Online Efficiency eLearning

Administrative Professionals Maximizing Your Relationship with Your Boss ... of your boss to ensure compatibility, dependability, and efficiency as you work toward common goals. Through partnership, you can maximize your relationship with your boss and realize benefits for yourself and your career. This course explores ways to build a partnership with your boss. Specifically, it covers ways of establishing and maintaining the elements of a true partnership, and shows  more...

Introduction to Auditing ...obal marketplace are able to ensure quality, consistency, efficiency and reliable financial reports. This course will familiarize you with the basic terminologies, concepts, and approaches to performing a quality audit. You will develop your knowledge of what audits are, how they are conducted, how they are recorded, and how they are followed up. In addition, you will examine the basics of both  more...

Introduction to External Auditing Introduction to External Auditing Do you know what external auditing is and why it's important? Do you know that external auditors are subject to some of the most stringent legal responsibilities of any profession? This course will introduce you to the terminology, concepts, strategies, and techniques to promote effective and efficient auditing practices. You will also learn some of the  more...

Process Characteristics for Six Sigma ...ve to customer or business requirements, and assess their efficiency. Using SIPOC and cause-and-effect matrices, Black Belts can determine which process inputs to target first those with the most significant impact on important outputs. Using process efficiency formulas, they can determine the ratio of value-added time to total lead time, then enhance this ratio by reducing that troublesome  more...

Six Sigma and Lean in the Organization ...en competition and sluggish markets have left operational efficiency and quality improvement as the only way to protect margins and win customer loyalty. Originally developed in Toyota's manufacturing operations, Lean is a continuous improvement approach that focuses activities on reducing wastes. Whereas Six Sigma helps companies reduce defects and improve quality, Lean thinking helps  more...

Establishing Team Goals and Responsibilities Establishing Team Goals and Responsibilities All individuals have strengths that allow them to achieve goals consistently and successfully. In a team setting, those individual strengths can combine to lead the whole team to success, or they can create conflict and tension. To harness individual strengths and personalities, you need solid ground rules for the team. You also need to allocate  more...

Managing Your E-mail Managing Your E-mail E-mail has had many positive effects on our lives, but it has also increased dramatically the volume of communication and the amount of information that the average office worker needs to process ever day. To stay on top of things, you must sort, file, respond to, or delete every e-mail that comes to you in the run of a business day. But how do you balance this  more...

Identifying Your Customers Expectations ... value above all else, and they think that the additional efficiency of the automated systems will be appreciated. However, when asked, customers frequently say they would be willing to pay more to be given the opportunity to deal with "real people." The only way to discover what's important to customers is to ask them, and the second lesson of this course shows you how to do just that. You'll  more...

Avoiding Time Stealers Avoiding Time Stealers Time is a precious, non-renewable resource how effectively you use it will determine success in both your career and personal life. The greatest squanders of this valuable commodity are time stealers that multitude of annoyances, trivial tasks, and administrative duties that can easily consume your days. Moreover, you may find that some of your own behaviors affect how  more...

Problem Management Process Interfaces Challenges Problem Management Process Interfaces & Challenges ITIL ITIL Intermediate Level - Service Capability ITIL® v3 Intermediate: Operational Support & Analysis Exam An efficient Problem Management process is vital in ensuring your organization is ready to handle and resolve problems successfully. And the ability to know what information is important and how to use that information to analyze  more...

Introduction to Access Management Introduction to Access Management ITIL ITIL Intermediate Level - Service Capability ITIL® v3 Intermediate: Operational Support & Analysis Exam You probably wouldn't leave the keys to your car, house, or office lying around for anyone to grab and use as they please. The same attention you give to protecting your physical valuables should be considered when protecting the confidentiality,  more...

Introduction to Lean for Service and Manufacturing Organizations ...entire value stream. It also focuses on improving overall efficiency, quality, and customer satisfaction. Due to its ability to improve customer satisfaction and deliver bottom line financial gains to organizations, it is a preferred strategic choice for many business organizations. This course introduces the basic principles of Lean, including the five-step Lean process cycle, and shows how  more...

