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Oracle Applications Release 11i: FlexFields 
Key and descriptive
FlexFields give end users and technical personnel the ability to customize an
Oracle Application to meet their business requirements without programming. Key FlexFields enable multi-segment, intelligent keys, and allow segment validation and security. Descriptive FlexFields provide users custom expansion space on forms. This course introduces the learner to different types of
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Microsoft Word 2000 Proficient User 
This course provides participants with the intermediate skills to use
Microsoft Word 2000 on a daily basis in their workplace. At the completion of this course, students will learn to format and proof a document; enhance a document with drawing objects, charts,
Clip Art, graphics and presentation enhancements; create a mail merge; and create envelopes and labels by merging an address list.
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Progressing through the Complex Sale 
High-value purchases impact across the whole organization. So it's not surprising that these buying decisions are made by those at the top. But getting to these decision-makers isn't easy, which is why selling at an executive level is a more complex operation that requires all the resources of the highly skilled salesperson. This course is directed at supplying those resources. Salespeople who are
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Negotiating to Mutual Benefit 
The key to being a skilled negotiator is understanding the difference between negotiating and giving money away. This course demonstrates the stages and rules that will gain you a win/win solution, and with it long-term business. If you follow the guidelines set out here, you will be able to handle customer strategies and still close the deal on terms that keep both your company and your customer
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ITIL Configuration and Release Management 
Organizations make substantial investments in their information technology infrastructures. That investment pays off only if the organization uses its information resources to increase productivity. Information technology planners and managers must understand how the components of the IT infrastructure interact if they want to eliminate waste and improve service to the users of the system. The
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Using Surveys to Measure Customer Satisfaction 
...e you the tools to do this. Once you have established the attributes of your service that customers value the most, by gathering their qualitative feedback, you need to gauge how they rate your company's ability to deliver them. This course concentrates on the techniques required to do this accurately and appropriately with the resources available to you. The first lesson explains why it's
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Discovering What Your Customers Want 
The data are in, and there's no doubt about it: The return on customer loyalty goes directly to your company's bottom line. Too often, however, organizations seeking to improve customer satisfaction and loyalty begin with a survey. To build a successful customer satisfaction system, you have to begin with the basics. When customer satisfaction programs begin with a survey, and not a plan, the
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Customer Satisfaction Analysis and Implementation 
What you get out of a well-designed customer satisfaction survey will depend largely on the power of the analytical tools you apply to the data and the effectiveness of actions taken based on the resulting information. Although the analysis itself is best conducted by your statistical team, you'll be able to use survey results more effectively if you understand how key analytical tools are
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Interacting with the Customer 
Failing to realize the importance of customer service and effective complaint handling leads to increasingly dissatisfied customers. Organizations need to be able to address the needs of customers in an effective and efficient manner. This course is intended to show the proper procedures and processes needed to provide effective customer service: how to properly support a customer, how to overcome
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Essentials of Internal Consulting 
You may already have a reputation as something of an area specialist. Perhaps you've now been asked to deploy your knowledge in an internal consulting role. Or maybe you've always been attracted to this role and you would now like to find out more? What will it mean for you? What does an internal consultant do? How do you become one? And if you have just become one, what is expected of you? This
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Introduction to IT Project Management 
Do you want to increase your effectiveness as a leader in project management? Are you unsure of the key skills needed for managing an information technology (IT) project? As you proceed through this "
Introduction to IT Project
Management" course in the "
Project Management for IT Professionals" series, you will gain valuable insight into project management with a special focus on managing IT
