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Understanding Budgeting and Finance - Budgeting Basics MAXIM TRAINING At work, as managers, we're all involved in the budgeting process in some way or another. But few of us understand why budgeting is so important. Before you begin budgeting yourself, you need to grasp some key concepts. This course explores some basic questions about budgeting: What is a budget? Why are budgets necessary? What's involved at each stage of the budgeting process? more...

Understanding Budgeting and Finance: Preparing your Budget MAXIM TRAINING Planning and submitting a budget for the first time can be a daunting task. Many of us approach our first budget with little or no formal training. It can be a nightmare! Effective budgeting is crucial to both you and your department. And because it's important, it's vital you budget properly. Too many managers make half-hearted attempts and then wonder why ACTUAL spend is nothing more...

Understanding Budgeting and Finance: Managing your Budget MAXIM TRAINING Preparing a budget and following it through to approval involves a lot of work. But it's only the beginning! Once approved, the budget needs careful management to ensure your plans become a reality. This process starts from day one and continues throughout the year. This course provides a structured approach for managing your budget. It shows how to: Review your budget to identify more...

Understanding Budgeting and Finance: Understanding Balance Sheets MAXIM TRAINING Here's some of the questions asked about companies: What's a healthy business? What's the right balance of debt in company funding? How should a company's funds be employed? Most of us have no idea of the financial realities that underpin our companies. That's where this course will help! It introduces some basic financial principles. You'll understand your own role in your more...

Understanding Budgeting and Finance: Understanding Profit and Loss MAXIM TRAINING Profit is a key business goal and a fundamental source of growth. But for most of us, it remains a vague notion. How is profit generated? How is it measured? How do individual managers contribute to profit? What happens to it? more...

Finance for the Non Financial : The Importance of Money in Business Finance for the Non Financial : The Importance of Money in Business more...

Finance for the Non Financial : Introducing the Money Cycle From the corporate world to the corner shop, from running a restaurant to controlling a production line -- you just can't avoid the need to understand money. more...

Finance for the Non Financial : Understanding Working Capital From the corporate world to the corner shop, from running a restaurant to controlling a production line -- you just can't avoid the need to understand money. more...

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

Finance for the Non Financial : Managing Working Capital From the corporate world to the corner shop, from running a restaurant to controlling a production line -- you just can't avoid the need to understand money. This course explores a number of ways to improve your company's cash flow. It gives hints on how to minimise the amount of stock you hold without jeopardising the way you do business. It also examines the benefits of having credit and more...

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

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

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

Finance for the Non Financial : Allocating Indirect Costs From the corporate world to the corner shop, from running a restaurant to controlling a production line -- you just can't avoid the need to understand money. This course simplifies the problem of managing a wide variety of indirect costs in a business by following the 3 simple steps of allocation, apportionment and absorption. It will help you to understand how indirect costs affect the income of more...

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

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

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

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

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. HR more...

Organizational Learning Developing a Knowledge Management System In Organizational Learning: Developing a Knowledge Management System, you will learn the benefits of a learning organization. You will also learn processes for aligning strategy with knowledge management and how to identify who should be included in a knowledge assessment team. In addition, you will learn the process for performing a knowledge assessment and selecting a knowledge management more...

Organizational Learning Transferring Knowledge within an Organization In Organizational Learning: Transferring Knowledge within an Organization, you will learn to use management tools and identify challenges encountered when using technology for knowledge transfer. You will also learn how to encourage knowledge transfer through employee empowerment and incentives, as well as how to address and overcome transfer reluctance. Managers, supervisors, and executives who more...

The Potential of Self-directed Learning How often have you heard these buzz words of the '90s: self-directed learning; continuous learning; the learning organization; the knowledge worker? If you wonder what these terms really mean, why they are so important, and how you rate as a worker for the 21st century, this course is for you. Find out what you can do to take control of your own skill and career development. Learn to identify more...