Cisco CVOICE 8 0 QoS Mechanisms Cisco CVOICE 8.0: QoS Mechanisms Cisco CCNP Voice (formerly known as CCVP) 642-437 Implementing Ciso Voice Communications and QoS v8.0 (CVOICE v8.0) IP networks must provide a number of services to adequately support voice transmission using VoIP. These services include security, predictability, measurability, and some level of delivery guarantee. Network administrators and architects  more...

Analyzing Financial Statements for Non-financial Professionals Analyzing Financial Statements for Non-financial Professionals Financial statements of an organization often conceal more than they reveal. Being able to analyze them and extract meaningful information is an essential skill that financial as well as non-financial professionals should have. Ratio analysis can be used to determine relationships between two elements of the same financial  more...

Configuring DNS in Windows Server 2008 ...ry read-only zones that add security and increase network efficiency. This course explores configuring DNS in Windows Server 2008, including Global single names, DNS Lookup features and DNS Zones. The course is one in a series that covers the objectives for Microsoft exam 70-640: TS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring. Passing this exam completes the requirements for the MCTS:  more...

EMC Storage Products EMC Storage Products EMC Information Storage & Management Associate Information Storage Associate Library (Exam E20-001) EMC storage products provide the means to allow business to increase their efficiency, while decreasing their long-term overhead. This course examines the EMC CLARiiON, EMC Symmetrix, the Direct Matrix architecture, the Navisphere Manager GUI, EMC Celerra, EMC Connectrix,  more...

Customer Driven Process Improvement Mapping Measuring Process Customer Driven Process Improvement: Mapping & Measuring Process Mapping and measuring your current processes, especially those that are most critical to customers, are important steps in improving them. Mapping a process helps you visualize it - enhancing your understanding of the variables that make it work. The map you create can then be used to measure different parts of the process,  more...

Advanced Customization in Excel 2007 ...preadsheets and workbooks, and also the functionality and efficiency of the program itself. Existing templates, themes, and styles can be altered to meet business needs, or you can create custom templates, themes, and styles to further enhance data presentation. Using macros, you can automate common or repetitive tasks, resulting in time savings and increased efficiency in day-to-day tasks.  more...

Protecting and Sharing Excel 2007 Workbooks ...ts and workbooks. To meet these demands without affecting efficiency, a number of review, security, and collaboration features are available in Excel 2007. Workbooks, worksheets, and specific data within worksheets, can be protected, enabling only those with access to view or make changes to them. Workbooks can be shared so that multiple people can access required data, and changes made to  more...

Oracle Database 11g Segment Space I O and Performance Tuning Oracle Database 11g: Segment Space, I/O and Performance Tuning Oracle Oracle Database 11g provides various methods for tuning segment space usage and input/output (I/O). This course explains how to use Automatic Segment Space Management (ASSM) to tune segment space usage, how to shrink segments using SQL or the Enterprise Manager, and how to use table compression. Automatic Storage  more...

Oracle Database 11g R2 Oracle Scheduler Secure Backup ... 2 offers improvements to Oracle Scheduler that increases efficiency and usability. These include allowing users to get specific email notifications about job activities, triggering jobs to automatically execute when the specified file is received, enabling jobs to run on multiple nodes while managing it from a central location, and running PL/SQL on a remote database as a job. Oracle Database  more...

The Biotechnology Industry Overview Version 1 ...allenges, industry players can adopt new cost-cutting and efficiency measures or partner with other biotechnology or pharmaceutical firms. They also need to deal with increased regulation and strong moral opposition to their activities; particularly in the field of genetic engineering. In response, biotechnology companies seek to educate the wider community about their activities and justify  more...