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Strategies for Facilitating Critical Thinking 
Workplaces are not typically associated with reflection or critical self-reflection, ideas that are often considered 'soft' to the bottom-line, results-oriented world of business.... Yet, paradoxically, reflection is becoming more part of the lifeblood of organizations in today's economic environment. Victoria
Marsick's words illustrate why businesses can no longer thrive on the unexamined
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Self-empowerment Managing from Within 
Have you ever thought that you could be the best boss you've ever had? By developing attitudes and skills that empower you, you can manage from within and become your own best boss. Self-empowerment is the process of taking responsibility for your attitudes, behaviors, and actions at work to maximize your effectiveness. As an empowered employee, you will be driven by ownership, initiative, and
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The Emotionally Intelligent Leader 
Putting emotional intelligence to work is an emerging trend in corporate leadership. Developing the best talents in executives, managers, and others throughout the organization has become vital to corporate success. As a leader, you cannot rely upon your intellectual knowledge. You must have the interpersonal competence that comes with emotional intelligence. This course will guide you in
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Understanding Technical Professionals 
As a manager, have you felt that technical professionals are sometimes difficult to understand? Do you find that the usual management models are not as effective as they could be? This course explains the ways in which these employees differ from other workers and how you can apply more appropriate and effective management techniques. You will also learn how business has responded with new
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Attracting Motivating and Retaining Technical Professionals 
If you're having problems finding and keeping technical professionals, you're not alone. In our financially competitive and technologically advanced business world, technical professionals are in great demand. Managers need to find ways to attract top-performing technical employees and keep them once they're on the job. In fact, surveys show that managers list attracting, motivating, and retaining
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Communication Skills for Successful Management 
Effective communication is a crucial component of your success as a manager. As a technical professional, you developed various communication skills that helped you to succeed. But, as a manager, you will need additional communication skills to be effective. This course will examine various aspects of successful communication strategies and skills. You will analyze the strategies of nonverbal
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Process Management Skills 
Efficiency, in software terms, can be the difference between ineffective, poorly designed software, and elegant, intuitive software. Efficiency in manufacturing is the difference between processes that yield top quality products at a reasonable price, and processes that spit out shoddy products regardless of price. Likewise, efficiency is critical to the effectiveness of a manager and to the
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Introduction to Work Force Generations 
Why do people seem so different in what they value, how they live, and how they behave at work? The worlds your co-workers grew up in may have been very different. There are four generations interacting in the work world of today: the silent generation, baby boomers,
Generation X, and
Generation Next. The differences among these four generations can cause major differences in behavior and
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Attracting Developing and Retaining Generations 
How can you create a work force that blends the skills and knowledge of all four contemporary generations? Members of the silent generation, baby boomers,
Generation X, and
Generation Next are attracted to companies for different reasons. They have a variety of developmental needs and are loyal for a variety of reasons. Managers, HR professionals, team leaders, department leads, and company
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Delegation Basics 
Do you feel that there are just not enough hours in the day? Are you always striving to keep ahead of the paperwork that litters your desk? Perhaps it is time to consider sharing some of those tasks with your skilled employees. As you progress through this "
Delegation Basics" course in the "
Effective Delegation" series, you will discover what delegating is all about, what you need to do to prepare
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Managing from a Global Viewpoint 
The process of managing on a global scale requires a step up from domestic management. In this course, you'll learn what it takes to be a global manager or team leader. You'll start with establishing a global mind-set and learning about the attributes of a global manager. Then, you'll explore cross-cultural communication and ways to effectively support and work with a globally based team.
