What is the Certified Office and Administrative Management Expert?

The Certified Office and Administrative Management Expert is a globally recognised professional certification by the Global Leadership Institute (GLI), designed to equip professionals with advanced competencies in Customer Service & Administration.

How long does this certification take?

The programme takes 10 Weeks and can be completed self-paced or with live virtual sessions.

Is this certification globally recognised?

Yes. GLI certifications carry CPD credits and are internationally recognised.

What level is this certification?

This is a Intermediate Level certification.

Email info@certifications.ac, WhatsApp +254 722 223 084, or fill in the enrolment form on this page.

What is included in the fee?

All study materials, study guide, examination, digital certificate and badge. Live option adds tutor sessions and priority support.

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Course Curriculum

Programme Modules

Click any module to explore the detailed curriculum topics included in this certification.

Foundations and Strategic Context of Certified Office and Administrative Management Expert

Certified Office and Administrative Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
Theories and models of leadership and management
The manager's roles, responsibilities and mindset
Leadership versus management and when each is needed
Situational and adaptive leadership
Values, purpose and authentic leadership
The organisational context and operating environment
Self-awareness and the leader's identity
Building credibility and executive presence
Ethics and responsible leadership
Personal leadership development planning

The Administrative Management Role

The transition from doing to managing
Prioritisation and managing competing demands
Operational planning and workflow management
Managing performance day to day
Building and leading a team
Managing upward and across
Decision making for managers
Managing budgets and resources
Developing your own management practice
Strategic alignment across an organisation
Organisational design as a strategic choice
Power, coalitions and organisational politics
Leading under ambiguity and complexity
Strategic learning and the adaptive organisation
Culture as a strategic asset

Prioritising Competing Demands

Prioritisation and managing competing demands
Managing upward and across
Running meetings that produce decisions
Coaching challenging situations
Measuring coaching impact
Digital leadership and business transformation
Data literacy and analytics for leaders
Leading technology adoption and change
Preparing financial statements
Managing distributed and digital teams
Dashboards, metrics and management information
Cybersecurity and information governance for leaders
Innovation platforms and experimentation
Technology strategy and investment
Operational planning and resource management

Running Systems and Workflow

Operational planning and workflow management
Managing performance day to day
Managing budgets and resources
Financial reporting frameworks (IFRS/GAAP)
Interpreting financial statements
Capstone scoping: a real leadership challenge
Situation analysis and diagnosis
Designing a strategic or change intervention
Business case and impact analysis
Implementation and stakeholder plan
Risk management and contingencies
Professional presentation and defence
Rational and intuitive decision-making
Integrated and sustainability reporting
Data-informed and evidence-based decisions

Working With Senior Stakeholders

Managing upward and across
Running meetings that produce decisions
Difficult conversations and managerial courage
Stakeholder mapping and analysis
Building strategic relationships and coalitions
Influencing without authority
Negotiation strategy and tactics
Managing conflict constructively
Board and investor engagement
Public speaking and thought leadership
Reporting quality and governance
Reputation and personal brand
Management accounts and dashboards
Time management and personal productivity
Prioritisation and focus

Budget and Resource Discipline

Managing budgets and resources
Prioritisation and managing competing demands
Decision making for managers
Leading through other leaders
Building and running a top team
Working with a board and governance
Executive presence and credibility
The strategic narrative
Executive time, attention and decision cadence
Leading across cultures and geographies
Succession and the leadership pipeline
Executive ethics and the leader’s shadow
Leading in crisis and under scrutiny
Board, governance and C-suite dynamics
Corporate strategy and portfolio choices

Team and Personal Development

Building and leading a team
Developing your own management practice
Delegation and appropriate autonomy
Managing risk and controls
Balancing short-term delivery and long-term value
Innovation management and creative problem-solving
Change leadership models (Kotter, ADKAR, Lewin)
Diagnosing readiness and managing resistance
Building a compelling case for change
Leading large-scale transformation
Budget vs actual and variance
Organisational culture and behaviour change
Business model and market innovation
Sustaining change and embedding new behaviours
Measuring change and transformation impact

Supply and Procurement

Designing a sourcing or supply strategy
Supply market analysis and Porter’s forces
Logistics and distribution network design
Inventory management and optimisation
Logistics performance and cost control
Demand and supply planning (S&OP)
E-procurement and procure-to-pay systems
Supply chain visibility and control towers
AI, blockchain and digital supply chains
Supply chain risk identification and mapping
Sustainable procurement principles and standards
Third-party and supply-chain risk
Value-chain and supply-chain finance
Finance, procurement and supply modules
ERP platforms and vendors

Ethics and Standards

Corporate social responsibility and sustainability
Professional standards and continuing development
Ethical leadership and integrity
Professional ethics and conduct in security
Legal and ethical investigation
Legal and ethical protection
Security ethics, use of force and accountability
Ethics in tax practice
Ethics, transparency and reputation
Artificial intelligence: capability, limits and responsible use
Digital ethics and algorithmic accountability
Ethics, confidentiality and professional conduct in HR
Data ethics, privacy and responsible analytics
Ethics and duty of care
Professional ethics and duty of care

