GSCFM and GSCFMI Programs GSCFM 2015 Brochure | Page 2
The Graduate School
of
Credit
and
Conducted on the Campus of Dartmouth College
The National Association of Credit Management is the leader in executive education for the
credit and financial management community. NACM entered the forefront of continuing,
executive education over 70 years ago, decades before major colleges and universities.
Today, NACM continues its dedication to the global promotion and enhancement of the
business credit professional through its many educational programs, led by the GSCFM.
The Graduate School of Credit and Financial Management pioneered the concept of
advanced-level, executive education and continues to deliver superior, application-based
continuing education for the business credit and financial professional. The caliber of
tomorrow’s business credit and financial executive depends on today’s preparation and
education. The most promising executives must challenge themselves with new and diverse
business concepts in anticipation of tomorrow’s demands.
The GSCFM is a two-week per year (for two years) intensive program exposing participants
to a wide range of ideas, practices and resources, and leads to the mastery of new concepts
and the development of a new, clear vision. The program delivers high quality credit, financial
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and management instruction in a setting designed for executive education. The professional
relationships that develop throughout this program are the foundation of the program’s longstanding success.
The GSCFM sessions are conducted by experienced faculty who use a balanced mix of
lectures, group discussions and case studies that relate to current and future workplace
demands. The program challenges participants to examine issues and processes not simply
from the standpoint of corporate credit and finance, but from a multi-layered point of view.
Participants will return to their companies with in-depth knowledge of the field and the ability
to apply that knowledge on the organization’s behalf.
A participant’s company customarily covers the full cost of tuition, meals, living and travelrelated expenses. In so doing, the employer recognizes the contributions and potential of
promising managers, affording them the opportunity to reach a new level of professional
knowledge and distinction in their field.
The GSCFM Curriculum
Instructors
The GSCFM program focuses on a spectrum of essential business and individual professional growth
disciplines.
NACM is proud to have these, and other, distinguished instructors
presenting in 2015. For a complete list of the 2015-16 instructors and
their biographies, please visit the GSCFM web pages at www.nacm.org.
The First-Year Session Concentrations
The cornerstone of the first-year program is financial statement analysis. Complementing the financial
analysis program are sessions on corporate strategy, economics, interpreting body language and nonverbal communications and presentation techniques. These sessions, adding information about how to
operate in a changing environment and how to understand and maximize corporate competitive strategy,
bring new ideas and greater insight into the decision-making process.
The Second-Year Session Concentrations
During the second-year, participants will continue to expand their understanding of the financial side of
credit during the financial warnings segment. This section brings together the elements already covered in
the first-year session, providing an in-depth look at credit strategy in a competitive environment, focusing
on new techniques for credit investigation and credit granting decisions. Adding to these topics are sessions
on the legal environment of credit, advanced credit scoring models, leadership skills, interpreting body
language and non-verbal communications and advanced negotiations.
Exclusive opportunity to earn the CCE certification.
At the conclusion of participants’ second year, the standard application process is waived and participants
are given an opportunity to take the CCE® (Certified Credit Executive®) exam. The exam must be
completed when offered at GSCFM and must be successfully passed to earn the CCE designation.
Ed Altman, PhD, Professor and Director of Research in Credit and
Debt Markets, NYU
Wanda Borges, Esq., Principal member of Borges & Associates, LLC
Janine Driver, Retired federal law enforcement officer, author, speaker
for the Body Language Institute
Whit Mitchell, Team Dynamics expert, author and founder/CEO of
Working InSync International
Charles Mulford, PhD, CPA, Invesco Chair and Professor of
Accounting at Georgia Tech
Ron Price, Business advisor, executive coach, speaker and author,
Price Associates
Judith White, PhD, Associate Professor of Business Administration at
Dartmouth College