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Team Management - Leading Teams
...ill learn about the selection of a team leader, what team leaders need to know, and what constitutes a team. You will also learn about the traits and roles of an effective team leader are, team communication, and how to hold effective team meetings. The user is given 1 year access to this course. You may complete it as quickly as you care to, however be diligent to understand and apply the new
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Leadership and Teamwork
...Leadership & Teamwork introduces novice leaders and managers to the leadership styles and management approaches that are effective in today s working environment. It helps them assess their leadership qualities, strengths and weaknesses, and understand how teams work, interact and grow so they can manage their team from co-existence to collaboration, from inception to high performance. This
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Success Strategies Training Program for Management & Leadership
...tively and efficiently implement a system of Management & Leadership Success Strategies for your organization.
In the 21st Century, and its global economy, the skill of successful managers and leaders is vitally important to an organization`s longevity and success. Whether you are in the service or production business, this course provides a proactive method of effective and efficient success
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Preventing Sexual Harassment for Leaders



...Leaders have a particular responsibility in preventing sexual harassment, and this course spells out just exactly what their role is. They will be given critical information to tell them what the law expects and direction on how to meet these legal requirements. The course provides tools and tips for promoting a harassment-free environment, and suggestions on how to set a positive example for
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Problem Solving Through Productive Thinking
...leaders - whether in management positions or on the front line - is the ability to see the root of problems and quickly enact effective solutions. This series will pass on some of the skills and tips that will help you to better identify problems, find their causes, and get their solutions under way.The student will have access to this course for 1 year. This self-directed course can be
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How To Master Performance Management



...he single greatest challenge facing supervisors and other leaders in today's competitive and fast-paced organizations. Learn how to maximize the contributions of each employee by setting effective goals, monitoring accomplishments, recognizing achievements, and disciplining or redirecting those who are not meeting performance requirements. IMPORTANT NOTE: INTERNET EXPLORER (IE) BROWSER REQUIRED
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Comprehensive Leadership Training
...leadership. The course looks at Leadership from different conceptual perspectives giving it a wide-ranging base. This course is meant for working people in leadership positions and for those who are about to enter into positions with leadership responsibilities.
Welcome to our Comprehensive Leadership Training Course There is such a dearth of good leaders everywhere that they are the best paid
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5S TRAINING
...shed trainer and coach to managers, supervisors, and team leaders in operational settings. He gains instant credibility because he has actually ?been there, done that.? He brings a wealth of real-time experience to his training and consulting projects. He has presented to national audiences at several conferences, trade shows, and symposiums. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS How long will it take me
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Leadership and Teamwork
...Leadership And Teamwork Leadership & Teamwork introduces novice leaders and managers to the leadership styles and management approaches that are effective in today?s working environment.
It helps them assess their leadership qualities, strengths and weaknesses, and understand how teams work, interact and grow so they can manage their team from co-existence to collaboration, from inception to
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Applying Leadership Basics



...Leadership Basics provides the fundamental skills for leading a group: defining the task, establishing a vision, gaining commitment, and building relationships. It tells you how and when to use various leadership styles and gives smart techniques to help leaders direct the efforts of others. The Strategies and Tips in this module teach you how to foster innovation, provide appropriate
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Conducting Performance Reviews



...ews are one of the most challenging responsibilities that leaders have, and this course will walk you through the process step by step and help you avoid many common pitfalls. There are ways to get the employee involved in the review process, and techniques to use in the performance discussion itself. Youa ll be given techniques for dealing with challenging situations and responses, and
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Creating a Strong Leadership Team



... This course delivers the key elements of how to create a leadership team that is a model for the rest of the organization. The Strategies and Tips are practical tools and methods to create and maintain a shared vision, define roles and responsibilities, and determine mutual goals and priorities. Key Points also include techniques for avoiding power struggles and resolving issues to keep
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Dealing With Violence In The Workplace



Course description -- More often than we care to admit, society and the workplace are becoming more violent. This course has tools and methods to help the manager or supervisor recognize potentially violent situations before they need attention, and then to take positive action to avoid or eliminate the potential problem. There is a wide array of techniques to help leaders use communication,
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How To Master Leadership



