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Hypothesis Tests for Variances Proportions ANOVA and Chi-Square in Six Sigma

...e Six Sigma DMAIC methodology. A hypothesis test helps to determine whether or not an observed relationship or difference truly exists between inputs and outputs identified in the earlier stages of the process. Six Sigma teams are interested in determining 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
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Hypothesis Tests for Variances Proportions ANOVA and Chi-Square in Six Sigma
Sustaining Improvements Gains from Six Sigma Projects

..., there are a number of activities that, if utilized, can determine whether the implemented process improvement will continue to meet intended results, thus contributing to the overall and ongoing success of the organization. This course will explore the importance of utilizing lessons learned from a Six Sigma project, and the role of training and documentation in sustaining support for Six
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Process Capability for Six Sigma

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In any improvement initiative, organizations must determine whether their existing processes meet the targets and specifications demanded by the business, or by the customer. Measuring and analyzing the capability and performance of a process under review enables organizations to numerically represent and interpret its current state, and to report its sigma level. When done correctly,
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Decision Making Making Tough Decisions

Decision Making: Making Tough Decisions
Making decisions in your personal and professional life is not always easy, especially when you're dealing with an uncertain or unknown future. And there are many situations that can make decision making particularly challenging, such as when you have to weigh very similar or very disparate alternatives then make compromises and trade-offs between
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Responding to Business Crises

Responding to Business Crises
Your company may have a crisis. If so, what will it do? Your company's crisis preparations are now put to the test--a real test. Knowing how to respond to a crisis is vital to your company's well-being. It could mean the difference between your company surviving or not. In this course, you'll learn how to respond to business crises. There are three fundamental
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Business Crisis Management Simulation

Business Crisis Management: Simulation
You're the director of operations and the leader of the crisis management team for Sunshine Cruise Lines. There's a fire on board one of the company's ships during a passenger cruise, and you'll need to manage this crisis swiftly and effectively. To begin, you'll need to take a snapshot of the situation by communicating with the safety officer on board
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Maximizing Productivity as a Remote Employee

Maximizing Productivity as a Remote Employee
Telecommuting is a widely adopted work arrangement. Globalization, work-life balance, and even green business or environmental concerns have exponentially increased the number of telecommuters and remote workers. Individuals and employers have a number of things to consider when deciding whether working remotely is possible, necessary, or desired.
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Deterring Electronic Intrusions

Deterring Electronic Intrusions
Securing electronic access to an environment forms the backbone of IT security professionals' jobs. IT security specialists deal with methods to secure network access, both internally and externally. This course examines firewall, intrusion detection system (IDS), and honeypot detection techniques, as well as evasion techniques that can be used by an ethical
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Preparing for Effective Business Meetings

...to clarify a meeting's purpose and objectives, and how to determine whether a given meeting is truly necessary or whether a similar result could be achieved through a different type of communication. It will also equip you with the skills to choose the best participants, and create an agenda that will guide the group to achieve meeting goals as efficiently and productively as possible. Finally,
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What Inexperienced Homebuyers MUST Know Before They Buy a Home
...ly consider each characteristic of a property in order to determine whether it is important to you or not? and at what cost.
This course employs the Learning by Doing approach to education. That means that rather than lecture to you, this course will put you to work. Why? Because you remember what you experience much better than what you are told. So, it?s only natural that the best way to
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What Inexperienced Homebuyers MUST Know Before They Buy a Home
Design a Winning Business Based on Your Idea--Instructor-Led
... 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. The results of his experiments will confirm or deny his hypothesis, and will often reveal new ideas to explore or ways to refine his idea. In this course, you?ll be working as an entrepreneur in your own sort of laboratory. Your
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Design a Winning Business Based on Your Idea--Self-Directed
... 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. The results of his experiments will confirm or deny his hypothesis, and will often reveal new ideas to explore or ways to refine his idea. In this course, you?ll be working as an entrepreneur in your own sort of laboratory. Your
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Hiring Temporary Contingent Employees
Have you been in a situation where you needed more people to perform short-term or seasonal jobs? Have you ever needed specific expertise or specialized skills to achieve an organizational goal? Perhaps you need to hire temporary employees. This course will help you determine whether to hire temporary employees or nonemployees (independent contractors). You will discover many important factors
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Hiring Temporary Contingent Employees
The Life Cycle of an IT Project
Did you know that your information technology (IT) project becomes more vulnerable as it goes through the various stages of development? That's because during each stage of development the project becomes more complex, increasing the chances of something going wrong. Incorporating a structured framework for developing IT projects, also known as a life cycle, enables your corporation to implement
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Contracts in Commercial Transactions
...usiness practices. This course introduces the laws, which determine whether such agreements are legally binding and enforceable by the courts. To begin, this course explains the legal requirements for contracts and their different legal classifications. In order to make effective business decisions, managers must clearly understand when they are forming an enforceable contract and when they are
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Brand Management Branding on the Web

