Online Competitive eLearning Training

How To Master Performance Management Course description -- Managing employee performance is the single greatest challenge facing supervisors and other leaders in today's competitive and fast-paced organizations. Learn how to maximize the contributions of each employee by setting effective goals, monitoring accomplishments, recognizing achievements, and disciplining or redirecting those who are not meeting performance requirements.  more...

How To Master Staying Positive ...competitive work environment is loaded with inconvenience, frustration, and even chaos. Maintaining a positive attitude and outlook has never been toughera or more important. The How to Master Staying Positive bundle is first aid for the stressed and stretched. Its courses provide guidance on managing stress, dealing with burnout and anger, time managementa and, to keep you focused on  more...

Basics of Effective Selling Course description -- Selling is a complex and sophisticated process, but successful sales begin and end with the basic essentials. This course includes an overview of the selling process, and provides worksheets and checklists to take you from contact list through sales call and on to follow-up and referrals. There are tools for identifying the features and benefits of your product and service,  more...

The Eurocamp Case Study 1: Overview ... strategy Examine how financial strategy contributes to competitive advantage and overall corporate strategic planning Look at the importance of understanding and distinguishing between financial and business risk Examine the principles of the Boston Consulting Group matrix and the Product Life Cycle Matrix, and Examine the implications of these models on the management style, risk  more...

Colt and Winchester Case Study 4: Accounting for Competitors ...tivity to an organisation's ability to grow and develop a competitive advantage. The course covers: The deficiencies of traditional information systems in monitoring competitor activities Identifying who competition are and what strategies they're pursuing Sources of information on competitors What information on competitors should be collected. Throughout the course students can apply  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 ...me. 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 industry analysis. You  more...

Windmaster Case Study 3: Company Analysis ...me. 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 business is  more...

Windmaster Case Study 4: Portfolio Analysis ...me. 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 range of products. You  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 ...me. 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 how to identify the  more...

Windmaster Case Study 6: Evaluating Strategic Options ...me. 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 choice. You will  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 ...me. 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 iterative nature. You  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 ...me. 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 world events using  more...

KAZ (Keyboard AZ) Typing Tutor ...ss. Increased productivity through learning is the key to competitive advantage and what skill could be more fundamental to productivity than typing? Most employees will work with a PC keyboard to get the job done. Outlook, Word and PowerPoint are the most frequently used business applications alongside data entry into a range of bespoke databases. All of these applications are business  more...

Overview of Business Process Management ... organizations respond to these pressures while remaining competitive in the market? The answer is a Six Sigma approach to business process management. This course examines the basics of adopting a Six Sigma approach firmly bound to customer needs and bottom-line results. Six Sigma is a registered Trademark of Motorola Corporation, and all right, title and interest in Six Sigma belongs to  more...

Preparing for the Executive-level Sale Simulation You are a regional account representative with DME Corporation, a national direct mail service provider. Your company has recently made a large investment toward the goal of becoming a "one-stop" shop with its new Fulfillment Division. You are charged with selling the new fulfillment service to your existing client base, as well as prospecting for new accounts. As you begin preparing to sell the  more...

Progressing through the Complex Sale Simulation You are a regional account representative with DME Corporation, a national direct marketing firm, which has recently opened its Fulfillment Services Division. You are charged with selling this service and have identified a potential prospect. In this simulation, the second of three in this series, you have gained access to the buying influences at MicroGalaxy, an electronic component supply  more...

The Automotive Industry Overview Version 2 ...mlerChrysler) and their suppliers, are reorganizing to be competitive in the global marketplace. In the unrelenting push for lower costs, operational efficiency, and innovation, automotive companies are challenged to deliver higher value more efficiently than ever before. This dynamic automotive environment is also characterized by increasingly sophisticated consumers and redefined supplier  more...