...onal effectiveness lie in the capabilities of a company's leadership. This bundle includes those fundamentals of effective leadership that will have the greatest impact on performance. Whether applying essential motivational principles or developing a strategic plan, your organization's leaders will find solid, best-practices guidance in this bundle. IMPORTANT NOTE: INTERNET EXPLORER (IE)
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Improving Your Image
...assured images they do? Probably not. Like other powerful leaders in business, government, and the military, they likely received training in how to project, how to impress, how to lead. A confident, positive self image is no less crucial to putting your career on the fast track. This course, "Improving Your Image," will teach you how to develop such an image. First, you will be given tips for
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Improving Your Image
Critical Thinking Skills for Managing
...arts the concepts and skills that can transform competent leaders into discerning situation analysts, focused problem solvers, and powerful decision makers. The course offers analysis methodology that will sharpen managerial ability through all the stages of the critical thinking process; situation assessment, problem solving, and decision making. Leaders will learn how to hone their issue
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The Food and Beverage Industry Overview Version 2
"The discovery of a new dish does more for 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
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Facilitative Leadership
Have you worked in this organization? You don't explain what you're doing because people will steal your ideas. It's best just to go along with whatever the majority wants, even if you can see some real problems down the road. No one will take responsibility for the results unless they're good, then everyone takes a share. If you've experienced any of these situations and want to make some
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Increasing Emotional Intelligence
...e to interact effectively with co-workers. The successful leaders and managers around you outshine others because of their stellar people skills. Most people believe that emotions are automatic responses that they have no control over. Few realize that their emotions are determined by what they think, and that concrete techniques exist for gaining control of their feelings. This course will
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Planning an Effective Business Meeting
...h time is spent in them. A recent survey of 2000 business leaders indicated that managers spend over fifty percent of their time in meetings. That same study indicated that managers felt that about one third of those meetings were unproductive. This course will present you with information that will help you improve the quality of your meetings. It will help you develop strategies necessary for
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Leading without Authority
...aving little authority, take it upon themselves to become leaders nonetheless. Becoming a leader, and getting results, without authority is especially important in today's corporate culture, where middle management and the concept of seniority are being replaced by a flat organization structure and intense competition. Such an environment makes the need for leadership skills especially crucial.
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Leading High-performance On-site Teams
...tion strategies. In the early stages of team development, leaders must set up structures and processes that support the development of these team characteristics. This course offers strategies for leading an on-site team during the first two stages of team development--forming and storming. It outlines steps for defining a project and offers strategies for gaining commitment and building trust
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Leading High-performance Virtual Teams
...cessity. Leading virtual teams presents new challenges to leaders and managers. Virtual team leaders must find ways to successfully manage people who are separated by distance, time zones, and cultural differences. This course offers a framework for successfully leading virtual teams. It addresses some of the primary concerns managers, team leaders, and team members have about virtual teams:
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Six Sigma Projects and Project Teams
...leaders are people who do the right thing," says Warren Bennis, Ph.D. in his book "On Becoming a Leader." Champions are leaders. Selecting the right Six Sigma projects and the right people, and leading them to achieve business goals, is vital to the leadership of Champions. This course deals with these important roles of Champions. It also provides Champions with a toolkit to measure and
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Six Sigma Team Leadership
... profitable and sustainable business. The development and leadership of an effective team is critical if these outcomes are to be achieved. An effective Six Sigma team comprises the right people using their skills in collaboration with each other to address the needs of the customer and the project. This course provides potential team leaders with strategies for selecting the right team members
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Creating a Business Execution Culture
... business execution culture starts with an organization's leaders and trickles down to virtually every level of the company. This course contains powerful information to help you create an execution culture in your organization. Whether you're a senior manager or the manager of a small business unit, you can do your part to create an execution culture in your company. One lesson explores the
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Dynamics of Leadership
...an anyone, regardless of company status, be a leader? Yes Leaders can be found at all levels in the work force. When you're learning how to lead, is it possible also to be responsible for discovering new future leaders? You bet it is. Even though you aren't in management, do you have the power to influence someone to change his behavior? Again, the answer is yes. In this course, you'll learn
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Recognizing a Leader
...s and roles of effective managers and those of successful leaders. You'll discover what some of those key differences are by studying the traits and qualities of leaders, including information on how true leaders find the time to lead and what employees expect from their leaders. Additionally, you'll get a chance to explore your leadership style and gain awareness of your strengths and
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Coaching Performance
...uss and begin talking about disciplinary action. However, leaders take a different approach. A leader would take the time to coach Barry and find out what's really going on--perhaps determining that three weeks of training wasn't quite enough. Or perhaps discovering that Barry's mother died recently and he's struggling to concentrate. Or offering to find a mentor for Barry until the situation
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Leadership and Change
...nute to think of people whom you consider to be exemplary leaders--people who led their organizations to greatness. What are the events or actions that led you to believe these leaders were exemplary? Was it the development of a new product, the revival of a failing business, or perhaps the start-up of an entrepreneurial venture? People who become leaders are individuals who triumph during
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The Model Leader
...Leaders...know how to dance the old dance. We all grew up in traditional organizations with conventional leader and role models. Now the music has changed. We don't know the new steps and there are not footprints on the floor." Peter R. Schools' words accurately reflect the challenges of leading today. You have to be able to develop a diverse team that can achieve optimum performance. You have
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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
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Executive Level Leadership - Leadership and Communication
Executive Level Leadership: Leadership and Communication addresses how leaders learn, test, and use information. In addition, this program covers how to evaluate a leader's performance and how to address key issues that cause performance problems. This program also addresses the marketplace, governmental, and internal variables that affect daily operations.
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Executive Level Leadership - Becoming an Executive Leader
...Leadership: Becoming an Executive Leader offers the student an overview of executive leadership roles and how power and politics affect an organization. This program also explains the importance of developing an organizational vision and the need for executives to understand the types of business focus that impact their industry. In addition, it emphasizes the importance of developing a
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Supply Chain Management Using Models

