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QC Tools - Scatter Diagrams This is another course in a series of eight courses on the seven basic tools of quality as defined by Ishikawa. The scatter diagram is a tool to graphically represent the relationship between two variables. It relies on the human brain's amazing ability to recognize patterns. This diagram can be used to determine correlation between the two variables plotted. more...

How To Master Human Resources ...iption -- This bundle covers some of the most challenging human resource compliance issues that employees and supervisors facea sexual harassment, violence, and EEO practices. Use the lessons in this bundle to prevent or address workplace situations that must be handled sensitively in order to promote respect and avoid legal consequences. Also included is a course to assist your training and more...

Human Resource Management in the 21st Century Human Resource Management in the 21st Century takes the participant from the traditional HR practices, to the focus on new and innovative HR practices of the 21st Century. more...

ADA Training Certification Program Learn how to administer the federally-mandated ADA rules and earn a "Certified ADA Administrator" designation. This self-paced course qualifies for 8 hours of PHR/SPHR re-certification credits and can be completed either at one time or over several sessions. more...

Managing Your 401 k ...ore and more companies are providing a 401k as a benefit. Human resource managers frequently counsel their employees on the mechanics and planning of their 401k programs. This course provides a foundation for you to know how to appreciate vesting, select wise investment packages, and understand diversification. You will also be given tools and strategies for understanding and managing your more...

Discharging Employees There are strict legal requirements as well as personal accountability when discharging an employee. This course covers all the critical aspects of termination, including information about the law and how it impacts the process and your decision. You will be given methods for identifying when discharge is appropriate and tools to help you prepare for the meeting. You will also learn specific more...

Safety Sense Series: Keeping Yourself Safe ...ority of these accidents are in some way attributable to 'human factors' - in other words, they could and should have been prevented. Under current legislation, the responsibility for providing a safe working environment and preventing such accidents rests fully with the organisation itself. You can face heavy fines for simply being unaware of the rules, regulations and procedures let alone for more...

Safety Sense Series: Safety Standards and Systems ...ority of these accidents are in some way attributable to 'human factors' - in other words, they could and should have been prevented. Under current legislation, the responsibility for providing a safe working environment and preventing such accidents rests fully with the organisation itself. You can face heavy fines for simply being unaware of the rules, regulations and procedures let alone for more...

Safety Sense Series: The Safety Authorities ...ority of these accidents are in some way attributable to 'human factors' - in other words, they could and should have been prevented. Under current legislation, the responsibility for providing a safe working environment and preventing such accidents rests fully with the organisation itself. You can face heavy fines for simply being unaware of the rules, regulations and procedures let alone for more...

Safety Sense Series: Improving Safety Performance ...ority of these accidents are in some way attributable to 'human factors' - in other words, they could and should have been prevented. Under current legislation, the responsibility for providing a safe working environment and preventing such accidents rests fully with the organisation itself. You can face heavy fines for simply being unaware of the rules, regulations and procedures let alone for more...

Leadership and Team Development: Performance Troubleshooting MAXIM TRAINING Performance Troubleshooting is all about identifying causes and solving performance problems at work. But to solve a problem, first you must be able to describe it. This course gives a systematic and highly effective approach to describing performance and analysing problems at work. It's called the Human Performance System, or HPS. The overall aim of the course is to ensure you can more...

Project Management: The Fundamentals Participants in Project Management: The Fundamentals will understand the importance of project management and learn to differentiate between product and project management. They develop an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the project manager, the various aspects of the project environment, and the importance of developing a quality project team. In addition, they become familiar more...

Project Management: The Team This program teaches project leaders how to identify, assign, and document project team members' responsibilities and reporting relationships. In addition, participants learn about team-building activities that can enhance individual team members' performance and the overall success of a project. more...

Project Management: The Process In this program, project managers learn about the five steps in the project management process. They learn how to integrate considerations of project scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communication, and risk to complete a project successfully. more...

Business Writing: Creating Effective Proposals Business Writing: Creating Effective Proposals prepares participants to develop powerful proposals that effectively market an organization's products and services. Participants learn about two different types of proposals-letter and formal-and practice creating the major components of each. 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...

