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Soft Skills Using Applications This course uses Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook 2000 in order to teach the students presentation, business writing, and time management skills. Students will learn the basic elements for each of these courses, and will be provided with a foundation on which to build their skills. more...

Advanced Travel Career 6 Week Onlineworkshop ...build on basic knowledge of the travel industry and is designed for those who have completed Beginning Travel or who are considering returning to the travel field after an absence and would like a refresher course. A book fee of $65 is required to be paid in addition to tuition if this course is sold by itself. If this course part of the 5 course Travel Careers Training Program, there will be a more...

The Trump Way to Wealth A Trump U Course- It`s a fact: today, anyone can become a millionaire a or even a billionaire. In the history of the world, there has never been a better time to create wealth than right here, right now. The Trump Way to Wealth will give you the coaching, training, skills and tactics you need to build wealth every single day.Students may complete this course within a reasonable period of time. more...

Selling the Way Your Customer Buys Learn how to read your clients,adapt your presentation and build a solid business relationship. more...

Building a Successful Team Course description -- Your team may just be forming, or you may be renewing your goals for the coming year. You may have just gotten a new team member or even lost a few. This course will take you through the various stages of a teama s development and give you Strategies and Tips for guiding your team successfully through the process. You will learn how to recognize and respond to your teama s more...

How To Master Business Management ...tion or discipline. This bundle includes topics that will build an employee's mastery of several essential business processes and issues, including financial basics, contracts, and business communications. It includes something for everyone, from tips for organizing a workspace for all employees to an executive-oriented communication course for senior management. IMPORTANT NOTE: INTERNET more...

How To Master Team Building Course description -- Meeting business objectives and maximizing resources requires effective teamwork, and this bundle will build the basic competencies that will ensure your teams are organized, goal-oriented, and customer-focused. Together they provide a toolkit of effective techniques and strategies for building high-performing teams in any function or discipline. IMPORTANT NOTE: INTERNET more...

How to Build And Maintain Rapport With Your Clients Learn how to build rapport with your clients and get beyond small talk. more...

Export Practice Management Course shows you the right steps to build a successful export operation. more...

Build a Powerful Marketing Strategy--Instructor-Led A Trump U Course- Without great marketing, your businesses can fail. With the right marketing strategy, you gain a big edge over your competition. In this course, learn to increase your sales through marketing. Professor Don Sexton of Columbia University Business School will show you how -- with real-world examples and video tutorials. Students may complete this course within a reasonable period more...

Build a Powerful Marketing Strategy--Self-Directed A Trump U Course- Without great marketing, your businesses can fail. With the right marketing strategy, you gain a big edge over your competition. In this course, learn to increase your sales through marketing. Professor Don Sexton of Columbia University Business School will show you how -- with real-world examples and video tutorials.Students may complete this course within a reasonable period of more...

ABC D Principles of Healing Understand the principles of healing: Activate, Build, Cleanse and Direct Aids. more...

Learn MS Access 2000 online with eBooks Clear instructions demonstrate how to build typical business documents, spreadsheets, slides and databases. more...

Linux Operating System Linux Operating System will get you started in the Linux world of networking and administration. This is a basic course to give you a good foundation from which to build on that will lead to certification and more. more...

Intercultural Business Etiquette ...nd and sell on the Internet. This course addresses how to build positive business relationships with other cultures using tools and techniques to help you interpret body language, respect customs, and understand audiences. There are suggestions for recognizing and responding to conflicting priorities, different dress codes, and other details such as the proper etiquette for gift giving in the more...

Executive-to-employee Communication Strategies Course description -- You might have the feeling that your employees are scared of you because of your position. As an executive who is concerned about your organization, it is up to you to gather feedback from your working level employees and to build trusting relationships throughout the organization. This course offers suggestions and techniques for building up the communication highway between more...

NET Remoting To create and use specific .NET Remoting services All Microsoft VB.NET developers wanting to write enterprise applications with serviced components, Windows Services, or .NET Remoting, or studying for the 70-310 exam Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework more...