Learning and Knowledge

Growth mindset and continuous learning
Continuous improvement and learning organisations
Cost and profitability analysis
Group dynamics, facilitation and community mobilisation
Complaint data and learning
Training and capability building
Training needs analysis
Training and change management
Cognitive load and learning science
The learning and development profession
Learning strategy and business alignment
Learning cultures and the learning organisation
Facilitation skills and presence
Virtual and hybrid facilitation
Blended and hybrid learning design

Diversity and Global Practice

Diversity, inclusion and inclusive leadership
The business case for diversity and inclusion
Team diversity and inclusion
Cross-cultural communication
Global sourcing and international trade
International and cross-border tax
Managing virtual and cross-cultural teams
Financial inclusion and agency banking
Financial inclusion strategy
Nomination, succession and diversity
Forecasting and planning
Key global frameworks: FAO, GlobalG.A.P., SDGs and national strategies
Grades, standards and export certification (GlobalG.A.P.)
Financial inclusion and the evolving customer
Digital accessibility and inclusion

Sustainability

Stakeholder capitalism and ESG
Environmental management systems (ISO 14001)
Environmental legal compliance
Environmental monitoring and reporting
Continuous environmental improvement
Integration with quality and environment
Supply markets and the enabling environment
Environmental, social and governance (ESG)
Sustainability reporting and disclosure
Embedding sustainability in sourcing
Mine water, tailings and environmental management
Sustainability, ESG and integrated value
Communicating financial results
The regulatory and legal environment
Trends: ESG, transparency and stakeholder capitalism

Leadership and Management

Strategic leadership at scale
Reflective practice and self-leadership
Leadership impact and organisational health metrics
360-degree feedback and leadership assessment
Stakeholder management and relationships
Cost management and value creation
Performance management systems and KPIs
Project management software and tools
Portfolio and resource management systems
Document and configuration management
Programme management principles
Financial risk management and derivatives
Reading financial statements as a manager
Financial regulation and prudential supervision
Regulatory change management

People and Development

Managing performance through coaching
Developing strategic capability in others
Team and engagement metrics
Developing talent and succession
Collaboration and teamwork
Scaling delivery capability
Project management plan development
Schedule development and optimisation
Servant leadership and self-organising teams
Virtual and distributed teams
Team leadership and motivation
Coaching for performance
Team leadership in banking operations
Development banking and project finance
Message development and testing

Performance Management

Sustaining high performance over time
Balanced scorecard and KPI frameworks
Project KPIs and performance metrics
Quality and delivery metrics
Managing schedule and budget performance
Agile metrics and velocity
Setting objectives and marketing KPIs
Marketing and sales KPIs and dashboards
Funnel, pipeline and conversion metrics
Customer and brand health metrics
Dashboards and performance reporting
Service quality and turnaround metrics
Sales performance and pipeline management
Social performance and outreach
Performance and dispute management

Operations

Organisational design and operating models
Productivity and effectiveness measurement
Quality planning and assurance
Quality control and continuous improvement
Integrated risk and quality control
Data quality and governance
Capacity and resource optimisation
Capacity and performance management
The business case for productivity, quality and sustainability
Soil chemistry, pH and cation exchange capacity
Yield, productivity and profitability metrics
Capacity planning and line balancing
In-process quality control and inspection
Industrial utilities, energy and process safety interfaces
Attachment and developmental theory

Financial Management

Financial acumen: budgets, P&L and cash
Advisory and non-financial services
Sector-focused SME finance
The role of finance in organisations and value creation
Return on investment and impact
Budgeting and resource management
Financial, management and cost accounting distinguished
Financial statements and the accounting equation
Stakeholders and users of financial information
Ethics and professional standards in finance
The finance function and digital transformation
Cost concepts, classification and behaviour
Costing methods: absorption, marginal and activity-based
Cost-volume-profit and break-even analysis
Standard costing and variance analysis

Communication

Setting and communicating strategic direction
Communicating with families and carers
Professional writing and reports
Psychoeducation and public communication
Writing advisory reports that drive decisions
Reporting to boards and executives
Monitoring, control and reporting
Professional documentation and presentation
Communication planning and management
Reporting and dashboards
Project data, reporting and analytics
Influencing and presenting insights
Professional and persuasive communication
Transaction monitoring and suspicious reporting
Regulatory reporting and audits

Decision Making

Risk assessment and judgement
Decision rights and governance
Values-based decision-making
Prioritisation and resource allocation
Evidence, judgement and scepticism
Make-versus-buy decisions
Root-cause analysis and problem solving
Management reporting and decision support
Capital structure and financing decisions
Costing methods and relevant cost for decisions
Applying reporting standards and accounting judgement
Data-driven decision-making
Professional roles, boundaries and settings
Data-driven decision support and analytics
Prioritising experience investments

Change

Organisational resilience and adaptive strategy
Benchmarking and best-practice adoption
Foreign exchange and hedging
Change management and adoption
Foreign exchange and currency risk
Large-scale transformation and agile ways of working
Ethical principles and codes of practice
Peer support and consultation
Resilience, wellbeing and stress management
Digital transformation and IT strategy
Delivering technology change that people adopt
Sustaining ethical, effective practice
Digital and market transformation
Managing growth, risk and resilience
Behaviour change and adoption of innovations

