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Business In Sight Series: Account Ability ...nd interpret a company's financial statements. Originally developed by PriceWaterhouseCoopers this unique and award winning course has received the Xebec approach to meet new accounting standards with a new graphical look and feel. Set in the context of a detective thriller featuring private eye Philip Maclow, the drama helps students get to grips with a seven step approach to interpreting  more...

Account Ability Series: Main Features The bottom line is recorded annually in an organisation's financial statements. But is it what it seems? Managers who understand how to read a set of accounts and are able to interpret what the accounts say about an organisation's profitability, liquidity and growth can gain a valuable insight into the real performance of their competitors, customers and suppliers. Account Ability takes you  more...

Account Ability Series: Growth The bottom line is recorded annually in an organisation's financial statements. But is it what it seems? Managers who understand how to read a set of accounts and are able to interpret what the accounts say about an organisation's profitability, liquidity and growth can gain a valuable insight into the real performance of their competitors, customers and suppliers. Account Ability takes you  more...

Account Ability Series: Profitability The bottom line is recorded annually in an organisation's financial statements. But is it what it seems? Managers who understand how to read a set of accounts and are able to interpret what the accounts say about an organisation's profitability, liquidity and growth can gain a valuable insight into the real performance of their competitors, customers and suppliers. Account Ability takes you  more...

Account Abiity Series: Liquidity The bottom line is recorded annually in an organisation's financial statements. But is it what it seems? Managers who understand how to read a set of accounts and are able to interpret what the accounts say about an organisation's profitability, liquidity and growth can gain a valuable insight into the real performance of their competitors, customers and suppliers. Account Ability takes you  more...

Account Ability Series: Investment The bottom line is recorded annually in an organisation's financial statements. But is it what it seems? Managers who understand how to read a set of accounts and are able to interpret what the accounts say about an organisation's profitability, liquidity and growth can gain a valuable insight into the real performance of their competitors, customers and suppliers. Account Ability takes you  more...

Account Abiltiy Series: Finance The bottom line is recorded annually in an organisation's financial statements. But is it what it seems? Managers who understand how to read a set of accounts and are able to interpret what the accounts say about an organisation's profitability, liquidity and growth can gain a valuable insight into the real performance of their competitors, customers and suppliers. Account Ability takes you  more...

Account Ability Series: Conclusion The bottom line is recorded annually in an organisation's financial statements. But is it what it seems? Managers who understand how to read a set of accounts and are able to interpret what the accounts say about an organisation's profitability, liquidity and growth can gain a valuable insight into the real performance of their competitors, customers and suppliers. Account Ability takes you  more...

The Professional Teller: A Day in the Life of a Teller ...Teller reinforces in the student the skills and knowledge developed and learned in the previous programs of the series. The student will learn the customer service process and how to deal with an angry customer. The student will also learn the check cashing process, how to recognize the various types of endorsements, what represents an acceptable form of identification, and how to check for  more...

Supporting Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Core Technologies - Part 4 This is the fourth course in the Supporting Windows NT Server 4.0 curriculum. This series covers all the objectives of Microsoft s Certified Systems Engineer exam for Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Core Technologies. The course materials have been developed with support from Microsoft and have been reviewed and approved by Microsoft for adherence to their certification exam objectives.  more...

From Executive-level Sale to Strategic Partnership Selling at an executive level doesn't stop when the contract is signed. To develop the business and prevent attack from the competition, major accounts need nurturing. This course illustrates how knowledge of various corporate cultures will give you a customer compatible approach that safeguards and maximizes your account revenue. Salespeople who sell at an executive level and obtain and maintain  more...

The Pharmaceutical Industry Overview Version 2 ...dustry, they must constantly improve the way products are developed, produced and marketed, and the way the supply chain is managed.This course provides a high-level overview of the pharmaceutical industry environment, including its key players, business model, structure, and relevant business and regulatory issues. The course explores the issues that the industry is currently facing in North  more...

Assessing Customer Behavior ...t. But this goal can become daunting to a TSA who has not developed the ability to identify various behavior types and apply appropriate techniques to deal with them in a way that builds a positive relationship between the customer and the company. This course instructs agents in how to identify customer behavior, and explains effective techniques that help make the experience a positive one  more...

