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Introduction to Hypothesis Testing and Testing for Means in Six Sigma ...ship between two or more samples is real or due to random chance. A variety of tests are used to find statistical evidence to reject or "not to reject" a hypothesis. Once this is accomplished, the Six Sigma team is ready to move forward with identifying, testing, and implementing solutions to address the root causes of failure. This course covers the key hypothesis testing concepts and the  more...

Hypothesis Tests for Variances Proportions ANOVA and Chi-Square in Six Sigma ... whether this relationship or difference is due to random chance or if it is a true difference. If it is a real difference, Six Sigma teams like to determine if it has practical significance. The goal of this course is to explore several of the hypothesis tests used in Six Sigma. The course covers the key steps for testing hypotheses for proportions, variances, and paired comparisons with  more...

Communicating Across Cultures Communicating Across Cultures Communicating effectively across cultures can be very difficult. Not only must you pay attention to the cultural distinctions of your audience and adjust your style to them, but you also need to adjust your style to different forms of communication. This course offers guidelines and best practices for speaking and writing across cultures. The course also  more...

Risk Response Monitor and Control ...e without prior knowledge or experience there is always a chance of risk. When dealing with projects, it is the project manager's job to assess and control risks, avert or minimize its adverse effects, and to capitalize on potential opportunities over the life of a project. In this course, the last two processes in the Project Risk Management knowledge area Plan Risk Responses and Monitor and  more...

Problem Solving Digging Deeper ...ntial solutions to determine the one that has the maximum chance of success. Several tools are used for analysis and evaluation at each of these steps. Examples of tools that help find the root causes of the problem are the cause-and-effect diagram and five-why analysis. Cost-benefit and force-field analysis help in choosing the best solution. This course helps you recognize the value of  more...

Decision Making The Fundamentals ...e between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them and then the opportunity to choose.' It's been estimated that most human beings make thousands of decisions in the course of an average day, many of which are unconscious decisions. It is important for your personal and professional success that you become an effective  more...

Preparing a Business Case ...ojects for funding. Without a written business case, your chances of persuading decision makers within your organization to implement your new project idea, instead of a competing project, stand little chance. This course prepares learners interested in the development of effective business cases. You will learn what a business case is and when one is used, what research you need to do before  more...

Green Business Implementing Sustainability Strategies ...lementing a sustainability strategy stands a much greater chance of success if the essential players in an organization back it. Implementation of sustainability initiatives varies by organization and by sector, and because no steadfast procedural rules exist, these initiatives must be carefully planned. When implementing sustainability practices, you need to make sure those practices align  more...

Understanding Your Customer ...cceed. The better you know your customer, the higher your chance for success. In this course, you'll learn about the first major component of the strategic account sales (SAS) approach: research. You'll start by learning about the key areas to research using the SAS approach and where to find business information sources about your client. Next, you'll explore researching your customer's  more...

Receiving Feedback and Criticism Receiving Feedback and Criticism We all need feedback so that we can learn and improve. Sometimes feedback is on target, and its usefulness is apparent. Other times it may not be as easy to receive. Being able to receive feedback and criticism appropriately without getting your emotions involved is an essential skill for success in the business world. People in an organization need to be  more...

Giving Constructive Criticism Giving Constructive Criticism Feedback is an essential element of successful businesses. Everyone benefits from the exchange of meaningful, constructive criticism. But giving criticism that is constructive rather than destructive can be one of the most important and difficult skills to learn. Given thoughtlessly, without proper preparation and consideration, it's likely to be ignored by the  more...

Giving Feedback Giving Feedback The performance of any organization depends upon the performance of every individual. Giving feedback is a necessary skill and can involve anyone in an organization, whether it is manager-to-report, peer-to-peer, or report-to-manager. There are generally two types of feedback: positive feedback for reinforcing positive behavior, and corrective feedback for correcting negative  more...

Cisco Route 1 0 Configuring Verifying Route Redistribution ...echniques that you have at your disposal, the better your chance of having a smooth, well-run network. Simple routing protocols work well for simple networks, but as networks grow and become more complex, it may be necessary to change routing protocols. It is important to understand how to exchange routing information between these routing protocols, and how Cisco routers operate in an  more...

Negotiation Skills for Sales Professionals Value Exchange Negotiation Skills for Sales Professionals: Value Exchange Negotiating concessions and exchanging value are integral aspects of any sales negotiation process. But when is the best time to make concessions? And how do you make concessions effectively so that you maximize the value of your proposal to the other side and maintain a position of power? This course provides detailed instructions  more...

Managing Attitudes During Difficult Times Managing Attitudes During Difficult Times Employees may experience fear, anxiety, and frustration when their company is going through difficult times. If employees' attitudes suffer, so too does their performance. You must take steps to keep employees engaged, enthusiastic, and motivated when a company is facing challenges. By learning how to manage employee attitudes that often surface in  more...

Wordtracker Tutorial - Sneak past your competition with the right keywords! This tutorial will show you how to efficiently and effectively use the Wordtracker keyword search service to identify those keywords and keyword phrases that few websites are indexed for in the search engines. Optimizing your site for these keywords or phrases greatly increases your chance for ranking high in search engine results!  more...

Moving from Trainer to Performance Consultant ...a step up in your career is an exciting time. Now is your chance to help your clients with their overall abilities, not just a few key skills. The move from being a trainer to becoming a performance consultant can be difficult if you aren ™t aware of certain strategies and tips. This course will help you identify the steps to gaining the skills you need while building your client base.  more...

Build a Powerful Marketing Strategy--Instructor-Led ...rsing home residents or life insurance to teenagers. Your chance of succeeding in either case would be pretty low. Now, reverse the scenario and try to sell the footballs to the teenagers and vice versa. Your chances have just increased. You could try increasing them even further through communications. What if you decided to tell the teenagers that using the football would decrease the  more...

