CBM Exam Part 1 - The Core I Exam

 

CBM Exam Part 1, The Core I Exam, consists of the following five Learning Modules and 93 submodules with the percentage weights indicated for each module:

CBM Module 100 – General Management and Leadership (25%)

100.1 Corporate Strategies
100.2 The History of Management
100.3 Managers and Entrepreneurs
100.4 Planning and Organizing Skills
100.5 Directing and Leading Skills
100.6 Controlling and Measuring Skills
100.7 Motivating Skills
100.8 Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Skills
100.9 Negotiation Skills
100.10 Communication and Interpersonal Skills
100.11 Conflict Management Skills
100.12 Business Policy and Ethics
100.13 Business and Government
100.14 Business Law and Management
100.15 Economics and Management
100.16 Organizational Culture and Behavior
100.17 Organizational Structure, Design, Change, and Development
100.18 Business Performance Measurement
100.19 Project Management
100.20 Quantitative Techniques and Management
100.21 International Issues
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CBM Module 200 – Operations Management (25%)

200.1 Operations Strategies
200.2 Quality and Operations
200.3 Decision-Making and Operations
200.4 Just--in-Time (JIT) and Lean Operations
200.5 Demand Forecasting
200.6 Product, Service, and Process Design
200.7 Supply-Chain Management
200.8 Operations Planning and Scheduling
200.9 Capacity Management
200.10 Inventory Management
200.11 Materials Management
200.12 Purchasing and Procurement Management
200.13 Customer Service
200.14 Logistics Management
200.15 Operations Outsourcing
200.16 Equipment Maintenance and Machine Reliability
200.17 Location Strategies
200.18 Layout Strategies
200.19 Retail Management
200.20 Engineering, Productivity, and Operations
200.21 Economics and Operations
200.22 Law and Operations
200.23 Quantitative Techniques and Operations
200.24 Ethics and Operations
200.25 International Issues

Please click here to review the Module 200 Learning Objective Statements.

CBM Module 300 – Marketing Management (25%)

300.1 Marketing Strategies

300.2 Quality, Sales, and Marketing
300.3 New-Product Development

300.4 Product and Service Marketing

300.5 Advertising, Promotions, and Communications
300.6 Analysis of Competitors
300.7 Pricing Strategies
300.8 Consumer and Business Buyer Behavior

300.9 Marketing Information and Research

300.10 Marketing Channels, Distribution, and Logistics
300.11 Electronic Commerce and Marketing
300.12 Customer Management
300.13 Economics and Marketing

300.14 Law and Marketing
300.15 Target, Direct, and Interactive Marketing
300.16 Brand Management
300.17 Sales Administration and Management
300.18 Quantitative Techniques and Marketing and Sales
300.19 Ethics and Marketing and Sales
300.20 International Issues

Please click here to review the Module 300 Learning Objective Statements.

 

CBM Module 400 – Quality and Process Management (15%)

400.1 Quality Strategies
400.2 Quality Tools and Techniques
400.3 Quality, Costs, and Profits
400.4 Quality and the Employee
400.5 Quality and the Customer
400.6 Quality Systems and Standards
400.7 Partnerships for Quality
400.8 Quality Control and Quality Engineering
400.9 Service Quality
400.10 Quality Culture
400.11 Process Strategy
400.12 Process Analysis
400.13 Continuous Improvement
400.14 Ethics and Quality
400.15 Law and Quality
400.16 International Issues

Please click here to review the Module 400 Learning Objective Statements.

CBM Module 500 – Human Resources Management (10%)

500.1 Human Resources Strategies
500.2 Employee Recruitment, Training, and Development
500.3 Employee Performance Management
500.4 Workforce Diversity Management

500.5 Internal Employee Relations

500.6 Employee Benefits and Compensation

500.7 Employee Health, Safety, and Security

500.8 Labor Unions and Collective Bargaining

500.9 Law and Human Resources

500.10 Ethics and Human Resources

500.11 International Issues

Please click here to review the Module 500 Learning Objective Statements.