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Business In Sight Series: Account Ability 


...financial managers, consultants and professionals develop a key business skill, - the ability to read and interpret a company's financial statements. Originally developed by
PriceWaterhouseCoopers this unique and award winning course has received the
Xebec approach to meet new accounting standards with a new graphical look and feel. Set in the context of a detective thriller featuring private
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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
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Account Ability Series: Main Features 


...he 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
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Account Ability Series: Growth 


...he 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
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Account Ability Series: Profitability 


...he 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
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Account Abiity Series: Liquidity 


...he 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
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Account Ability Series: Investment 


...he 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
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Account Abiltiy Series: Finance 


...he 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
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Account Ability Series: Conclusion 


...he 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
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Oracle Applications 11i General Ledger: Set Up 
...nage transactions between multiple companies, and prepare financial reports. The course guides students through the entire general ledger accounting cycle. Students create a set of books by defining a chart of accounts, a calendar, and currencies. Simulations allow students to practice tasks such as creating, adjusting, and posting different types of journal entries, producing budgets, entering
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The Banking Industry Overview Version 2 
...gical and marketing challenges, not to mention unforeseen financial and political crises. However, with cash and capital, banks are positioning themselves to succeed in the future, while coping with regulatory compliance, global competition, and financial and operational risk.This course provides an overview of the banking industry. First, this course provides an introduction to the banking
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The Manufacturing Industry Overview Version 2 
Business has only two functions - marketing and innovation. Companies in the manufacturing industry seem to be taking this lesson from the legendary management guru,
Peter F. Drucker, very seriously now. The manufacturing industry - the powerhouse driving many economies - has been reeling under the most challenging time in its history. Manufacturers are striving to be more innovative, compete
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The Insurance Industry Overview Version 2 
...wn risks in the wake of natural and human-made disasters, financial setbacks, and governance scandals. As margins are squeezed in the face of low underwriting profitability and the cushion of investment returns begins to shrink, insurance companies are looking to sharpen their marketing efforts, cut overheads, and reduce claims leakage. They are also finding ways to optimize the use of
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ITIL Financial and Security Management 
...thin
ITIL. This course covers a service delivery process--financial management--and a function known as security management. This course is intended to help learners prepare for the IT Service
Management Foundation Certificate exam. Designed for IT managers and support personnel who seek to improve and streamline the processes used to support the deployment of IT within a business organization
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Managing and Rewarding Top Performers 
Does your company have a policy in place for hiring and retaining its top-performing employees? Would you know how to convince valuable employees to stay if they were to hand in their resignation? It is becoming increasingly difficult for companies to retain their top-level employees in today's competitive market. This course examines how to attract and ultimately retain top performers through a
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Managerial Decisions and Capital Budgeting 
Business decisions involve choosing between alternative courses of action and developing formal plans for future action. This course explains several methods of analysis that can help business managers to choose alternatives that offer the highest rate of return on investment or the greatest reduction in costs. In this course, topics such as capital budgeting and managerial decisions provide you
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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 .
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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
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Overview of Managerial Accounting 
...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 managerial accounting approaches will provide you
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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
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Accounting Fundamentals 
...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 records. This practical course gives you the why's and how's to accurately conduct accounting
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Accrual Accounting Procedures 
...tion. Accrual accounting procedures will ensure that your financial information about the business's performance is accurate. After all, accurate financial information is the basis for making crucial decisions in any successful business. Individuals who require knowledge of the basics of accounting, who are starting a business, who are learning to manage the accounting activities of a business,
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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,
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Accounting for Merchandising Businesses 
...cal information about maintaining accounts and generating financial statements specifically for merchandising businesses. Applying these accounting procedures will help keep a business in control of its goods and ultimately, its profit margin. Individuals who require knowledge of the basics of accounting, who are starting a business, who are learning to manage the accounting activities of a
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Analyzing Cash Flow Statements 
...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 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
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Introduction to Advanced Finance 
Don't be intimidated by corporate 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
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Investment Project Analysis and Selection 
Don't be intimidated by corporate 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
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Raising Capital and Financing Decisions 
...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 specifically for
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Managing Working Capital 
...e 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, you will be aware of the risk-return tradeoffs that are implied in financial forecasting, know the process of financial planning, the importance of managing cash inflows and
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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,
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Financial Risk Management 
...s 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 gain useful experience in risk management through a series of exercises and examples aimed at teaching various options that significantly reduce exposure to risk. This course is designed specifically for business