Build a Powerful Marketing Strategy--Self-Directed ...rsing home residents or life insurance to teenagers. Your chance of succeeding in either case would be pretty low. Now, reverse the scenario and try to sell the footballs to the teenagers and vice versa. Your chances have just increased. You could try increasing them even further through communications. What if you decided to tell the teenagers that using the football would decrease the  more...

Bartending at Home-Online ...s work all over the United States. Don?t miss out on your chance to be the next bar star! At the end of the course, you will be offered the opportunity to purchase an Official University Certificate for $39, though this is entirely optional. If you choose not to purchase the Official University Certificate, you may select a Letter Certificate in the form of a Word document at no additional  more...

Design a Winning Business Based on Your Idea--Instructor-Led ...rfect at their conception. In order to evaluate an idea?s chance of real success, and to develop an action plan for realizing it, you must do the legwork to analyze and refine it. A scientist working in a laboratory will develop an idea?a hypothesis?about how something works. In order to determine whether or not his idea has merit, he will devise experiments to test the validity of his idea.  more...

Design a Winning Business Based on Your Idea--Self-Directed ...rfect at their conception. In order to evaluate an idea?s chance of real success, and to develop an action plan for realizing it, you must do the legwork to analyze and refine it. A scientist working in a laboratory will develop an idea?a hypothesis?about how something works. In order to determine whether or not his idea has merit, he will devise experiments to test the validity of his idea.  more...

Adobe Dreamweaver CS4: Advanced ...ibrary Items and Templates. In addition, you will get the chance to work with Adobe's Spry Framework to create AJAX-enabled web pages. This series is just what you need to take your Dreamweaver skills one step further and give your site a professional polish.This self-directed course can be completed within 90 days or sooner depending on time and learning capabilities of the student. Bonus--1  more...

Recognizing a Leader Do you feel that your people can't get along without you? If you're not available, do your people lack direction and therefore, productivity suffers? If you feel that you've been overmanaging and underleading, this course is for you. There is a strong difference between activities and roles of effective managers and those of successful leaders. You'll discover what some of those key differences  more...

A Primer for Ensuring Accountability "You are either part of the solution or part of the problem." That assertion from Eldridge Cleaver is a perspective that you must impart to each and every employee you supervise. There are many effective ways to get them to see this valuable viewpoint. And that's what you'll learn in this course. As a manager you are on the line when things go wrong. This course is designed to enhance your ability  more...

Doing Business with Independent Contractors Do you know the difference between an "employee" and an "independent contractor "? Many employers don't, and in some cases it has cost their companies millions of dollars in taxes, insurance, overtime, fines and penalties. That's why it's important to understand the standards for judging if a temporary, leased or outsourced worker is really an employee. This course will acquaint you with the law  more...

Models for Managing Technical Professionals Because technical professionals set a high value on autonomy, managing their time and resources can be a difficult task. But, since it's your job to supervise this often-frustrating yet extremely valuable group of employees, you need to figure out the best way to do it. And this "best way" may vary from company to company and from individual to individual. In this course you'll learn a variety of  more...

Leading an Effective Business Meeting ...ings held every day in the United States, there is a good chance that your life is full of meetings. There is a general agreement among business professionals that most meetings are not well run. They often waste your time, drain your energy, seem to have no purpose, and bear few positive results. Are you tired of attending meetings like this? Are you tired of your meetings ending up like this?  more...

Crafting Deals "A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds." Could Francis Bacon possibly have been wondering about how to make the most out of his dealings with other people when he wrote those words? Do you ever wonder about your own ability to create opportunities for yourself? Think of something that you really wanted in the past. It could be anything--a promotion at your workplace, a new car, or  more...

The Art of Global Communication ...information? Communication is too important to be left to chance. The subtleties of language, expressions, and gestures all enrich the content of what you are saying. Of course, when you're communicating on a global scale, you need to be sure that what you're saying--and the way you say it--will not cause offense to your cross-cultural audience. In this course, you'll find out more about the  more...

Developing Customer Satisfaction Surveys ...chance to develop their first survey, they've seen so many that it seems like developing one will be a piece of cake. To an extent, they're right. Developing a GIGO (Garbage In/Garbage Out) survey is a no-brainer. Developing a survey that gets valid, reliable data, however, is both science and art.In this course, you'll learn to use the principles of survey design to develop a customer  more...

Professional Selling Over the Phone Prospecting ... the questions and scenarios he presents, there is a good chance that he will hire you on as a Sales Associate. Unit 2: Interacting With Prospects (0.5 - 1 hour) . Select the guidelines for working with screeners to reach prospects. Select the guidelines for building business relationships with prospects. Select the  more...

Communicating with Power and Confidence Do you want to be an effective and powerful communicator? Do you want to take charge, welcome responsibility and view challenge as an opportunity? In today's workplace, when administrative support professionals talk, supervisors listen. They have been empowered and given many managerial responsibilities. They can now work alongside rather than as subordinates to their managers. They no longer only  more...

Program Planning ...a properly defined plan your projects have a much greater chance of not succeeding. This assumption can also be made for program management; however, with program management, an entire program can fail, which could include several projects. The cost and loss of benefits that are associated with a failed program could be devastating to your organization, making the proper program planning that  more...

HAZWOPER 24 Hour Training - Online ...isit a controlled or hazardous site and have little or no chance of exposure to the wastes involved. Examples of an Occasional Site Worker would include truck drivers, drillers, surveyors and administrative personnel, etc. Learning Objectives of the HAZWOPER 24 Hour Course: - Understand the purpose of OSHA and its role in regulating occupational health and safety - Use Site  more...