Critical Thinking Strategies Simulation ...ers and Larry Busby, and their small team worked hard and developed great products. Recently, RMS' business has increased a great deal, largely due to the success of its flagship software product. As a result, the company has had to hire a large number of new employees. Fred and Larry were successful managing RMS as a small company. However, neither has experience managing a larger entity,  more...

Team Feedback A guide Teamwork is playing an increasingly significant role in the majority of today's top companies. This is based on the assumption that working in teams leads to better business performance. In that case, you must ensure that team performance is managed effectively--feedback being of crucial importance. Feedback about how the team is performing, how individuals are contributing to the team's  more...

Emotional Intelligence at Work What makes someone a top performer in the world of work? If you think high IQ, advanced degrees, analytical skills, and technical expertise are the answer, it's time to think again. Experts now agree that Emotional Intelligence often determines who will climb the corporate ladder and who will be passed over. Exciting new research shows that, unlike IQ, Emotional Intelligence can be developed and  more...

Communication Skills for Successful Management ...ur success as a manager. As a technical professional, you developed various communication skills that helped you to succeed. But, as a manager, you will need additional communication skills to be effective. This course will examine various aspects of successful communication strategies and skills. You will analyze the strategies of nonverbal communication, listening, assertive communication,  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...

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

ISO 9001 2000 Overview of Standards In ISO 9001: 2000: Overview of Standards you will learn the fundamentals of the ISO system of standards. It examines quality management in general and ISO in particular, focusing on the history of ISO and how their standards are developed. It then teaches the initial steps an organization should take when seeking initial or upgraded certification from ISO. Members of Corporate Management,  more...

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

Developing and Deploying Strategic Plans ...hese considerations, an organization's action plan can be developed and deployed, and its effectiveness evaluated.This course explores the concepts of strategic planning models, business environmental analysis, and strategic plan deployment. It is aligned with the Quality Management Division of the American Society for Quality s Certification Handbook, and is designed to assist learners in  more...

Quality Systems Models and Theories ...ology it employs. A quality mission and plan that is well developed and properly implemented must be aligned to the corporate mission and vision statements and the strategic plan in order to be effective. As an organization evolves, its quality plan must be monitored and revised in order to reflect these changes. This course explores the quality mission, plan, and methodologies and discusses  more...

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  more...

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  more...

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  more...

Trade Secrets A trade secret is information that is of proven economic value to its owner, is actively protected, and is not generally known to competitors. Trade secrets are important because they provide a competitive advantage to their owners and may be the only viable form of legal protection available. They are protected under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA), in those states that have adopted it, and  more...

Doing Business with the Government This course explains how to identify, win, and manage contracts with the largest consumer of goods and services in the world--the U.S. government. Each year the federal government awards contracts worth over $200 billion to businesses of all sizes and diversity. Of the 20 percent of contracts designated for small businesses, one quarter are aimed at women-owned businesses and another quarter for  more...

Insider Trading Illegal insider trading is harmful to the marketplace. The ethical arguments against insider trading draw attention to the disparity of information between the two parties to the transaction, the violation of property rights, and the undermining of investors' confidence in the market. This course will provide examples of illegal insider trading and list the main provisions under law governing  more...

Record Retention Does your company have a formal policy for how to retain and dispose of its records? Do you know what records you need to retain, how long you should retain them for, and which disposal techniques you should use? Following the Arthur Andersen case, many companies are reexamining what documents they keep and how long they must keep them. Having a carefully planned and documented record retention  more...

Independent Contractors and Temporary Employees Many companies are hiring contract or temporary employees to meet their changing staffing needs. Before hiring an independent contractor or temporary employee--also referred to as a contingency worker--companies should be aware of the costs involved along with the relevant legal and taxation issues. It is important that both parties have a clear understanding of the terms of their agreement with  more...

Union Awareness According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2004, 12.5 percent of wage and salary workers were union members--down from 12.9 percent in 2003. Why is membership declining? Perhaps the growing number of laws in place to protect workers prevents the necessity of unions, or perhaps the nature of the work itself has changed. Regardless of the decline, workers still have  more...

Web Services Security To understand how to use the various specifications developed for web services security Application and web developers wishing to attain competency in developing web services using the main web service technologies SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI; systems analysts and systems architects needing a thorough knowledge of service-oriented architecture concepts and web service technologies  more...

