The Certified Business Manager (CBM) is a credential created and administered by the
Association of Professionals in Business Management (APBM). It was designed to validate the mastery of business management knowledge, skills, and abilities.
An individual is eligible to take the examinations with either an
undergraduate degree
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from an accredited college or university or international equivalent and a minimum of four years full-time work experience, or a
graduate degree
Postgraduate or graduate education refers to academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachelor's) degree.
The organization and struc ...
from an accredited college or university or international equivalent and a minimum of three years full-time work experience.
Content
The examination consists of four parts:
*Part 1- The Core Exam consisting of 150
multiple-choice
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questions and covering general management,
operations management,
marketing management
Marketing management is the organizational discipline which focuses on the practical application of marketing orientation, techniques and methods inside enterprises and organizations and on the management of a firm's marketing resources and ac ...
, quality and process management and
human resources management
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.
*Part 2- The Functional Exam consisting of 150 multiple-choice questions and covering
finance,
accounting,
information technology
Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of Data (computing), data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information te ...
,
corporate control and governance and international business.
*Part 3- The Integrated Exam consisting of 100 multiple-choice questions and covering 40 applications of the core and functional exam areas.
*Part 4- The
Capstone
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Exam consisting of a
Harvard Business School case study.
See also
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Professional certification (business)
A professional certification, trade certification, or professional designation (often called simply ''certification'' or ''qualification'') is a designation earned by a person to assure that he/she is qualified to perform a job or task. Certificati ...
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Chartered Management Institute
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Canadian Institute of Management
CIM , Chartered Managers Canada is Canada's senior professional association, certification body and academic institute for managers and leaders.
History
CIM , Chartered Managers Canada was founded in 1942 as the Society of Industrial Metho ...
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Certified MBA
Certified MBA (CMBA) was a professional certification designed as an "objective measure of a student's grasp of the MBA skill set". It was offered by the International Certification Institute.
The CMBA focused on the "10 key subject areas" compri ...
(CMBA)
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Certified Management Consultant
"Certified management consultant" (CMC) is an international professional certification established in 1967 for management consulting professionals, awarded by institutes in 50 countries (as of February 2014). The CMC enjoys global reciprocity; cons ...
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Certified Manager
References
External links
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