Organizational Learning Deploying a Knowledge Management System Organizational Learning: Deploying a Knowledge Management System offers the student an overview of information needed to conduct a pilot project and covers processes for deploying and monitoring knowledge management systems. The program includes the steps for developing a pilot project, the qualifications and characteristics of a knowledge management leader, and the elements of a knowledge more...

Knowledge as Strategy Performance Improvement In the 21st century--the Knowledge Age--corporations will see workers as intellectual capital. Workers themselves, rather than just information, will become the resources that allow organizations to respond quickly and effectively to rapid change. Learning is at the core of these demands--whether it's learning a new skill, knowing how to manage existing and new knowledge, or creating more...

The Power of the Learning Organization In the new Knowledge Age, the only successful organizations will be those that know how to gather, support, and manage knowledge. If you're a manager or trainer who wants to improve performance, you need support from the corporate culture. Take this course to discover what factors make up a learning organization, how to assess whether your organization has them, how to train leaders to support more...

PrimeDiversity Awareness The Evolving Labor Force This course provides statistics that support the changing labor market and identifies the effects that these developments have on the workplace. Influences on the learner's own thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. Professionals who want to work more effectively with colleagues whose backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives differ from their own. more...

PrimeDiversity Awareness Diversity Defined This course provides the foundation for any diversity awareness effort, whether corporate or personal. Key terms are defined, major historical influences are examined, and strategies for valuing individual differences, as well as similarities, are provided. Professionals who want to work more effectively with colleagues whose backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives differ from their own. more...

PrimeDiversity Awareness Begin Your Diversity Journey This course provides tools to assist the learner in taking responsibility for strengthening diversity awareness. Strategies for responding appropriately to individuals with a different value system are presented, as are a multitude of other activities to foster an environment of mutual appreciation and respect. Professionals who want to work more effectively with colleagues whose backgrounds, more...

PrimeDiversity Management Corporate Diversity Drivers This course introduces learners to the organizational benefits of managing diversity, and the consequences of not doing so. The requisite shifts in management perspective are also discussed. Business leaders and managers who want to work more effectively with colleagues and subordinates whose backgrounds, experiences, and perspective differ from their own. more...

PrimeDiversity Management Be a Diversity Ambassador This course provides learners with the tools to take diversity management into their own hands. General strategies for creating and maintaining a flexible work environment, as well as specific, easy-to-implement management activities to foster diversity at both the departmental and organizational level, are presented. Business leaders and managers who want to work more effectively with colleagues more...

Recruiting for the 21st Century The Market It's the beginning of a new century and a new millennium, and the employment market is hot, hot, hot. Employee attitudes have shifted from "I'm sure glad I have a job" to "What have you done for me lately?" Boomers, members of the sociological phenomenon that has defined our culture since 1946, are getting ready to retire, and fewer workers from succeeding generations are available to step in. But more...

E-Learning Essentials Pt 1 E-Learning and Successful Strategy This Course is designed to cover the broad offerings within the scope of e-learning and the various challenges that arise in implementing an e-learning solution. It places e-learning within the context of learning and knowledge management and the role of e-learning in harnassing an organizations's intellectual and human assests. The course covers the importance of a clear and effective more...

E-Learning Essentials Pt 2 Marketing Your Solution This course covers the aspects of marketing that are essential to marketing an e-learning solution within an organization. It focuses on the required change of organizational mindset to one that supports anytime, anywhere learning. The three important marketing channels are covered - through a champion, culture change and communication plan. The course then looks at each of the key player groups more...

E-Learning Essentials Pt 3 Deploying and Measuring Your Solution The third course in this curriculum focuses on issues of deployment and measurement of an e-learning solution. Regarding deployment, technological, interoperability and multi-site challenges are addressed, as well as using the Internet, choosing the right platform, managing learners and learning objects. The final area to be covered is that of measuring the e-learning solution, integrating more...

