FIU Executive Education’s Mastering Management Certificate Program empowers current and prospective managers to find innovative solutions to the problems that challenge today’s organizations—whether everyday problems or once-in-a-lifetime crises. The need for skills to successfully manage organizational change, new technologies, social media, global supply chains, cybercrime and other challenges demand managers prepared to go beyond the techniques traditionally taught in management courses.
Our vision is to present the newest management ideas while retaining the best of traditional management thinking. To spur innovation and achieve high performance, managers must focus on building teams, collaboration, trust, leading change, and harnessing creativity. Combining established scholarship and real-life applications, this program will give you a taste of the energy, challenge, and adventure inherent in the dynamic field of management.
Learning Objectives
After successfully completing this program, you will be able to:
- Discover your own capabilities with interactive self-assessments that directly relate to the topics and enable you to see how you would respond to real-life situations managers typically face.
- Understand overall planning and goal-setting processes.
- Sharpen your diagnostic skills for management problem-solving and thinking like a manager.
- Understand essential elements concerning operations and information technology.
- Master the basics of formulating and implementing strategy.
- Build successful teams in a people-driven workplace.
- Avoid communication minefields, explore the role of implicit communication.
- Understand the technologies shaping management today and lead in the age of AI.
- Shape a high-performance culture as an innovative response to an ever-changing environment.
- Apply concepts and practice your skills with exercises that encourage critical thinking.
Who Will Benefit
Whether you’re new to management, a seasoned manager, or somewhere in-between, you’ll come away with tangible tools and techniques that you can readily apply in any size organization. A special focus on innovation and entrepreneurship will also benefit professionals with supervisory roles at startups as well as small business owners.
Please note: This course is part of the program of study for the Certificate of Mastery in Business Management.
General Information/Custom Programs: FIU Business Executive Education can create custom training programs specific to the needs of your organization. Please connect with us by submitting the inquiry form below or contact us 305.348.4217 or fiuExecEd@fiu.edu.
Find innovative solutions to the problems that challenge today’s organizations—whether everyday problems or once-in-a-lifetime crises.
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Schedule & Registration
Self-paced; fully online
Your program fee includes:
- Digital Access to educational materials
- Digital Access to instructional resources
- Optional, one office hour with expert guide
- Florida International University Certificate of Completion
| Week | Topic | Study Time |
|---|---|---|
1 | Introduction to management: The world of innovative management | 3 hours |
2 | The environment of management: The environment and corporate culture - Managing in a global environment | 3.5 hours |
3 | The environment of management: Managing ethics and social responsibility | 4 hours |
4 | Planning: Planning and goal setting | 3.5 hours |
5 | Planning: Managerial decision making | 4 hours |
6 | Organizing: Designing organization structure | 4 hours |
7 | Organizing: Managing change and innovation | 4 hours |
8 | Organizing: Managing human talent and diversity | 4 hours |
9 | Leading: Understanding individual behavior - Leadership | 4 hours |
10 | Leading: Motivating employees – Managing communication | 4 hours |
11 | Leading: Leading teams | 4 hours |
12 | Controlling: Managing quality and performance | 4 hours |
13 | Leading in the Age of AI | 2 hours |
Approximately 48 hours of course work with up to 120 days to complete the program
Topics
- The world of innovative management
- The environment and corporate culture
- Managing in a global environment
- Managing ethics and social responsibility
- Planning and goal setting
- Managerial decision making
- Designing organization structure
- Managing change and innovation
- Managing human talent and diversity
- Understanding individual behavior
- Leading in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
- Motivating employees
- Managing communication
- Leading teams
- Managing quality and performance
Program Faculty & Experts
Herb Payan
PhD
Financial Assistance & Discounts
FIU Executive Education programs are designed to enhance your management skills and boost your career success. Because our certificate programs are non-credit and do not lead to a degree, they do not qualify for traditional student financial aid. However, financial assistance is available in a variety of methods:
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Contact Information
Executive Education
11200 SW 8th Street, MANGO 360
Miami, Fl 33199
Office: 305.348.4217
Email: fiuExecEd@fiu.edu
All Programs for Individuals
FIU Executive Education programs for individuals are delivered virtually by an instructor on evenings and weekends. The short programs, in such areas as human resources, project management, Lean Six Sigma, finance and more, can also be taken fully online at your own pace.