The Food and Beverage Industry Overview Version 2 ...human happiness than the discovery of a new star, says Anthelme Brillat-Savarin in his famous work, The Physiology of Taste. However, when leading food and beverage manufacturers introduce more than 15,000 new products every year with an average success rate of only 25 , such happiness can be fleeting. Few industries have as much pressure placed upon them as the food and beverage industry - more...

The Insurance Industry Overview Version 2 ...hard to manage their own 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 more...

Project Human Resources Management Simulation ...nd implementation of the tools and techniques for project human resources management. The Project Human Resources Management Simulation is designed to help project managers better manage their project's staffing needs. Over the course of the simulation, participants will practice a series of human resource management skills, encompassing the objectives of creating a Responsibility Assignment more...

Implementing Project Human Resource Management ...e building a project team through obtaining the necessary human resources, developing team competencies, and monitoring performance to boost project performance. Project Human Resource Management is concerned with acquiring, cultivating, and overseeing human resources on projects. This course focuses on the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs of acquiring, developing, and managing a more...

Elements of Project Human Resource Management ...his requires that project managers understand the Project Human Resource Management processes of planning, selecting, developing, and managing a project team. Such an understanding enables project managers to lead the project team to project completion and success. This course will emphasize the importance of Project Human Resource Management to project performance. It will cover the basic more...

Program Planning The planning phase in PMI's PMBOK is considered one of the most important phases; without a properly defined plan your projects have a much greater chance of not succeeding. This assumption can also be made for program management; however, with program management, an entire program can fail, which could include several projects. The cost and loss of benefits that are associated with a failed more...

Project Management Professional Human Resources Management ...Human Resource Management, is the seventh of eleven courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to recognize the impact of organizational structures on project management, identify the five key barriers to collaboration and identify appropriate strategies for selecting project personnel. The Prime-Project Management Professional curriculum introduces more...

The Foundations of Creativity and Innovation ...vation. Of course, creativity is not a "dry" subject. The human mind must be stimulated, excited, and nurtured to produce creative thinking. In short, people need the right climate and culture for creativity and innovation to flourish. Starting with an examination of the barriers to fostering a creat This course is for anyone who wants to be more creative and innovative at work. This includes more...

Making Telephone Calls Count Whether you handle one call a day, or dozens, you have the power to make every call count. Is the service you deliver to your customers over the telephone merely satisfactory, or is it superior? When challenges present themselves, how well do you handle yourself? What do your actions say about your company? You may think telephone interactions are all simple and straightforward. The customer more...

What Is Emotional Intelligence ...esearch shows that IQ provides, at best, a narrow view of human intelligence. Factors such as self-awareness, impulse control, persistence, zeal, self-motivation, empathy, and social deftness contribute greatly to an individual's success. These qualities, termed "emotional intelligence," often determine if people excel in life, relationships, and the workplace. In this course, you'll learn more more...

Performance Appraisal Simulation Consider your last performance appraisal. Was it a positive experience? Did it give you a clear idea of which areas you performed well in and which areas required more attention? And what about afterward? Did your manager continue to provide you with feedback all throughout the year? Or are you still waiting until your next evaluation to see how you've performed? Contrary to the experience of many more...

Reviewing Performance Appraisal interviews are the culmination of the ongoing performance appraisal process. The first part of this process begins with modeling an effective performance discussion. Then, when a manager actually knows what he is aiming for, he can use this knowledge to plan and conduct a really worthwhile, efficient performance meeting. Appraisal meetings aren't always easy encounters, even when they more...

Continuous Performance Assessment This course shows you how to make performance appraisal a continuous process. The first stage of continuous performance assessment is planning. Appraisal must be linked to performance goals that matter, and these goals need to encompass both the organization and the individual before a performance plan can be agreed on by appraiser and appraisee. Even with conventional roles and relationships this more...

Addressing Problem Performance Simulation You're the head writer for The Jackie Lewis Show, a TV talk show on a basic cable channel. The six other writers and the writers assistant report to you. Unfortunately, several of these workers have become problem performers of one type or another. As their supervisor, you will need to inform them of these problem performance issues as well as facilitate improved performance using various methods, more...

