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M.S. in Ed. - Teacher Leadership This specialization is ideal for the classroom teacher who is passionate about making a difference in education. Discover how you can build upon your existing expertise with dynamic skills that can improve teacher retention and increase student achievement. Learn more about your leadership style, leverage the latest research to guide your decisions, and lead with greater confidence in your more...

M.I.S.M. - Customer Relationship Marketing Understand the market and its relationship to the successful management of today's business organizations. Review marketing strategies that drive profitability and the appropriate marketing mix decisions. Learn the architecture and function of CRM systems for planning, deployment and management. more...

M.B.A. - Finance With a specialization in Finance, broaden your knowledge of corporate finance in order to make better informed and more profitable business decisions. Participate in a comprehensive overview of financial principles and accepted practices in financial markets, thrift institutions, commercial and investment banking, and more. Analyze legal and ethical issues across a broad spectrum of companies and more...

BSB/Management of Information Systems ...issues, skills that will help you make effective business decisions. You'll find that our online courses are comprehensive, and our educators are practicing experts in their field, each one a professional qualified to teach the real-world knowledge you need to excel. Kaplan has business programs to fit your educational and professional goals. Focus on marketing, business security and more...

AAS in Accounting Start your accounting career online. In today's complex economy, high-quality accounting services are crucial for the success of every business. Kaplan University's online Associate of Applied Science in Accounting will teach you the theories and principles of business accounting, and provide you with the technical skills you need to succeed in an entry-level accounting position. Our program's more...

Accounting (Bachelors) Job openings in the accounting field are predicted to significantly increase over the next few years. Now is the time to position yourself for this trend by ensuring that you have a solid knowledge of accounting practices and procedures. Our extensive course list encompasses a wide array of business and accounting classes. You can gain experience in the areas of: Principles of accounting more...

MBA - Operations Management ...siness operations field need the skills to make effective decisions to gain competitive advantage. The Operations Management Capstone helps the students to develop a portfolio that management skills in distribution, procurement, and production systems with emphasis on organizational skills in the major areas of business. CTU Academic Certificates Students earn two high-demand certificates more...

Master of Business Administration - Finance ...arn how to analyze financial information in order to make decisions that can enhance the prospects for successful business initiatives. This degree program is designed to help prepare students with the knowledge and credentials they can use to pursue a broad range of positions within the field of finance, including Financial Managers, Directors of Finance, Corporate Finance Associates, Public more...

MBA - Logistics and Supply Chain Management ...n technology management need the skills to make effective decisions to gain competitive advantage. As business aspire to operate in the global marketplace, the leaders in the Logistics and Supply Chain field need the skills to make effective decisions to gain competitive advantage. The Logistics and Supply Chain capstone helps the students to develop a portfolio that management skills in more...

A.S. in Accounting - Stonecliffe College Online ...ch of the information used by these organizations to make decisions that will help them achieve their goals. Beyond the fundamental tasks of the occupation-preparing, analyzing and verifying financial documents in order to provide information to clients - many accountants now are required to possess a wide range of knowledge and skills. A professionally focused education in accounting can more...

MBA - Finance ...e by providing analysis and guidance regarding investment decisions. They are responsible for determining a company's value and projecting its future earnings as well as assessing industry trends and developing forecasts. They also must keep abreast of new regulations or policies that may affect the industry, as well as monitor the economy to determine its effect on earnings. AIU Online's more...

Training and Facilitation: Decision Making MAXIM TRAINING Improving the effectiveness of decision making has many benefits for individuals and the organisation. This course demonstrates an effective decision making process which will help you improve your performance. The overall objective is to help you increase the effectiveness of decisions you make at work. When you've completed the course you will be able to: more...

Finance for the Non Financial : Using Cash Flows to Manage From the corporate world to the corner shop, from running a restaurant to controlling a production line -- you just can't avoid the need to understand money. The timing of cash flow in a business is crucial and the actions you take as manager can affect that cash flow. This course helps you understand why cash flow forecasts are important tools when it comes to making viable business decisions. It more...

Finance for the Non Financial : What is a Budget? From the corporate world to the corner shop, from running a restaurant to controlling a production line -- you just can't avoid the need to understand money. This course will help you understand how to use budgets as a management tool: for solving problems, taking smart decisions and improving teamwork and communication. It shows you what relevance budgets have to you and how they affect all more...

