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Working for Your Inner Boss Personal Accountability Working for Your Inner Boss: Personal Accountability Most employees in business organizations must answer to someone else. From the top of the organization chart to the bottom, nearly every manager and employee must look to a supervisor, a director, or even a customer to establish priorities, assign tasks, set deadlines, and evaluate results. Whoever gives this direction is called the boss.  more...

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  more...

Safety Director Program (OSHA Emphasis) This course is aimed at new or inexperienced company safety directors. The course will help those safety directors master the essentials. This course can be completed as quickly as you care to, depending on how much time you can devote to it. Note that we have set a 90 day period. It is always a best practice to take your time and make sure that you understand each lesson in full detail. The  more...

Customer Service Plus The difference between success and failure in today ™s business environment is customer service. In this course you ™ll learn the basics of customer service and how to consistently provide high-quality customer service. User is given 1 year access to this course. Customer Service Plus The difference between success and failure in today?s business environment is customer service. In  more...

SalesPlus Successful professional sales people bring a set of skills and attitudes to potential sales opportunities that result not only in sales but in developing customers who will continue to do business with them time and time again. Identifying potential sales opportunities, making the sale, and creating a customer relationship that will result in future business is the art of selling. By the end of  more...

The Art of Active Listening Why do we like talking to some people more than others? Because they are good listeners. If someone is a good listener we not only like them more, we think they understand us and our business. We all understand the basics of good listening. Good listening, in part, is just being courteous. However, it is requires more than just being quiet and paying attention, although those are aspects of being  more...

360-Degree Performance Appraisal Simulation In this simulation, you will assume the role of Northeast Regional Director of Sales for IpSwitch Components, a seller and service provider of computer networking hardware. Recently, the company decided to experiment with a 360-degree performance feedback system, hoping to replace the traditional manager-level review process. This simulation is based on the SkillSoft series 360-Degree Performance  more...

Frontline Call Center Skills Simulation This simulation will test your ability to deal with unhappy external customers, and to establish good working relationships with internal customers--your co-workers. Using this simulation will help you assess and practice your skills assisting various customer types, such as; "relater", "director," and "thinker." This simulation is based on the series "Frontline Call Center Skills" and contains  more...

Brand Management Integrated Marketing Brand Management: Integrated Marketing gives you information about integrated brands. The program provides you a process for integrating a brand throughout your company. Additionally, the program defines brand diver components and how these components can be used to communicate an integrated brand through the appropriate media. The program also provides you with guidelines and processes for  more...

Professional Selling Over the Phone Prospecting Professional Selling Over the Phone: Prospecting offers the student examples of sources for finding telesales prospects and information to leave on prospects' voice mail. The program provides a process for maintaining a positive attitude and identifies the components of the soft sell. In addition, the program offers the student guidelines for building and maintaining relationships with prospects.  more...

Sales Management Building a Championship Sales Team Sales Management: Building a Championship Sales Team teaches students how to ensure the effectiveness of a sales team. The program covers how to be a successful sales manager, how to select sales professionals, and how to build unity in a sales team. The program also focuses on how to interview successfully, how to build relationships and trust within a sales team, how to train sales professionals  more...

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. Learn To Identify the steps to determine  more...

Strategic Management Establishing Strategic Focus Strategic Management: Establishing Strategic Focus offers the student an overview of the information required to identify appropriate terms and language associated with strategic management, recognize benefits gained from a successful strategic plan, and learn why some organizations avoid implementing strategic management. The program describes the proper steps for effective decision making, and  more...

Strategic Management Developing a Successful Process Strategic Management: Developing a Successful Process offers the student an overview of the information required to identify the components that comprise an effective planning document and organize an appropriate strategic business plan. The student will learn the proper guidelines to get the plan accepted as well as the correct steps to implement, execute, and monitor the plan effectively.  more...

Quality Management The Quality Management Process Quality Management: The Quality Management Process offers the student an overview of the fundamentals of quality management, the costs of quality, and how to achieve quality through customer orientation. The program also outlines how to achieve daily quality management, identify variation in processes, and control costs. Learn To Identify the role of management in  more...

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

Managing Business Risk Developing a Risk Management Plan Managing Business Risk: Developing a Risk Management Plan teaches learners about the various risk management models as well as factors that influence the risk management function in organizations. Students will also learn about the risk management environment that organizations face and the methods used to assess those risks. Learn To Identify the differences  more...

