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Applying Financial Strategy: The Moore Corporation Case Study ...nancial strategy apply in a real life scenario- the Moore Corporation, based in Toronto, Canada. The course covers: How Moore's financial executives use financial strategy to address strategic issues facing the business How Moore applies the principles of financial strategy to the various businesses making up the Moore Corporation How Moore gathers information on customers, products and  more...

The Professional Teller: Understanding Banking Basics The Professional Teller: Understanding Banking Basics gives the student an overview of the banking industry, the various departments in most banks, and the various services tellers perform. Additionally, the program covers the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, their roles in the banking industry, and their influence in everyday banking activities.  more...

Overview of Business Process Management In today's business world, competition is tough. Organizations are under a great deal of pressure to become more productive and more efficient while developing new, innovative products and services more rapidly than ever before. Management is demanding improved quality, reduced costs, and increased productivity with fewer resources. How can organizations respond to these pressures while remaining  more...

Process Analysis and Documentation The Six Sigma DMAIC system is a roadmap that points the way to process and performance improvement. The second phase in this methodology is Measure. You cannot hope to improve processes and performance without first knowing where you are, assessing where you want to be, and then planning how to get there, while measuring progress toward the goal all along the way. In the words of an old adage,  more...

Preparing for the Executive-level Sale Simulation ...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 new service, you discover that one of your  more...

Progressing through the Complex Sale Simulation ...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 company, which is evaluating the possibility of  more...

Closing Executive-level Sales Simulation ...Corporation, a national direct mail service provider. Your company recently made a large investment toward the goal of becoming a "one-stop" shop and now offers fulfillment services. You are responsible for selling these new services to your existing client base, as well as prospecting for new accounts. You have previously identified, researched, and analyzed a promising potential client,  more...

The Life Cycle of an IT Project ...ing IT projects, also known as a life cycle, enables your corporation to implement specific guidelines, methodologies, and processes that will decrease the risk of something going wrong and increase your chances of a successful project. "The Life Cycle of an IT Project" will give you the knowledge and skills you need to define the activities involved in your project's development process.  more...

Accounting for Corporations ...corporations are different than other types of business organizations? Do you need to learn more about the basic accounting principles of corporations? This course is designed to teach you how to perform basic accounting procedures specifically for corporations. You will learn how to record the issuance of stock and record transactions in the corporation's accounts. In addition, you will learn  more...

Raising Capital and Financing Decisions The goal of every financial manager is to maximize firm value and shareholder wealth. How does a manager reach this objective? To be successful, financial managers must be aware of the financing options available to them, and the procedures they must follow to begin financing. Most important, managers must be able to choose the best financing mix for their company. This course is designed  more...

Financial Risk Management Do you like to take risks or do you prefer to avoid them? Do you only take a risk if you know you will be compensated for it in the end? Everyone is exposed to risk at some time--it is unavoidable. Having the proper tools to deal with risk can save you money and help you avoid financial hardship. This course familiarizes you with the strategies and products used to manage corporate risk. You will  more...

International Finance ... transform your purely domestic firm into a multinational corporation; how you decide which financial products and instruments will allow you to manage your cash flows from international business operations; and, finally, the important steps to take toward managing foreign exchange risk and country risk. This course is designed specifically for business managers, financial professionals, and  more...

Control Charts and the Pre-control Process Six Sigma teams may be tempted to consider their work done once they have improved their processes during the Improve phase. However, in the Control phase of the Six Sigma process improvement system, teams go further and verify that improved processes continue to perform at the improved levels. This course will present control charts, which are used to determine with statistical precision the  more...

Define the Six Sigma Opportunity Have you ever heard someone say, "That's putting the cart before the horse"? It's a quaint way of describing a process that's being implemented in a backward manner. One example of this is a company that begins to make organization-wide improvements before identifying which improvements would provide optimal benefits. This course, Define the Six Sigma Opportunity, is a guide for choosing those  more...

The Six Sigma Project Charter and Plan What constitutes a project charter? How do you know whether you've set the right goals for your project? What tools can best help you plan your project? As you advance in this course--which focuses on project charter elements as well as planning tools and project documentation--you will obtain the skills and knowledge required to manage your project charter and plan. Six Sigma is a registered  more...

Six Sigma Team Leadership By addressing customer needs, streamlining processes, minimizing variance, and addressing poor quality and inefficiency, Six Sigma can encourage a more profitable and sustainable business. The development and leadership of an effective team is critical if these outcomes are to be achieved. An effective Six Sigma team comprises the right people using their skills in collaboration with each other to  more...

The Six Sigma Change Agent What is a Six Sigma change agent? How does one advocate change on a business-wide level? What are the skills required and the techniques used? In this course, you'll learn about the roles and responsibilities 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  more...