Finance for the Non Financial : Preparing a Budget From the corporate world to the corner store, from running a diner to controlling a production line -- you just can't avoid the need to understand money. Budgets are an excellent management tool: for solving problems, taking smart decisions and improving teamwork and communication. This course examines a 3 step process for preparing budgets and applies this process to a practical case study more...

Finance for the Non Financial : Budgeting for Different Business Conditions From the corporate world to the corner shop, from running a restaurant to controlling a production line -- you just can't avoid the need to understand money. This course will help you understand how to use budgets as a management tool: for solving problems, taking smart decisions and improving teamwork and communication. It will show you how different types of cost behave and how their behaviour more...

Finance for the Non Financial : Using a Budget to Manage From the corporate world to the corner shop, from running a restaurant to controlling a production line -- you just can't avoid the need to understand money. This course will help you understand how to use budgets as a management tool: for solving problems, taking smart decisions and improving teamwork and communication. You can explore the power of budgets to help with decision making and more...

Interpreting Budget Variancies From the corporate world to the corner shop, from running a restaurant to controlling a production line -- you just can't avoid the need to understand money. This course will help you understand how to use budgets as a management tool: for solving problems, taking smart decisions and improving teamwork and communication. You can examine how to systematically analyse budget variances and go about more...

Managing People : Planning a Meeting ...s: to share information, exchange ideas and contribute to decisions. They're excellent vehicles for building teams, gaining commitment and encouraging participation but only when they're properly planned and executed by everyone involved. This course looks at how to make the most of every business meeting through planning and preparation. It will help you decide whether it's right to meet at more...

Managing People : Leading a Meeting ...s: to share information, exchange ideas and contribute to decisions. They're excellent vehicles for building teams, gaining commitment and encouraging participation but only when they're properly planned and executed by everyone involved. This course shows you how to make the most of every business meeting. It will help you become a dynamic and effective leader whose meetings stay on track and more...

Managing People : Following up a Meeting ...s: to share information, exchange ideas and contribute to decisions. They're excellent vehicles for building teams, gaining commitment and encouraging participation but only when they're properly planned and executed by everyone involved. This course will help you make the most of every business meeting. It will show you how to successfully follow up on your meetings so that decisions made and more...

Do or Delegate This course is about one of the most fundamental decisions you ever make at work - whether to do a piece of work yourself or delegate it. Delegation is the key to empowerment. This course explores the barriers to effective delegation, the benefits from delegating more, what should be delegated and what shouldn't. It also examines the choice of who you should delegate to. As a result of this course more...

The Eurocamp Case Study 1: Overview ...decisions can mean the difference between win or lose, success or failure. Successful organisations rarely win by accident. They manage their financial strategy and decisions -- balancing risks and rewards -- satisfying the financial needs of the business as well as the expectations of investors. This course explores some of the key concepts of financial strategy and applies them to Eurocamp, a more...

Colt and Winchester Case Study 1: Start-up Businesses ...decisions can mean the difference between win or lose, success or failure. Successful organisations rarely win by accident. They manage their financial strategy and decisions -- balancing risks and rewards -- satisfying the financial needs of the business as well as the expectations of investors. This course explores the typical financial strategy issues for businesses in the start-up phase. more...

Colt and Winchester Case Study 2: Growth Businesses ...decisions can mean the difference between win or lose, success or failure. Successful organisations rarely win by accident. They manage their financial strategy and decisions -- balancing risks and rewards -- satisfying the financial needs of the business as well as the expectations of investors. This course explores the typical financial strategy issues for businesses in the growth phase. The more...

Colt and Winchester Case Study 3: Mature Businesses ...decisions can mean the difference between win or lose, success or failure. Successful organisations rarely win by accident. They manage their financial strategy and decisions -- balancing risks and rewards -- satisfying the financial needs of the business as well as the expectations of investors. This course explores the typical financial strategy issues for businesses in the maturity phase. more...

Colt and Winchester Case Study 4: Accounting for Competitors ...decisions can mean the difference between win or lose, success or failure. Successful organisations rarely win by accident. They manage their financial strategy and decisions -- balancing risks and rewards -- satisfying the financial needs of the business as well as the expectations of investors. This course explores the relevance of competitor activity to an organisation's ability to grow and more...

