Certification
AGRIBUSINESS EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE
This professional development certificate focuses on developing the qualitative and quantitative skills of successful agribusiness leaders. Participating in this program provides the agribusiness professional with tools to progress in a corporate environment, to enhance your own business and to add value to your industry.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
- Agribusiness Managers
- Life Sciences
- Producers
- Processors
- Food Science Professionals
CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS
Completion of the certificate entails attending seven multi-day courses and one international program, from a menu of choices to suit your individual needs. Once you've enrolled in the series, you customize it to meet your development goals by selecting the content of emphasis and the scheduling of courses to meet your personal and professional calendar. The AEM Certificate curriculum is constantly updated by program faculty to meet the changing demands placed upon leaders and organizations in today's world economy.
CERTIFICATE MODULES
- Organization and Structure of Commodity Markets
- Understanding the Global Marketplace
- Risk Management in Commodity Markets
- Financial Management
- Case Studies in Agribusiness
- Personnel and Team Management
- Understanding Your Business in the Macro Economy
The international trip will examine the opportunities and threats global trade partners and competitors pose.
ADVANTAGES OF THE AEM CERTIFICATE
- Customizable certificate topics and evolving content to meet your professional development needs
- Flexible scheduling for your convenience
- Two-year completion window
- Timely content developed by leading University of Wisconsin-Madison departments
- Provides a new method of continuous improvement and educational progress beyond traditional advanced degrees and online offerings
Customized certificate programs
We offer many types of customized certificate programs – tailored to your company – including a flexible public enrollment/company-specific combination certificate, which many companies find appealing because it combines company-unique training with the opportunity to attend elective programs with people from other companies. It also provides scheduling flexibility because the elective selections can be matched to the scheduling needs of your business.
Initiating a company-specific certificate program demonstrates your organization’s commitment to growth and learning, and encourages professional development while contributing to increasing employee retention.
We offer the following:
• A world-class faculty with real-world experience
• One of the premier executive education centers in the nation
• Total commitment to the success of the program
• Project management skills to ensure timely completion
• Rigorous, high-quality custom-designed program process
• Ongoing support and advice
• Sensitivity to investment, time and cost