Employee Sexual Harassment Awareness Sexual harassment can have a disastrous impact on victims, offenders, and the company in which the offense occurs. Training employees in the essentials of prohibited conduct is an important part of reducing liability and maintaining a professional work environment. This course helps participants identify two types of sexual harassment, and recognize behaviors that may be considered sexually  more...

HIPAA Privacy Rules Personal privacy is now a major issue to people, particularly where medical information is concerned. This course presents an overview of HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), outlining the main components and identifying who is covered by the act. The course examines the privacy provisions under HIPAA for patients and employees involved with covered entities. Under  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...

Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes specific minimum requirements in relation to employees' wages, hours of work, overtime entitlements, and payroll records. The act was passed to set and enforce federal requirements on minimum wages and overtime. The FLSA became federal law in 1938 as part of President Roosevelt's New Deal--its primary aim was to respond to growing concerns about poor  more...

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

Antitrust--Talking with the Competition Collaboration is an agreement to engage in some form of economic activity with another party. In modern markets, competitors may decide to collaborate for a number of reasons. These include funding innovation projects, sharing marketing or distribution costs, or implementing best practices in production or services. Collaborating with a competitor can help your company to cut costs and deliver a  more...

Application Maintenance and Optimization in C To introduce and describe techniques for monitoring and optimizing Windows applications using the .NET performance-monitoring API, the .NET Windows event log API, and Visual Studio Analyzer Windows developers seeking to update their knowledge of and skills in developing, testing, and debugging software applications in Visual Studio .NET or pursuing MCAD or MCSD .NET certification  more...

Application Maintenance and Optimization inVB NET To introduce and describe techniques for monitoring and optimizing Windows applications using the .NET performance monitoring API, the .NET Windows event log API, and Visual Studio Analyzer Windows developers seeking to update their knowledge of and skills in developing, testing, and debugging software applications in Visual Studio .NET or pursuing MCAD or MCSD .NET certification  more...

UNIX Programming Tools The UNIX Programming Tools course is designed to introduce some of the development tools commonly available on the UNIX operating system. These are powerful tools that can cut down on development time as well as simplify the tasks of maintaining a system. This course introduces the UNIX operating system, cc. It covers the main options available as well as the file naming conventions cc requires.  more...

Basic Concepts of Exchange 2000 Server To introduce the capabilities and structure of Exchange 2000 Server Students preparing for Microsoft certification in Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server (70-224), and Designing and Deploying a Messaging Infrastructure with Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server (70-225)  more...

Data Management in Commerce Server 2000 To discuss data management in Commerce Server 2000 IT professionals who wish to use Commerce Server 2000 to implement and design e-commerce solutions; students preparing for Microsoft certification in the Designing and Implementing Solutions with Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 exam  more...

Firewall Configuration on ISA Server 2004 To give an overview of firewall configuration in ISA Server 2004 IT professionals responsible for implementing network and perimeter security measures, including Internet firewalls, application layer filters, and screened networks; IT professionals responsible for implementing caching servers and additional mechanisms to protect public-facing Web servers; IT professionals who have a need to  more...

Linux Commands and Shell Scripting ...developed for Application Developers who are already or somewhat familiar with the Unix and DOS environment. This course describes the execution and function of various Linux commands and describes the concept of shell in the Linux environment. The course provides an overview of the various Linux commands and their use in manipulating and searching files and directories and in navigating the  more...

IMS DC Programming II ...developed in IMS/DC Programming I, and further helps new IMS/DC developers to maintain existing systems or develop new IMS/DC systems. Areas of interest include MFS features and facilities, terminal message switches, and program-to-program message switches. Some tips to debug your online application program, and some current and future trends in IMS/DC programming will also help in achieving  more...

OS 390 MVS JCL Intermediate ...developed in OS/390 MVS JCL Introduction (38053). This intermediate course introduces techniques to increase the student's effectiveness as a system user and JCL programmer. The course discusses special DD statements that can extend the student's capabilities and provide relief from repetitive coding in JCL. In particular, students will learn to use backward references that copy data set  more...

OS 390 MVS JCL Advanced ...developed in the OS/390 MVS JCL Introduction and Intermediate courses (38053, 38054). This advanced course introduces techniques to increase effectiveness as a system user and JCL programmer. The course reviews and extends basic concepts and skills related to the use of procedures. A review of addition, override, and nullification statements that enable procedures to be modified at execution  more...