Six Sigma Management and Planning Tools In the 1970s, a group of seven "new" tools for quality management were developed in Japan. When they reached America in the 1980s and 1990s, they were renamed the Management and Planning (MP) tools. Used separately or in combination, they are powerful tools in the Six Sigma approach for insuring quality and continuous improvement. This course will cover the seven tools--affinity diagrams,  more...

Six Sigma and Critical Customer Requirements Mark Twain once said, "Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it." Unlike the weather, serving customer needs is something companies actually can do something about. Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is a systematic process for motivating a business to focus on its customers. In a Six Sigma environment, such a focus is central to success. In this course, you'll learn how  more...

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  more...

Design of Experiments DOE By the time they reach the Six Sigma Improve phase, organizations have a solid understanding of how and why their processes fail to meet customers' expectations. Organizations use the Design of Experiments (DOE), a key methodology of the Six Sigma Improve phase, to quantify with statistical precision the factors that are causing this gap. Well-designed experiments result in effective process  more...

Design and Analysis In the Six Sigma Improve phase, organizations are aiming to evaluate which process inputs have the most significant impact on the process output. Only by effective experimental design and subsequent analysis can organizations pinpoint areas for improvement. This course will enable you to choose between process methods, determine the most effective process, and take into account all of the  more...

Taguchi and Quality Improvement Well-designed experiments result in effective process design or redesign, and ultimately, improved organizations. The Taguchi Method is a technique for designing and performing experiments to investigate processes where the output depends on many variables. The Taguchi Method allows the Six Sigma teams to avoid the tedious and costly task of running a process using all possible combinations of  more...

Experimenting for Process Improvement The Improve phase of the Six Sigma DMAIC methodology concerns locating the optimal conditions of a process. Many improvement techniques used in Six Sigma concentrate on the impact of single factors on response or yield. In order to achieve breakthrough improvements, however, it is necessary to determine how multiple interacting factors impact response. This course introduces the sophisticated  more...

Probability and Statistics The Measure step of the DMAIC system used in Six Sigma relies on the use of probability and statistics to produce information on variations in process. Black Belt candidates must be proficient in descriptive, inferential, and process-oriented statistical thinking; must understand how to stratify data; and must appreciate the uses of the Central Limit Theorem and inferential statistics to interpret  more...

Properties and Applications of Probability Distributions Whether calculating future process capability or the length of time before product failure, probability distributions are essential to the Six Sigma Black Belt. Distributions and their random variables are the key to determining supportable conclusions for hypothesis tests and confidence intervals. This course discusses the general use of probability distributions, and reviews the applications of  more...

Analyzing Process Capability Process capability is determined by a range of variables including people, machines, materials and measurements. The cumulative result must be quantified numerically to determine current performance and project future potential. To do so requires a knowledge of control limits, specification limits, capability indices, and the difference between short- and long-term variability. This course teaches  more...

Calculating Process Capability When process data fails to produce a normal distribution, special indices are required to calculate process capability. This course teaches Black Belt candidates the indices for non-normal process capability, and discusses how to transform non-normal data for use in standard statistical tests. It also examines the difference between continuous and discrete data, and the distributions used for  more...

Organizational Goals and Objectives Before a Six Sigma project can be executed, organizational strategic planning goals and objectives must be defined. Determining selection of appropriate projects and choosing an effective improvement model are crucial tasks that help to ensure your company is pointed in the right direction. Performing risk analysis while avoiding pitfalls common to Six Sigma projects is also important to prevent  more...

Six Sigma and the Corporate Enterprise What exactly is Six Sigma , and why is it important to your company? This course helps you to make that determination through a discussion of basic concepts underlying the Six Sigma philosophy. A broad overview is provided of the initial development of Six Sigma; Six Sigma's uses in leading companies to date; the benefits to be realized by successful deployment, and the metrics and core  more...

History of Organizational Improvement and the Foundations of Six Sigma To successfully implement Six Sigma , it's useful to understand the history of organizational improvement and the contributions of various leaders in the field of quality. This course examines the concepts of quality, customer satisfaction, and continuous improvement that are common among Six Sigma, the Total Quality Management movement, and continuous improvement. It also discusses the continuum  more...

Building Brand Equity ...f 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. Brand equity adds dollar-value to a company's worth. So, what are the  more...

Attorney-Client Privilege This course covers the attorney-client privilege that protects communications between attorneys and their clients and ensures their confidentiality. Many corporate businesspeople are not sure of their rights under the attorney-client privilege, and as such risk destroying the privilege and losing their rights. This course defines attorney-client responsibilities and examines how the privilege  more...

Managing Sexual Harassment Problems Simulation ...rate headquarters of QXT Chemical Company, a large global corporation. You supervise a team of accountants. When one of them, Shelly Jones, tells you that another of your direct reports, Damon Beasley, has been sexually harassing her, you will need to take action to deal with the situation. This simulation is based on the SkillSoft series "Harassment" and contains links to the following course:  more...