Colt and WInchester Case Study 5: Accounting for Customers ...decisions can mean the difference between win or lose, success or failure. Successful organisations rarely win by accident. They manage their financial strategy and decisions -- balancing risks and rewards -- satisfying the financial needs of the business as well as the expectations of investors. This course explores the growth strategies of Product Development and Market Development and the more...

Colt and Winchester Case Study 6: The Dynamic Growth Option ...decisions can mean the difference between win or lose, success or failure. Successful organisations rarely win by accident. They manage their financial strategy and decisions -- balancing risks and rewards -- satisfying the financial needs of the business as well as the expectations of investors. This course explores the financial issues involved with diversifying and growing through more...

Colt and Winchester Case Study 7: Declining Businesses ...decisions can mean the difference between win or lose, success or failure. Successful organisations rarely win by accident. They manage their financial strategy and decisions -- balancing risks and rewards -- satisfying the financial needs of the business as well as the expectations of investors. This course explores the typical financial strategy issues for businesses in the decline phase. The more...

Applying Financial Strategy: The Moore Corporation Case Study ...decisions can mean the difference between win or lose, success or failure. Successful organisations rarely win by accident. They manage their financial strategy and decisions -- balancing risks and rewards -- satisfying the financial needs of the business as well as the expectations of investors. This course explores how the principles of financial strategy apply in a real life scenario- the 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 ...ire 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 will see how to fit the results of industry analysis into your strategic plan. You can explore different tools for industry analysis, including business system analysis, surplus chain analysis, strategic group more...

Windmaster Case Study 3: Company Analysis ...ire 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 performing and where it could improve. You can examine 3 generic strategies for competition, Cost Leadership, Differentiation and Focus. You can explore different tools for company analysis, including company overview, value more...

Windmaster Case Study 4: Portfolio Analysis ...ire 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 will discover techniques for analysing products including the market attractiveness model and the Boston Consulting Group growth share matrix which defines a product as a rising star, cash cow, dog or problem child. 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 ...ire 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 various elements that make up this process. You will examine Porter's 3 generic strategies as a concept for identifying the basis on which business competes. You will explore various directions for growth, using more...

Windmaster Case Study 6: Evaluating Strategic Options ...ire 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 investigate a framework for making choices and the importance of tempering this with judgement. You can analyse 3 types of criteria to apply to the options, suitability, feasibility and acceptability. Finally you can pull 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 ...ire 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 will see the effect of implementation on activities and resources at a corporate and business unit level and how value chain analysis is a good place to start when considering resource allocation. You can explore how 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 ...ire 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 a case study company First Pacific. You can ask various questions to the managers of this real-life investment and management company based in Hong Kong with a turnover in excess of $3 billion a year. By asking the more...

Recruitment & Selection Series: Recruitment Criteria ...e the best people for the job. Unfortunately, recruitment decisions are often based on gut feelings and irrelevant details instead of hard evidence of suitability for the job. After all, it's only natural to have your own personal opinions about what makes an ideal candidate. But employing someone who is not ideally suited can be an expensive mistake. Failure to accurately identify what you are more...

Recruitment & Selection Series: Rating Canditates to a Set Standard ...e the best people for the job. Unfortunately, recruitment decisions are often based on gut feelings and irrelevant details instead of hard evidence of suitability for the job; but employing someone who is not ideally suited can be an expensive mistake. Deciding who actually gets the job is rarely an easy choice. Candidates will be better in some areas, and weaker in others. Even if you've more...

Personal Effectiveness - Teamworking: Making Decisions as a Team Where people are working together, two plus two can equal more than four. People can achieve more than they would on their own as part of a cohesive and effective team, capitalising on each other's skills, experience and strengths. But working together isn't always sweetness and light. This course will show you the steps in an effective decision-making process and the benefits to the team of using more...

Framing the Problem When you frame a picture, you intend for the viewer to examine everything within that border. Problem framing is similar in that you must not only consider what objectively makes up the problem itself but also what subjective tendencies influence your view of the situation. This course is designed to help you effectively frame problems so that you're sure your line of sight is aimed straight more...