Employee Compensation HRCI PHR The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including the theories and applications associated with effective compensation. As a human resources professional, you are responsible for helping to ensure that your company's workforce possesses the skills, knowledge and abilities to meet the current and more...

Offers Contracts and Organizational Exit HRCI PHR Human Resource (HR) professionals today have to deal with particularly sensitive subjects regarding employment. This course examines employment offers for prospective candidates, contract creation, and record-keeping requirements. In addition, the complex issues of organizational exit--including downsizing, severance, and termination--are explored. The Human Resource Certification Institute's more...

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

Employment Management HRCI PHR The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations, HRCI/PHR (Professional in Human Resources certification), cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including legislation affecting employee and consumer rights, and matters of workforce management. The HRCI certification examinations are widely recognized as the industry standard for evaluating more...

Recruiting and Selecting Candidates HRCI PHR The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations, HRCI/PHR (Professional in Human Resources certification), cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including the recruitment and selection of new employees. The HRCI certification examinations are widely recognized as the industry standard for evaluating Human Resource professionals' more...

Offers Contracts and Exit from the Organization HRCI PHR Human Resource (HR) professionals today have to deal with particularly sensitive subjects regarding employment. This course examines employment offers for prospective candidates, contract creation, and record-keeping requirements. In addition, the complex issues of organizational exit--including downsizing, severance, and termination--are explored. The Human Resource Certification Institute's more...

Developing Employees HRCI PHR The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including the theories and applications of employee training and training program development. As a human resources professional, you are responsible for helping to ensure that your company's workforce possesses the skills, knowledge and abilities to meet more...

Developing Human Resources HRCI PHR The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including human resources development and performance management. As a human resources professional, you are responsible for helping to ensure that your company's employees have maximized their potential for growth and development. This course will help more...

Compensating Employees HRCI PHR The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including the theories and applications associated with effective compensation. As a human resources professional, you are responsible for helping to ensure that your company's workforce possesses the skills, knowledge and abilities to meet the current and 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...

Strategic Approaches to Workforce Planning and Employment HRCI SPHR In order to remain competitive in the business world, organizations must ensure that they employ the right people in the right numbers at the right time. Workforce planning and employment involves the processes of planning, developing, implementing, administering, and ongoing evaluation of recruiting and hiring to ensure that the workforce will meet the organization's strategic goals and more...

Exit Interviewing Skills The Termination Process Exit Interviewing: The Termination Process covers how to monitor and guide your employees' performance, as well as how to terminate employment lawfully. The program also covers how to explain performance standards to employees, how to document performance and misconduct issues, and how to improve employees' performance. In addition, it teaches how to discipline employee misconduct, prepare for a more...

Management of the HR Process HRCI SPHR As HR moves into the twenty-first century, its role is becoming key in developing organizational strategy. As a result, it is crucial for HR professionals to have a working knowledge of other functional areas of the business, so that they can provide the operational and administrative support necessary to attract and retain qualified employees. This course explains how to strategically diagnose more...

Hiring Considerations Recruitment is a complex and important activity for a manager. Effective hiring requires effective preparation. The recruitment process must be fair and safe, and there is plenty of legislation to trip up the unwary manager. Getting any part of this wrong is expensive, time consuming, and damaging to the good name of the company. This course will give you a brief overview of the major employment more...

Effective Interviewing The employment interview is at the heart of the recruitment process for most organizations, and successful interviews don't just happen. They are the result of careful planning and preparation. Interviews are time consuming, and although you will not want to skimp on them, you have to use the available time as efficiently as possible. This course shows you how to screen and manage the interview more...

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

Effective Hiring and Interviewing Skills Simulation An effective interview relies as much on the interviewer it does on the interviewee. Proper preparation, consistent lines of questioning, and established criteria for evaluation are effective tools in determining the best candidate for the job. The Effective Interviewing Skills Simulation serves to test the participant's ability to prepare and conduct an effective interview, handle manipulative more...