Basic COBOL ...O and IF statements are covered. A first COBOL program is developed from start to finish.The course continues with important information concerning the creation of data structures and record descriptions. The student learns about PICTURE clauses to create alphanumeric, numeric, signed, and decimal fields. There is considerable treatment of report formats and layouts and creating necessary  more...

Legal Ethical Social Global and Taxation Issues This WestNet e-Learning module provides a look at some of the legal and social issues to consider in your work as a Web professional. As the Web has become more entwined with our personal and professional lives, the laws, rules, and customs of the day-to-day real world have necessarily followed. In some cases, this has meant applying existing laws and customs to the Internet. In others, new laws  more...

Wireless LAN Technologies To introduce wireless LAN technologies Technical professionals; IT and business managers who need to learn about current and future mobile wireless technologies; students investigating or researching wireless communications and related technologies  more...

Frame Relay Concepts To introduce the concepts underlying the Frame Relay protocol Technical professionals; IT and business managers who need to learn about wide area network technologies; students investigating or researching telecommunications technologies; nontechnical business managers, project managers, and end-users who require information on the capabilities of communications technologies to make informed  more...

Emergency Disaster Preparedness ...developed to provide instruction on emergency response, safety, reporting, and evacuation of company facilities and work areas in the event of a natural disaster, fire, bomb threat, or other emergency. The procedures contained in this training should be followed unless otherwise directed by your employer, police or fire department officials. The content in this course is designed to comply with  more...

mySAP com - Overview ...ySAP.com offers. Trainees will be shown why mySAP.com was developed and the key components it contains. Furthermore, it shows how application hosting can be controlled throughout the system's entire life cycle, describes the different types of hosting available, and presents various business applications supported by mySAP.com. This courses targets employees who need to learn how to use the R/3  more...

Delegation - The Delegation Process In "Delegation: The Delegation Process " you will learn to implement a delegation process developed around an easy to understand ABC model. By learning and using the model learners can become much more effective delegators.  more...

Motivation: Empowering to Increase Motivation In Motivation: Empowering to Increase Motivation you will learn about empowerment by seeing how it can be used to increase motivation. You will learn how empowerment affects the workplace how to overcome barriers that hinder empowerment and how an empowerment plan can be developed. You will also learn how to recognize empowerment the benefits of empowerment and how to prepare to empower  more...

Lotus Domino R5 Development Part 6: Developing Applications for Web Clients This is the sixth course in a nine part series for webmasters application developers and graphic designers that will introduce Notes/Domino features web-specific tasks and basic system administration tasks to be up on the web quickly and to use Domino to create Web sites and Web applications. At the completion of this course students will learn how to identify the features of Notes applications  more...

Fundamentals of Dreamweaver 3.0 Until recently web site developers used HTML coding while creating web sites. However writing HTML code for a large web site is a time consuming task. To ease the process of web site creation Macromedia's DreamWeaver was developed which is a graphical editor. DreamWeaver has taken the WYSIWYG web site development world by storm. DreamWeaver 3 provides many features that enables the student to  more...

MVS Essentials II This course expands on the concepts developed in MVS Essentials I, and demonstrates the use of the MVS operating system.  more...

Lotus Notes R5 Fundamentals Part 2 Lotus Notes R5 is an application development environment that enables users to communicate and share information. Lotus Notes R5 is an upgrade of Lotus Notes 4.5 version. Lotus Notes R5 Fundamentals - Part 2 WBT has been developed for users using Lotus Notes R5 with Desktop access. This course enables the students to acquire skills that are essential for using Notes R5 as end users.  more...

Advanced SQL Programming This course teaches the student how to create stored procedures, manage distributed data and transactions. The student will also learn the importance of locks and how to troubleshoot a deadlock. Finally the student will learn how to optimize the query execution plan developed by SQL Server. The Implementing SQL Server curriculum prepares the student for the Microsoft Exam 70-029.  more...

Beyond Grant Writing and Approaching Viable Funding Sources with Success Many grants are developed and submitted to possible funding sources each year. Few are chosen for funding. This course will highlight the characteristics of a funded grant and a granting organization`s criteria for success.  more...