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Defining and Mapping the Six Sigma Process 
Maps are incredible tools. They show--on one page--where you are, where you want to go, the best way to get there, and endless alternate routes. Without maps, we would be left to wander unknown paths to uncertain destinations, encountering untold pitfalls along the way. Maps are also important tools in guiding
Six Sigma teams in the quest for process improvement; it is impossible to improve a
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Six Sigma DMAIC Analyzing the Process 
Imagine the perfect cup of coffee--it tastes and smells great, it's served at exactly the right temperature, and, best of all, it satisfies you every time. Because it's perfect, you find yourself returning again and again to the cafe that sells it. The perfect cup of coffee--or the perfect product or service--is what
Six Sigma is all about. To achieve Six Sigma, a product or service has to be 99.9
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Programming with XHTML 1 1 Embedded Objects and Hyperlinks 
This course covers basic concepts about embedded objects and hyperlinks in Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (
XHTML) documents. The course describes various XHTML tags to embed multimedia objects such as images, audio, video, and animation. The course also provides information for creating hyperlinks, bookmarks, and image maps. The intended audience for this course includes
Technical Managers,
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Programming with XHTML 1 1 Advanced Tags 
...orms, and frames. The course describes the tags and their attributes to create and format tables and define column groups. The course also explains the tags used to create static forms and frames. In addition, the course covers creating menus, specifying special characters, and setting colors for a
Web page. Finally, the course describes the key concepts related to internationalization. The
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Advanced JavaScript 
This course describes advanced document properties. The course also covers the concepts related to cookies, plug-ins, and
LiveWire. It also teaches how to implement security by performing data tainting. This course is designed for application developers and authors who plan, design and implement web-based business solutions on intranets, extranets, and internets. The student should have prior
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Fundamentals of HTML Programming 
This course enables students to understand
Web page development using
HTML as the programming language. The course explains the concepts of developing basic and advanced HTML pages with the help of tables and forms. This course deals with HTML 3.2 and HTML 4.0. This course is intended for students who are interested in developing web pages using HTML as the programming language.
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Programming Techniques and Strategies 
To outline the high-level considerations for producing good code
Professional application developers or programmers, with at least 2 years experience, who want to learn the latest recommended techniques for developing high quality software
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OOAD Introduction to Object-Oriented Concepts 
This course covers the general OO concepts. It covers the benefits of OO and the OO terminology. Further, it covers concepts related to objects and classes, such as attributes and operations. In addition, this course covers encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, dependency, associations, links, aggregation, and composition. The target audience is business analysts, system analysts, system
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OOAD Static Modeling with UML 2 0 
...modeling of three types of compartments in a class: name, attributes, and operations. Further, it discusses the concept and application of stereotypes, visibility levels, and multiplicity in modeling classes. Finally, the course covers the modeling of five types of relationships: generalization, association, aggregation, composition, and dependency. The target audience is business analysts,
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OOAD OO Design Patterns 
...modeling of three types of compartments in a class: name, attributes, and operations. Further, it discusses the concept and application of stereotypes, visibility levels, and multiplicity in modeling classes. Finally, the course covers the modeling of five types of relationships: generalization, association, aggregation, composition, and dependency. The target audience is business analysts,
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Testing and Instrumenting C Applications 
To introduce the concepts of software testing and debugging and to describe the use of the
Debug and
Trace programmatic classes in the .NET Framework class library and the
Visual Studio .NET and
SDK interactive debuggers
Windows developers seeking to update their knowledge of and skills in developing, testing, and debugging software applications in Visual Studio .NET or pursuing
MCAD or
MCSD .NET
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Testing and Instrumenting Web Applications in C 
To introduce the concepts of software testing and debugging and to describe how to instrument an application for tracing and debugging in .NET Web developers seeking to update their knowledge and skills when developing, testing, and debugging software applications in
Visual Studio .NET or pursuing
MCAD or
MCSD .NET certification
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JES2 Advanced Operations I 
...ess spool facility. The course discusses how
JES2 assigns attributes to a job, the commands used to change the default job attributes associated with a reader, and how the command authority of a console or reader determines which commands can be entered by using it. It covers the commands that control JES2 spool data sets and the offloading of spool data, the JES2 automatic command facility and
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Antennas and Accessories 
In this module, we will discuss the proper methods for installing each kind of antenna. We will explain polarization, coverage patterns, and appropriate uses of antennas. Additionally, we describe the many different items that are used to connect antennas to other wireless
LAN hardware.
