The Certificate in Business Administration at UIC
A Program as Unique as your Business

Fall Program Begins September 7, 2012.   Fall 2012 Brochure

The Certificate in Business Administration Program (CBAP) at the University of Illinois at Chicago is the

• First practical business administration program in the country developed specifically for small businesses.

• Still the only progam to guarantee these benefits:

  1. You will learn by using in your company, all the current business tools and practices in planning, marketing and sales, technology, operations and HR.
  2. You will develop a complete strategic plan for your company.
  3. You will implement the plan through lean process management and realize immediate, measurable business improvements in time, cost and quality.
  4. You will experience and try all the new and coming technologies and apply the appropriate ones to your company and surpass the competition with a technology driven business model that is new and necessary.

• We will support this process in the classroom, in your company and online throughout the program to ensure these benefits are realized. Our online class collaboration is powered by the state-of-the art software Socialtext which you can see at www.socialtext.com/about.

New in the Fall 2012 CBAP - The 80/20 in Action: 

This fall, we will help you secure the most important customers who provide most of your sales.  You know who they are.  The ones who really appreciate who you are, and what you do for them.  Any plan developed in the program this fall will be further customized to those customers.  They will have the opportunity to be a part of the planning process in special sessions we will facilitate with you and your team and your customer (online or in person!).  A plan that is shared, developed in collaboration with your customer, bonds them to you.  These "life-time" customers must be the primary focus of your planning, your investments, your product development, of all your processes as they account for roughly 80% of your sales.  Using the latest technology, we will help you demonstate directly, hands-on, how valuable they are and they will realize benefits from the program at the same time you do.  The plan that  is developed will include a documented process that will insure you can continuously connect and provide new value to this critical class of customers. 
Hear from CBAP Program Director Ed Allfrey:
 
 
 

P. Scott Bening, CBAP Alumnus, President and CEO of MonoSol along with several key managers from his company that have gone through the CBAP, talk about their CBAP experience.

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Joe Slawek is Founder and CEO of FONA International.  As a CBAP Alumni Joe has sent more than 100 of his employees through the CBAP which has helped FONA win awards as both one of the fastest growing companies and one of the best companies to work for for several years running.

 

  

 Check out what's new in the CBAP:

 

Hear from John Arends, CBAP instructor on the 5 class track in the CBAP focused on digital marketing and social media.

 

  

The Fall 2012 Program begins September 7.   CBAP Fall Schedule

The class sessions of the program take place on eight weekends. The program will run over the course of four months.
The typical weekend schedule includes four, three-hour sessions;
Friday 1:00 PM and 5:00 PM, Saturday 9:00 AM and 1:00 PM.

Classes will run on the following dates:  September 7 & 8, September 21 & 22, September 28 & 29, October 19 & 20, November 2 & 3, November 16 & 17, November 30 & December 1, December 7.


Location:

Class sessions and individual sessions scheduled with Program Directors are held at:
University of Illinois
Multi-University Center in Oak Brook
1010 Jorie Boulevard
Oak Brook, IL
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Program Fee: $8,900 per person.
Fee includes, classroom education and training, individualized support throughout the program,
all course materials and on-line course support.

If you would like to speak to a program director or to schedule an orientation please complete this form and indicate your interest in the comment area.


Download the CBAP Application in .pdf format.