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This series is designed for managers, supervisors, team leaders, and project managers who are involved with supply chain management within their organization or need to understand the basics of supply chain management. It is also appropriate for those involved with logistics, sourcing, warehouse and transportation management, and operations.
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Oracle Designer 6i First Class Design Generation

... audiences for this course are Business Analysts; Project Leaders; Designer/Developers; Web Application Developers; Data Administrators, and Database Administrators. Participants should have taken the first part in this series Oracle Designer 6i: First Class Analysis (course 61414). Deployment Options Internet / Intranet, Download, LAN, Workstation Accreditation NASBA credits: 4 CPE
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Oracle Designer 6i First Class Analysis

...audiences for this course are: Business Analysts; Project Leaders; Designer/Developers; Web Application Developers; Data Administrators, and Database Administrators. There are no prerequisites for this course. T otal Learning Time 6 - 8 Hour(s) Course Contents Unit 1: Oracle Designer: Introduction Duration: 2 - 3 Hour(s) Identify the phases of the development life cycle.
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Sales Management Building a Championship Sales Team

...udience for this series is new sales managers, sales team leaders, or current sales managers who want to improve their management skills. This series is also recommended for marketing managers who participate in sales development programs. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total
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Essentials of Business Law Employment Law

...scrimination. Audience Managers, supervisors, or team leaders who want to gain a basic knowledge of Business Law and how to apply it in a working business environment. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Agency Laws
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Sales Management Leading a Sales Team

...udience for this series is new sales managers, sales team leaders, or current sales managers who want to improve their management skills. This series is also recommended for marketing managers who participate in sales development programs. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total
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Sales Management Motivating Sales Teams to Win

...udience for this series is new sales managers, sales team leaders, or current sales managers who want to improve their management skills. This series is also recommended for marketing managers who participate in sales development programs. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total
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Essentials of Business Law The Legal Environment