The Pharmaceutical Industry Overview Version 2 ...g and regulatory issues. In order for companies to remain competitive in a highly regulated and rapidly changing pharmaceutical industry, they must constantly improve the way products are developed, produced and marketed, and the way the supply chain is managed.This course provides a high-level overview of the pharmaceutical industry environment, including its key players, business model,  more...

The Banking Industry Overview Version 2 Can you imagine a world without banks? In the past, banks focused on loans and deposits, debits, and credits. Now, due to dramatic changes in the world economy, banking is a far more complex business. On a daily basis, the industry must deal with margin pressures, consolidation, and technological and marketing challenges, not to mention unforeseen financial and political crises. However, with cash  more...

The Telecommunications Industry Overview Version 2 ...m carriers have struggled to maintain sound footing and a competitive edge, all the while endeavoring to provide crucial, uninterrupted service to their customers. In an age of rapidly developing technology, this goal has become increasingly more difficult. The emergence of broadband and wireless technologies poses significant threats to carriers relying upon aging infrastructures and outdated  more...

The Insurance Industry Overview Version 2 ...se of technology to cope with the changing regulatory and competitive landscape, and capitalize on opportunities thrown open by emerging markets.This course provides insight into the insurance industry and presents a report on the state of industry affairs. It provides a broad overview of the insurance industry environment, including its key sectors and players, business model, and trends, and  more...

Telecommunications Industry Overview Version 1 ...m carriers have struggled to maintain sound footing and a competitive edge, all the while endeavoring to provide crucial, uninterrupted service to their customers. In an age of rapidly developing technology, this goal has become increasingly more difficult. The emergence of broadband and wireless technologies pose significant threats to carriers relying upon aging infrastructures and out-dated  more...

Excellence in Internal Customer Service ...competitive business climate, offering excellent customer service has never been so important. But what about taking a different approach? Has your organization tried looking inwardly to find the answers to offering great service? Organizations consist of an independent chain of individuals and functional units, each taking inputs from one another and turning them out into external customer  more...

Identifying Your Customer s Expectations ... are usually introduced to save on costs, and keep prices competitive. Companies believe that low prices are what customers value above all else, and they think that the additional efficiency of the automated systems will be appreciated. However, when asked, customers frequently say they would be willing to pay more to be given Customer service managers, supervisors, and team leaders, and  more...

Selecting Your Strategy Compete to Win ... able to identify the advantages and disadvantages of the competitive game, identify your preparatory steps for a competitive negotiation, identify the guidelines for controlling concessions and commitments and select competitive tactics to improve the negotiation. The Negotiation Strategies curriculum helps today's busy professional identify and implement proven methods for moving from  more...

The Role of Critical Thinking in Organizations ...h a cost-efficient resource that results in a distinctive competitive advantage. Workers who are skeptical of quick fixes and operational dogma pay attention and generate productive ideas. They are intellectually competent to chart new directions. This course introduces the basic concepts, features, and skills associated with critical thinking and explains the roles and propagation of critical  more...

Gaining Allies Creating Change ...e purpose of creating change is not easy in the intensely competitive and harried environment of the corporate world. It's especially difficult when you lack authority. The people whose help you need most may have no desire to help you, or if they do, they may lack the time. In either case, winning allies, partnering successfully, and creating change require unique strategies when you are not  more...

Attracting Motivating and Retaining Technical Professionals ...nical 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 these technical professionals as one of their  more...

Managing in a Global Business Environment Companies now face intense competition all around the globe. In this challenging environment companies seek to adopt strategies that sustain their business growth. As a result organizations are changing the way they conduct and operate their businesses, transforming themselves in order to cope with these demanding circumstances. For today's business managers the need to comprehend these strategic  more...

Managing Cross-Functions Today, managers need to address the complex problems and challenges of the current global business environment. Managers must now rely upon other divisions, departments, or functions in order to allocate resources, prioritize their staff time, and cooperate with each other. This requires that managers develop a degree of systems thinking where managers operate in a large interconnected system of  more...

