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The Advanced Management Education Program (AMEP) program is held at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and is designed to provide CEOs of certified, expansion-oriented MBEs with the tools and skills they need to achieve and sustain accelerated growth.

In the tradition that made Kellogg a world-renowned business school, the 4-day intensive curriculum uses interactive, team-based study, with a class size limited to 40 participants.

AMEP Program Objectives

To position high-potential MBEs for accelerated growth, this program helps CEOs:

• Develop a growth-oriented strategy that identifies and charts profitable new business opportunities
• Develop an understanding of the links between business strategy and successful marketing
• Learn techniques for analyzing and appraising marketing strategies
• Improve leadership and management skills and implement a company- and self-assessment process
• Develop an organizational capability plan to support growth objectives
• Understand the latest socioeconomic, corporate and public policy trends and their impact on MBE prospects and strategies
• Form valuable working relationships with other successful minority executives

Curriculum topics include:

• Managing Strategic Change & Growth in Entrepreneurial Firms;
• Aligning Innovation with Strategy: a) achieving strategic innovation, b) the senior executive as an innovation catalyst, c) understanding corporate entrepreneurship, and d) new business design;
• Business Plan Development: a) writing a business plan, b) business plan versus strategic plan, and c) essential elements of a business plan;
• Defending Your Brand: a) keys to trust, b)risk management – beyond the obvious, c) reputational terrain, and d) crisis management – steps to take;
• Capital Markets: a) abridged guidelines for successful access to capital, covering capital structure, cash flow, and enterprise life cycle; and
• Entrepreneurial Finance: a) acquiring a business, b) access to capital, and c) investment criteria – the shifting process.

Complete and return the registration form along with a copy of your NMSDC certification no later than 5/15/2019 to:

Advanced Management Education Program
National Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc.
1359 Broadway, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10018
Phone: 212-944-2430
Fax: 212-719-9611
Email: amep@nmsdc.org