NET Remoting in C To demonstrate how to create and use specific .NET Remoting services Microsoft C# developers wanting to write enterprise applications with serviced components, Windows Services, or .NET Remoting, or studying for the exam 70-320: Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual C# and the Microsoft .NET Framework more...

Effective Presentations 1: Creating Your Presentation XEBEC: Presentations are opportunities - to communicate, to persuade, to sell, to gain commitment. But nerves and anxiety can make it hard to take real advantage of the occasion. The Effective Presentations Series takes a structured and down to earth approach to presentation skills that helps students build confidence and overcome their natural fear of public performance. The CD-ROM self study more...

Effective Presentations 2: Delivering Your Presentation XEBEC: Presentations are opportunities - to communicate, to persuade, to sell, to gain commitment. But nerves and anxiety can make it hard to take real advantage of the occasion. The Effective Presentations Series takes a structured and down to earth approach to presentation skills that helps students build confidence and overcome their natural fear of public performance. The CD-ROM self study more...

Leadership and Team Development: Team Building MAXIM TRAINING Organisations have always relied on teams in some form. But now there is more emphasis on groups of people, working in teams, taking joint responsibility for achieving standards and meeting objectives. This course explores the key factors that make teams effective and the skills required to build, strengthen and maintain the team. more...

Customer Service : Handling Customer Complaints Not every encounter with customers begins as a positive experience. But nearly every one can be turned around. The customer whose complaint has been handled well is likely to be your customer for life. This course shows you how to deal with difficult customer situations. It will help you build the confidence to cope with demanding customers. It will help you to take a professional approach to more...

Customer Service : Handling Angry Customers Not every encounter with customers begins as a positive experience. But nearly every one can be turned around. The customer who's complaint has been handled well is likely to be your customer for life. This course shows you how to deal with difficult customer situations. It will help you build the confidence to cope with angry customers and diffuse the tension. It will help you to take a more...

Face to Face Communications : Effective Questioning Communicating clearly is an essential business skill. The best ideas in the world can only be transformed into realities when they're shared and understood. This course focuses on the art of questioning. It examines the difference between open and closed questions and when to use them for best effect. It demonstrates how to use strategic questioning techniques to defuse a difficult situation, more...

Putting Customers First Learn why you must care for your customers In today's business environment there's often little to choose between one organisation's products/services and another's. Quality of customer service can be the crucial difference between success and failure. This course will help ensure your customers have POSITIVE feelings about you and your organisation and so build customer loyalty. more...

The Assertive Manager ...build productive relationships at work To be successful, you need productive relationships at work. This course will help you understand different types of behaviour, their characteristics and their potential impact on the people you work with. It gives guidance on how to use assertive behaviours to express your ideas, beliefs and feelings and responsive behaviours to find out what others more...

Windmaster Case Study 1: The 3 Phases of Strategic Planning Competing in the business world isn't a peaceful game. Companies are fighting to win; to build new levels of competitive advantage; to secure customers, market share and profits. The winners rarely succeed by accident. They develop strategies and strategic plans and hire people who can face strategic dilemmas and make tough decisions. more...

Windmaster Case Study 2: Industry Analysis ... isn't a peaceful game. Companies are fighting to win; to build new levels of competitive advantage; to secure customers, market share and profits. The winners rarely succeed by accident. They develop strategies and strategic plans and hire people who can face strategic dilemmas and make tough decisions. This course examines the role analysis plays in strategic planning and introduces you to more...

Windmaster Case Study 3: Company Analysis ... isn't a peaceful game. Companies are fighting to win; to build new levels of competitive advantage; to secure customers, market share and profits. The winners rarely succeed by accident. They develop strategies and strategic plans and hire people who can face strategic dilemmas and make tough decisions. This course introduces you to company analysis and explains its aim of assessing how well a more...

Windmaster Case Study 4: Portfolio Analysis ... isn't a peaceful game. Companies are fighting to win; to build new levels of competitive advantage; to secure customers, market share and profits. The winners rarely succeed by accident. They develop strategies and strategic plans and hire people who can face strategic dilemmas and make tough decisions. This course introduces you to portfolio analysis as means of reviewing an organisation's more...

