Professional Development Certificate in Management

The Certificate programs within the School of Business and Management are not accepting new enrollments after February 1, 2024.

The Professional Development Certificate in Management (PDCM) allows learners to transform best practices in communications, employee motivation, negotiation, and discipline into effective employee management strategies. Learners will create an interdisciplinary perspective of individual and group behaviors within an organization and explore models of behavior that enable supervisors to understand and manage behaviors within organizations. They will also study contemporary perspectives of value creation using concepts from accounting, industry, and management as well as develop supervisory skills to aid with resolving conflict at the workplace. Finally, learners will examine product distribution starting at the producer/manufacturer level to the consumer via retail and other points of sale.

Program Learning Outcomes

The objectives of the Professional Development Certificate in Management include the following:

1. Create an interdisciplinary perspective of individual and group behaviors within an organization.
2. Explore models of behavior enabling supervisors to understand and manage behaviors within organizations.
3. Explore contemporary perspectives of value creation using concepts from accounting, industry, and management.
4. Develop supervisory skills aiding with resolving conflict at the workplace.
5. Transform best practices in communications, employee motivation, negotiation, and discipline into effect employee management strategies.
6. Examine product distribution starting at a producer/manufacturer to the consumer via retail and other points of sale.

Required Courses (18 Total Credits Required)

HRM 4107	Supervisory Management	3
MGT 4121	Organizational Behavior	3
MGT 4124	Operations Management	3
MGT 4404	Contemporary Management	3
MGT 4426	Total Quality Management	3
MKT 4107	Retail Management	3

This program is not designed to meet the educational requirements for a specific professional license or certification required for employment in an occupation. As such, CalSouthern has made no determination regarding prerequisites for licensure or certification in any state or jurisdiction.

While California Southern University, as a member of the AIU System, is part of a Title IV eligible institution offering Title IV eligible programs, CalSouthern has elected and designated this program as not participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs. This means students enrolling in this program may not use Federal Student Aid to help pay for this program. Instead, it offers a variety of zero interest payment options for students.