Progressing through the Complex Sale ...le organization. So it's not surprising that these buying decisions are made by those at the top. But getting to these decision-makers isn't easy, which is why selling at an executive level is a more complex operation that requires all the resources of the highly skilled salesperson. This course is directed at supplying those resources. Salespeople who are tasked with selling at an executive more...

Sales Buyer Behaviors The Selling Process: Buyers Behaviors, is the second of sixteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to identify the criteria that influence buying decisions and identify the seven typical buyer behaviors in a sales interaction. The PrimeSales curriculum engages sales professionals in a top-down roll-out of techniques that have been proven to maximize more...

Inbound Call Center Management Leadership Did you know that your personality can greatly affect your leadership skills? Are you aware that even if you are a fabulous manager, you may not be an effective leader? As a call center manager, how can you motivate everyone, including senior management, to work together toward a common goal? As you progress through this "Inbound Call Center Management: Leadership" course, you will become aware more...

Building Dynamic Teams Thrive on Teamwork This course describes techniques that will enable teams to streamline communications and improve overall performance. Professionals who want to work more effectively with others to achieve shared goals. more...

Making Team Decisions Brainstorm as a Team This course presents a team decision-making model and describes the decision-making methods of Brainstorming and List Reduction. Professionals who want to collaborate more effectively within a group. more...

Making Team Decisions Decide Through Silent Voting This course describes the Nominal Group technique of silent voting with limited discussion as a means to gain consensus on sensitive and controversial topics. Professionals who want to collaborate more effectively within a group. more...

Making Team Decisions Merge Team Opinions This course describes the Delphi technique of anonymous voting and elimination to obtain majority consensus. Professionals who want to collaborate more effectively within a group. more...

Making Team Decisions Organize Team Consensus This course describes the Consensus Card technique that relies on visual aids to quickly identify the best options for resolving complicated decisions. Professionals who want to collaborate more effectively within a group. more...

Making Team Decisions Choose Between Alternatives This course describes the Paired Choice technique of comparing several alternatives to select a single solution in a quick, efficient manner. Professionals who want to collaborate more effectively within a group. more...

Making Team Decisions Rank Choices by Criteria This course describes the Criteria Rating method of weighted rankings to identify and balance decision criteria. Professionals who want to collaborate more effectively within a group. more...

Measuring Team Performance Measure for Success This course reviews how feedback based on specific performance goals can help teams track progress, enhance motivation, and improve performance. Professionals who want to collaborate more effectively within a group. more...

Diagnosing and Planning Your success as a consultant depends on your ability to diagnose each situation correctly. You need to use your previous experience, and bring fresh ideas to every new contract. Frameworks and models help you to make an effective diagnosis. They help you to evaluate the strategic position of the client organization, which is vital. To deliver solutions that are relevant and appropriate to the more...

A Workable Solution for Internal Clients ... consultant is that of "making things happen." But making decisions isn't always easy. There are so many options and you may encounter resistance to changes you propose during internal consulting assignments. How should you deal with this? And how can you be so sure that working practices won't simply revert back once you're "off the scene?" You don't want to be seen as a "visitor" who simply more...

Management Tools and Metrics Customers contacting Support Centers expect the same level of professionalism each time they interact with a Customer Support Specialist (CSS). To ensure this consistently high level of service, the CSS can draw an array of management tools and processes that both guide and measure his performance. This course is intended to demonstrate the management and measurement tools a professional CSS is more...

Project Leadership Communicating Within a Project Team Project Leadership: Communicating Within a Project Team covers how to promote team communication, why communication fails, and the types of communication styles. It also details how project managers should conduct meetings and manage decisions. In addition, it covers the types of project documents used to convey information and how to present that information to the various levels of stakeholders more...

Project Integration Executing and Completing a Project ...decisions about where to concentrate project resources when met with competing priorities and demands. Project integration management helps with these decisions by ensuring the proper coordination of project processes during project plan development and execution. Successful project managers use project integration management throughout the project life cycle to integrate project processes, more...

Project Management Professional Risk Management Project Management: Risk Management, is the ninth of eleven courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to identify the four responses to risk, identify methods of prioritizing risks and calculate the expected monetary value for different decisions. The Prime-Project Management Professional curriculum introduces advanced level project coordination techniques more...

