Golf Industry Central GIC Winter 2018 | Page 27

Club Management – BMI FIRST BMI PROGRAM TO AUS CLUB MANAGERS TO BE DELIVERED IN OCT 2018 G MA in partnership with Golf Australia and the Club Managers Association of America (CMAA) is excited to offer the first ever Business Management Institute (BMI) program to Australian club managers, with the first module to be delivered in October 2018. BMI offers the ultimate club manager professional development program, which is delivered within an open learning environment, whereby shared experiences are explored within each workshop session. It provides outstanding industry wide networking opportunities capable of providing career long support to all BMI participants. The BMI is delivered to an agreed international certification standard, with the program aligned with the CMAA. The BMI program now has a presence in approximately 30 countries across the world, with the program being delivered by these organisations. The BMI program contains four modules, each completed in five-day blocks: • BMI Club Management • BMI Leadership Principles • BMI General Manager/Chief Operating Officer • BMI Food & Beverage Management or BMI Course and Golf Management Each module is broken into sessions adapted to the Australian business operating environment. Sessions are delivered in an open workshop style allowing for regular discussion of managers’ shared experience. Sessions are led by expert facilitators including Professor Geoffrey Dickson, Associate Professor of Sport Management at Latrobe University as our lead facilitator, supported by Dr David Shilbury, Professor of Sport Management and Director of Deakin Sport Network, Deakin University and Dr Jason Koenigsfeld, Senior Vice President of Professional Development at CMAA. To learn more & to register, please click here. Golf Industry Central I Winter 2018 27