Managing and Rewarding Top Performers ... companies to retain their top-level employees in today's competitive market. This course examines how to attract and ultimately retain top performers through a combination of benefits packages, performance reviews, improved management policies and other non-financial reward strategies. You will also learn how to promote your company in such a way as to increase interest among prospective  more...

Knowledge as Strategy Performance Improvement In the 21st century--the Knowledge Age--corporations will see workers as intellectual capital. Workers themselves, rather than just information, will become the resources that allow organizations to respond quickly and effectively to rapid change. Learning is at the core of these demands--whether it's learning a new skill, knowing how to manage existing and new knowledge, or creating  more...

E-Learning Essentials Pt 1 E-Learning and Successful Strategy This Course is designed to cover the broad offerings within the scope of e-learning and the various challenges that arise in implementing an e-learning solution. It places e-learning within the context of learning and knowledge management and the role of e-learning in harnassing an organizations's intellectual and human assests. The course covers the importance of a clear and effective  more...

Strategic Approaches to Workforce Planning and Employment HRCI SPHR ...competitive in the business world, organizations must ensure that they employ the right people in the right numbers at the right time. Workforce planning and employment involves the processes of planning, developing, implementing, administering, and ongoing evaluation of recruiting and hiring to ensure that the workforce will meet the organization's strategic goals and objectives. This course  more...

Employee Benefit Programs HRCI PHR ...rning employee benefits and that the benefit programs are competitive enough to attract and retain employees. These are some of the topics you will need to understand to prepare for the Human Resource Certification Institute's Professional in Human Resources certification examination (HRCI/PHR). This course will help you prepare for the HRCI certification examinations in the areas of benefits  more...

Introduction to Economics Products and Markets Having covered the basics of markets and consumers, learners can now examine the relationships between producers and the markets in which they sell in this course Products and Markets . Learners discover what drives short and long-run costs as well as what makes markets competitive. Different market types and producer theory are also explained. This course is aimed at Managers, Directors, and  more...

Sustaining Competitive Advantage ...competitive business environment, being as good as the competition is not enough. An organization must devise strategies and develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies to set it apart from the competition. In this course business strategies are examined that can help a company gain and sustain competitive advantage. Companies build their strength around three key strategic areas:  more...

Thinking Strategically As business success becomes more difficult to achieve, companies are discovering the importance of strategic thinking. Being lean and mean and process efficient is no good if you don't have the correct business strategy. But what is strategic thinking and what does it look like in the context of your business? This course is focused on discovering and using the key elements of successful strategic  more...

Lean Tools ... Lean tools and techniques, organizations can become more competitive, agile, and responsive to customer demands. This course highlights the implementation of Lean tools in the production and manufacturing environment. These tools have derived largely from the development of the Toyota Production System (TPS). In addition, the course examines how these improvement tools are used to maintain an  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...

Competitive Factors in Strategic Marketing You've got a great idea for a new product or service for your organization, or a major enhancement for an existing one. Now you've got to present the case to the decision-makers to go forward. What kinds of topics should you include in your strategic marketing plan? In this course you'll learn exactly what to consider as you develop and present your plan, including market data and competitor  more...

Writing a Marketing Plan Phase 1 This course will define the marketing plan, types of plans and outline the purposes for using a marketing plan. You will then get started on writing the plan by establishing objectives and working on introductory elements. Then, you'll complete a situational analysis that evaluates the overall market, industry, internal and competitive factors pertinent to your product or service. Finally, you'll  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...

Supply Chain Management ...a vital role in the success of organizations, providing a competitive advantage in today's aggressive global marketplace. Without sound performance measurement and communication strategies, the relationship between you and your supplier can quickly deteriorate.This course explores many aspects of the organization-supplier relationship, including supplier selection and communication strategies.  more...

