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A Message from the Dean of the College of Business

The Advanced Management Program (AMP) offered through the University of Nevada, Reno provides participants with an outstanding opportunity to learn and develop skills related to the most current management practices. Designed to accommodate the schedules of working professionals, the 13-session program features interaction with many of the nationally prominent faculty of the College of Business. Upon completion, participants will have gained the skills and knowledge to become more effective at senior levels in their organizations.

Participants come from a wide variety of organizations and institutions with many different backgrounds and experiences. They include experienced and new managers, technical professionals, small-business owners and public employees. All share a common goal to learn how to become better managers and leaders.  

In a curriculum that includes coverage of functional business areas such as organizational behavior, information technology, accounting, international management and business ethics, participants have the opportunity to network, share in learning exercises and develop a better understanding of the ways to drive organizational success. With coverage of business fundamentals and concepts taught in graduate business degree programs such as the MBA, the Advanced Management Program is a great way to invest in your career. 

Greg Mosier, J.D., Ed.D.
Dean, College of Business

 

University of Nevada, Reno College of Business and Extended Studies present

Advanced Management Program:
Managerial and Business Applications

13 evening sessions / Feb. 8-May 9, 2012 / University of Nevada, Reno Redfield Campus

FREE Information Session!

Monday, January 30, 2012, 5:30-7:30p.m., University of Nevada, Reno Redfield Campus

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"Executive education is now an essential tool for implementing strategy...Growth requires leadership from the middle, the teams of managers and engineers who are technically expert and operationally focused, and importantly are the ones in touch with the customer...This is where executive training can make all the difference, developing in them innovation capability that includes customer understanding, business judgment and a mindset of controlled experimentation."

-- David Newkirk, CEO of Executive Education at the Darden School of Business,
quoted in Forbes.com

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Offered in partnership with the University’s College of Business, the Advanced Management Program (AMP) is an excellent opportunity to examine and prepare for the dynamic challenges facing today’s companies and organizations. Developed and taught by accomplished University faculty, this well-established program will help refine your management skills and broaden your understanding of up-to-the-minute business theory and practice. Convenient evening sessions focus on key concepts, tools and techniques needed to help you manage and lead in today’s challenging business environment.

AMP Managerial and Business Applications is designed specifically for:

• Experienced managers looking for a practical foundation in current business theory and practice
  
• Technical professionals making the transition to management
  
• Small-business owners seeking to become conversant in a variety of business processes
  
• Executives or business graduates wishing to update their business skills and education
  
• Those who want to broaden their understanding of how functional business areas interrelate
  
• Professionals considering pursuit of a graduate degree who want an overview of the University’s MBA program*

*Students in the University of Nevada, Reno’s MBA program may obtain graduate credit through the College of Business for completion of the Advanced Management Program by enrolling in an approved independent study course. For more information, please contact Jim McClenahan or Clare Dreyer at Extended Studies, (775) 784-4046 or 1-800-233-8928.

The Advanced Management Program has been approved for 34.5 (general) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI website at http://www.hrci.org.

The use of the HRCI logo indicates that this program has met HRCI’s criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit and is not an endorsement by HRCI of the quality of the program.