...e brand will expand the customer base by helping the team determine whether a secondary brand is necessary, what type of Web site would be best for the brand, and what they should name the Web site. Unit 2: Using Online Branding Tactics (0.5 - 1 hour) Identify factors to consider when building a brand for a business existing primarily on the Internet.
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Consulting Skills Building Consulting Relationships

...Skills: Building Consulting Relationships explains how to determine whether your organization could benefit from a consultant's services. It also teaches how to manage internal resistance to consultants, how to communicate effectively with consultants, and what to include in a legally binding consulting contract. Learn To Identify the steps to determine the
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Oracle SQL Tuning Tuning SQL and the Optimizer

... with the transformation made to them by the optimizer.
Determine whether a given condition has good or bad selectivity.
Determine the type of selectivity that a given condition with bind variable will have.
Identify the steps used by the optimizer in rule-based optimization.
Identify the benefits of cost-based optimization.
Identify the steps used by the optimizer in cost-based
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IBM DB2 Universal Database V6 1--Fundamentals

... of a trigger. Analyze data modification instructions to determine whether DB2 applies referential constraints given referential constraint definitions. Unit 3: Basic Structured Query Language Usage Duration: 2 Hour(s) Display data using a SELECT statement. Specify rows to be retrieved from a table given certain requirements. Apply DB2 functions to groups within a table for a
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IBM DB2 Universal Database V6 1--Fundamentals

... of a trigger. Analyze data modification instructions to determine whether DB2 applies referential constraints given referential constraint definitions. Unit 3: Basic Structured Query Language Usage Duration: 2 Hour(s) Display data using a SELECT statement. Specify rows to be retrieved from a table given certain requirements. Apply DB2 functions to groups within a table for a
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Advanced Project Leadership Organization Strategy Business Needs

...company strategy and the process to use that knowledge to determine whether or not the project supports company strategy. Lastly, you will learn what questions to use when preparing a Project Charter that is consistent with company strategy. Learn To: Identify the different types of organizations. Identify major characteristics of each type of organization. Identify potential
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Stress Management Fundamentals for Employees

...ognize the stages of stress.
Identify the factors that determine whether stress is positive or negative.
Identify the types of stress.
Recognize the process for managing stress.
Unit 2: Identifying Stress Sources
Recognize sources of job-related stress.
Identify guidelines for strengthening workplace relationships.
Recognize sources of personal stress.
Identify
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Creativity Innovation Increasing Personal Creativity

...n. Choose characteristics that can determine whether you are adventurous. Determine whether you are adventurous. Use ways to be more adventurous to reach a decision. Simulation Overview: In this simulation, you will be meeting with Elizabeth Thomas, Icon's Trade Show Coordinator.
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Communicating w Difficult People Communicating with Your Manager

...es. If needed, you will then meet with other employees to determine whether Robert is exhibiting difficult behavior or periodic irritability. Unit 2: Interacting with a Difficult Manager (0.5 - 1 hour) Identify options for coping with a difficult manager. Identify proper guidelines to interact with each difficult personality type.
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Sexual Harassment What Employees Should Know

...assment. Identify the factors that determine whether behavior constitutes sexual harassment. Identify the factors that contribute to the determination of whether behavior is sexual harassment. Identify how ''unreasonable'' behavior is determined. Identify situations that are usually considered ''severe
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Strategic Decision Making Making the Right Decision

