Professional Certificate Programme
Professional Certificate in Business Development
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Overview
Every business needs senior sales people who create opportunities for the organisation’s growth. Business development managers make growth happen. They find new partners, plan new opportunities, find new customers and persuade existing ones to buy extra goods and services. If you’re interested in business growth and building relationships then you will make a good business development manager.
It is a hands-on, innovative and dynamic programme that focuses on the strategic elements of sales and marketing, activation, partnership, and franchise, distribution and logistics, relationship management, business communication and brand management.
This CIAPS Professional Certificate in Business Development is for you if you are a people person and you have plans and ambitions to help launch startups grow existing businesses.
Learning Outcome
This programme will prepare you to manage all Business Development.
With your CIAPS Professional Certificate in Business Development, you will get the skills and qualification you need to work as a Business Development Mangers, Area Manager, Country Managers, Marketing Managers, Franchise Executive, Sales and Activation Managers, Partnership Manager and Relationship Manager
At the end of the course, you will be guided into becoming member of relevant professional bodies.
Course Content
- Introduction to Business Development
- Essential Elements of Marketing
- Essential Elements of Sales
- Distribution and Logistics
- Business Communication
- Franchising Management
- Brand and Product Activation
- Partnership and Negotiations
- Introduction to Digital Marketing
- Relationship Management
Where you can work
This course has been designed with the clear objective of training passionate, dedicated professionals who will be capable of covering leading roles in commercial and industrial organisations. Depending on your experience and interests, you will graduate from the programme with the required competency and confidence to work in a variety of organisations such as:
- Construction
- Education
- Finance
- Healthcare
- IT
- Manufacturing
- Non Profit Organisations
- Retail
- Telecommunications
- Tourism and Hospitality
Attendance and Duration
Registration Fee
100
Tuition Fee
1200
- You can register now and pay your Tuition fees later
- 30% Down Payment for tuition fee (spread the balance over the duration of the course)
- Installment payment plans are available for tuition fee.
- Registration Fee:
100 - Tuition fee:
1200
Includes tuition, learning material, and ancillary facilities.
Save up to 50% on your Tuition Fee.
If you qualify for all discounts, you can pay as little as
- Early bird Discount (15% of tuition fee): Complete 50% of the tuition fee before course start date to be eligible for this discount.
- Referral Discount (15% of tuition fee): If a former CIAPS student referred you to CIAPS, you can include his/her CIAPS student number as the discount code in the registration form to be eligible for this discount.
- Unemployment Discount (20% of tuition fee): This discount is available to applicants who are unemployed.
You can claim any or all of these discounts in the Registration Form when applying for the course.
The CIAPS Advantage
Learn from the best
Our faculty are top professionals in the field.
Flexible study times
You can choose to have your classes on weekdays (Monday to Friday) or weekends (Saturday and Sunday).
Develop practical skills
During the programme, you will experience different areas of this field's roles and projects that help you build skills.
Career support
We have a team of competent and passionate professionals available to assist you with career guidance, CV preparations and registrations with international professional bodies.
Enabling learning environment and friendly staff
Learn and grow in a comfortable learning environment with great welfare services.
Earn an international certificate
CIAPS is an internationally recognised professional graduate school. Earning our certificate makes you competitive locally and globally.
Applicants for this course should have a first degree or equivalent (Bachelors, HND). Having a good grade is a major advantage. Applicants without such qualifications may apply, but their applications will be subject to a more complex process and they will be required to demonstrate their ability to successfully follow the programme.
In all cases, applicants will be tested by CIAPS through written assessments and verbal interviews. Applicants will be deemed successful only if they are judged to possess a good mix of:
- Imagination and creative thinking
- Written and verbal communication skills
- Ability and willingness to learn
- Sense of responsibility and ability to work in a team
- Resilience and stability
- Integrity and respect for others
*Applicants are highly advised to have access to a laptop or equivalent
At CIAPS, students combine theory with practice to gain real-life, workplace and entrepreneurial skills.
- In *2018, business development students developed and launched an organic drink product as part of their learnings.
- Israel Adesokan started and presented his company, sellovations.com, an eCommerce platform in Nigeria as his final project.
What our students have to say
Improved my analytical skills