Principles of Marketing Fundamentals of Marketing Principles of Marketing: Fundamentals of Marketing offers the student an overview of the information required to identify key marketing terms, language, and concepts. The program details the elements of the marketing mix, the stages of the product life cycle, and the proper steps to implement the market segmentation process. Learn To Apply appropriate terms or  more...

Quality Management Business Process Improvement Quality Management: Business Process Improvement offers the student an overview of how to prepare and implement quality changes. The program details how to select processes for improvement, assign a process manager, and establish a process improvement team. In addition, the program teaches the learner how to flowchart and streamline a process, as well as how to measure process performance.  more...

Windows 2000 Planning Implementing Active Directories - Part 1 Course Overview This is the first course in a four part series that will provide IT professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to plan and implement Microsoft Windows 2000 Active Directory in an enterprise environment. At the completion of this course, students will learn to identify the key features and components of Active Directory; identify the physical structure and security  more...

Business Code of Conduct Sarbanes Oxley Act This course provides an awareness of Sarbanes-Oxley and the importance of management's overall responsibilities. Learn To: Identify important areas covered by Sarbanes-Oxley. Identify director independence requirements. Identify responsibilities of audit, nominating, and compensation committees. Audience: Employees within a finance department, managers, and executives throughout  more...

International Business Essentials Succeeding as a Global Manager International Business Essentials: Succeeding as a Global Manager offers students an overall view of how to organize the global enterprise, how to recognize global management success factors, and how to manage across cultures. The program covers how to reengineer businesses to be successful in the global market, how to accomplish successful internationalization, and how to solve problems and  more...

Time Management Planning Your Day Time Management: Planning Your Day gives students an overall view of how to manage their time on a daily basis to increase their productivity. The program covers how to develop a daily plan, how to manage technology, and how say ''no'' to doing too much. The program focuses on planning, scheduling, and concentration skills. It also covers how to handle e-mail, the Internet, and the telephone  more...

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

Moving from Technical Professional to Mgr Series Getting Started This course introduces the learner to some management fundamentals. Beginning with the requirements for IT success, the course outlines the roles of the IT manager as well as the skills required for effective management. It then teaches the principles of three types of management planning as well as the fundamentals of recruiting for new managers. Learn To: Identify key functional areas  more...

Creativity Innovation Increasing Personal Creativity Creativity and Innovation: Increasing Personal Creativity offers the student information required to mentally and physically prepare for creativity; incorporate innocence, intuition, and adventure into creative thinking; and use creativity to generate ideas and solve problems. The program describes exercises that can be used to prepare the mind and body for creative thinking and explains the most  more...

Business Finance Risk Analysis Business Finance: Risk Analysis offers the student an overview of the information required to identify, calculate, and assess both individual investments and investment portfolios. The program details types of risks associated with investments, gives equations used to calculate risk, and provides information about how to assess the results of the equations. Learn To •  more...

Business Finance Time Value of Money Business Finance: Time Value of Money offers the student an overview of the information required to calculate the future and present values of individual cash flows, ordinary annuities, annuities due, perpetuities, and investments with uneven cash flows. The program also covers how to calculate interest rates and maturity dates, establish an amortization table, and calculate payments on amortized  more...

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 a Products and Markets a ?. 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. Learn To  more...

Economics Foundations of Macroeconomics With the basics of microeconomics in place, a Foundations of Macroeconomics a ? gives the learner the opportunity to explore the wider issues examined in the field of macroeconomics. Government policies, unemployment and inflation, economic growth and stability, economic indicators are explained, as is the role of the Federal Reserve Bank in the US. Learn To  more...

Emotional Intelligence Developing Emotional Intelligence Skills Emotional Intelligence: Developing Emotional Intelligence Skills gives the student an overview of the use of Emotional Intelligence in corporations and provides a process for applying Emotional Intelligence in everyday activities. The program covers how the process can be applied in various situations, including being assertive, providing and accepting feedback, building positive work  more...

Emotional Intelligence Emotional Intelligence for Executives Emotional Intelligence: Emotional Intelligence for Executives gives the student an overview of emotions, explains the use of Emotional Intelligence from a leadership perspective, and provides a process for applying Emotional Intelligence in everyday interactions with employees. The program covers how the process can be applied in various situations, including motivating, resolving conflict, and  more...