Analysis Question Bank Competing in the business world isn't a peaceful game. Companies are fighting to win; to build new levels of competitive advantage; to secure customers, market share and profits. The winners rarely succeed by accident. They develop strategies and strategic plans and hire people who can face strategic dilemmas and make tough decisions. more...

Windmaster Case Study 5: Identifying Strategic Options ... isn't a peaceful game. Companies are fighting to win; to build new levels of competitive advantage; to secure customers, market share and profits. The winners rarely succeed by accident. They develop strategies and strategic plans and hire people who can face strategic dilemmas and make tough decisions. This course takes you onto the second stage of strategic planning, choice, and shows you more...

Windmaster Case Study 6: Evaluating Strategic Options ... isn't a peaceful game. Companies are fighting to win; to build new levels of competitive advantage; to secure customers, market share and profits. The winners rarely succeed by accident. They develop strategies and strategic plans and hire people who can face strategic dilemmas and make tough decisions. This course examines evaluation and selection, the final critical steps of strategic more...

Choice Question Bank Competing in the business world isn't a peaceful game. Companies are fighting to win; to build new levels of competitive advantage; to secure customers, market share and profits. The winners rarely succeed by accident. They develop strategies and strategic plans and hire people who can face strategic dilemmas and make tough decisions. more...

Windmaster Case Study 7: Strategy Implementation ... isn't a peaceful game. Companies are fighting to win; to build new levels of competitive advantage; to secure customers, market share and profits. The winners rarely succeed by accident. They develop strategies and strategic plans and hire people who can face strategic dilemmas and make tough decisions. This course examines the issues involved in implementing a strategy and its complex and more...

Implementation Question Bank Competing in the business world isn't a peaceful game. Companies are fighting to win; to build new levels of competitive advantage; to secure customers, market share and profits. The winners rarely succeed by accident. They develop strategies and strategic plans and hire people who can face strategic dilemmas and make tough decisions. more...

Apply the 4 Phase Process: First Pacific Case Study ... isn't a peaceful game. Companies are fighting to win; to build new levels of competitive advantage; to secure customers, market share and profits. The winners rarely succeed by accident. They develop strategies and strategic plans and hire people who can face strategic dilemmas and make tough decisions. This course examines how the theories and principles of strategic analysis stand up to real more...

Cisco Building Multilayer Switched Networks Part 4: HSRP and Multicast The BCMSN curriculum is intended to teach network administrators how to build campus networks using multilayer switching technologies over high speed Ethernet. This course is the fourth of a curriculum of 5 BCMSN courses. This course will cover Hot Standby Routing Protocol (HSRP) and Multicasting. more...

Building Cisco Remote Access Networks - Part 1 ...Building Cisco Remote Access Networks 1.0 (BCRAN 1.0). This series teaches students how to build a remote access network to interconnect central sites to branch offices and home office/telecommuters. In addition, controlling access to a central site, as well as how to maximize bandwidth utilization over remote links is covered. This part in the series helps students learn about remote access more...

Building Cisco Remote Access Networks - Part 2 ...Building Cisco Remote Access Networks 1.0 (BCRAN 1.0). This series teaches students how to build a remote access network to interconnect central sites to branch offices and home office/telecommuters. In addition, controlling access to a central site, as well as how to maximize bandwidth utilization over remote links is covered. This part in the series helps students learn about ISDN technology, more...

Building Cisco Remote Access Networks - Part 3 ...Building Cisco Remote Access Networks 1.0 (BCRAN 1.0). This series teaches students how to build a remote access network to interconnect central sites to branch offices and home office/telecommuters. In addition, controlling access to a central site, as well as how to maximize bandwidth utilization over remote links is covered. This part in the series helps students learn how to optimize DDR more...

Building Cisco Remote Access Networks - Part 4 ...Building Cisco Remote Access Networks 1.0 (BCRAN 1.0). This series teaches students how to build a remote access network to interconnect central sites to branch offices and home office/telecommuters. In addition, controlling access to a central site, as well as how to maximize bandwidth utilization over remote links is covered. This part in the series will help students learn about configuring more...