Strategic Decision Making: Making the Right Decision offers the student an overview of how to generate options and select the best one. The program details how to develop numerous high-quality options, as well as how to evaluate the options and make a final choice. In addition, the program teaches the learner how to review and learn from his or her experience and the experiences of others.
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Correcting Performance Problems Disciplining Employees

...r conducting an effective disciplinary meeting and how to determine whether you have sufficient cause and evidence to discipline an employee. You will also learn how to prepare for disciplinary action and how to determine whether you need a witness present for a disciplinary meeting. In addition, you will learn the proper way to document and use information about an employee's performance, as
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Windows 2000 Upgrading from Windows NT 4 0--Part 4

...m in a specified scenario. o Identify the checks used to determine whether an application meets the compatibility requirements of Windows 2000. o Identify the sequence of tasks you perform to resolve an application incompatibility problem. o Identify the steps to diagnose and solve a specific third-party application problem. o Identify the corrective action to be taken for a migration
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IBM DB2 Universal Database V6 1--Fundamentals

Course Overview This course will provide both database administrators and application developers with the broad foundation skills and knowledge needed to be successful with IBM DB2 Universal Database (UDB) V6.1 in a UNIX, Windows, or OS/2 environment. This course will teach students the basic concepts of DB2 UDB V6.1, creating and accessing database objects, basic Structured Query Language
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IBM DB2 Universal Database V6 1--Fundamentals

... of a trigger. Analyze data modification instructions to determine whether DB2 applies referential constraints given referential constraint definitions. Unit 3: Basic Structured Query Language Usage Duration: 2 Hour(s) Display data using a SELECT statement. Specify rows to be retrieved from a table given certain requirements. Apply DB2 functions to groups within a table for a
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IBM DB2 Universal Database V6 1--App Development

...ic application. Analyze the content of host variables to determine whether a column contains null values. Identify situations in which to use cursors in an application that contains embedded SQL. Code a statement that uses a specific type of cursor to manipulate data using embedded SQL. Code a positioned update using embedded SQL. Match SQLCA elements with the error-handling information
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IBM DB2 Universal Database V6 1--App Development

...ic application. Analyze the content of host variables to determine whether a column contains null values. Identify situations in which to use cursors in an application that contains embedded SQL. Code a statement that uses a specific type of cursor to manipulate data using embedded SQL. Code a positioned update using embedded SQL. Match SQLCA elements with the error-handling information
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Organizational Behavior The Organizational System

