CABM Benefits Employers, Employees, and Business Schools
Benefits to Employers
1. Provides a common floor in management education for entry-level hires, providing a common baseline of knowledge standards across diverse educational backgrounds
2. Equips new hires with functional knowledge outside of his/her of expertise
3. Enables an entry-level management professional to become proficient in all major functional areas of an organization, thereby enhancing cross-functional performance.
Benefits to Employees
1. Serves as a diagnostic tool to assess strengths and weaknesses in business management knowledge and maximizes the MBA course preparation time.
2. Establishes the individual on the following learning path, helping turn a business specialist into a business generalist
Benefits to Business Schools
1. Recommend the CABM to prospective MBA students to meet pre-MBA course requirements and to serve as a diagnostic tool in assessing a student’s strengths and weaknesses in business knowledge
2. Blend the CABM testing into BBA or other undergraduate curriculum so students are well prepared prior to pursuing an MBA degree
3. Provide an objective way of assessing learning outcomes for undergraduate senior business students
4. Encourage the undergraduate student with non-business major to enroll into MBA program with greater confidence of well preparedness in business basics
5. Offer the CABM Exam review classes prior to taking the exam
Individuals planning to pursue an MBA degree should take the CABM Exam to maximize their business school experience. The CABM Exam is most effective if you take it after you've taken your GMAT and before you are starting your MBA studies. This is the time period in which you are preparing for and evaluating various MBA programs and need to have a strong realistic idea of your knowledge levels and skill sets. The CABM ensures that you have a strong foundation in business principles that makes your classroom time, your case studies, lectures, and your class projects more effective and enriching. You will be able to focus on applying business principles instead of learning them for the first time. This is especially true for individuals who may not have worked in the business field or do not have undergraduate degrees in business. Please note that earning the CABM Designation may not either eliminate or reduce the specific course requirements of your MBA program.
Business schools strive to have diverse student bodies, so preparing yourself for in-class competition, especially in weak areas, will increase confidence and knowledge levels. For example, you may be in finance classes with individuals who have been in corporate finance or investment banking. It may be difficult to compete if you are not already familiar with finance principles. Since these classmates are already familiar with the basic financial principles, they can focus on applying them in various business situations. If you are not already familiar with the same principles, you will be learning them for the first time. With the CABM, you can use your MBA class time wisely!
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