Succeeding in the American Workplace ...Efficiency, achievement, and action are important workplace values in the United States. And being successful in an American workplace can depend on how well you adopt practices that reflect these values. For example, do you actively look for ways to make things better in your organization? Do you know how to conduct meetings efficiently? Are you able to make decisions quickly and effectively  more...

Qualifying Sales Prospects Course description -- Everyone must manage the time and energy they have to get the most results for their efforts. For sales professionals, part of this efficiency comes from qualifying sales prospects. This course has tools, techniques and methods for making sure that you are following sound principles as you qualify prospects and determine where to invest your time for the best potential  more...

Time Management ... organizing your materials and your surroundings for more efficiency, and has other practical suggestions for taking control of your time and your life with simple, tried-and-true tools and techniques. IMPORTANT NOTE: INTERNET EXPLORER (IE) BROWSER REQUIRED - can`t use Netscape or other browsers for this training. This course addresses the nuts and bolts of time management?tools for setting  more...

Making Effective Screenshots: Saving Time, Increasing Impact ...echnical writers, managers looking to improve quality and efficiency, and all those who deal with screenshots. We will show you how to make screenshots, increase their impact, place them in manuals and online documents, and choose the appropriate tool. Making Efficient Screenshots: Saving Time, Increasing Impact Screenshots are a powerful way to convey information quickly. We use screenshots  more...

Home Energy Fundamentals Learn the fundamentals of how your home uses energy, and how to reduce your energy consumption. Methods of making your home more energy efficient will be covered, and you will gain an understanding of the basic types of renewable energy available.Student has access for 60 days but may complete the course sooner. Home Energy Fundamentals In this five-module online course, you will get an  more...

Six Sigma Management and Leadership Training Program ...st Century, and its global economy, the skills of Process Efficiency is paramount to an organization`s longevity and success. This course provides an in depth look at the Six Sigma management and leadership principles originally developed by Motorola and perfected by corporations like General Motors and General Electric. Find out how Six Sigma is applied in service and product based companies  more...

Increase Productivity in 60 Minutes or Less ...s. This program works towards increasing productivity and efficiency throughout the workplace in just 60 minutes or less! As an extra added bonus, when you enroll you will be given up to one year access to this course. Use as a handy desktop reference anytime from anywhere. Increase Productivity in 60 Minutes or Less The Increase Productivity in 60 Minutes or Less Library is a structured  more...

How to Adopt Green Practices in Business and Gain a Competitive Advantage ...your company`s bottom line and increases your operational efficiency while reducing your impact on the environment. This comprehensive approach to ?greening? your company?s profile provides detailed methods and step-by-step procedures to create and market your sustainability program that will ultimately enhance your corporate presence in the marketplace. Case studies of companies that have  more...

The EcoBroker Certificate Program ... of properties, or perhaps achieving financing for energy-efficiency improvements, allows real estate clients and consumers to experience a variety of financial, environmental, and health-related benefits. EcoBroker Green Market Advantage is designed to educate real estate professionals to recognize various environmental, energy, and dollar-saving features of real estate and, in turn, market  more...

Analyzing Cash Flow Statements ...tain information that can help you improve your company's efficiency and overall effectiveness. Cash flow statement analysis focuses on determining your company's ability in the following four areas: (1) ability to meet short-term obligations and to efficiently generate revenue, (2) ability to generate future revenues and meet long-term obligations, (3) ability to provide financial rewards and  more...

The Automotive Industry Overview Version 2 ...ace. In the unrelenting push for lower costs, operational efficiency, and innovation, automotive companies are challenged to deliver higher value more efficiently than ever before. This dynamic automotive environment is also characterized by increasingly sophisticated consumers and redefined supplier relationships. Although regions such as South and Central Asia, South America, and Eastern  more...

Process Management Skills ...Efficiency, in software terms, can be the difference between ineffective, poorly designed software, and elegant, intuitive software. Efficiency in manufacturing is the difference between processes that yield top quality products at a reasonable price, and processes that spit out shoddy products regardless of price.Likewise, efficiency is critical to the effectiveness of a manager and to the  more...