...ployees. It also teaches how to perform a job analysis to determine whether an organization's job designs are appropriate and gives options for job redesign. Learn To Identify the elements of structure that affect organizational behavior. Help a group overcome a barrier caused by organizational structure.
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Organizational Behavior - The Organizational System
Organizational Behavior: The Organizational System defines organizational structure and culture and explains their impact on employees. It also teaches how to perform a job analysis to determine whether an organization's job designs are appropriate and gives options for job redesign.
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Advanced Project Leadership - Organization Strategy and Business Needs
Advanced Project Leadership: Organization, Strategy and Business Needs teaches project managers how to be successful managing high profile projects in large corporations by learning how to navigate different organization types, and what role project management plays in the different organization types. You will acquire the skills necessary to determine company strategy and the process to use that
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Relationship Management - Preparing the Client Relationship
In "Relationship Management - Preparing the Client Relationship," you will learn about the importance of developing a relationship with a client in which you serve not as a salesperson, but as a trusted advisor. You will learn what unique needs clients have as a result of the Information Age and the importance that trust plays in turning clients into loyal customers. You will also learn what
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From Serebra Learning Corporation
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
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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,
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Field Sales Foundations
Many field sales representatives are set loose on their assigned territories armed only with a few sales tips and some information about the products and services they're selling. This course builds the foundation for a strategy that changes the customer's perception of the salesperson from a mere vendor to a consultant and true business resource. Field Sales Foundations introduces you to the
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Relationship Management Preparing the Client Relationship
In Relationship Management - Preparing the Client Relationship, you will learn about the importance of developing a relationship with a client in which you serve not as a salesperson, but as a trusted advisor. You will learn what unique needs clients have as a result of the Information Age and the importance that trust plays in turning clients into loyal customers. You will also learn what
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Completing Inbound Sales Calls
Everything you do in an inbound sales call leads up to the completion of the sale. A successful inside sales consultant knows how to keep a customer's attention all the way through the close of the sale. In this course, you will learn the process for assessing a sales opportunity, the four factors used to qualify a sales opportunity, and strategies for qualifying a sales opportunity. You will also
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Essentials of Internal Consulting
You may already have a reputation as something of an area specialist. Perhaps you've now been asked to deploy your knowledge in an internal consulting role. Or maybe you've always been attracted to this role and you would now like to find out more? What will it mean for you? What does an internal consultant do? How do you become one? And if you have just become one, what is expected of you? This
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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
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Elements of Project Human Resource Management
When project managers set their sights on delivering creative project solutions on time and within budget, they must select and manage a team of experienced and competent professionals who can meet the challenge. This requires that project managers understand the Project Human Resource Management processes of planning, selecting, developing, and managing a project team. Such an understanding
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Budgeting and Controlling Costs
A small change in schedule, resources, or scope can result in a major change in cost. The processes associated with Project Cost Management help Project Managers measure project performance and monitor cost variances. This course will highlight the importance of Project Cost Management to project performance. It will cover the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs for the Cost Budgeting and
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Estimating Activity Costs
Most project managers are familiar with the sinking feeling that occurs when project costs exceed expectations. Project cost management is concerned with estimating and controlling the cost resources used to complete different project activities. This course will highlight the importance of project cost management to project performance. It will cover the project inputs, tools and techniques, and
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The Life Cycle of an IT Project
...n your project's development process. You'll learn how to determine whether each phase of development meets the requirements of the life cycle structure. You'll also learn what you can do to manage these activities and what steps you can take to increase efficiencies for delivering successful projects. This course is specifically targeted at IT project managers and IT professionals preparing to
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Managing Efficiencies of IT Projects
Are you delivering quality application systems? Do you know how you can ensure that your projects deliver value to your organization? The key to delivering value is "process." Organizations are becoming more aware of the importance of following the same process for each project. In this course, you will learn how to converge methodologies with other project management techniques and process
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Choosing Sellers and Administering and Closing Contracts
How do you choose among potential sellers? Why is it important to manage the contract and relationship between the buyer and seller? What's the most effective way to complete and settle contracts? As you advance in this course, which focuses on seller selection, contract administration, and contract closure, you will obtain the skills and knowledge required to manage these areas of Project
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Advanced Project Leadership Organization Strategy and Business Needs
Advanced Project Leadership: Organization, Strategy and Business Needs teaches project managers how to be successful managing high profile projects in large corporations by learning how to navigate different organization types, and what role project management plays in the different organization types. You will acquire the skills necessary to determine company strategy and the process to use that
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Critical Thinking Skills for Managing
Rational decision making is linear and is what you do when you put your facts in order. Intuition is looking at those facts and trying to see a pattern-and the patterns aren't always evident because the patterns aren't always linear. The two together are an extremely powerful combination. Joel Kurtzman, President, Kurtzman Associates and former editor, Harvard Business Review. The Critical
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Delivering Your Message
So, the presentation is prepared and practiced. Great. But this means nothing to the audience. When you stand there in front of them, all that matters to them is what you look like and what you say. This course is about delivering your message, and the techniques you need to do this. First of all, you have to make a positive first impression on your audience members by how and where you stand, by
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E-mail as a Marketing Tool
How can you find new customers? How can you build stronger relationships with new and existing customers? How can you boost sales of your company's products and services? This course will provide you with useful strategies to help you incorporate electronic mail into your marketing approach. Learn how to communicate effectively with your customers through e-mail. You and your company will benefit
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Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace Simulation