Building Cisco Remote Access Networks - Part 5 ...Building Cisco Remote Access Networks 1.0 (BCRAN 1.0). This series teaches students how to build a remote access network to interconnect central sites to branch offices and home office/telecommuters. In addition, controlling access to a central site, as well as how to maximize bandwidth utilization over remote links is covered. This part in the series will help students learn about queuing, more...

Excellence in Service: Communicating with Your Customers In Excellence in Service: Communicating with Your Customers, you will learn how to build rapport with your customers, and you will learn how nonverbal communication is interpreted by customers. In addition, you will learn telephone skills, including how to project professionalism and how to provide quality customer service over the telephone. Finally, you will learn how to communicate effectively more...

Diversity: What Employees Should Know In Diversity: What Employees Should Know, participants learn what diversity is and how it influences their relationships with others. They learn to differentiate between-and overcome-stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination. They acquire the communication skills they need to build on the advantages that a diverse workplace offers. more...

Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0: Planning a Web Application This is the first course in a five part series that will help students prepare for the Microsoft Certified Professional exam 70-152, Designing and Implementing Web Solutions with Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0. At the completion of this course, students will learn to plan a Web site; analyze the planning guidelines and the performance and maintenance factors that need to be considered while more...

Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 - Part 1 This is the first course in a five part series that will provide programmers with the basic skills to build three-tier client/server solutions. more...

Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 - Part 2 This is the second course in a five part series that will provide programmers with the basic skills to build three-tier client/server solutions. more...

Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 - Part 3 This is the third course in a five part series that will provide programmers with the basic skills to build three-tier client/server solutions. more...

Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 - Part 4 This is the fourth course in a five part series that will provide programmers with the basic skills to build three-tier client/server solutions. more...

Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 - Part 5 This is the final course in a five part series that will provide programmers with the basic skills to build three-tier client/server solutions. more...

Microsoft SQL Server 7.0: Designing and Implementing Data Warehouses - Part 3 This is the third course in a five part series that will help students prepare for the Microsoft Certified Professional exam 70-019, Designing and Implementing Data Warehouses with Microsoft SQL Server 7.0. At the completion of this course, students will learn to create a data warehouse database; perform the steps necessary to build and manage replication by using the Enterprise Manager; build a more...

Branding Your Internet Identity Develop an Online Identity This course helps learners to develop their own online corporate identity, by building recognition and overcoming the various limitations that are associated with the Internet. Professionals who want to create and promote an online marketing strategy more...

Microsoft Excel 2000 Basic ...simulation of Microsoft Excel 2000, students learn how to build, edit, and format worksheets, and how to work with charts, formulas, and functions. Performance-based Pre- and Post-Assessments create a custom course path for each learner covering only the topics not yet mastered. A searchable index and online glossary make the CBT a great reference tool long after course completion. Related more...

Microsoft Excel 97 Basic ...c simulation of Microsoft Excel 97, students learn how to build, edit, format, and manage worksheet and charts. Performance-based Pre- and post-Assessments create a custom course path for each learner covering only the topics not yet mastered. A searchable index and online glossary make the CBT a great reference tool long after course completion. This course is designed to help individuals who more...

Microsoft Excel 97 Intermediate This highly interactive CBT contains six units that cover intermediate Excel skills. Through step-by-step instruction within a realistic simulation of Microsoft Excel 97, students learn how to work with formulas and functions, automate tasks, use and analyze list data, enhance charts and worksheets, and work with Excel and the Internet. Performance-based Pre- and Post-Assessments create a custom more...

Components Used to Build Networks This WestNet e-Learning module introduces internetworking devices, such as repeaters, hubs, switches, bridges, routers, and gateways as the connectors between the individual segments of a broadcast network that has been broken down into separate segments. more...

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 more...

Relationship Management Building the Client Relationship ...Building the Client Relationship, you will learn about the importance of developing a relationship with a client in which you serve not as a salesperson, but as a trusted advisor. You will learn how to create and conduct an effective needs assessment and how to turn this needs assessment into a shared vision with your client. You will also learn specific action items to help you build trust more...

