Dan Cenatempo, President, Value Resolution Group, Inc.
MBA., Duke University

David Herold, Professor, Georgia Tech College of Management, Georgia Tech
Ph.D., Yale University

Jack Lutz, Resource Economist, James W. Sewall Company
Ph.D., University of New Hampshire

Dennis Nagao, Professor, Georgia Tech College of Management, Georgia Tech
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Chuck Parsons, Professor, Georgia Tech College of Management, Georgia Tech
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Christina Shalley, Professor, Georgia Tech College of Management, Georgia Tech
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

"Your career is directly dependent on your skill level, says Jim McNutt, CPBIS executive director. When your knowledge-base stagnates you become dispensable. Don't let that happen to you. Your opportunity is here. Join us!"

Management Development for Enhanced Performance course is designed to provide a meaningful growth opportunity for managers and leaders at all levels and in all functions from the mill floor to the mill manager's office at pulp and paper mills and across suppliers operations from fabricating facilities to the business offices with the cutting-edge knowledge, skills, techniques, and approaches needed to successfully manage the financial, human, and physical resources to enhance the overall performance of their operations. Taught by faculty of Georgia Institute of Technology and experienced practitioners from the pulp and paper and supplier industries, using a variety of teaching methods including lectures, class discussions, case studies, and individual /group interactive exercises. Guest speakers will share their experiences in areas such as technology transfer, organizational learning, operations, financial and supply chain management, and developing business tactics and strategy.

How You Will Benefit:
+ Learn about the current and future competitive challenges that will affect your industry and how you can effectively deal with them.
+ Become proficient in using analytical tools to analyze finance and accounting data to make trade-offs among alternate courses of action.
+ Discover approaches to managing a diverse group of individuals and creating a more cohesive, high-performance work team.
+ Challenge your current thinking on how to deal and manage change successfully.
+ Achieve waste and cost reduction by using innovative approaches to manage, control, and improve various business processes.
+ Understand the critical traits of effective leadership and recognize what you need to do to become an effective leader and motivator of people.
+ Achieve better outcomes at the negotiation table with your contractors and suppliers.
+ Use effective approaches to select, motivate, involve and energize your workforce.
+ Enhance your overall management skills, thereby making you more valuable to your organization.

For more information please visit our web sites at CPBIS or PIMA web site -- www.cpbis.gatech.edu or www.Pimaweb.com -or www.PimaWeb.org, or www.Tappi.org.