...ties, collectively termed "emotional intelligence," often determine whether or not people excel in life, relationships, and the workplace. In this simulation, you'll test your emotional IQ to see how it affects various aspects of professional life. This simulation is based on the SkillSoft Series "Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace" and has links to the following courses: COMM0141,
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Building Relationships to Get Results
You are not the boss. You've been called "peer," "esteemed colleague," "invaluable staff member," and "friend," but no one's even come close to calling you "boss." When you stop to think about it, you realize you have no real authority whatsoever. In fact, you have much more power than you think, even if you are on the bottom rung of the corporate ladder. As Jack London said, "Life is not always a
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Teamwork and Results Without Authority
When it comes to being a member of a team, what role do you think you should play? Legendary Alabama football coach Bear Bryant said, " In order to have a winner, the team must have a feeling of unity; every player must put the team first--ahead of personal glory." Yet, according to general George S. Patton Jr., "If everyone is thinking alike then somebody isn't thinking." When it comes to getting
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Gaining Allies Creating Change
If you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours. Is this an effective strategy for gaining allies to create change? How about, "If you do it my way, you'll feel better about yourself"? Finding and winning partners for the 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
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Getting Results through Communication
When you want something done, you have to either do it yourself or see to it that someone else does it. As adept as you may be at multi-tasking, there will be times when you'll need a colleague's help or buy-in to perform a task. But how can you effectively achieve results without any formal authority within the organization? Communication is the answer. Through the effective use of the various
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Getting Results from the Boss
What does the word "boss" mean to you? Does it stand for Big Old Stubborn Sourpuss? Or does "boss" conjure an image of a level-headed, flexible, and thoughtful co-worker? Whatever the case, as an employee working in a subordinate role, it's up to you to learn how to get the results you desire. That means knowing how to do everything from building a relationship with your boss to dealing
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Writing a Business Case
Which would you rather do: prepare a business case for your latest project or go to the dentist? Given the choice, many of us would tend to choose the latter.Whether you want to invest in product development or reinvent your business processes with new marketing channels, it is now more important than ever to have a business case that is carefully planned, written, and presented, especially when
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Assertiveness from the Inside Out
Do you sometimes wonder if there's a way to alter your professional style--to change yourself from the inside out? Do you want to develop your professional assertive style? Do you want to learn about strategies that can help you interact assertively with others in the workplace? Are you placed in situations where assertive negotiations are needed? Now is a good time to enhance your professional
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Management Development for Technical Professionals
If you have ever considered moving up to a managerial position, certain personal and professional traits will be necessary when you make that move. In addition to the skills you have as a technical professional, you need to develop the skills of effective managers. This course will assist you in a self-assessment process that is essential to your efforts to become an effective manager. You will
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e-Mentoring
Rapid changes in the way organizations look and do business have generated a new business tool: e-Mentoring. Here's an opportunity to examine the challenges and advantages of e-Mentoring and explore how to adapt communication skills to electronic media. Learn how to grow and manage e-Mentoring relationships by effectively selecting and matching e-Mentors and proteges, developing trust, using
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Becoming a Manager
What does becoming a manager involve? What skills are needed to be a good one, and what will others expect of you? These are all natural questions for anyone who is about to become a manager, or who has recently been promoted. Moving into a first management role represents possibly one of the biggest changes in your working life. The transition from player to manager is an exciting, but
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A New Manager s Responsibilities and Fears
Promotion to management is obviously welcome and something to celebrate, but when the initial excitement is over, you may begin to wonder about your new responsibilities. Your main focus is now on managing the activities of others and ensuring that the company's resources are used effectively. Apprehensions about whether you are able to do the job are natural--it merely indicates a healthy respect
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Coaching for Business
Coaching is a vital component of any business that aims to be a winner in the new economy. However, unless coaches are clear in their own minds exactly what their function is, and why they are performing a coaching role, they may do more harm than good. Therefore, it is important to understand how coaching originated as a business tool, and the ways it impacted traditional managerial attitudes and
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Key Stages in Coaching
Coaching has many uses in organizations, and the sequence of coaching activities is similar in all of them. This course will involve learners in the continuous process of discovery, goal setting, action planning, and follow-up that distinguishes coaching from other development methods. This course is for anyone in an organization who has a role in improving the performance of co-workers, keeping
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The Mark of 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
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Non-union Work Environments 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 and labor relations. The HRCI certification examinations are widely recognized as the industry standard for evaluating Human Resource professional's competencies. As a human resources professional, you are responsible for
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Managerial Decisions and Capital Budgeting
Business 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
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Overview to Effective Business Communication
Calvin Coolidge said, "No one ever listened themselves out of a job." Furthermore, you could say that "No one ever communicated themselves out of a job." Understanding business communication is foundational to being an effective administrative support professional. Learn about the business communication process and techniques for effective communication such as listening effectively and sending
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Accounting Fundamentals
How does a business achieve and maintain profitability? An understanding and an accurate application of accounting practices are hallmarks of a successful and financially progressive business. Accounting is a distinct discipline, with its own standards and language. Understanding accounting procedures requires a prerequisite knowledge of certain principles, concepts, terms, and common accounting
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Taking Systems Thinking into Your Personal Life
Have you tried to change a habit over and over only to face defeat again? Do you look at your relationships and see the same problems coming up and feel incapable of changing them? Does it feel like you're butting your head up against the same wall with no relief in sight? Using systems thinking in your personal life can be a new and effective way to tackle and change issues at their core. It is
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Managing from a Global Viewpoint
The process of managing on a global scale requires a step up from domestic management. In this course, you'll learn what it takes to be a global manager or team leader. You'll start with establishing a global mind-set and learning about the attributes of a global manager. Then, you'll explore cross-cultural communication and ways to effectively support and work with a globally based team.