Effective Presentations Planning a Presentation In Effective Presentation: Planning a Presentation, you will learn how to determine realistic presentation objectives, how to analyze your audience, and how to use supporting materials effectively. In addition, you will learn how to organize your presentation clearly and successfully incorporate visual aids into your presentation. Learn To Identify the six common  more...

Effective Presentations The Presentation Process In Effective Presentations: The Presentation Process, you will learn what steps to take to reduce your fear of speaking, remain calm, and appear relaxed. In addition, you will learn how to use your voice and nonverbal communication to improve the delivery of your presentation. Finally, you will learn how to assess the audience members and answer their questions. Learn To  more...

Advanced Interpersonal Communication Building Relationships Advanced Interpersonal Communication: Building Relationships offers the student guidelines for asking and answering questions, using nonverbal communication and power, and giving feedback when building relationships. The program also describes the various communication styles and offers techniques to use when communicating with them. Learn To Interact with an  more...

Communicating w Difficult People Communicating with Your Manager Communicating with Difficult People: Communicating with Your Manager offers the student an overview of the information required to identify a difficult manager, approach a difficult manager, and confront difficult manager behavior. The program describes the proper methods to interpret difficult personalities, the various options to cope with a difficult manager, and the appropriate steps to  more...

Listening Skills The Fundamentals of Listening This course highlights general benefits and misconceptions about listening as a means of introducing the concept of listening. It also teaches the learner how to interpret messages and identifies three common types of listening. It provides a step-by-step process on how to become a critical listener and explains the benefits of providing feedback to speakers. It details how to provide feedback by  more...

Call Center Mgt Measuring Quality Performance Call Center Management: Measuring Quality and Performance teaches the student information about customer expectations and how to reduce the percentage of a call center's lost calls. The program also teaches students about various staffing tactics, provides a process for calculating staff levels, and identifies the types of reports that call center managers use to evaluate a call center's  more...

Call Center Mgt Managing Motivating Your Staff Call Center Management: Managing and Motivating Your Staff gives the student information about turnover and training as well as processes for reducing turnover and training effectively. The program also gives the student a process for managing employee stress as well as guidelines for motivating and communicating with employees. Additionally, the program provides students with processes and  more...

Customer Relationship Mgt Fundamentals of CRM Customer Relationship Management: Fundamentals of CRM introduces the student to the benefits of creating customer loyalty, developing a market intelligence enterprise, and incorporating customer relationship management into your company. The program also details the three steps a company can take to create customer loyalty, the four marketing tiers, the four types of CRM, and the four steps of the  more...

Customer Relationship Mgt Implementing CRM Customer Relationship Management: Implementing CRM introduces the student to the goals of CRM, the costs of CRM, and ways to modify operations costs to become customer focused. The program also details CRM pre-implementation strategies, the CRM implementation process, and tactics used to test CRM. Learn To Identify ways to achieve CRM goals and focus on customers.  more...

Customer Relationship Mgt eCRM Customer Relationship Management: eCRM introduces the students to managing customer relationships over the Internet. The program details the characteristics of eCRM, how departments can use eCRM to automate processes, and how to customize eCRM interfaces for each type of eCRM user. Learn To Identify the features of eCRM. Identify ways to  more...

Workplace Aggression Recognizing Aggressive Behavior In Workplace Aggression: Recognizing Aggressive Behavior, participants will learn why workplace aggression is an important issue that they must be able to identify in their workplace. They will learn what sources contribute to workplace aggression, as well as the three stages of aggressive behavior. Upon completing this program, participants will also be able to identify the nine profiles of  more...

Workplace Aggression Defusing Aggressive Situations In Workplace Aggression: Defusing Aggressive Situations, participants will learn the most effective way for addressing aggressive employees. They will learn what steps they should take to communicate with an employee who has behaved aggressively, as well as how to handle a situation that has become violent. In addition, they will learn how to help employees adjust after a violent situation has  more...

Workplace Aggression Taking a Proactive Approach In Workplace Aggression: Taking a Proactive Approach, participants will learn how their organization can proactively approach workplace aggression. They will learn how to identify improvements their organization can make to address workplace aggression, and how to establish a workplace aggression policy. In addition, they will learn how to use preventive hiring techniques to eliminate workplace  more...

Recruiting Retention Internet Recruiting Recruiting and Retention: Internet Recruiting offers the student an overview of the benefits and uses of Internet recruiting. The program explains the process for preparing to use the Internet and covers steps for developing an Internet search strategy. Learn To List ways to identify whether Internet recruiting is right for your organization.  more...