Investigating the Problem Gather Evidence This course describes several data gathering techniques that can be used to improve problem analysis procedures and the resulting decisions. Professionals who want to resolve workplace challenges more effectively. more...

Accepting the Decision Implement Decisions This course helps learners to identify progress points and areas for future improvement at the conclusion of the problem resolution process. Professionals who want to resolve workplace challenges more effectively. more...

Making Group Decisions Working Together This course introduces several strategies to recognize and overcome challenges that can hamper a general group consensus. Professionals who want to resolve workplace challenges more effectively. more...

Making Group Decisions The Nature of Groups This course provides insightful perspectives into the unpredictability of group dynamics. Tips to recognize challenging behaviors and suggestions for successfully managing group responses are presented. Professionals who want to resolve workplace challenges more effectively. more...

Making Group Decisions Ensure Group Success This course describes four methods to generate successful problem solving decisions. Professionals who want to resolve workplace challenges more effectively. more...

Participating Effectively in Business Meetings ...sent or exchange information, plan joint activities, make decisions, or carry out actions already agreed upon. Almost every group activity or project requires a meeting, or meetings, of some sort. Knowing how to hold efficient and effective meetings can help make projects successful. In a good meeting, participants' ideas are heard, decisions are made through group discussion and with more...

Creating Successful Solutions Implement Solutions Decisively This course presents several proven methods to help managers take control of a project to put decisions into practice. All levels of professionals who supervise the performance of other staff members. more...

Managing the Delegated Environment Do you want to increase your effectiveness as a delegator? Are you unsure of how much control and feedback you need to implement when delegating tasks? Then this course will help you achieve those goals. As you proceed through this "Managing the Delegated Environment" course in the "Effective Delegation" series, you will gain valuable insight into several areas including change management, more...

Affirmative Action and the EEO HRCI PHR The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including those affecting employee rights, such as equal employment opportunity (EEO) and affirmative action (AA). The HRCI certification examinations are widely recognized as the industry standard for evaluating Human Resource professional's competencies. more...

Selecting the Best Applicant ...decisions is always difficult, and that applies particularly to choosing a new employee. This course will show you the most effective methods for evaluating and choosing the best applicants. It will show you how to analyze the information from the interview--by working in a focused framework--and how to compare candidates. You will examine and avoid the most common problems with decision more...

EEO and Affirmative Action HRCI PHR The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including those affecting employee rights, such as equal employment opportunity (EEO) and affirmative action (AA). The (HRCI) certification examinations are widely recognized as the industry standard for evaluating Human Resource professional's more...

Managerial Decisions and Capital Budgeting ...decisions involve choosing between alternative courses of action and developing formal plans for future action. This course explains several methods of analysis that can help business managers to choose alternatives that offer the highest rate of return on investment or the greatest reduction in costs. In this course, topics such as capital budgeting and managerial decisions provide you with more...

PrimeFinance The Ground Rules This course defines the relevance of finance for the nonfinancial manager. Project managers and department managers who need to take on budgetary responsibilities and input into business decisions . more...

PrimeFinance The Financial Statements This course explains the core financial statements (income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement) and how to interpret them. Project managers and department managers who need to take on budgetary responsibilities and input into business decisions . more...

PrimeFinance Evaluating Performance This course describes appropriate managerial responses to an evaluation of liquidity, activity, profitability and solvency ratios. Project managers and department managers who need to take on budgetary responsibilities and input into business decisions . more...

PrimeFinance Budgeting Matters This course describes how to relate budgeting and the key budgeting methods to a manager's work. Project managers and department managers who need to take on budgetary responsibilities and input into business decisions . more...

PrimeFinance How to Budget This course describes how to interpret and control budgets. Project managers and department managers who need to take on budgetary responsibilities and input into business decisions . more...

Principles of Financial Statements This course presents an overview of the principles of financial statements, introducing the learner to critical concepts and terminology necessary for understanding the rules impacting the presentation of numbers on financial statements, and the cash cycle of financial management. This course is targeted specifically for business managers, financial professionals, and other business professionals 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...

Overview of Managerial Accounting ...ow it is used by business professionals to make effective decisions. Lessons such as fundamentals of managerial accounting, cost accounting concept, and managerial accounting approaches will provide you with the concepts, procedures, and analytical skills you'll need to make informed decisions in today's complex business environment. This course is targeted specifically for business managers, more...

