Program Overview

The Professional Certificate in Business Management will advance participants鈥 leadership/management skills and general business knowledge. The GGU MBA program demands a substantial long-term commitment of time. This certificate program is designed for individuals seeking business management knowledge who are not yet ready to make a commitment to the full MBA program. Secondarily completion of the certificate would enable students to articulate to the GGU MBA program or to on-campus programs across the globe that accept the credits of the certificate program.

Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this certificate program will be able to:

  • Demonstrate a general management 鈥渉olistic鈥 perspective.
  • Demonstrate managerial and leadership skills, such as teamwork, critical thinking and problem solving, communications and presentations, self-awareness
  • Master and apply general management analytic processes and tools for decision making.
  • Integrate strategic business objectives within competitive industry dynamics.
  • Integrate strategic business objectives within the socio-political-economic-ecological-global context.
  • Understand functional areas鈥 impact on business and departmental interaction issues.
  • Demonstrate integrated business level planning.
  • Demonstrate an understanding and ability to identify the ethical, environmental, and social implications of business issues and formulate appropriate responses.

Curriculum

All courses must be completed at 51社区 with a cumulative grade-point average (GPA) of 3.00 (鈥淏鈥 average) or better in courses taken at 51社区 that are applicable to the program鈥檚 requirements. See聽聽requirements聽for more information.