Exit Interviewing Skills Preparing for an Exit Interview Exit Interviewing: Preparing for an Exit Interview offers the student an overview of the purposes and types of exit interviews, how to set up exit interviews, and how to conduct them. The program covers who, when, and where the interviews should be conducted, as well as how they should be structured. It also covers guidelines for interviewing effectively, steps to prepare for exit interviews,  more...

Exit Interviewing Skills Conducting an Exit Interview Exit Interviewing Skills: Conducting an Exit Interview covers how to follow the exit interview process, use descriptive statistics for analysis, and report exit interview results. The program covers how to calm upset employees, handle complaints, and prevent information distortion. It also covers how to use effective analysis tools, compile information for analysis, and follow up on problems.  more...

Human Resource Law Family Medical Leave Act In Human Resource Law: Family and Medical Leave Act, you will learn the provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and how to administer FMLA leave. You will learn which events qualify an employee for FMLA leave and the actions employers should avoid taking when protecting an employee's rights to FMLA leave. In addition, you will learn job restoration rules, how the FMLA is enforced,  more...

Human Resource Law Fair Labor Standards Act In Human Resource Law: Fair Labor Standards Act, you will learn the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), including which employers must comply with the law and which employees could be exempt from FLSA provisions. You will also learn the employee rights protected by FLSA, how the FLSA is enforced, and how employers can prevent employee claims. Learn To  more...

360-Degree Feedback Implementing a 360-Degree Program 360-Degree Feedback Programs: Implementing a 360-Degree Program covers the 360-degree feedback process and explains how to develop a feedback questionnaire, choose a collection method, and select raters for 360-degree feedback. It also covers how to create training programs for providing and receiving feedback, as well as how to analyze 360-degree feedback results, develop an improvement plan, and  more...

360-Degree Feedback Max the Benefits of 360-Degree Feedback 360-Degree Feedback: Maximizing the Benefits of 360-Degree Feedback covers how to enhance the use of 360-degree feedback, address employee performance, and support employee development. It also covers how to reinforce organizational goals in 360-degree feedback and when to provide coaching, mentoring, and leadership development to employees. Learn To Identify the  more...

Managerial Leadership Creating a Vision Managerial Leadership: Creating a Vision provides students an overview of organizational leadership and its role in guiding the organization toward vision fulfillment. The program highlights questions to ask when defining an organization's vision, basic steps to complete when drafting a vision statement, and guidelines for communicating the vision. In addition, this program provides steps for  more...

Succession Planning Setting Up a Succession Planning Program Succession Planning: Setting Up a Succession Planning Program focuses on putting your Succession Plan on paper and into action. It begins with guidelines on writing a mission statement, policy and procedures, identifying target groups and other issues such as legal considerations. It then provides comprehensive guidelines on all aspects of rolling out your plan, how to communicate and provide  more...

Women in Leadership Becoming a Leader In Women In Leadership: Becoming A Leader, you will learn how to use the basic leadership skills, such as information management. In addition, you will learn the steps you should follow for persuading others to follow your lead, as well as the process for converting challengers to your leadership to supporters. Learn To Follow the steps for managing incoming  more...

Six Sigma Deploying Six Sigma In Deploying Six Sigma you will learn the fundamentals of beginning a Six Sigma project. It begins by giving assistance in prioritizing projects and selecting key people before then helping the learner to define, measure, analyze, improve and control the selected process. It also looks at process capability studies and how they should be directed. Learn To  more...

Business Problem Solving Problem Solving Fundamentals In Business Problem Solving: Problem Solving Fundamentals, you will learn about the need for problem solving, the ineffective responses to problems, and the elements of an effective solution. The program also provides a description of the skills that effective problem solvers possess. Additionally, the program provides you with definitions and strategies for overcoming barriers to solving  more...

Business Problem Solving The Problem Solving Process In Business Problem Solving: The Problem-Solving Process, you will learn the three phases of the problem-solving process and how to complete each phase. The program also gives you several processes for generating solution options and a method for prioritizing problems. By applying the information in this program, you will be able to identify a problem's root causes, develop and implement an  more...

Six Sigma Managing Six Sigma Projects In Managing Six Sigma Projects you will learn This course teaches about management and team support structures for Six Sigma projects as well as some of the more advanced tools required by those engaged in the quality initiative. Finally, it offers help on implementing Six Sigma and on some leadership strategies for project champions. Learn To Identify effective  more...