Link-efficiency Mechanisms To configure and monitor quality of service (QoS) link-efficiency mechanisms  more...

Overview of Logistics Management In today's business environment, we all recognize the need to improve operational efficiency within our business, but often lack sufficient knowledge of the flow of materials through our organization. This course will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the history, perspectives, strategies, and key areas of Logistics Management.  more...

Link-efficiency Mechanisms To configure and monitor quality of service (QoS) link-efficiency mechanisms  more...

Link-efficiency Mechanisms To configure and monitor quality of service (QoS) link-efficiency mechanisms  more...

The Technical Professional as Internal Consultant ...change may be brought in to downsize a company, recommend efficiency improvements, recommend ways to improve employee morale, or facilitate other changes. Today, companies are selecting technical professionals within the organization to accomplish similar results. This course is designed to provide technical professionals with the basic skills necessary to succeed as consultants. It provides an  more...

Consulting Skills Building Consulting Relationships ...he need for an outside consultant to evaluate the plant's efficiency. Your budget would allow you to allocate $40,000 toward consulting fees, which is not enough to acquire an experienced consultant for more than just part-time work. Since Bruce and Ron have always run Plant 1, it is your responsibility to manage any resistance to consultants they display. Unit 2: Communicating with  more...

Consulting Skills Serving as an Internal Consultant Consulting Skills: Serving as an Internal Consultant explains consulting roles and the skills required to succeed as an internal consultant. It identifies the processes for resolving conflict, making ethical decisions, and overcoming resistance to change as an internal consultant. Learn To Identify the advantages of internal consultants.  more...

Supply Chain Management Using Models ...This course provides the learner with an understanding of efficiency and cost savings strategies, utilizing collaboration and technology to maximize the effect of supply chain processing, and product design and product life cycle management as elements of the improvement effort. In addition to, performance measures and metrics, and models for improving all major processes within a supply chain.  more...

Oracle8 Performance Tuning Optimizing Sorts and Minimizing Contention ...torage parameters settings that increase rollback segment efficiency. Query the V$TRANSACTION and V$SESSION views to help estimate the volume of rollback data. Estimate the volume of rollback data. Identify actions that reduce the amount of rollback. Select the appropriate actions that increase the probability of successful completion when executing a large transaction. Adjust the  more...

Exchange 2000 Server--Part 2 Configuring .... Identify the features that enhance the flexibility and efficiency of your backup service. Add a storage group to a server. Identify the features of public folders. Identify the features of an Installable File System (IFS). Identify the features of full-text indexing. Identify the features of Exchange 2000 Server that support multiple public folder trees. Create a public folder tree.  more...

Advanced Project Leadership Bringing Home the Value ...ts of earned value management. Calculate deviations and efficiency indexes for an ongoing project. Interpret earned value management systems to judge project progress. Identify characteristics of different project types. Identify other parameters used to classify projects. Identify the benefits of classifying projects. Identify potential issues and guidelines for applying valuation  more...

Balanced Scorecard Corporate Strategy ...the difference between strategic planning and operational efficiency. Identify the importance of strategic planning. Identify the core principles of strategic planning. Identify the role a balanced scorecard plays in strategic planning. Identify the steps involved in strategic planning. Audience: This course is for executives, directors, and managers who are seeking to formalize  more...

Business Travel Safety International Travel ..., Health and Safety Officer for Icon International. As an efficiency coordinator, you were selected by Icon's Board of Directors to represent your department in forthcoming global negotiations. Your position is important and high profile, so Icon has managed most of your travel insurance. Since you will travel internationally, Dean has agreed to discuss elements of international travel  more...

Creativity Innovation Fostering a Ceative Environment Creativity and Innovation: Fostering a Creative Environment offers the student information required to recruit and retain creative individuals, perform a creativity audit, and to communicate with creative people. In addition, the program explains creative rhythm and gives suggestions for implementing a creative culture. Learn To Recognize the factors that attract  more...