...ility issues. Audience Managers, supervisors, or team leaders who want to gain a basic knowledge of Business Law and how to apply it in a working business environment. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Business Law
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Strategic Management Establishing Strategic Focus

...p decision-making process. Audience Managers and team leaders that want to understand and apply strategic management concepts. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Purpose of Strategic Management (0.5 - 1 hour)
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Strategic Management Analyzing Strategic Options

... corporate-level strategy. Audience Managers and team leaders who are responsible for analyzing strategic business options. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Defining Strategic Analysis (0.5 - 1 hour)
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Strategic Management Developing a Successful Process

...ctive monitoring provides. Audience Managers and team leaders that are responsible developing a strategic business plan. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Understanding Strategic Management Essentials (0.5 - 1
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Quality Management The Quality Management Process

...al customers. Audience Managers, supervisors, or team leaders who need to learn how to implement quality measures in order to increase quality within their organization. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1:
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Quality Management Quality Management Tools

...ity diagrams. Audience Managers, supervisors, or team leaders who need to learn how to implement quality measures in order to increase quality within their organization. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Tools to
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Managing Business Risk Developing a Risk Management Plan

... Audience The target audience for this program is Team Leaders, Directors, and Managers. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Evolution of Risk Management (0.5 - 1 hour) Identify the
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Managing Business Risk Risk Assessment Control

... Audience The target audience for this program is Team Leaders, Directors, Managers, Department Heads. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Risk Identification (0.5 - 1 hour) Identify
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Managing Business Risk Financing Contingency Planning

... Audience The target audience for this program is Team Leaders, Directors, Managers, Department Heads. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Risk Financing Methods (0.5 - 1 hour) Identify the
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Word 2000 Fundamentals

... of text. Set tabs for the selected text. Set tabs with leaders to the selected text. Set indentation options for a selected paragraph. Create a list. Save a document. Send a saved Word document using e-mail. Save a document with a different name to a different folder. Save a document as a Web page. Access help on a specified subject by using the Office Assistant. Identify the
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Quality Management Business Process Improvement

... be measured. Audience Managers, supervisors, or team leaders who need to learn how to implement quality measures in order to increase quality within their organization. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit1: Preparing
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Diversity Managing Diversity in the Workplace

...leaders, supervisors, and managers examine the impact of diversity and culture on individuals and organizations. They learn how to analyze and use models and skills for leading people toward using diversity as a source of competitive advantage. Learn To: Define diversity and its different facets. Identify business benefits of leveraging diversity. Identify aspects of culture that
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Self Development Developing Rapport Through Communication

...Kathy Fuller, one of Icon's veteran Customer Service team leaders. As a new Sales Team Leader, you are trying to build strong working relationships with some of the established leaders of the department. In order to achieve a good relationship with Kathy, you will need to adapt to her while communicating, encourage her to communicate with you, handle any conflict that may arise, and ask for
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WebSphere MQ Integration Message Broker

... The audience will be comprised of architects, project leaders, senior level programmers and IT managers from both IBM customer and business partner organizations. Students will often not work directly with the product, but rather will be involved in evaluating and planning the product. A basic knowledge of WebSphere MQ is mandatory. Knowledge of database basics and IT infrastructure would
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Creativity Innovation Promoting Team Creativity

...cision. Audience This program is for managers or team leaders who want to learn how to develop creative teams and conduct creative team sessions. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Organizing Creative Teams (0.5 - 1
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Economics The Principles of Economics

... This course is aimed at Managers, Directors, and Project Leaders. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Introduction to Economics and the Economy (1 - 2 hours) State the economic
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Economics Basic Concepts in Microeconomics

... This course is aimed at Managers, Directors, and Project Leaders. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Market Behavior (1 - 2 hours) Plot the effects of changes in price on a demand
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Economics Products and Markets

... This course is aimed at Managers, Directors, and Project Leaders. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Producer Decision-Making (1 - 2 hours) Identify different forms of business
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Economics Foundations of Macroeconomics

... This course is aimed at Managers, Directors, and Project Leaders. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Issues in Macroeconomics (0.5 - 1 hour) Explain how unemployment is measured.
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Emotional Intelligence Developing Emotional Intelligence Skills