Goal Setting Organizational Goal Setting In ''Goal Setting: Organizational Goal Setting,'' you will learn how to set goals with teams. You will also learn how to set goals for an organization through the use of organizational objectives, statements of values, and vision and mission statements. In addition, you will learn how to implement strategic goals in your workplace. Learn To Help a team develop and  more...

Change Management Managing Change Change Management: Managing Change will help you develop the skills to proactively address change and meet the challenges of transition in the workplace. You will practice your skills as you work with various employees to overcome the problems encountered when making changes in your organization. Learn To Identify the different levels of change.  more...

Change Management Adapting to Change Change Management: Adapting to Change develops participants' ability to effectively handle organizational changes. It familiarizes them with the three phases of the transition process, enabling them to understand their own-and others'-needs and responses at each phase. Learn To Distinguish between change and transition. Understand the  more...

Facilitation The Effective Facilitator In Facilitation: The Effective Facilitator, participants will learn the characteristics and responsibilities of facilitators in team meeting situations. In addition, they will learn the verbal and nonverbal strategies a facilitator can use to ensure full participation among team members and how to properly ask questions, offer feedback, and record information. Learn To  more...

Facilitation The Facilitation Process In Facilitation: The Facilitation Process, participants will learn the importance of and the correct way to prepare for a facilitation, the most effective way to guide a meeting, and the best way to achieve sustainable results. Specifically, they will learn how to assess a team's situation and needs, how to apply structural tools to make a meeting successful, and how to ensure that every team  more...

Facilitation Facilitating Challenging Situations In Facilitation: Facilitating Challenging Situations, participants will learn how to handle several challenging situations that they may encounter while facilitating. Specifically, they will learn how to handle difficult team members, the best way to confront team resistance, and the most effective way to resolve conflicts among team members. Learn To  more...

Correcting Performance Problems Addressing Performance Problems In Correcting Performance Problems: Addressing Performance Problems, you will learn a process for conducting effective feedback sessions with employees who have a performance problems. You will also learn guidelines for explaining to employees the impact of their problem behavior. In addition, you will learn the correct way to address negative employee responses, as well as how to respond when to  more...

Total Quality Management Implementation and Tools Total Quality and Quality Tools breaks Total Quality Management into distinct easy-to-understand stages. You will learn the steps required for designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating a total quality solution. With the stages in place, the required basic tools for quality analysis are taught before the learner is introduced to some more advanced tools for Total Quality Management.  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. Learn To  more...

Managing the Expert Developing a Successful Environment Managing the Expert: Developing a Successful Environment explains management strategies, incentive programs, and the challenges of maximizing experts' creative potential. It identifies the processes for designing and implementing expert-appropriate incentive programs, managing renegade creativity, and managing barriers to expert creativity. Learn To Provide  more...

Business Ethics Managerial Business Ethics In Business Ethics: Managerial Business Ethics, you will learn about common managerial ethical issues, as well as ways to proactively ensure ethicality in the workplace and address subordinates' ethical issues. You will also learn causes of unethical behavior, how to recognize unethical behavior, and how to end unethical behavior in the workplace. Learn To  more...

Business Ethics Organizational Ethics In Business Ethics: Organizational Ethics, you will learn about functional area ethics and organizational ethical principles, as well as steps for developing a code of ethics and executing an internal ethical audit. You will also learn the four categories of corporate social responsibility and steps you can follow when social responsibilities clash. Learn To  more...

Managing Change Managing Yourself Through Change In a Managing Change: Managing Yourself Through Change a ? you will learn what the three phases of the transition processes are and how to determine which phase a person is experiencing. You will also learn about the exploration phase of transition, including what emotions are commonly felt during this phase. Then the teaching moves to the new beginnings phase of transition, including what  more...

ISO 9001 2000 The Auditing Process In ISO 9001:2000: The Auditing Process you learn about the fundamentals of the auditing process for ISO 9000: 2000. It explains the basic audit procedures and requirements as well as the importance of starting and closing the audit in the correct fashion. Learn To Identify features of a quality audit. Identify features of an audit  more...

Organizational Crisis Mgmt Resolving Crises in Organizations This course underlines the vital importance of effective and controlled communications. Guidelines are presented on handling calls, controlling the communication flow, messages and audiences, and communicating in the crisis aftermath. The course looks at communication with non-media stakeholders, giving particular attention to employees. The final section covers communication with the media,  more...