Sales Negotiations Fundamentals of Negotiation ...s cycle. You will also learn what it takes to develop and build mutually beneficial negotiation relationships, as well as best practices in improving your negotiation communication among new and existing business relationships. Additionally, you will learn how to prepare a strong foundation by exploring specific pre-negotiation steps that will leave you feeling confident and prepared for your more...

Sales Negotiations Negotiation Execution In Sales Negotiations ? Negotiation Execution, you will learn about the negotiation process, the key players in a negotiation, and ways to maintain control of the negotiation. Additionally, this course covers guidelines for dealing with difficult people and strategies for dealing with less-than-ideal scenarios and outcomes. After completing this course, you will be prepared to negotiate more...

Communicating Effectively Build Customer Rapport 1 This course will help learners adapt their communication styles to build a successful rapport with others. Professionals who want to provide best-in-class customer service for clients by effectively using telephone, fax and Internet technologies more...

Communicating Effectively Build Customer Rapport 2 This course provides learners tips and techniques to improve verbal and written communication skills in order to deliver excellent customer service. Professionals who want to provide best-in-class customer service for clients by effectively using telephone, fax and Internet technologies more...

Discovering What Your Customers Want ...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 result is frequently customer dissatisfaction. To overcome this risk, you must begin by developing a customer satisfaction system before you develop the survey. In this course, more...

Building Dynamic Teams Build Dynamic Teams This course explains the essential development phases (Drive-Strive-Thrive-Arrive) that groups go through to become vibrant, effective teams. Professionals who want to work more effectively with others to achieve shared goals. more...

The Client-Consultant Relationship Getting to know your clients and their needs are the vital first steps to establishing productive working relationships. Understanding more about their organizations and what they expect from you will be essential if you are to provide a high-quality service that will excite them. You will also need to know how to recognize all the stakeholders and the real decision makers within an organization, more...

Establishing a Relationship with Internal Clients Even if your clients are internal to your organization, you still need to spend time getting to know them, and understanding what it is they require from you. When you are dealing with internal clients, there may be a temptation to think you know everything about them, and about the project. This course will stop you from making that mistake. It will enable you to understand your clients' needs more...

Project Team Management Team Building Techniques ...Building Techniques offers the student information required to improve communication in a project team setting. The program covers guidelines for expressing yourself assertively, identifies team roles, and explains how to avoid common pitfalls in project team meetings. Project team members, team members, and team leaders who are interested in learning more about how project teams are created more...

Project Teams Building a Project Team Project Teams: Building a Project Team offers students information required to establish and improve project teams. The program details guidelines for team goal setting, identifies motivational theories that impact project teams, and offers ways to manage a project team during times of change. Project managers, manager, and supervisors who are interested in learning more about how to build project more...

Advanced Project Management Managing Accelerated Projects Advanced Project Management: Managing Accelerated Projects teaches learners the limitations of project management scheduling packages, schedule compression techniques, and the risks of using the different techniques. It also covers how ERP benefits project management, how to calculate the percent efficiency of resources, and what elements project managers should consider when planning for more...

Working Collaboratively Build Rapport Gain Trust ...Build Rapport, Gain Trust, is the ninth of fourteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to identify principles for creating and maintaining rapport, list the steps in listening authentically and identify three distinct question types. The Stress Management curriculum presents easily adopted techniques for today's busy professionals to increase more...

Making Telephone Calls Count Whether you handle one call a day, or dozens, you have the power to make every call count. Is the service you deliver to your customers over the telephone merely satisfactory, or is it superior? When challenges present themselves, how well do you handle yourself? What do your actions say about your company? You may think telephone interactions are all simple and straightforward. The customer more...

Effective Telephone Techniques This course provides the learner with critical information about making a good impression when communicating over the telephone. It emphasizes the importance of good telephone etiquette, offers tips for building trust over the telephone, and discusses important non-verbal actions that are present in most telephone interactions. Additionally, it helps the learner make the most out of technology more...

Participating Effectively in Business Meetings ...ts. Good meetings help generate enthusiasm for a project, build skills for future projects, and provide participants with techniques that may benefit them in their future careers. As a chairperson, a secretary, or a group member, it is crucial to your meeting's success to know what your role is during a meeting. By knowing your duties, you can effectively assume one of these roles and help to more...