Strategic Approaches to Labor Relations HRCI SPHR HR professionals develop organizational strategies to secure and develop a company's successful and profitable operations. The employee plays a central role in such operations. As such it has become essential for HR professionals to constantly be on the lookout for strategies that allow them to develop a good working relationship between the employee and employer. This course covers strategies more...

Strategic Approaches to Risk Management HRCI SPHR Risk management, the safeguarding of the health, safety, and security of employees, is essential for business success and of particular concern to HR professionals. This course explains how to apply common occupational health, safety, and security guidelines and programs. It also outlines how security risk analysis can be used to avoid future emergencies. This course prepares HR professionals and more...

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

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace HRCI PHR The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including issues related to the prevention of discrimination and harassment. The (HRCI) certification examinations are widely recognized as the industry standard for evaluating Human Resource professionals' competencies. HRCI is an affiliate of the Society more...

Managing Employment HRCI PHR The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations, HRCI/PHR (Professional in Human Resources certification), cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including legislation affecting employee and consumer rights, and matters of workforce management. The (HRCI) certification examinations are widely recognized as the industry standard for more...

Employee Relations HRCI PHR The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including those affecting employee and labor relations. The (HRCI) certification examinations are widely recognized as the industry standard for evaluating Human Resource professionals' competencies. The Professional in Human Resources (PHR) certification more...

Non-union Work Environments HRCI PHR The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including those affecting employee and labor relations. The HRCI certification examinations are widely recognized as the industry standard for evaluating Human Resource professional's competencies. As a human resources professional, you are responsible for more...

Union Work Environments HRCI PHR The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certifications, including PHR (Professional in Human Resources), cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including those affecting employee and labor relations. The HRCI certification examinations are widely recognized as the industry standard for evaluating Human Resource professionals' competencies. HRCI is an affiliate more...

Employee Benefit Programs HRCI PHR The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including the work rules and practices that apply to employee benefit programs. As a human resources professional, you are responsible for helping to ensure that your company's practices comply with any legislation governing employee benefits and that the more...

Employee Development HRCI PHR The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including the theories and applications of employee training and training program development. As a human resources professional, you are responsible for helping to ensure that your company's workforce possesses the skills, knowledge and abilities to meet more...

Human Resource Development HRCI PHR The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including human resources development and performance management. As a human resources professional, you are responsible for helping to ensure that your company's employees have maximized their potential for growth and development. This course will help more...

Recruitment and Selection HRCI PHR The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations, HRCI/PHR (Professional in Human Resources certification), cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including the recruitment and selection of new employees. The (HRCI) certification examinations are widely recognized as the industry standard for evaluating Human Resource professionals' more...

Occupational Health and Safety HRCI PHR The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations, HRCI/PHR (Professional in Human Resources certification), cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including legislation affecting employee safety and health. The (HRCI) certification examinations are widely recognized as the industry standard for evaluating Human Resource professionals' more...

Economics Part 1 The Principles of Economics In Economics: The Principles of Economics you will learn about some of the broad issues and concepts that make up the field of economics. Beginning with some basic definitions, the course builds to introduce economic systems and the concepts of scarcity and wants and how these impact economies. It also places some of its focus on the US economy in general and the Federal Reserve Bank in more...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Introduction to Economics Basic Concepts in Microeconomics Basic Concepts in Microeconomics builds on the general principles introduced in The Principles of Economics by introducing the learner to microeconomic concepts and issues. Such things as market behavior and decision-making, consumer choice and preference and the factors that motivate firms are covered across a range of informative lessons situated in real-life scenarios. This course is aimed at more...

Introduction to Economics Products and Markets Having covered the basics of markets and consumers, learners can now examine the relationships between producers and the markets in which they sell in this course Products and Markets . Learners discover what drives short and long-run costs as well as what makes markets competitive. Different market types and producer theory are also explained. This course is aimed at Managers, Directors, and more...