Project Management Essentials Planning a Project Project Management Essentials: Planning a Project offers the student an overview of the information required to identify project participants, goals, objectives, activities, and constraints. The program details project activities, activity dependencies, and activity analysis. Learn To Identify a benefit of project planning. Identify  more...

Project Management Project Scheduling Budgeting Project Management Essentials: Project Scheduling and Budgeting offers the student an overview of the information required to develop a project schedule and budget. The program details types of network diagrams, Gantt charts, CPM scheduling, and activity duration compression. In addition, the program details actions for optimizing project activities and factors that influence cost estimating.  more...

Advanced Project Mgmt Setting Up a Project Office In Advanced Project Management: Setting Up a Project Office, you will learn terms associated with a a a project office a a a a and the different functions a project office can fulfill. You will also learn how an organization can determine the need for, plan, and implement a project office. Learn To Match the terms project, program, and portfolio  more...

Advanced Project Mgmt Portfolio Management In Advanced Project Management: Portfolio Management, you will learn the functions of portfolio management, the types of portfolios, and how to select and prioritize projects. You will also learn ways to maintain a balanced portfolio and track and allocate resources. Learn To Select the points to consider when assessing a project a a s a a a fit a a  more...

Project Leadership Leading the Project Team Project Leadership: Leading the Project Team covers how to lead a project team in a way that ensures project success. The program details desirable project manager characteristics, skills, and styles, as well as how project managers can motivate project teams. In addition, the program covers how to manage project risk, guarantee on-time project completion, and prioritize projects. Learn To  more...

Team Leadership Developing A High Peformance Team Team Leadership: Developing a High-Performance Team gives the student an overview of the uses of teams in the corporate world and explains the creation and leadership of effective teams. The program covers how to choose the right type of team, steps for developing a team communication process, the team leader's responsibilities, and guidelines to help the team leader maintain a high-performance  more...

Team Leadership Promoting Your Team s Effectiveness Team Leadership: Promoting Your Team's Effectiveness offers the student an overview of how to set goals, prevent team ineffectiveness, and measure individual and team performance. The program covers in detail the steps for setting effective goals, the steps for measuring team and individual performance, and the advantages and negative effects of diversity. Learn To  more...

Six Sigma Six Sigma Essentials In Six Sigma: Six Sigma Essentials you will learn the history and background of the Six Sigma quality initiative as well as some essential information on how it impacts on business processes. Putting Six Sigma in context, the course then goes on to look at some of the principal tools used in a Six Sigma project before examining strategies for preparing your organization for this new quality  more...

Team Conflict Resolving Team Conflict Team Conflict: Resolving Team Conflict offers the student information for identifying, clarifying, and addressing team conflict. The program covers conflict resolution styles, identifies types of team conflict, and gives guidelines for resolving team conflict. Learn To Identify the effects of team conflict. Identify how  more...

Team Conflict Working in Diversified Teams Team Conflict: Working in Diversified Teams offers the student information for understanding diversity, being part of a diverse team, and resolving conflict in a diverse team. The program covers factors that contribute to team diversity, guidelines for effective communication, and approaches for achieving goals in a diverse team. Learn To Apply guidelines for  more...

Team Participation Decision Making in Teams In Team Participation: Decision Making in Teams, participants explore the process of reaching consensus, examine the challenges of doing so, and develop the ability to make positive contributions to team decisions. Learn To Apply best practices for making team decisions. Understand and avoid 'groupthink,' in which team members become  more...

Virtual Teams The Fundamentals In Virtual Teams: The Fundamentals, participants will learn the opportunities and challenges associated with participating in a virtual team. In addition, participants will learn the advantages and disadvantages of working in an alternative office, the technologies used to communicate and make decisions in a virtual setting, and the obstacles virtual teams must overcome for success. Learn To  more...

Virtual Teams Communicating Effectively In Virtual Teams: Communicating Effectively in Virtual Teams, participants will learn the importance of communication among virtual team members and how to communicate effectively in a virtual team setting. Participants will also learn how to overcome barriers to virtual team communication, as well as what technological innovations facilitate communication among virtual team members. Learn To  more...

Virtual Teams Participating in Virtual Meetings In Virtual Teams: Participating in Virtual Meetings, participants will learn the four types of virtual team meetings and what to include in the agenda for a virtual team-orientation session. In addition, participants will learn factors that influence a virtual meeting's effectiveness and four methods virtual teams use to make decisions. Learn To Use team-building  more...