Interpersonal Communication Telephone Skills ...urate messages. Increase your efficiency while on the telephone. Audience This course is for all employees who provide inbound and outbound telephone service. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits PDU credits: 3 PDUs CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options UK English Total Learning Time  more...

Advanced Interpersonal Communication Building Relationships ...erent styles of cases your group manufactures to increase efficiency. You need to discuss this option with Roger as well as communicate your new title by using appropriate language. Unit 2: First Impressions and Building Rapport (0.5 - 1 hour) Identify three elements that influence first impressions. Apply guidelines to establish credibility.  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...

Advanced Project Mgmt Managing Accelerated Projects ...benefits project management, how to calculate the percent efficiency of resources, and what elements project managers should consider when planning for resources. Finally, it teaches how to promote teamwork and enhance productivity, empower project team members, and create a sense of urgency to ensure project work is completed on time. Learn To Identify risks  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...

Visual Basic 6 0 Designing Implementing Distributed Applications - Part 4 ...action window. Identify the guidelines for improving the efficiency of MTS objects. Unit 3: Advanced Client/Server Technologies Duration: 2 Hour(s) Identify the types of communication to be used in a given scenario. Identify the features of Microsoft Message Queue Server (MSMQ). Sequence the steps taken by MSMQ to send and receive messages. Identify the features of the MSMQ  more...

Telephone Skills Professionalism Through Basic Skills ...e, professional image and use technology to increase your efficiency. In addition, you will learn how to organize and supply your workspace to maximize focus. Learn To Portray a positive image. Optimize efficiency through technology. Arrange the physical workspace. Identify and use resources. Audience All front-line managers, supervisors, salespeople, and front-line  more...

Telephone Skills Handling Difficult Calls ...age and deal with difficult calls. Increase call time efficiency. Audience All front-line managers, supervisors, salespeople, and front-line administrative staff. Anyone who uses the phone professionally. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4  more...

Moving from Technical Professional to Mgr Managing the IT Dept ...AN schematics. Identify methods of increasing help desk efficiency. Identify guidelines for getting the best possible hardware and software deals. Identify key issues in software licensing. Identify technical elements for an e-commerce Web site. Audience: This series is designed for technical professionals who are considering managerial positions within their organizations.  more...

Oracle Application Server 10g Administration II Part 4 This course covers how to monitor the OracleAS components and processes. It also covers tuning the various components of the OracleAS, as well as backup and recovery of OracleAS. Finally, it provides guidance on reconfiguring the OracleAS middle-tier components. Learn To: Identify features of Oracle Diagnostic Logging (ODL). Identify options for configuring component logging.  more...

Advanced Project Management - Managing Accelerated Projects Advanced Project Management: Managing Accelerated Projects teaches learners the limitations of project management scheduling packages, schedule compression techniques, and the risks of using the different techniques. It also covers how ERP benefits project management, how to calculate the percent efficiency of resources, and what elements project managers should consider when planning for  more...

Design for X DFX ... A number of approaches have been adopted to increase the efficiency of the product-development process. These approaches have become known cumulatively as "design for X" (DFX), where "X" denotes any key elements that are related to product development - manufacturing, production, cost, assembly, or recycling. Although DFX focuses on manufacturing, its related concepts and tools may also be  more...

Introduction to Six Sigma ...satisfying your customers, reducing waste, and increasing efficiency and quality in your organization. You will then examine how you can meet Six Sigma challenges and the skills you will need to grow in a Six Sigma organization. As a result of taking this course, you will have an internal understanding of Six Sigma. You will then be able to recognize processes that need improving. You will be  more...

Green Building - Building Energy Use ...g module explores how todaya ™s world view of energy efficiency is very different from the energy conservation mentality of the 1970s. The 70s are representative of a time of long lines at the gas pumps and diminished comfort in our homes and places of work. The energy efficiency model of today involves benefits, not sacrifices. In high performance buildings, energy efficient design  more...