Stakeholders and Influence

Conflicts of interest and fairness
Transparency and stakeholder trust
Relationship management and retention
Stakeholder mapping and collaboration
Managing difficult stakeholders
Stakeholder mapping in banking
Negotiation and influencing
Integrity, confidentiality and conflicts
Relationship management and cross-selling
Wealth, SME and corporate relationships
Stakeholder mapping and engagement
Managing boundaries and dual relationships
The project environment and stakeholders
Stakeholder and sponsor management
Conflicts of interest and procurement ethics

Risk and Governance

Corporate governance and accountability
Regulatory awareness and compliance
Ethical frameworks and codes of practice
Statutory compliance and filings
Managing tax risk and audits
Tax compliance and the tax risk agenda
Insurance, risk transfer and retained risk
Governance, risk and compliance (GRC)
Governance and organisational value
Public, private and non-profit governance
Governance frameworks and codes
Governance, risk and compliance
Control environment and risk assessment
Process and control documentation
Governance and the three lines model

Strategic Context

Growth strategy: organic, M&A and partnerships
Leading strategic change
Sourcing strategies and portfolio (Kraljic)
Negotiation strategy and planning
Strategic customer relationships
Manufacturing strategies: make-to-stock, make-to-order and batch versus flow
Content strategy across platforms
Business case and strategic alignment
Strategic alignment of investments
Competitive analysis and differentiation
Product and portfolio strategy
Real options and strategic investment
Training needs analysis and learning strategy
Strategic workforce planning and demand forecasting
Reward strategy and total reward frameworks

Evidence and Data

Analytical techniques and bias
Data visualisation for finance
Decision support and insight
Psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approaches
Duty of care and risk management
Record-keeping and data protection
Evidence-based improvement
Evidence-based practice
Evidence-based practice and research literacy
AI and predictive project analytics
Customer personas and insight
Cloud and data security
Complaints, accountability and fitness to practise
Digital and alternative-data credit
Master data and configuration

Technology

Digital procurement and the future of the profession
Supplier and contract management systems
Security governance and management systems
Digital forensics and cybercrime
Equipment and technology
Working with police, regulators and the justice system
Security technology selection and operation
Digital tax administration
Vendor selection and managing technology suppliers
Digital user experience and accessibility
Managing technology teams and technical work
Digital credit and alternative data
Professional ethics in technology
Safety management systems (ISO 45001)
Digital finance, mobile money and payment operations

Projects and Delivery

Operational planning and execution discipline
Project and programme oversight
Agile and digital transformation projects
Building project management maturity
Measuring change and project impact
Sustainability and social impact in projects
Health, safety and compliance in delivery
Project management maturity assessment
Driving measurable delivery improvement
Developing the project business case
Project budgeting and financial control
HACCP principles and prerequisite programmes
Advisory service design and delivery
Innovation in service delivery
Designing voice-of-customer programmes

People Administration

The employee lifecycle and HR value chain
Workforce reporting and storytelling with data
Cost of workforce and ROI of HR interventions
Communicating risk to the workforce
Workforce and shift management in retail
Workforce management and scheduling
Employee experience and engagement
Customer and employee satisfaction
Employee engagement models and drivers
Linking performance to reward and consequence
Digital HR and the employee experience platform
Applicant tracking systems and recruitment analytics
Data protection and employee privacy
Belonging, culture and employee resource groups
Future of work and workforce transformation

Culture and Engagement

Legal responsibilities and professional bodies
Managing risk and difficult cases
Lessons learned and development
Driving effective, ethical outcomes
Service culture and brand promise
Building a customer-centric culture
Proactive engagement and success
Win-back and re-engagement
Building a service culture
Customer and community engagement
Building a culture of compliance
Climate-smart agriculture: productivity, adaptation, mitigation
Stakeholder and investor engagement
Embedding values and behaviours
HR's role in culture, values and employer brand

Customers and Market

IT service management and support operations
Comparable sales analysis and market evidence
Policy administration and customer service in insurance
The automotive market: segments, brands and buyers
Vehicle specifications, trims and options in customer language
Customer retention in the vehicle ownership cycle
Tariffs, regulation and the economics of essential services
Customer loyalty and repeat purchase in retail
Designing and facilitating groups
Telecom products, tariffs and customer lifecycles
Client feedback and satisfaction
Customer and journey analysis
Designing a service or experience improvement
Queue management and service flow
Self-service and digital support

Legal and Policy

Health and safety legal duties
Employment relationship and the psychological contract
Legal, cost and feasibility analysis
Contractor and visitor safety
Policy, planning and objectives
Legal and other requirements
Implementation and contract plan
Contract types and risk allocation
Contract administration and variation
Contract performance and exit
Contract governance and compliance
Regulatory and fair-treatment obligations
The regulatory landscape and central banking
Regulatory duty and accountability
Regulatory compliance and central-bank rules

Certified Office and Administrative Management Expert

Certified Office and Administrative Management Expert

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