E-mail as a Marketing Tool ...build stronger relationships with new and existing customers? How can you boost sales of your company's products and services? This course will provide you with useful strategies to help you incorporate electronic mail into your marketing approach. Learn how to communicate effectively with your customers through e-mail. You and your company will benefit from better customer relations and more...

Building Relationships to Get Results You are not the boss. You've been called "peer," "esteemed colleague," "invaluable staff member," and "friend," but no one's even come close to calling you "boss." When you stop to think about it, you realize you have no real authority whatsoever. In fact, you have much more power than you think, even if you are on the bottom rung of the corporate ladder. As Jack London said, "Life is not always a more...

Getting Results from the Boss What does the word "boss" mean to you? Does it stand for Big Old Stubborn Sourpuss? Or does "boss" conjure an image of a level-headed, flexible, and thoughtful co-worker? Whatever the case, as an employee working in a subordinate role, it's up to you to learn how to get the results you desire. That means knowing how to do everything from building a relationship with your boss to dealing more...

Improving Your Cross-cultural Communications ...r greatest allies. In this course, you'll find out how to build rapport, appeal to receivers' motivations, and consider the importance of rank and respect in global communication. Cross-cultural communication is often boosted by global e-communication including electronic mail, videoconferencing, and Internet conferencing. You'll look at the options available and examine the downside of more...

Assertiveness from the Inside Out ...ional style. You'll learn about methods that can help you build and strengthen your assertive style and strategies to prepare you to act more assertively. You'll also learn how to implement your new, assertive style as you negotiate with other professionals, develop teams and partnerships, and cope with opposition. With the assistance of this course, you'll develop into the assertive more...

Achieving Success with the help of a Mentor ...can help you guide your own career. You'll explore how to build a relationship with your mentor, from setting initial expectations to using effective communication skills. You'll discover what mentors expect of you and how to fulfill those expectations with a positive attitude, positive work habits, and ethical behavior. Finally, you'll learn how to manage your relationship with your mentor to more...

Balanced Scorecard Implementing In Balanced Scorecard: Implementing the Balanced Scorecard, you will learn the importance of using a balanced scorecard as a tool to measure corporate performance relative to your company's strategies. You will also identify the four perspectives of a balanced scorecard, understand how to apply the steps to build a balanced scorecard for your organization, and learn how to construct a strategy more...

Energizing and Empowering Employees Energy. Without it, the wheels and gigabytes of industry come to a screeching halt. And without energized, empowered employees, your part of global industry will make far less progress. This course introduces you to the importance of energizing and empowering employees. By doing so, you multiply the benefits to your department, team, and organization. The course begins by showing you ways to more...

Leading Change from the Front Line Have you ever wanted something at work to change, but no one ever addressed the issue, so you just put up with it? Maybe you didn't bring it up because you thought you were the only person who didn't like it. Maybe you didn't want to make a fool of yourself by making it an issue. Or maybe you thought your boss would be irritated if you mentioned it. If any of this sounds familiar, this course is more...

Dynamics of Leadership Can anyone, regardless of company status, be a leader? Yes Leaders can be found at all levels in the work force. When you're learning how to lead, is it possible also to be responsible for discovering new future leaders? You bet it is. Even though you aren't in management, do you have the power to influence someone to change his behavior? Again, the answer is yes. In this course, you'll learn how more...

Succession Planning Strategies You've decided to create a succession plan for your organization, but where do you start? This course explains how to begin the succession planning process. You will discover how to initiate a succession planning process from the conceptualization of the problem to developing an action plan. You will also discover opportunities for customizing the succession plan. Your understanding of succession more...

Managing Managers Senior managers provide a vital connection between organizational leadership and frontline management. They oversee the development of the organization's goals and its achievement. In addition, they must also manage relationships, both across the organization and across functions. While they are the voice of top management, they are also expected to deal with their own line managers to ensure that more...