Introduction to Economics Foundations of Macroeconomics With the basics of microeconomics in place, Foundations of Macroeconomics 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. This course is aimed at Managers, Directors, and more...

Overview of Managerial Accounting Managerial accounting is an activity that provides financial and nonfinancial information to business managers and other internal decision makers of an organization. This course examines how managerial accounting information is gathered, and how it is used by business professionals to make effective decisions. Lessons such as fundamentals of managerial accounting, cost accounting concept, and more...

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

Behavior Putting Your Best Foot Forward Are you interested in taking charge of your career? Would you like your job to be more interesting, to offer you more challenges? Today's workplace offers more opportunities than ever for administrative support professionals to assume more responsibility and be more active in office decision-making. This course will show you some ways to assess yourself to ensure you're ready to work towards a new more...

Managing Yourself and Those Around You Successful administrative support professionals must be good managers. This means managing their own time and energies, as well as cooperatively working with their boss and co-workers. This course teaches successful strategies for dealing with the myriad demands on the time, resources, communication skills, and organizational powers of administrative assistants. Administrative support more...

Partnering with Your Boss You may have noticed that the traditional secretary has gone the way of the dinosaur. However, your boss may not yet have entered this new age in which administrative support professionals are working as partners with their managers and supervisors. This course will equip you to make the transition from working as a subordinate who follows orders, to partnering with your boss as an empowered and more...

Communicating with Power and Confidence Do you want to be an effective and powerful communicator? Do you want to take charge, welcome responsibility and view challenge as an opportunity? In today's workplace, when administrative support professionals talk, supervisors listen. They have been empowered and given many managerial responsibilities. They can now work alongside rather than as subordinates to their managers. They no longer only more...

Advanced Administrative Support Simulation You're an administrative assistant at the corporate headquarters of King's Stores Company, a chain of retail stores, and report to Maxine Washington, Merchandising Manager. Recently, you were disappointed when Maxine turned you down for a promotion. During a meeting with Maxine, you'll have the opportunity to find out to why she didn't promote you. You'll need to listen actively and effectively to more...

Getting Started--The Administrative Support Professional The skills needed to fulfill the requirements of today's administrative support professionals are numerous. Day-to-day, they must be flexible as they work in an ever-changing business environment. They must use interpersonal skills that help them deal effectively with clients, visitors, and other office professionals. They must also manage their time effectively to function successfully. This more...

Overview to Effective Business Communication Calvin Coolidge said, "No one ever listened themselves out of a job." Furthermore, you could say that "No one ever communicated themselves out of a job." Understanding business communication is foundational to being an effective administrative support professional. Learn about the business communication process and techniques for effective communication such as listening effectively and sending more...

Using Effective Business Communication Someone walks into your office and tells you that the ten important packages you couriered have safely arrived in Albany, New York. Unfortunately, they were supposed to go to Albany, Georgia. This is an announcement no one wants to hear. This course is designed to help you use effective business communication as an effective administrative support professional. Learn about etiquette in the more...

Administrative Functions Administrative support professionals are the central nervous systems of an office. Their responsibilities are numerous and vital to the operation of their organization. Knowing the best ways to perform office functions will enable administrative support professional to complete their responsibilities efficiently and effectively. This course will present you with information that will help you more...

Advancing Your Administrative Career Getting a position as an administrative support professional is a great accomplishment. However, have you considered what your next move should be? This course will show you how to advance on the job by providing you with important information about having a professional image and a successful attitude. You will learn valuable leadership skills and methods for motivating others. You will gain more...

Effective Administrative Support Professional Simulation Today's office setting is high-tech and fast-paced. Successful administrative support professionals must keep up with the requirements of the modern-day office environment, and this simulation tests the skills and procedures that will help you do just that. As administrative assistant to the VP of Sales for the Northeast Division of BMS Printed Circuits, you'll experience the full spectrum of more...