Principles of Marketing Promotion Strategy Principles of Marketing: Promotion Strategy offers the student an overview of the information required to identify the elements of the promotional mix, determine appropriate promotional objectives, and select the advertising types and public relations tools to implement. The program details the procedures for creating an advertising campaign, the types of promotional strategies, and the steps of  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...

Cross-Functional Teams Selecting Cross-Functional Team Members Cross-Functional Teams: Selecting Cross-Functional Team Members covers how to identify and select cross-functional team leaders and members and how to ensure cross-functional team success. The program also covers roles in cross-functional teams, how key stakeholders are important to the success of cross-functional teams, and the reasons that cross-functional team member/upper management  more...

Cross-Functional Teams Cross-Functional Team Development Cross-Functional Teams: Cross-Functional Team Development offers the student an overview of the information needed to develop communication, achievement, and synergy tools for cross-functional teams. The program details how to develop time lines and how to make consensus decisions. The program also provides information about encountering and overcoming task achievement challenges, as well as  more...

Brand Management Managing Brand Equity Brand Management: Managing Brand Equity explains how to manage a brand name, measure brand equity, and manage a brand on a long-term basis. The program also details the steps for creating brand extensions, the techniques for measuring brand equity, and the options for reviving brand equity. Learn To Identify issues to consider when managing a brand name.  more...

Operations Management Fundamentals of Operations Management Operations Management: Fundamentals of Operations Management offers the student an overview of the components of operations management. The program defines each of the components and introduces the student to the concepts of quality and project management. In addition, the program offers examples of how changing operations affects a company a a s operation processes. Learn To  more...

Frontline Leadership Preparing to Lead Frontline Leadership: Preparing to Lead offers the student an overview of the information required to identify, address, and discipline employees who display difficult behavior. The program details characteristics and sources of difficult behavior, effective techniques to prevent difficult behavior in the workplace, and proper communication methods to build better relationships with difficult  more...

Frontline Leadership Knowledge in the Workplace Frontline Leadership: Knowledge in the Workplace emphasizes the importance of managing knowledge in the workplace, conducting assessment interviews for employees, utilizing employee knowledge and input, and providing employees with opportunities for continuing education. The program also details the affects technology has on the exchange of knowledge and offers guidelines for using specific types  more...

Frontline Leadership Positively Influencing Workplace Culture Frontline Leadership: Positively Influencing Workplace Culture covers the factors that determine workplace culture and outlines a process for leading employees through culture changes. This program also covers two styles of frontline leadership and offers tips for fostering a positive work environment, addressing negativity, and inspiring employee innovation. Learn To  more...

Executive Level Leadership Becoming an Executive Leader Executive Level Leadership: Becoming an Executive Leader offers the student an overview of executive leadership roles and how power and politics affect an organization. This program also explains the importance of developing an organizational vision and the need for executives to understand the types of business focus that impact their industry. In addition, it emphasizes the importance of  more...

Negotiating Advanced Negotiation Tactics Negotiating: Advanced Negotiation Tactics offers students a process for gaining control in a negotiation and specific questions that can be asked to help control a negotiation. This program gives an overview of various negotiation tactics as well as responses for each tactic. In addition, this program includes examples of unethical negotiation tactics and what to do when faced with a party that  more...

Mentoring Using a Mentor to Your Advantage Mentoring: Using a Mentor to Your Advantage offers the student guidance for becoming an effective mentee, building a strong mentoring relationship, and maximizing the benefits of mentoring. The program covers the mentee's job, possible learning styles, how to set effective goals, and how to become an effective learner. It also covers steps for choosing a mentor and the guidelines for developing  more...

Organizational Behavior Organizational Group Dynamics Organizational Behavior: Organizational Group Dynamics defines groups and teams and explains processes for decision making and managing conflict within the organization. It also covers the communication styles and channels used by members of an organization. Learn To Sequence the stages of group development. Sequence the steps for  more...

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. Learn To • Identify the elements of structure that affect organizational  more...

ISO 9001 2000 Implementing Standards In ISO 9001:2000 Implementing Standards you learn about the principal ISO Clauses, new ISO requirements and the documentation and potential auditing pitfalls associated with each one. The Clauses are summarized and explained in real-world situations, enabling the learner to achieve the maximum benefit from experiencing a quality management system operate most efficiently. Learn To  more...