PrimeFinance Making Investment Decisions This course describes the decision points that support capital budgeting within an organization, and continues to explore how a range of techniques (including CVP, NPV, payback, IRR, and ARR) can be used to conduct short- and long-term project evaluations within this process. Department managers who need to take on budgetary responsibilities, input into business decisions and participate more...

Communicating with Power and Confidence ...can communicate, teach, guide, mentor, and make important decisions have a greater chance of achieving upward mobility in their workplace. Administrative assistants can earn more money as a result of taking on these responsibilities. This course will show you how to communicate with power and confidence, a skill that will enable you to advance your career. Administrative support professionals more...

Accrual Accounting Procedures It's the end of the fiscal year and all transactions must be accounted for. But there are some transactions that aren't complete, such as paying interest or delivering services. Do you record them or ignore them? The accrual basis of accounting is guided by the principle that says the revenue earned by a business must match all the expenses incurred to generate that revenue. This course will more...

Introduction to Advanced Finance Don't be intimidated by corporate finance and choosing appropriate investment projects. If you are a corporate manager faced with choosing between different investment projects, this course will be helpful. You will review Time Value of Money concepts, and learn how to choose corporate projects using accounting models and cash flow models. This course is designed specifically for business 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...

Managing Working Capital ...rtant determinant of firm value. Investment and financing decisions are interconnected, thus they cannot be made independently. Financial planning will make you think systematically about the relationships among your goals for growth, investment, and financing. After completing this course, you will be aware of the risk-return tradeoffs that are implied in financial forecasting, know the more...

Final Exam Advanced Business Finance Generally taken near the end of a program, Final Exam: Advanced Business Finance enables the learner to test their knowledge in a testing environment. Individuals seeking practice in a testing environment, covering the skills and competencies being measured by the courseware. more...

Pricing for Profitability Nothing can be more harmful to the success of your new product or service than incorrect pricing and other financial projections In this course, you will not only learn how to gather pertinent revenue and expense information to help you price your product, but also how to determine your objectives and policies to correctly position your product in its market niche. You'll examine three methods and more...

Strategic Decision Making The field of IT management continues to evolve as new methodologies and technologies are made available and adopted by the marketplace at large. Deciding what kinds of work your firm should outsource, whether to lease or buy, and the kinds of projects best kept in-house are matters of crucial concern to any IT manager. At the same time, an array of resource planning and management tools--CRM, ERP, more...

Operations Management Operations Management Tools Operations Management: Operations Management Tools offers the student options for improving operations management within the organization. The program provides processes for making decisions and solving problems. In addition, the program offers the student examples of maintenance strategies, ways to apply learning curves to operations, and E-commerce options that can enhance operations management. 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...

Analyzing the Market This course will walk you through four crucial elements of analyzing your market. First, you'll learn to scan your environment, considering the economical, technological, social, and political impacts on your organization. Then you'll learn how market segmentation can assist you in developing products and marketing strategies. You'll be given a set of tools that can be utilized for developing and more...

Pricing and Profitability for Product Managers ...roduct. 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, you'll learn about pricing factors and tactics that will affect your pricing decisions and more...

Principles of Marketing Pricing Strategy Principles of Marketing: Pricing Strategy offers the student an overview of the information required to identify the role pricing plays in the marketing mix, to select appropriate objectives for pricing strategies, and to choose common methods to determine pricing. In addition, the program details the issues to consider when establishing a pricing strategy, the legal constraints that can affect more...

A Manager s Introduction to Business Law This course introduces managers to the fundamental concepts of business law. It begins by exposing some prevalent legal misconceptions shared by management and establishes the true role that law plays in society and business. The relationship between business ethics and law is explained and how managers serve as vital role models for demonstrating ethical business practices. This course also more...

Rightful Termination One of the most difficult things you will do as a manager is to tell an employee that his or her working relationship with the company must end. When you take this course, you will learn specific steps to follow when terminating someone's employment due to layoffs, performance problems or misconduct. You will then have the opportunity to apply what you've learned in a role play. Of course, the more...