...ivate and resolve conflict. Audience Managers, team leaders, and project managers who want to understand emotional intelligence and how it applies to the organization. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits PDU credits: 3 PDUs CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours
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Emotional Intelligence Applying Emotional Intell in the Workplace

...t an overview of the use of Emotional Intelligence from a leadership perspective and provides a process for applying Emotional Intelligence in everyday interactions with team members and employees. The program covers how the process can be applied in various situations, including motivating, resolving conflict, maximizing team and employee performance, and conducting interviews. Learn To
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Emotional Intelligence Emotional Intelligence for Executives

...otions, explains the use of Emotional Intelligence from a leadership perspective, and provides a process for applying Emotional Intelligence in everyday interactions with employees. The program covers how the process can be applied in various situations, including motivating, resolving conflict, and maximizing team and employee performance. Additionally, the program provides guidelines for
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Advanced Interpersonal Communication Comm to Build a Positive Culture

...ou will meet with Terrance Martin and Melissa Brown, team leaders in the Market Research department of Icon. The Industrial Services and Manufacturing Division is redefining their culture and has asked for input and suggestions from each department. As the manager of the Market Research department, you need to lead this meeting and identify areas of the culture that can be changed or improved.
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Communicating w Difficult People Working with Difficult Employees

...rect process. Audience Managers, facilitators, team leaders, and professionals who need to handle situations with difficult employees, co-workers, or superiors. Deployment Options Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits PDU credits: 3 PDUs CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit
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Communicating w Difficult People Handling Difficult Co-Workers

...n successful. Audience Managers, facilitators, team leaders, and professionals who want to identify, cope with, and resolve difficult behavior with co-workers. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits PDU credits: 3 PDUs CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options UK English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours
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Organizational Communication The Fundamentals

...ropriate situations for motivational methods, and develop leadership habits. Learn To Apply guidelines for effective communication. Identify common characteristics of organizations. Identify functions of organizational communication. Plan the organization and communication lines of a new division. Apply McGregor's Theory Y when establishing a new division. Match
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Organizational Communication Communicating in the Workplace

...ng electronically. Audience Managers, employees, team leaders, or team members who need to learn how to communicate more effectively at work. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Communication Flow and Organizational
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Organizational Communication Managing Communication

... of communication. Audience Managers, employees, team leaders, or team members who need to learn how to communicate more effectively at work. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Context, Stress, and Communication
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Excellence in Service Creating an Exceptional Service Environment

...stomer service provider. Audience: Supervisors, team leaders, and managers who want to learn how to establish service standards and build a customer service team. Deployment: e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: .2 CEUs Language Options: US English Total Learning Time: 2 hours Objectives: Unit 1: Create a Customer Service
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Excellence in Service Establishing Service Standards

...nitor service standards. Audience: Supervisors, team leaders, and managers who want to learn how to establish service standards and build a customer service team. Deployment: e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: .2 CEUs Language Options: US English Total Learning Time: 2 hours Objectives: Unit 1: Understanding Customer
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Excellence in Service Building a Customer Service Team

... individual preferences. Audience: Supervisors, team leaders, and managers who want to learn how to establish service standards and build a customer service team. Deployment: e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: .2 CEUs Language Options: US English Total Learning Time: 2 hours Objectives: Unit 1: Staff Your Service Team
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Excellence in Service Building Lasting Customer Relationships

... four stages of loyalty. Audience: Supervisors, team leaders, and managers who want to learn how to establish service standards and build a customer service team. Deployment: e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: .2 CEUs Language Options: US English Total Learning Time: 2 hours Objectives: Unit 1: Understanding Value (0.5
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Interviewing Skills Preparing for an Interview

...can include business owners, executives, recruiters, team leaders, human resource staff, team leaders, new and experienced managers, and any individual responsible for interviewing and selecting employees. It is recommended that individuals take the first course in the series or have equivalent knowledge.
Deployment:
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NASBA credits: 2 CPE
CEU credits: 0.20
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Interviewing Skills Conducting an Interview