Averting Problem Performance Simulation You're the head writer for The Jackie Lewis Show, a TV talk show on a basic cable channel. The six other writers for the show report to you. Recently, one of these writers resigned, so you need to hire a replacement. You will need to avoid hiring a problem performer by selecting the right person. Once you select that person, you'll need to communicate job requirements and provide resources in more...

Preventing Problem Performance Obviously, one of the starting points for managing problem performance is to prevent it from becoming so. This is a general part of effective management, focusing on those aspects of the managerial task specific to preventing problem performance. This means employing an effective selection procedure that is based on an accurate identification of the job requirements, and then using the first more...

Leading Silent Generation and Baby Boom Workers The two eldest generations of employees working today have unique needs and habits. Their experience and value sets are markedly different. Silent and baby boom generation workers cooperate well in some respects, but are capable of taking very different approaches to work-related issues. This course covers definitional material and applied management techniques concerning members of the silent and more...

Leading Generations X and Next This course deals with the characteristics and needs of the two youngest generations in the work force--Generations X and Next. These two generations have quite different attitudes toward work and career development. The first lesson identifies the needs of younger people with regard to their unique position in modern markets, desire for flexibility, desired work rewards, and career development more...

Cross-generational Workers in the 21st Century This course deals with preparing the work force generations (silent generation, baby boomers, Generation X, and Generation Next) for the workplace of the 21st century. The course's first lesson identifies the contributions each generational group makes to the workplace today. Contributions will center on the concepts of outlook, work ethic, and preferred leadership style. The second lesson in the more...

Succession Planning and Human Resources ...o conduct succession planning, how will you determine the human resources that you need? This course answers this question and other human resource issues. You will learn how to assess present and future needs as part of the succession planning process. For these two assessments, you will learn how to identify key positions, determine work requirements, and assess individual performance or more...

About 360-Degree Performance Feedback Are you ready for a change in the way your company evaluates and develops its management staff? Perhaps you are dissatisfied with the effectiveness of your current efforts to help your managers work to their potential? The 360-degree performance feedback process may be the solution to your needs. Although the use of 360-degree feedback is relatively new (approximately ten years old), public, more...

Elements of a 360-degree Performance Review Are you familiar with the elements of the 360-degree performance review process? Are your participants familiar with them? Implementing a 360-degree performance review within your organization is a large undertaking; however, with proper preparation of your participants, the resulting feedback is far more likely to be accurate and useful. Failure to consider the crucial elements of the review more...

Delivering 360-Degree Performance Feedback Are you familiar with how to give 360-degree performance feedback? Do you know how to make 360-degree feedback meaningful? The effective delivery of 360-degree performance feedback can make or break your performance review program. You can ensure that performance feedback is effective when you, or your company, use good interviewing techniques, conduct an effective performance interview, and more...

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

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 ...ing in harnassing an organizations's intellectual and human assests. The course covers the importance of a clear and effective strategy in successfully implementing an e-learning solution, the need to link the strategy to organizational business goals, and pointers that direct translating the strategy into an action plan. Professionals who need guidance and the tools necessary to 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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 you more...

Compensating Employees HRCI PHR ...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 ...jectives. This course prepares learners interested in the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI) Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) Certification. The content in this course is based on the Workforce Planning and Employment functional area of the HR Body of Knowledge recommended by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Due to the rapidly changing nature of the law, 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 ...HR professionals and management who are preparing for the Human Resource Certification Institute's Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification examination.The content in this course is based on the Strategic Management and the Human Resource Development functional areas of the HR Body of Knowledge recommended by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Due to the 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 ...s HR professionals and managers who are preparing for the Human Resource Certification Institute's Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification examination.The content in this course is based on the Employee and Labor Relations functional area of the HR Body of Knowledge recommended by the Society for Human Resource Managemen Human resources managers; leaders and professionals more...

Strategic Approaches to Risk Management HRCI SPHR ...HR professionals and management who are preparing for the Human Resource Certification Institute's Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification examination.The content in this course is based on the Risk Management functional area of the HR Body of Knowledge recommended by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Due to the rapidly changing nature of the law, information more...

EEO and Affirmative Action HRCI PHR ...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 ...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 ...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...

Employee Relations HRCI PHR ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 you more...

Recruitment and Selection HRCI PHR ...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 ...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...