TIO CHAT / JAN-FEB-MAR-APR 2020
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Extra sales certificate with your diploma By: Vera Mast, PR and Communications From now on, students of Commerce Entrepreneurship and Organisations (CEO) and Commercial Business Management (CMB) will receive an additional knowledge certificate along with their diploma, since these study programmes are officially SMA accredited! Top-quality study programmes The Sales Management Association (SMA), the association of sales professionals, accredits study programmes that have Commerce as their primary subject. Eiso Bleeker, director of SMA: “Accrediting a study programme offers a form of quality assurance during which the programme is assessed in comparison with predetermined standards.” If an SMA certificate is given out, that means the study programme meets the quality requirements. Who will receive what certificate? In practice, this accreditation means that students of CEO and CBM will receive the following knowledge certificate along with their diploma from now on: • CEO: SMA-B1 Senior Sales Professional • CBM: SMA-A Sales Practitioner Committee impressed The assessment committee was impressed by Tio's educational system, which is based around development and evaluation. Tio passed the assessment process with flying colours and the committee unanimously decided to award the accreditation to the CEO and CBM programmes. Eiso Bleeker: “You should be very proud; everything is well taken care of!” SMA's representatives were also very positive about the involvement of the professional field via Tio's alumni policy and the professional field advisory committee. According to the committee, both study programmes offer a clear learning pathway in the field of sales with ample focus on both theoretical knowledge and practical skills. •
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