Overview – Management Graduate Certificate

A Certificate for Management Level Leadership Professionals

Created for working professionals interested in advancing in business management and leadership roles, this graduate certificate offers career-focused education and a competitive edge that will help turn your ambition into reality.

Build a bridge to a fulfilling, high-paying career as a future-prepared strategic leader.

As a graduate certificate student, you’ll gain a deep understanding of ethical leadership, organizational systems, strategic planning and team management through instruction from expert educators with years of real-world management experience. Through Point Park University’s Graduate Management Certificate, you can:

  • Build skills that will help you advance in your current career.
  • Shift your career path with new expertise on your resume.
  • Build toward a master’s degree program.

A Professional and Academic Springboard

For working professionals in business management or those wanting to expand their career on a leadership path, Point Park’s online management graduate certificate can open new doors to more challenging, fulfilling, and higher-paying career options. The certificate program will also give course credit for future educational opportunities as credits earned in this program can be used toward Point Park University’s MBA degree – on ground or online.

Why Earn a Graduate Certificate in Management?

  • Gain the knowledge and skills you need to advance your career in management or make the change to leadership roles on a new career path.
  • Qualify for higher-paying management positions.
  • Differentiate yourself from other candidates when applying for business management level leadership positions.
  • Make a positive impact on your business or industry by improving your ability to manage organizations effectively.

Curriculum Overview

Graduates will be well-equipped to succeed in a variety of leadership roles. Whether you’re seeking to advance within your current organization or pursue new opportunities, Management Graduate Certificate from Point Park University provides the tools and knowledge necessary to thrive in today’s dynamic business environment.

  • Next Start Date: 8/27/2023

Est. Program Length: Less than 12 months
Credit Hours: 12
Course Length: 8 Weeks
Cost Per Credit: $759

  • Est. Program Length: Less than 12 months

  • Credit Hours: 12

  • Course Length: 8 Weeks

  • Cost Per Credit: $759

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Course Description
This course examines how ethical leadership creates sustainable learning organizations by helping students discover what values make a leader ethical and effective. This course exposes students to concepts and theories of the ethical decision-making process so they can appraise the signs of an ethical dilemma in order to resolve conflict in an organization. Students will uncover how ethical leaders create trust and cooperation. Participants in this class will assess the values and principles that unite organizations to become sustainable in a global environment.

Course Description
This course examines systems thinking, holistic analysis, and systems dynamics. A variety of systems theories ranging from mechanistic approaches, organismic approaches, and cybernetics as well as current understandings of flux and transformations will be examined. Special attention is given to practical applications to real-world business problems.

Course Description
This course will enable students to identify, comprehend, and appraise an organization’s strategies and policies. It will provide students with the methodology to formulate and implement strategy, and to analyze possible consequences of strategic and policy actions.

Course Description
Topic to be determined by the instructor.

Career Outcomes

Careers in the field of business management need professionals with specialized training as modern business practices evolve. With Point Park University’s graduate certificate, professionals will stand out as qualified candidates for rewarding careers similar to those listed below and more.

Administrative services and facilities managers plan, direct, and coordinate activities that help an organization run efficiently.

Public relations managers direct the creation of materials that will enhance the public image of their employer or client. Fundraising managers coordinate campaigns that bring in donations for their organization.

Training and development managers plan, coordinate, and direct skills and knowledge enhancement programs for an organization’s staff.

Source: bls.com (https://www.bls.gov/ooh/management/home.htm) 

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