Course Description
Studying General Management helps you understand how businesses work and how to make them more productive. It covers topics like marketing, finance, administration, human resources, sales, and advertising. Learning these basics can help you become a better business manager and grow your company's finances.
General Management builds on these basics and teaches you how to lead, organize, and control teams of managers and leaders. If you're already a manager with junior managers or team leaders reporting to you, this course is for you. In smaller companies, you might be responsible for supervising staff in your section or division.
This certification covers five main areas: leadership, managing the environment, managing relationships, managing knowledge, and the practice of management. It teaches you skills that can be applied to different industries and sectors.
The Certified General Manager (CGM)™ Certification helps you move between different areas of management, strengthening
Detailed Learning Outcomes
By earning the Project Management Certification (PMC), candidates demonstrate the ability to:
Module 1 – People Management
- Build teams to achieve goals and objectives; – Lead people development and talent management; – Devise and apply strategies to establish and maintain workplace relationships; – Manage a diverse work force to add value; – Apply the principles of ethics to improve organisational culture.
Module 2 – Workplace Management
- Develop, implement and evaluate an operational plan; – Formulate recommendations for a change process; – Analyse leadership and related theories in a work context; – Apply mathematical analysis to economic and financial information; – Use communication techniques effectively.
Module 3 – Decision Making
- Apply a systems approach to decision making; – Apply the principles of knowledge management; – Create and manage an environment that promotes innovation; – Monitor and evaluate team members against performance standards; – Monitor, assess and manage risk; Unit 6 – Select and coach first line managers;
Module 4 – Unit Management
- Develop, implement and evaluate a project plan; – Manage the finances of a unit; – Recognise areas in need of change, make recommendations and implement change in the team, department or division; – Develop and implement a strategy and action plans for a team, department or division; – Apply financial analysis.
Module 5 – Strategic Management
- Evaluate and plan the role of self as leader in a function
- Manage relationships with strategic partners to improve the performance of a function
- Manage the information and institutional knowledge within a function
- Manage and improve communication processes in a function
- Appraise, develop and retain human capital for a function
Certification Validity & Renewal
The Project Management Certification (PMC) issued by GIPMC is valid for three (3) years from the date of certification award.
Renewal is designed to:
- Maintain professional credibility
- Ensure continued alignment with modern project practices
- Protect the long-term value of the certification
Renewal Process Includes:
- Completion of defined continuing professional development or knowledge refresh requirements
- Successful renewal assessment or verification, as applicable
- Submission of renewal application before certification expiry
Timely renewal allows professionals to retain active certification status without interruption.