Should strategy professionals be certified?

Strategy and Leadership

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-43

  Rollinson, Randall ^a  

^a LBL Strategies Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

Qualifications; Standards; Strategic management; Strategic planning; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650242304     PISSN: 10878572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10878571111095411     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Podolny, Joel, "The buck stops (and starts) at business school," Harvard Business Review, June 2009.
2. Khurana, Rakesh and Nitin Nohria. "It's time to make management a true profession," Harvard Business Review, October 2008.
3. Barker, Richard, "The big idea: no, management is not a profession," Harvard Business Review, July-August 2010.
4. Rollinson, Randall and Earl Young, Strategy in the 21st Century, p. 1, Looking Glass Publishing, 2010.
5. ASP Certification Program Project - http://www.strategyplus.org/
6. Rollinson, Randall and Earl Young, op. cit.
7. PMBOK, Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, 4th edition, Project Management Institute, 2008.
8. Greenfield, Jeremy, "Risk managers get certified," Wall Street Journal, April 1, 2010.
9. Professional Testing Corporation (PTC) founded in 1983, provides professional organizations of all sizes with quality psychometric services. Since 1983, PTC has expanded its range of services to include the following: http://www.proftesting.com/
10. The Strategic Management Society has also launched an initiative to design a certification program as a means of fostering the objectives of the SMS. http://strategicmanagement.net/pdfs/ NEWSLETTER2010S.pdf
11. The Institute for Credentialing Excellence (ICE) advances credentialing through education, standards, research, and advocacy to ensure competence across professions and occupations. www.credentialingexcellence.org