Managing Upward Relationships ...s. The focus is on the skills and strategies that support building positive and productive upward relationships and optimizing individuals' and organizations' performances. This course also offers the managers a common-sense perspective on how to keep their bosses happy, productive, and successful for their own success and for fostering a go The target for this path is senior level directors, more...

The Potential of Self-directed Learning ...kill and career development. Learn to identify resources, build relationships, assess your organization's support for self-directed learning and manage and assist other self-directed learners and self-directed teams. What you've learned in school is not enough. It's time to take control of your own learning. Managers, supervisors and workers who want to take charge of their own learning and may more...

Communicating a Shared Vision If you can dream it, you can do it. Walt Disney's words ring as true today as they did many years ago when they were first displayed above the Epcot Center. The importance of a vision cannot be denied. Neither can the importance of communicating that vision to the people responsible for supporting it. Communicating your vision gives purpose and meaning to the work that people do, and pursuing and more...

Sustaining Competitive Advantage ...company gain and sustain competitive advantage. Companies build their strength around three key strategic areas: competitive positioning, core competence, and talent. By focusing on these strategic approaches, this course demonstrates how competitive advantage can be created, grown, and sustained in a company. Those in management who are engaged in or preparing for a more strategic role in more...

Total Quality Management Principles In Total Quality Management Principles you will build on the fundamentals by examining the principles of customer satisfaction and quality teamwork. It teaches the importance of training and motivation, performance excellence and shared quality, as well as the first steps in implementing an improvement process. This curriculum is aimed at all individuals who wish to input to and improve quality more...

Six Sigma Team Leadership ...e provides you with the techniques and skills required to build a team that can deliver your Six Sigma project. Six Sigma is a registered Trademark of Motorola Corporation, and all rights, title, and interest in Six Sigma belongs to Motorola. Candidates for Black Belt certification; managers/executives overseeing personnel involved in the implementation of Six Sigma in their organization; more...

The Six Sigma Change Agent ...ies of the Six Sigma change agent. You'll explore ways to build a change management process and how to plan for change implementation. Effective communication is central to Six Sigma success, so this course will introduce you to the components of a successful communications strategy. Many organizations, and often even Six Sigma team members, are resistant to change. That's why this course more...

Six Sigma and Critical Customer Requirements ...tatements what they really need. Finally, you'll learn to build the House of Quality, the graphical expression of QFD, and how to analyze the information you build into it. Six Sigma is a registered Trademark of Motorola Corporation, and all rights, title, and interest in Six Sigma belongs to Motorola. Candidates for Black Belt certification; managers/executives overseeing personnel involved in more...

Managing and Maintaining Brand Equity There's a common saying: "The only thing constant in life is change." This is especially true when it comes to managing brands. Look at Coca-Cola and how it spawned several brand extensions such as Diet Coke and Cherry Coke. Then there was a brief, but widely publicized, brand crisis caused by New Coke, which resulted in the reintroduction of Coca-Cola Classic. This is an example of how, over more...

Writing the Marketing Plan Creative Strategy You've completed the first part of your marketing plan. Now it's time to write about your marketing tactics. You'll discover just how to match your product with your target market, determining exactly what the competitive advantages of your particular product are. Then you'll explore the price-setting strategies that will help make your product a success. Marketing managers, supervisors or team more...

The Who What Why of ISO 9000 2000 This course provides a brief history of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). It outlines ISO's mission and structure by examining the three standards that comprise the ISO 9000 family of standards: ISO 9000:2000, ISO 9001:2000, and ISO 9004:2000. This course also presents the universal quality fundamentals that form the foundation of the concepts and practices required by more...

Building Brand Equity Every time a corporate merger or buy-out occurs, you are sure to see plenty of headlines about the number of subsidiary companies each corporation owns. Here's why: brand equity. It's a fact that each subsidiary of a corporation has a value linked to its brand names, in addition to its base dollar-value. This value is measured by the consumer's attitudes and loyalties toward the brand. more...

Introduction to Brand Management ...ilities of a brand manager, from conception of a brand to building, evaluating, and maintaining brand equity. Then, you will be introduced to a brief history of branding and its intended purpose. This also includes the elements of a great brand, and current trends in branding. Finally, you will recognize the components and intricacies that make up your consumer, how to appeal to the consumer, more...

