These management courses build skills in the basic competencies key to successful supervision of others, including communication, relationship building, leadership and empowerment needed to lead employees to greater individual, team and organizational performance. In addition, you can use these courses to earn your international certification as a Certified Manager.
Student’s must meet ICPM’s application requirements for experience and education, and commit to uphold ICPM’s code of ethics to be eligible to take the CM exams. The three exams are administered at the conclusion of each training module (course).
Foundations of Management
Instructor: J. Hiatt, MBA, MAS
This course addresses the following:
• Managerial roles and skills
• Management functions – planning, organizing, leading, controlling
• Management history
• Entrepreneurship
• Career development
• Managing diversity
• Managing globally
• Ethics and social responsibility
• Communication skills
• Managing information systems
The fee includes the manual. 2.1 CEU’s
Will be offered in Fall 2012.
Planning and Organizing
Instructor: J. Hiatt, MBA, MAS
This course addresses the following:
• Planning concepts and tools
• Corporate/business/functional strategies
• Operations planning
• Project management
• Product/Service design
• Managerial decision making
• Group decision making
• Organizational learning & creativity
• Organizing-types, function, structure
• Managing and leading teams
• Planning and running effective meetings
• HR management-recruitment, training, performance appraisal, labor relations
• Feedback
The fee includes the manual. 2.1 CEU’s
Will be offered in Fall/Winter 2012.
Leading and Controlling – Management Skills III
Instructor: J. Hiatt, MBA, MAS, CM
Participants who complete this course will have addressed the following:
• Leadership concepts and styles
• Motivation
• Managing conflict
• Managing change
• Empowerment and delegation
• Time and stress management
• Management control
• Quality and risk management
• Inventory control
• Financial and accounting concepts
The fee includes the manual. 2.1 CEU’s
7 Tuesdays Feb. 28 – Apr. 10 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
CRN 11651 Outreach – Rm. 204 *Tuition Fee $475
For more information, contact Harry Hunt at (309) 796-8248 or hunth@bhc.edu.
Black Hawk College’s Professional and Continuing Education offers a unique Certified Manager (CM) Program in partnership with the Institute of Certified Professional Managers (ICPM) at James Madison University.
Meet your instructor: John Hiatt, MBA, MAS, CM, is currently the Manager of Worldwide Security and Aviation Planning and Implementation. He is a Certified Manager with over twenty years experience managing and leading other managers in multiple industries. His varied experiences provide real life examples of the class materials.
Certified Manager Program
- Provides a tool to develop a strong background in management skills for supervisors as well as experienced managers
- Leads to professional certification (CM) which can demonstrate commitment, enhance the image, reflect achievement, and build self esteem of managers and supervisors
Develop your skills as well as your understanding and confidence in your manager/supervisory role. Our Management Skills courses feature case studies, a variety of planning exercises, and other activities designed with an action learning focus. Select any or all of the three courses based on the topics you feel are important to your position and career.
Completion of all three courses results in a Certificate in Management and Leadership.
Testimonials:
Jim Gibson, former CM student “Since attending the CM classes, I see my position as well as managers around me from a different perspective. I have been able to associate a large portion of what I have learned in class to my current situation at work; this knowledge as well as experience will help me get to the next level. The class without certification has value of its own, but certification is icing on the cake.”
Bill Davis, former CM instructor “The CM Program offers 3 exceptional courses that enhance skills and knowledge of professional management. As an outcome, the CM program adds immediate and long term value as students improve their technical, conceptual, and human skills and are able to apply them in their workplace. In the process, the three classes lead to professional management certification which is an exceptional professional accomplishment. As an instructor of other management courses, I still find the CM curriculum to be the strongest I have used.”