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Sustaining Competitive Advantage
In today's 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:
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The Imperatives of Innovation and Leadership in Strategy
This course is designed for individuals aspiring to become strategically focused in their business operations and to innovate and lead change in their organizations. As organizations strive to keep abreast of a fast-changing business environment, the need for innovation increases. While some companies focus on incremental and continuous innovations, other companies have managed to create
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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,
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Six Sigma--Lean Tools for Control
Two key methodologies for improving operations in the manufacturing world are lean manufacturing and Six Sigma . Both are designed to reduce variation, yet each takes a different track. While Six Sigma utilizes data and statistical analysis to measure and improve a company's operational performance, lean manufacturing collocates all of an organization's processes in sequential order, restructuring
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Measurement Systems
The Six Sigma DMAIC system is a roadmap that shows the way to process and performance improvement. The second phase in the roadmap, the Measure phase, provides a methodology and tools for collecting data and establishing baseline measures of current processes. However, measurement itself can be problematic. A measurement system is only as good as the measuring instruments and the operators, and
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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
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Six Sigma Reducing Variation to Improve Quality
What, do you expect everything to be perfect? How would you respond if one of your employees said that to you? You might consider saying, "Well, yes " In fact, striving for near perfect quality is reasonable and achievable. It's a matter of reducing variation through the use of Six Sigma. "Variation," or deviation from what the customer wants, may be inherent in the business world, yet by
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Leadership in Six Sigma
Six Sigma has become synonymous with quality in the business world, but there is no prescriptive process for planning and launching a Six Sigma initiative. Each business must learn to call upon the strengths and abilities of its diverse professionals, from executives to highly trained technical specialists. What are the roles of each in the Six Sigma process? What planning should take place to
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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
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Training and Development
The most valued resource of any organization is its people. In today's corporate landscape of technological advancement, employees must be trained to align with the strategic direction of the business. Managers of quality should know that improvements in workplace productivity contribute positively to the overall well-being of the organization. This course explores the importance of investing in
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Customer Satisfaction Through Resource Management
The ISO 9001:2000 standard structures its Quality Management System (QMS) model into four major areas: Management Responsibility; Resource Management; Product Realization; and Measurement, Analysis, and Improvement. Resource Management is one important component of the QMS. This course examines the management of human, material, and environmental resources that are necessary to maintain an
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Processes for Quality Products and Services
The ISO 9000:2000 standard structures its Quality Management System (QMS) model into four major areas: Management Responsibility, Resource Management, Product Realization, and Measurement, Analysis, and Improvement. Product Realization is one vital component of the standard. This course examines how one can apply the ISO standards to all the processes required to produce a product or service. The
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Steps for Successful ISO Registration
An organization must carefully plan and integrate into their own quality management system a comprehensive strategy to comply with ISO 9001:2000 requirements. This course discusses the necessary steps required to organize for ISO registration. For example, management commitment must be obtained, a steering team and internal audit program established, and the appropriate registrar selected.
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Introduction to Product Management
Do you have an abiding interest in planning, forecasting, and marketing a product or product line? Are you new to the field of product management? Or have you just been hired as a product manager? In this course, you'll learn strategies and techniques to help you build a foundation for understanding product management. First, you will explore the fundamentals of product management. Specifically,
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E-mail and Internet Use
E-mail and Internet technologies are rapid communication and information tools that spell success for any person or business that knows how to take advantage of them. However, there are dangers in the use of this advanced technology. This course outlines the pitfalls involved in using e-mail and accessing the Internet through a company's network, and the policies that are often implemented to
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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
U.S. firms seeking to do business in foreign markets must be familiar with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The act prohibits corrupt payments to foreign officials for the purpose of obtaining or keeping business. This course provides an overview of the FCPA. It illustrates how the act can impact your business and gives advice on the steps you can take to make sure that your business
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Intellectual Property Overview
Management is often confronted with the responsibility of protecting a company's intellectual property rights, while still communicating the company's identity or ideas to internal and external customers. How does management perform this function effectively while keeping the law on its side? This course explains the basic types of intellectual property, the legal protections in place, and the
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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
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OS 390 MVS ESA Fundamentals of VSAM Part II
This course explains how VSAM adds and deletes records to and from a KSDS. It describes how VSAM manages the space within the data components of the KSDS when it performs additions or deletions. Also covered is the organization and function of an alternate index, how and when an alternate index can be used, and how an alternate index relates to an existing ESDS or KSDS. It describes the role that
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Organizational Behavior The Organizational System
Organizational Behavior: The Organizational System defines organizational structure and culture and explains their impact on employees. It also teaches how to perform a job analysis to determine whether an organization's job designs are appropriate and gives options for job redesign. Managers, supervisors, team members, and anyone who is interested in improving the behavior variables within their
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Consulting Skills: Building Consulting Relationships
Consulting Skills: Building Consulting Relationships explains how to determine whether your organization could benefit from a consultant's services. It also teaches how to manage internal resistance to consultants how to communicate effectively with consultants and what to include in a legally binding consulting contract.
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Correcting Performance Problems: Disciplining Employees
...r conducting an effective disciplinary meeting and how to determine whether you have sufficient cause and evidence to discipline an employee. You will also learn how to prepare for disciplinary action and how to determine whether you need a witness present for a disciplinary meeting. In addition you will learn the proper way to document and use information about an employee's performance as
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From JED New Media inc.
Read Your Candidate





