processes
  • Project Environment
  • Organizational Structure
  • Risk and Planning Risk Management
  • Project Stakeholder Management
  • Project Communications Management
  • Theories and Concepts
  • Identifying Risks
  • Risk Analysis
  • Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
  • Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
  • Plan Risk Responses
  • Implement Risk Responses
  • Monitoring Risk
  • Use Microsoft Office®

Performance-Based Labs

The labs contained in this program are simulators that provide learners with a virtual real-world environment where they can practice the skills acquired in each lesson.

  • Introduction to the Project and Operation
  • Introduction to the Project Risk Management Process
  • Introduction to the Plan Communications Management Process
  • Introduction to the Manage Communications Process
  • Introduction to Risk Analysis
  • Introduction to the Plan Risk Responses Process

Certification Opportunities

After completing this program, learners will have the option to take the leading national/industry-recognized certification exam(s) essential to entry-level employment in this fast-growing field.

 Project Management Institute (PMI)® Risk Management Professional (RMP)®


 

 

Optional Volunteer Externship Opportunity

Learners who complete this program are eligible to participate in an optional volunteer externship opportunity with a local company/agency/organization whose work aligns with this area of study in order to gain valuable hands-on experience.  As learners progress through their eLearning program, an Externship Coordinator will reach out to coordinate placement.

Note: Additional documentation including health records, immunizations, drug-screening, criminal background checks, etc. may be required by the externship facility.