...can include business owners, executives, recruiters, team leaders, human resource staff, team leaders, new and experienced managers, and any individual responsible for interviewing and selecting employees. It is recommended that individuals take the first two courses in the series or have equivalent knowledge.
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NASBA credits: 2 CPE
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Interviewing Skills Laws Governing the Interview Process

...can include business owners, executives, recruiters, team leaders, human resource staff, team leaders, new and experienced managers, and any individual responsible for interviewing and selecting employees. It is recommended that individuals take the first three courses in the series or have equivalent knowledge
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Recruiting Retention Staffing Your Organization

...oyment laws. Audience Managers, supervisors, and team leaders who are involved in the recruiting process or in the process of making sure employees remain satisfied in their positions. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives
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Recruiting Retention Internet Recruiting

...ch strategy. Audience Managers, supervisors, and team leaders who are involved in the recruiting process or in the process of making sure employees remain satisfied in their positions. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives
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Recruiting Retention Keeping Your Good Employees

...ing process. Audience Managers, supervisors, and team leaders who are involved in the recruiting process or in the process of making sure employees remain satisfied in their positions. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives
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Leadership Development Leading the Way

...Leadership Development: Leading the Way helps you develop an understanding of the characteristics a leader should possess. You will use your leadership skills to unite followers and successfully complete an expansion project for your organization. Learn To Understand the difference between managers and leaders. Develop important
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Leading the Way Learning to Lead

...o your followers, and how different situations can affect leadership. You will learn the traits and abilities that make individuals effective leaders, as well as leadership pitfalls to avoid. In addition, you will learn interpersonal skills that can help you motivate and empower your followers. You will also learn different types of power strategies, how to set attainable goals, and strategies
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Managerial Leadership Creating a Vision

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

...e for HR Managers, HR Directors, Executive Managers, Team Leaders, Facilitators, and Project Managers. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Starting Up a Succession Plan (1 - 2 hours) Identify
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Succession Planning Successors Plan Evaluation Planning Tools

...e for HR Managers, HR Directors, Executive Managers, Team Leaders, Facilitators, and Project Managers. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Developing Successors (0.5 - 1 hour) Identify your
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Women in Leadership Leadership Roles Styles

...Leadership: Leadership Roles and Styles, you will learn about characteristics of the old and new constructs of leadership and business, such as the role gender has played in shaping leadership. In addition, you will learn the steps you should follow when addressing barriers to women's leadership, as well as the process for encouraging leadership growth in others. Learn To
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Women in Leadership Becoming a Leader

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

...Leadership: Developing a Leadership Path, you will learn the steps for balancing your personal life and professional life, such as how to match your responsibilities to your priorities. In addition, you will learn the guidelines for relating to co-workers of the opposite gender, as well as the guidelines for recovering from career derailment. Learn To Identify
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Strategic Decision Making Making the Right Decision

...experiences. Audience Managers, Supervisors, and Team Leaders, with responsibilities for decision-making or strategic planning in their company. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Generating Options (0.5 - 1 hour)
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Strategic Decision Making Advanced Decision Making

...ng pitfalls. Audience Managers, supervisors, and team leaders, with responsibilities for decision-making or strategic planning in their company. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Managing Complex Decisions (0.5 - 1
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Conducting Meetings Managing a Meeting

... Recognize the different types of meeting leaders. Know the characteristics of an effective meeting leader. Simulation Overview: In this simulation, you will be meeting with Janet Porter to discuss the process for managing a meeting. Through your questions, you will identify who should lead meetings, the
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Managing the Expert Understanding Experts

...ience for this series is managers, directors, and project leaders. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Recruiting and Retaining Experts (0.5 - 1 hour) Identify ways to assess an expert's skills.
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Managing the Expert Developing a Successful Environment

...ience for this series is managers, directors, and project leaders. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Approaches for Managing Experts (0.5 - 1 hour) Match management strategies with their
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Managing the Expert Managing the Unique Needs of Experts