Pricing and Profitability for Product Managers A crucial aspect of a product manager's job is deciding what price to charge for a given product. It's equally important to understand that pricing decisions do not happen in a vacuum; the product manager will be held accountable for the success of the products he prices. Clearly, it's important for the product manager to understand the financial implications of his decisions. In this course, more...

Introduction to Product Management ...ourse, you'll learn strategies and techniques to help you build a foundation for understanding product management. First, you will explore the fundamentals of product management. Specifically, you will learn about the ways product management is changing, as well as the advantages and pitfalls of the field. You will also learn the skills common to successful product managers. Then you will more...

Using WSDL To understand how to implement the WSDL specification Application and web developers wishing to attain competency in developing web services using the main web service technologies SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI; systems analysts and systems architects needing a thorough knowledge of service-oriented architecture concepts and web service technologies more...

Using UDDI To understand the concepts behind and the implementation of the UDDI 2.0 and 3.0 specifications Application and web developers wishing to attain competency in developing web services using the main web service technologies SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI; systems analysts and systems architects needing a thorough knowledge of service-oriented architecture concepts and web service technologies more...

Advanced HTML Design Elements To describe, and equip students to use, advanced HTML elements such as complex tables, frames and framesets, metadata and the META tag, and style sheets Web authors, webmasters, marketing and communications professionals, PR professionals, graphic designers, desktop designers, technical writers, and library scientists more...

FrontPage 2002 Basics To introduce the basic features and functionality of Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Anyone wishing to become familiar with FrontPage 2002 or needing to create professional-standard Internet or intranet sites quickly and easily more...

Getting Started with ColdFusion MX To introduce and demonstrate the fundamental concepts, tools, and features of ColdFusion MX Web professionals and developers that want to create dynamic web sites using ColdFusion more...

Data Retrieval and Manipulation in Macromedia ColdFusion MX To introduce and demonstrate data retrieval and manipulation in ColdFusion MX Web professionals and developers that want to create dynamic web sites using ColdFusion more...

Tables Accessibility and Standards in Dreamweaver 8 To add tables, accessibility features and standards to a site in Dreamweaver 8 The will be web professionals; end users and home users wishing to create effective Internet or intranet sites quickly and easily; Macromedia Flash 8 developers using Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 to create web pages; individuals wishing to obtain the Dreamweaver 8 Developer certification more...

Creating Interactive Web Pages in Dreamweaver 8 To recognize how to add interactivity to web pages using Dreamweaver 8 The will be web professionals; end users and home users wishing to create effective Internet or intranet sites quickly and easily; Macromedia Flash 8 developers using Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 to create web pages; individuals wishing to obtain the Dreamweaver 8 Developer certification more...

Creating Interactive Web Pages in Dreamweaver MX 2004 To identify how to add interactivity to web pages using Dreamweaver MX 2004 Web professionals; end users and home users wishing to create effective Internet or intranet sites quickly and easily; Macromedia Flash MX 2004 developers using Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 to create web pages; individuals wishing to obtain the Dreamweaver MX 2004 Developer certification more...

Using Advanced Dreamweaver MX Tools To describe the functions and features of the advanced Dreamweaver MX tools Web professionals; home users and end users wishing to create effective Internet or intranet sites quickly and easily more...

Adding Interactive Objects in Macromedia Fireworks MX To describe how to work with and create interactive features in Fireworks MX Web designers; graphic designers; home users and end users with an interest in graphic design; Macromedia Dreamweaver MX users and Macromedia Flash MX developers using Macromedia Fireworks MX to create graphics more...

Using Text and Components in Flash 8 To recognize how to add text and components in Flash 8 The will be a range of in-training or established IT professionals needing to learn how to use Flash without any experience with the specific product more...

Visual Basic 6 0 Database Access Part II This course provides a detailed look at the ActiveX Data Object (ADO)that acts as the bridge between your application and a database. Designed for intermediate to advanced Visual Basic application programmers Database administrators, Database analysts, and Database developers who are working toward the Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA) credential. more...