Documenting Discipline Disciplinary action in the workplace is a delicate matter. A serious conflict between manager and worker can give rise to a lengthy grievance procedure, or, at worst, legal action. Detailed disciplinary documents are the best defense when a manager's actions are called into question. Without these documents there may be no record of a worker's repeated infractions or failure to satisfy job more...

Americans with Disabilities Act ADA This course explains the concepts, requirements, and practical application of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The ADA of 1990 makes it unlawful to discriminate in employment against a qualified individual with a disability. The Act requires all private, state, or local government employers with 15 or more employees to make sure that people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to apply more...

Equal Employment Opportunity EEO Think about the last time you were in an interview. Did you pay attention to the types of questions being asked? If not, you may have offered or requested information prohibited under anti-discrimination laws. It is essential to know the types of questions that can, and cannot, be asked in order to avoid charges of unfair discrimination. In this course, you will learn the Equal Employment more...

Family Medical Leave Act FMLA Have you or a family member ever been seriously ill and needed to take medical leave? Did your employer give you the leave you deserved without it affecting your job? It is essential to understand the law of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) in order to protect yourself from losing your job or benefits. FMLA is only relevant to U.S. based employers and their U.S. based employees. In this more...

Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with UML System and Object Behavior To introduce operations and attributes, state and activity diagrams, and to show the importance of a review of the class model Web developers more...

Planning and Starting the Deployment of a NET web Application ...decisions that a developer needs to make when planning the deployment of a .NET web application, and to explain the appropriate use and installation of private and shared assemblies in that deployment Application developers with experience in Visual Basic .NET who wish to become familiar with the deployment process in the .NET Framework, especially those who wish to attain the Microsoft more...

XML Web Services and Microsoft NET To introduce the concepts of XML web services, publishing, and accessing Application developers wishing to begin using Microsoft .NET to build web services more...

Communicating and Implementing Requirements A business analyst expresses the output of a requirements analysis and documentation phase by presenting, communicating, and gaining approval of the requirements from project stakeholders. Once this solution design is agreed upon, the business analyst assists with detailed design work, testing and quality assurance activities, and supporting solution implementation.This course will explore methods more...

Managing IPSec in Windows Server 2003 ...decisions, considerations, and procedures for implementing an IPSec solution Systems engineers, systems administrators, systems analysts, IT consultants, and support professionals tasked with implementing and maintaining a Windows Server 2003 network infrastructure; learners preparing for certification in the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) or Microsoft Certified Systems more...

Preparing and Deploying a Domain Upgrade in Windows NET To discuss how to prepare and deploy a domain for an upgrade in Windows .NET Support professionals working with Windows NT Server 4.0 who are responsible for developing, designing, and deploying a directory services migration; those who are on the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) track who want to acquire the skills necessary to select, develop, and deploy a directory services migration more...

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Designing RAS Services for the Network Infrastructure To identify the options that provide remote access on a network infrastructure and the decision criteria involved in using each one Prospective systems engineers, technical support engineers, and technical consultants seeking competency in Windows Server 2003; systems and network analysts seeking competency in Windows Server 2003 more...

Web Security This WestNet e-Learning module covers Security Considerations, Security Management, and Firewall Considerations. With the increasing number of transactions occurring on the World Wide Web (Web), a logical, thorough security policy is crit-ical to maintaining consistent operations and ensuring quality content. Deciding what type of software services will be allowed on your site and what kind of more...

RFID Technology and Business Applications To recognize the applications of RFID technology, how it operates, the function of the EPCglobal Network, and determine how to implement RFID in an organization based on business and deployment issues Managers, analysts and consultants who want a primer on how to evaluate, prototype and deploy RFID into their existing business systems; managers and people making business decisions regarding more...

RFID Applications Management To recognize how RFID technology can be used in various industries and analyze RFID applications management programs Managers, analysts and consultants who want a primer on how to evaluate, prototype and deploy RFID into their existing business systems; managers and people making business decisions regarding implementation of RFID technology more...

TCP IP Addressing and Subnetting This WestNet e-Learning module introduces subnetting concepts, beginning with Class C networks, and building to subnetted Class A networks. We will also discuss Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR) and supernetting. more...

Logical Network Design This module focuses on technological design considerations, such as physical media characteristics, wide-area performance, network management, security, and Transmission Control Protocol/