Enhance & fulfill your general management potential
The Cambridge Judge Business School General Management Certificate of Achievement (GMCA) provides you with an opportunity to enhance your knowledge and skills across fundamental business concepts and practices, and to focus on your personal career development. To achieve the Certificate of Achievement you will need to attend 10 days of learning from our extensive portfolio of programmes, within a two-year time period. This entails attending several short programmes of your choice that are either two or three days long.
There are over 20 programmes to choose from, and you are able to select those that are suited to your individual management development objectives. The GMCA is designed to give you flexibility to choose programmes in topics that meet your personal career objectives in a time frame that does not conflict with your work commitments.
Topics
One of the pedagogical aims of the GMCA is to enable participants to develop a broad general management perspective. We ask that you try to select programmes from at least three different topic areas and a minimum of three programmes:
Please visit the Open Programmes calendar for an up-to-date list of scheduled open programmes.
If you are unsure which of our programmes are most suited to your needs we can advise you on the best options available to you to assist you with your decision.
If you would prefer a more intensive programme of learning, we recommend our two-week Cambridge General Management Programme, which provides an understanding of the concepts and fundamental principles in key management disciplines, and how to apply them to improve decision-making within your organisation.
Benefits
You'll learn from outstanding faculty and associates of Cambridge Judge Business School and gain a truly international experience from your global peer group.
The GMCA enables you to:
- Acquire a broad understanding of leading-edge business concepts from Cambridge faculty
- Share a highly interactive learning environment with other participants from across the globe
- Enhance your career needs through specific courses and build effective leadership skills
- Gain new insights based on rigorous management best practice and research
- Benefit from a method of study to meet the demands of your timetable and that best satisfies your learning requirements
- Achieve a certificate of attendance from each programme taken, as well as the Certificate of Achievement on completion of all five
- On completion, you will also be eligible to become an associate member of Cambridge Judge Business School's global network of graduates and business-focused University of Cambridge alumni, faculty and staff
Who should attend
The GMCA is designed for highly motivated business professionals who have reached a level within their organisations where they require more breadth and depth across multiple functional areas, or who wish to refresh their thinking in specific management principles. You will be ambitious and looking to develop your skills and extend your global network of colleagues to enable you to move to the next step in your career.
The flexible structure enables you to study in depth those subjects which are of most relevance to you in terms of your personal development goals and the immediate challenges your organisation is facing. You have the option to choose dates to accommodate your schedule and minimise time out of the office.
We can advise you on which programmes to select and the options available to you.
Dates and fees
Dates
Visit our Calendar for dates of scheduled open programmes, including their duration.
The programme choices can be taken in any order, and you have up to two years to complete. We request participants attend a minimum of three programmes.
Fees
| General Management Certificate of Achievement | £9,975 + VAT* |
* The certificate fee is £9,975 + VAT. VAT is charged at the prevailing rate, which is currently 20%; e.g. £9,975 + 20% = £11,970.
The fee covers 10 days of teaching and includes instruction, materials, lunch and breaks. Participants are expected to attend each programme in full, and accommodation is not included. The fee can be paid in full or, to spread the cost, on a programme by programme basis. To discuss payment options, please contact executive.education@jbs.cam.ac.uk for further details.
If you wish to select programmes that run past the 10 days (i.e. add up to 11 days) as part of the Certificate, then this can be discussed with the open enrolment team and a surcharge will apply.
Preferential rates may be available for groups, University of Cambridge alumni and members of the School's Alumni Association.
For information regarding payment terms, cancellation rights, transfer policies and fees, please see our terms & conditions documents:
Terms & Conditions for Self-funded Applicants (pdf, 233KB) (updated 31 January 2018)
Terms & Conditions for Organisation-funded Applicants (pdf, 250KB) (updated 31 January 2018)
Watch this short video to hear Wilhelm speak about his experience on the General Management Certificate of Achievement.
In most USA training programmes there'd be participants with a similar background, but at Cambridge everyone had different experiences so it made the teaching and discussion very rich. It was amazing. I'd recommend the programme to anyone and I will definitely be coming back to Cambridge. ”
If you have any questions or would like to have a chat about this programme and how it could benefit you or your organisation, please get in touch with the Open Programmes team:
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