Introduction to Brand Management There are three ingredients every company needs for branding success: a brand manager, a brand, and the consumer. But how do these ingredients relate and what are they comprised of that makes them so important? This course will demonstrate how each ingredient reacts to the other in order to create a valuable, long-lasting brand. First, you will learn about the responsibilities of a brand manager,  more...

Business Ethics - How We Do Business This course teaches you the ethical standards that govern honest and fair business conduct, the different types of anticompetitive conduct that violate US antitrust law, the guidelines for avoiding insider trading, and the rules to which management and employees must adhere to avoid conflicts of interest with the company. All employees within an organization, whether new hires or as a refresher  more...

Trade Secrets ...itors. Trade secrets are important because they provide a competitive advantage to their owners and may be the only viable form of legal protection available. They are protected under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA), in those states that have adopted it, and by common law principles in others. Owners may take legal action if their trade secrets are violated. The single most effective step  more...

Usability Engineering This WestNet e-Learning module presents the concept of usability engineering and also explores the various forms of testing and measurement, measurement devices, and methodology.  more...

Antitrust--Overview ... laws legislate against business practices that undermine competitiveness or are considered to be unfair. The term "antitrust" derives from U.S. legislation that was originally formulated to combat business trusts--now commonly known as cartels. There are three major federal antitrust laws: the Sherman Antitrust Act, the Clayton Act, and the Federal Trade Commission Act. Essentially, these laws  more...

Non-Cellular Wireless Technology To explain non-cellular wireless technology Technical professionals; IT and business managers who need to learn about emerging broadband wireless technologies; students studying or researching broadband wireless communications and technologies  more...

Overview of the Telecommunications Industry This WestNet e-Learning module will trace the development of the telecommunication industry from the early Bell monopoly to today's competitive marketplace. We will explore how regulatory rulings, the Telecommunication Act of 1996, and changing market demands have affected both telecommunication carriers and consumers.  more...

Supply Chain Management - Building a Sustained Competitive Advantage This course provides the learner with an understanding of utilizing collaboration and technology to maximize the effect of supply chain processing. Product design and product life cycle management as elements of the improvement effort and performance measures and metrics. Models for improving all major processes within a supply chain and extensive case examples to validate the principles and  more...

Diversity - Managing Diversity in the Workplace Team leaders supervisors and managers examine the impact of diversity and culture on individuals and organizations. They learn how to analyze and use models and skills for leading people toward using diversity as a source of competitive advantage.  more...

Competitive Intelligence: Implementing a Competitive Intelligence System Competitive Intelligence: Implementing a Competitive Intelligence System offers the student an overview of what competitive intelligence (CI) entails and how to develop and implement a CI system in an organization. The program covers in detail the benefits of having CI in an organization as well as the steps of the CI process. It also covers the types of CI systems and how to select one.  more...

Competitive Intelligence: Analysis and Dissemination ...Competitive Intelligence: Analysis and Dissemination offers the student an overview of the competitive intelligence (CI) process and how to analyze and distribute results in an organization. The program covers in detail how to ensure collecting accurate information and the available techniques for analyzing industry market and company information. It also covers the steps for distributing CI  more...

Competitive Intelligence: Researching Online ...Competitive Intelligence: Researching Online offers the student an overview about the Internet online technology and collecting information online. The program covers in detail guidelines for using the Internet differences between free and commercial online sources and ways to track new information automatically. It also covers the steps for developing a search strategy commands for using  more...

Career Development: Excelling in Your Career Career Development: Excelling in Your Career offers the student an overview of how to excel at work market personal skills and stay competitive in his or her career. The program covers in detail the guidelines to maintain productivity steps to develop self-discipline steps to develop an effective professional image the advantages and disadvantages of self-study and formal education and the  more...

Value Chain Management: Managing a Value Chain ...management of elements of the value chain in order to win competitive advantage. It provides the learner with specific strategies to maximize the flow of products services and information and raw materials to the final point of consumption. It covers methods of winning cost advantage and achieving the value proposition ways of maximizing collaboration within the value chain competitive  more...