Accounting Fundamentals How does a business achieve and maintain profitability? An understanding and an accurate application of accounting practices are hallmarks of a successful and financially progressive business. Accounting is a distinct discipline, with its own standards and language. Understanding accounting procedures requires a prerequisite knowledge of certain principles, concepts, terms, and common accounting more...

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

Accounting Systems and Closing Activities Some businesses carry out hundreds of transactions in a single day. You can imagine the accounting data at the end of the day, or the end of the month. Ultimately, these transactions can be categorized into a few different types. Organizing the transactions through special journals actually reduces the work and allows you to be more efficient in your accounting activities at the end of every more...

Accounting for Cash Control Businesses operate on cash and strive to earn it. Cash can be defined as dollars and coins, checks, vouchers, and money orders. Accounting procedures are established to ensure that cash receipts and cash disbursements are protected. This course explores the accounting methods for internal control of cash such as petty cash, bank reconciliation, and payroll. Understanding the processing, recording, more...

Accounting for Merchandising Businesses A merchandising business is a business that buys goods and sells them for profit. Merchandising businesses, which include wholesalers and retailers, typically handle inventory, therefore accounting procedures exist to record the cost of goods sold or not sold. This course will provide practical information about maintaining accounts and generating financial statements specifically for more...

Final Exam Accounting 101 Generally taken near the end of a program, Final Exam: Accounting 101 enables the learner to test their knowledge in a testing environment. Individuals seeking practice in a testing environment, covering the skills and competencies being measured by the courseware. more...

Accounting for Partnerships Partnerships are voluntary organizations between two or more people that combine different resources in a business venture. These resources can be money, expertise, personal connections, or experience. Accounting procedures are established to ensure that each partner gets his/her share of the business income or loss. This course explores the accounting methods that pertain to partnerships and the more...

Accounting for Corporations Did you know that basic accounting transactions for corporations are different than other types of business organizations? Do you need to learn more about the basic accounting principles of corporations? This course is designed to teach you how to perform basic accounting procedures specifically for corporations. You will learn how to record the issuance of stock and record transactions in the more...

Analyzing Cash Flow Statements Have you ever had to make a really tough business decision? They can be hard to make, especially since a bad decision can ruin a company. Fortunately there is a way to make a more informed and better business decision; by analyzing your company's financial statements. They contain information that can help you improve your company's efficiency and overall effectiveness. Cash flow statement more...

Master Budgets Will you be able to expand? Will you be able to afford that new piece of equipment? What kind of profit can be expected if you do? To answer these questions about your business will not require a fortune teller. It will require the creation of a master budget. No matter the size of your company, if you are to succeed and continue to grow, you must carefully plan for your company's future. Master more...

Final Exam Accounting 102 Generally taken near the end of a program, Final Exam: Accounting 102 enables the learner to test their knowledge in a testing environment. Individuals seeking practice in a testing environment, covering the skills and competencies being measured by the courseware. more...

Introduction to Advanced Finance ...finance and choosing appropriate investment projects. If you are a corporate manager faced with choosing between different investment projects, this course will be helpful. You will review Time Value of Money concepts, and learn how to choose corporate projects using accounting models and cash flow models. This course is designed specifically for business managers, financial professionals, and more...

Investment Project Analysis and Selection ...finance and choosing appropriate investment projects. If you are a corporate manager faced with choosing between different investment projects, this course will be helpful. You will learn how to choose corporate projects based on the different project analysis models and advanced analysis tools. This course is designed specifically for business managers, financial professionals, and other more...

Raising Capital and Financing Decisions The goal of every financial manager is to maximize firm value and shareholder wealth. How does a manager reach this objective? To be successful, financial managers must be aware of the financing options available to them, and the procedures they must follow to begin financing. Most important, managers must be able to choose the best financing mix for their company. This course is designed more...

