CBS offers short-term courses for professionals

chennai: learning new skills is one of the ‘must-dos’ for employees seeking a secure tenure, at a time when it companies are tightening their noose around the employees.  joining short-term or part-time programmes is one way employees could acquire new skills without taking a break from their job. based on this general requirement, chennai business school (cbs), a management institute created by business leaders, has come forward with customised programmes to suit working professionals. cbs offers two kinds of short-term courses – the information systems / information technology (is / it) courses and the other dealing with specific domains. the course is / it, project management leading to the pmp (project management professional) certification is covered. the courses also cover areas such as pre-sales, business development and proposal writing. the domain-related programmes focus on specific areas, such as manufacturing, retail, insurance, banking, financial services, insurance and telecom. cbs also plans to unfold an 18-month part-time executive programme in management. according to mohan menon, the director of cbs,  several it professionals who are engineers have made a successful transition to disciplines such as marketing, hr and banking. for more information log on to www.cbs.org or call 044- 42424242.