Better evaluate job applicants by identifying the various messages they send during an interview. Use a variety of question types to provoke specific responses and determine whether the candidate possesses the necessary qualifications.
This is a 40-minute online tutorial useful to individuals as well as within a group learning setting. Contact us for additional information and more on group
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Tackling Tradeshows



Get your money? s worth every time you participate at a tradeshow! Use the methods proposed here to determine whether exhibiting at a tradeshow is a worthwhile investment for your company. Explore tips on how to plan, justify and participate in tradeshows to obtain maximum benefits.
This is a 40-minute online tutorial useful to individuals as well as within a group learning setting.
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From PDHengineer. com-Decatur Professional Development, LLC
Crawlspace Construction of Buildings Located in Special Flood Hazard Areas
...on practices for below-grade crawlspaces were examined to determine whether a crawlspace that was 1 or 2 feet below grade would increase the flood damage potential to the foundation walls or result in additional damages to the building. The student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of ten questions at the end of this course to earn PDH credits. State Board Acceptance This
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Supervising Difficult People
Overview
A fact of work life for everyone in a supervisory role (this also includes the terms ?management? and ?leadership?) is that at some point, you will have to deal with difficult people. Unfortunately, their behavior is rarely difficult enough that you have reason to terminate them on the spot and be finished with the problem. No, they seem to do just enough to become a constant irritation
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Change Orders Block 2 - Is This Really a Change
...ubmitted by contractors and/or the owner. But, how do you determine whether a change is really a contract change? And why would someone request a change for work already shown on a drawing? In this course - the second in a 3-part series on Change Orders - we answer the question "Is this really a change?". There are numerous reasons why a change might be requested for work already
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Creating a Successful Vendor Relationship
...vendor Ask key questions to help determine whether a potential vendor would be a good fit Develop a framework to build a successful relationship The objective of this course is to help users understand the ? why? of significant development strategies so they can construct the ? how? that is best for their organization. Benefits to
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