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International Finance 
...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 which financial products and instruments will allow you to manage
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Pricing for Profitability 
...r new product or service than incorrect pricing and other financial projections In this course, you will not only learn how to gather pertinent revenue and expense information to help you price your product, but also how to determine your objectives and policies to correctly position your product in its market niche. You'll examine three methods and four strategies used by experts to make
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Writing the Marketing Plan Creative Strategy 
You've completed the first part of your marketing plan. Now it's time to write about your marketing tactics. You'll discover just how to match your product with your target market, determining exactly what the competitive advantages of your particular product are. Then you'll explore the price-setting strategies that will help make your product a success. Marketing managers, supervisors or team
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Financial Analysis for Successful Marketing 
...egic marketing plan will be successful without a thorough financial analysis. The final course in this series takes a user-friendly, interactive approach to help you master the numbers game. You will analyze typical financial parameters associated with setting up a financial budget as part of an overall marketing strategy. This includes assessing financial resources, the development of a
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Managerial Skills and Abilities 
Quality management is an important factor in the success of today's organizations. Leading organizational thinkers have gone to the extent of saying that quality in an organization is determined by the quality of its management. In order to bring quality and excellence to an organization, managers need certain skills, tools, and abilities in all their functions. These skills and abilities relate
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Inventory Management 
In today's economy, companies must be able to move large quantities of product quickly to locations across the globe. Overnight delivery methods have drastically altered customers' expectations regarding delivery times. Lead times of four to six weeks are no longer acceptable. In light of these changes, effective
Inventory Management is no longer static- the emphasis is on movement, and quick
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Pricing and Profitability for Product Managers 
... it's important for the product manager to understand the financial implications of his decisions. In this course, you'll learn about pricing factors and tactics that will affect your pricing decisions and then you will build on that knowledge to set pricing in a given business situation. Finally, you will learn strategies for determining the profitability of a product. By learning these
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 
On
July 30, 2002,
President Bush signed into law the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Sparked by a wave of dramatic corporate and accounting scandals, this federal securities legislation attempts to combat corporate fraud and to enhance the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures made pursuant to the securities laws. The act's provisions have helped to enhance audit committee responsibility
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DOT Drug and Alcohol Awareness 
...to increased medical and insurance costs, and any related financial loss due to compensation. Several US laws have been enacted to combat drug and alcohol abuse in the workplace. The
Department of
Transportation (
DOT) interprets these laws and provides employers who are responsible for transportation employees with guidelines for setting up effective drug-free programs. These guidelines
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SAP R 3 4 6 AR Accountant 
The
SAP R/3 4.6 AR Accountant course aims to provide the basic knowledge required to start and log on to the R/3 System,
Release 4.6. The student will be shown how the FI component is integrated in the R/3 System, how to create master data for a customer, and how to post invoices and incoming payments. Furthermore, he will be able to display and process customer documents, and will be shown the
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SAP R 3 4 6 AP Accountant 
This
SAP R/3 4.6 AP Accountant course aims to provide the basic knowledge required to start and log on to the R/3 System,
Release 4.6. and how the FI component is integrated in the R/3 System. It also shows you how to create master data for a vendor and how to post invoices and outgoing payments. Furthermore, it will show how to display and process vendor documents. You will also be shown the
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SAP R 3 4 6 Financial Accountant 
...Financial
Accountant course aims to provide the basic knowledge required to start and log on to the R/3 System,
Release 4.6. It provides the student with an overview of the key components of R/3 Financial
Accounting that affect financial accountants - namely the enterprise structure and master records. Furthermore, the trainee is provided with a structured introduction to the initial steps
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SAP R 3 4 6 FI Payments 
...Financial
Accounting module (FI). FI is a powerful module integrating many activities, including
General Ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable and assets accounting. You will learn to process simple and complex payment transactions. In addition, you will maintain data and systems settings for accurate and effective payment processing in this course. All those involved in the use of R/3
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QuickBooks Pro 2005 - Setting Up 
QuickBooks
Pro 2005 -
Setting Up teaches how to set up
QuickBooks on a small business or home office computer and how to perform basic accounting functions using QuickBooks. It describes the QuickBooks interface elements, covers the procedure to set up a new company, and details the tasks that you need to perform when working with the
Chart of
Accounts. The course is primarily targeted to address
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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.
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QuickBooks Pro 2005 - Basic Accounting 
This course throws light on some of the basic accounting features of
QuickBooks Pro 2005. It equips the learner to use
QuickBooks for working with forms such as invoices, credit memos, sales receipts, checks, purchase orders, inventory, and bills. Further, the learner is taught to create budgets and generate reports. The course also deals with the procedure for protecting, sharing, and backing up
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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.
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Microsoft Money 2004 Standard 
This course will introduce the benefits of managing 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
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Financial Management - Accounting Fundamentals 
This course will provide a basic introduction to accounting terms and concepts and why they are important for you to understand even if your role in the firm is not financially oriented. You will see how these concepts are applied in everyday business situations through the simulations. Finally you will learn about financial statements and what they tell you about the firm.
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Financial Management - Financial Planning and Forecasting 
This course will provide a basic introduction to financial planning and forecasting and how this process is important in the firm meeting its financial goals. We will describe the planning process (also known as budgeting) and how the plan once established is implemented.
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