Study Guides

An exceptional resource for all contact center managers.

Available only from ICMI, comprehensive handbooks/study guides are custom-written with a focus on each of the four CIAC certification modules.

Includes comprehensive:

  • Content
  • Self-assessment tool
  • Exercises
  • Glossary of terms
  • List of references

Thoroughly tested by CIAC participants, these guides have received rave reviews for their usability and clarity.


Call Center People Management Handbook and Study Guide

By: ICMI

This handbook/study guide is part one of ICMI's comprehensive, four-part series on call center management. Topics in this handbook include the following:

  • Organizational structure
  • Staffing
  • Hiring and retention
  • Turnover
  • Training
  • Performance objectives
  • Monitoring and coaching
  • Motivation and culture
  • Career development
  • Legal and regulatory issues

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Call Center Operations Management Handbook and Study Guide

By: ICMI

This handbook is part two of ICMI’s comprehensive, four-part series on call center management. Topics in this handbook include the following:

  • Service level and response time
  • Real-time management
  • Key performance indicators
  • Forecasting the workload
  • Staff calculations and queue dynamics
  • Scheduling principles and methodologies
  • Call center technologies
  • Site selection and facilities
  • Disaster recovery
  • Legal and regulatory issues

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Call Center Customer Relationship Management Handbook and Study Guide

By: ICMI

This handbook is part three of ICMI's comprehensive, four-part series on call center management. Topics covered in this handbook include the following:



  • Key principles of customer relationship management
  • The value of customer satisfaction and loyalty
  • The call center’s role in customer relationship management
  • Defining and segmenting customers
  • Measuring customer satisfaction
  • Creating effective strategies
  • Establishing effective objectives
  • Building cross-functional processes
  • Providing enabling technologies
  • Establishing supporting processes

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Call Center Leadership and Business Management Handbook and Study Guide

By: ICMI

This handbook is part four of ICMI's comprehensive, four-part series on call center management. Topics covered in this handbook include the following:

  • Vision, mission and strategy
  • The call center’s contribution to value
  • Call center leadership
  • Effective communication
  • The call center’s emerging role
  • The business, legal and regulatory environments
  • Improving operational results
  • Managing contractual relationships
  • Developing effective budgets
  • Understanding financial methodologies

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