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Jacobs Certificate and Diploma in Management

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Jacobs is one of the world's leading management and professional consultancies, operating globally. The company’s core values are based on working in long term relationships, providing architecture and building, engineering, environment, project management and transportation skills to clients in well over 40 countries. The company was founded in 1947 and has shown consistent growth since that time with last reported revenue in excess of $11 billion.

With the current challenges faced in the public sector Jacobs' model is a boundaryless approach, meaning they augment local expertise with the best technology and brightest talent the company has to offer. This programme assists their people to identify, address and satisfy client business and project needs.

The Jacobs Certificate in Management

This comprises five, three-day customised modules scheduled over approximately nine months. The content of the modules are developed in conjunction with Jacobs' needs, and Jacobs executive speakers are welcomed during the modules.

Certificate Module Content

  • Financial Management
  • People Management
  • Excellence in Client Management
  • Commercial and Strategic Management
  • Operations, Risk Management and The Business Simulation.

The Jacobs Diploma in Management

This builds on the knowledge gained during the certificate stage, and will include principles and theories to underpin the subjects, plus case studies in order to broaden particiapants’ understanding.

Diploma Module Content
  • Accounting for Business
  • Marketing Management
  • Organisation Behaviour
  • Business Law for Consulting.

'I am very impressed by the quality of both the teaching and the facilities at Aston, but most of all by the School’s commitment to add value through partnership, which exactly matches our business philosophy.'
Noel Watson, Chairman, Jacobs Engineering

'Jacobs is always impressed with the quality and speed of Aston’s responses to our requests, and the innovative approaches that they take to meeting our requirements, particularly in the current climate. I enjoy working with the Aston team and appreciate that my key contacts have been retained by the Centre, allowing us to build and benefit from long standing relationships. I look forward to working with Aston again through 2010 and beyond.'
Sally Fern, Divisional Director, Organisational Development, Jacobs Engineering

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