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Building and Securing VoIP Networks 
To identify how to implement numbering plans and scalable dial plans for
VoIP networks, calculate existing bandwidth and additional bandwidth requirements for voice and data traffic, and recognize the implications of implementing security measures in IP networks that transport voice IT professionals responsible for preparing, configuring, and maintaining a voice and data network; candidates
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Data Modeling 
To be able to use a database to store data, you have to design it. The first step in designing a database is data modeling. Data modeling enables a database designer to create a model that represents the way in which information is likely to be organized in the database. This data model is then reviewed by the people who are expected to use the final database. Subsequent steps in database
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RDBMS Concepts 
The success of an organization depends on its ability to acquire timely and accurate data about its operations, to manage this data effectively, and to use this data for analyzing its requirements and controlling its activities. Since the volume of data available to an organization might be vast, it is important to process this data to derive relevant information quickly. The data can be managed
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Using PL SQL with an Oracle Server 
To write lexical units in their correct format in a PL/
SQL block, perform data conversion in PL/SQL, write PL/SQL anonymous blocks, and recognize the correct structure of a PL/SQL program block
Database administrators, application developers, and database operators
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Web Servers 
In this
WestNet e-Learning module, you will examine the process used in building a
Web server solution capable of performing the tasks for which it is designed.
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Adobe Illustrator CS2 Getting Started 
This course teaches fundamental concepts and skills for working with
Adobe Illustrator CS2 to create artwork for both print and the
Web. The topics in this course cover capabilities and tools of
Illustrator, the interface, image considerations, how to save and print Illustrator files, and working with basic shapes, selecting images, and color. The course is intended for the basic end user who
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Linux+ Part 1: Planning and Installing Linux+ 
This course teaches learners how to plan the implementation and how to install
Linux. In the
Planning the
Installation section, there is an overview of Linux, and the customer, hardware, and software requirements of the Linux system and of Linux users. This section also teaches about planning hardware configuration and disk partitioning schemes. The
Installing section teaches about the different
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MS VB .NET: Windows Development Part 2 


This Course describes the various options for building your own controls. It explains how to extend the functionality of existing
Windows Forms control, combine multiple existing controls into a composite control, and build a new custom control. It also covers how to add design-time attributes and licensing support to a control.
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DTD's for XML 


DTD's for
XML is an in-depth look into the heart of XML document validation. As students progress through the 6 lessons they will acquire the knowledge necessary to validate XML documents. Students will also understand elements and content models. This course also defines attributes and entities and how to properly make use of them to their fullest extent. DTD's for XML will also examine how
DTD's
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Linux+ Part 1: Planning and Installing Linux+ 


This course teaches learners how to plan the implementation and how to install
Linux. In the
Planning the
Installation section, there is an overview of Linux, and the customer, hardware, and software requirements of the Linux system and of Linux users. This section also teaches about planning hardware configuration and disk partitioning schemes. The
Installing section teaches about the different
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CIW Enterprise Specialist Part 1: CORBA Introduction, IDL, and Clients 
...Services the
IDL. The IDL constructs - modules interfaces attributes and operations are covered. Material is presented on the nonclass data types and how they are mapped to
Java how inheritance is represented in IDL specification of parameter-passing modes and the definition of exceptions using IDL. How to compile IDL files to generate client stubs and how to use these stubs to create client
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C# Programming for MS .NET - Part 5: Operators, Properties, and Attributes 
This is the final course in a five part series that covers operators properties and attributes. The learner will understand how to implement operators delegates and events and how to use properties to enable field-like access and indexes to enable array-like access. The course also teaches how to create custom user-defined attributes.
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MS VB .NET: Windows Development Part 2 
This Course describes the various options for building your own controls. It explains how to extend the functionality of existing
Windows Forms control combine multiple existing controls into a composite control and build a new custom control. It also covers how to add design-time attributes and licensing support to a control.
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Interpersonal Communication: Telephone Skills 
Interpersonal
Communication:
Telephone Skills will help you develop the skills needed to project a positive image on the telephone properly address callers and establish good rapport. You will be provided with opportunities to incorporate positive personal attributes into telephone interactions employ strategies to control a conversation and effectively handle situations with difficult callers.
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