Managing Working Capital Working capital management influences both a firm's risks and its expected returns. As such, it is an important determinant of firm value. Investment and financing decisions are interconnected, thus they cannot be made independently. Financial planning will make you think systematically about the relationships among your goals for growth, investment, and financing. After completing this course, more...

Corporate Restructuring Corporate restructuring is frightening, but it doesn't have to scare you to death This course will show you how to initiate successful mergers or resist hostile takeovers. As well, it will improve your chances of surviving financial distress. Whatever your restructuring situation, you will be prepared to handle it by taking this course This course is designed specifically for business managers, more...

Financial Risk Management Do you like to take risks or do you prefer to avoid them? Do you only take a risk if you know you will be compensated for it in the end? Everyone is exposed to risk at some time--it is unavoidable. Having the proper tools to deal with risk can save you money and help you avoid financial hardship. This course familiarizes you with the strategies and products used to manage corporate risk. You will more...

International Finance Perhaps you have wondered how one can successfully navigate the maze of options and opportunities offered by the international financial markets. Are there ways to maximize profits while effectively minimizing risk when it comes to dealing on the global level? This course will demonstrate why you would want to transform your purely domestic firm into a multinational corporation; how you decide more...

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

Managerial Skills and Abilities ...ation. It identifies tools and techniques used by the HR, Finance, Risk, and Knowledge management functions in an organization. It is aligned with the Quality Management Division of the American Society for Quality's Certification Handbook and is designed to assist learners as part of their preparation for the ASQ Certified Manager of Quality / Organ Corporate directors of quality, quality more...

SAP R 3 3 0 Fundamentals Now you can learn the functionality and capabilities of the SAP R/3 3.0 System, designed for the open system environment, as well as understand the advantages for business and the user. This course will help you differentiate between each integrated application module of the SAP R/3 3.0 system. Through the use of examples of system functions, you will get the user's perspective of the more...

QuickBooks Pro 2002 - I The QuickBooks Pro 2002 - I course is the first course of the QuickBooks Pro 2002 curriculum. This course familiarizes users with the features and interface of QuickBooks Pro 2002. It also teaches users how to set up a company file and provide access to it to multiple users. This course also details the process involved in creating accounts and lists and then adding detailed transactions to them. more...

Microsoft Money Standard 2005 - Managing Your Money ...finance by using Microsoft Money Standard 2005. It describes the software user interface and the features of the Money software. After covering the basic setup, the course moves through working with categories, accounts, transactions, and budgets. The course also covers the benefits of using online banking to manage your finances. Home computer users with basic to intermediate skills looking to more...

Basic Personal Finance This course introduces computer-based money management. Money management capabilities including transactions, transferring funds, banking online, and reporting are covered. Finally, the learner is guided through budgets, investments, and tax preparation capabilities. more...

Microsoft Money 2004 Standard ...finance using a computer and Microsoft Money. Learn about the software user interface and features of the Money software. Once familiar with the basic set up, the course moves through working with categories, accounts, transactions, budgets and more. Learn about the benefits of using online banking and the Internet to work with finances. A computer user who has some computer experience, but more...

Quicken 2004 Deluxe - Managing Your Personal Finances ...Finances teaches you the benefits of managing your finance using your PC with Quicken Deluxe 2004. Learn about the software user interface of the Quicken software. Once familiar with the basic set up, the course moves you through working with categories, accounts, transactions, budgets, reports and more. Learn about the benefits of using online banking and the Internet to work with your 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.  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...

Business Finance: Valuation of Stocks and Bonds Business Finance: Valuation of Stocks and Bonds offers the student an overview of the bond and stock markets as well as the information needed to evaluate and invest in various types of stocks and bonds. The program also details characteristics of the various types of stocks and bonds and their risks.  more...

Quicken 2003 Deluxe: Personal Finance Management This course teaches you how to use Quicken Deluxe 2003 to manage your finances. You will learn about the basic set up of Quicken software. The course guides you through working with categories accounts transactions budgets and reports. You will also learn about using online b