...ience for this series is managers, directors, and project leaders. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Expert Attitudes (0.5 - 1 hour) Identify the guidelines for treating experts with
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Negotiating Preparing for a Negotiation

...e logistics of a negotiation. Audience Managers, team leaders, and professionals who are responsible for negotiating on behalf of their organizations. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits PDU credits: 3 PDUs CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1:
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Negotiating The Negotiation Process

...ng a challenging negotiation. Audience Managers, team leaders, and professionals who are responsible for negotiating on behalf of their organization. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits PDU credits: 3 PDUs CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1:
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Managing Change Implementing the Change Process

... Simulation Overview: You will meet with two Team Leaders to discuss the new Customer Care Advocacy Program (CCAP) for Icon a a s Database Management Division. Your goal during this meeting is to effectively communicate the need for the new customer service program as well as gain support from the team leaders. Unit 2: The Change Vision (0.5 - 1.5 hours)
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Organizational Crisis Mgmt Anticipating Planning for Crises

...utive Managers, HR Managers, Communication Officers, Team Leaders, Facilitators, Sales Staff, CEOs, Project Managers, Team Leaders. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 3 hours Objectives Unit 1: Introduction to Organizational Crisis (0.5 - 1 hour)
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Organizational Crisis Mgmt Managing a Crisis

...utive Managers, HR Managers, Communication Officers, Team Leaders, Facilitators, Sales Staff, CEOs, Project Managers, Team Leaders. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 3 hours Objectives Unit 1: Management Challenges and Strategies (0.5 - 1 hour)
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Organizational Crisis Mgmt Resolving Crises in Organizations

...utive Managers, HR Managers, Communication Officers, Team Leaders, Facilitators, Sales Staff, CEOs, Project Managers, Team Leaders. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 3 hours Objectives Unit 1: Crisis Communication: Guidelines (0.5 - 1 hour)
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Project Management Essentials Planning a Project

...alysis form. Audience Managers, supervisors, and team leaders who have to manage projects and want to learn the basic principles needed to plan a project. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Defining the Project (0.5
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Project Management Project Scheduling Budgeting

...lable funds. Audience Managers, supervisors, and team leaders who have to manage projects and want to learn the basic principles needed to schedule and budget a project. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Developing
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Project Management Essentials Controlling Closing a Project

...g a project. Audience Managers, supervisors, and team leaders who have to manage projects and want to learn the basic principles needed to control and close a project. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Controlling
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Team Leadership Developing A High Peformance Team

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

...Leadership: Conducting Productive Team Meetings gives the student an overview of conducting meetings in a team setting and explains the development of meeting agendas. The program covers in detail the steps for developing agendas and conducting team meetings, the different types of meetings, and the guidelines for preventing ineffective team meetings. Learn To
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Team Leadership Promoting Your Team s Effectiveness

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

... Audience Project team members, team members, and team leaders who are interested in learning more about how project teams are created and how they function. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Project Teams (0.5 - 2
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Project Teams Applying Team Building Techniques

... Audience Project team members, team members, and team leaders who are interested in learning more about how project teams are created and how they function. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Individual
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Cross-Functional Teams Goal Setting in a Cross-Functional Team

...ction plan for a cross-functional team. Audience Team leaders, team members, and managers or supervisors who are interested in learning more about how cross-functional teams are created and how they operate. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4
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Cross-Functional Teams Selecting Cross-Functional Team Members

...s covers how to identify and select cross-functional team leaders and members and how to ensure cross-functional team success. The program also covers roles in cross-functional teams, how key stakeholders are important to the success of cross-functional teams, and the reasons that cross-functional team member/upper management relationship is important. In addition, the program touches on how to
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Cross-Functional Teams Cross-Functional Team Development

... for establishing a recognition system. Audience Team leaders, team members, and managers or supervisors who are interested in learning more about how cross-functional teams are created and how they operate. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4
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Essentials of Business Law Contract Law

...act is valid. Audience Managers, supervisors, or team leaders who want to gain a basic knowledge of Business Law and how to apply it in a working business environment. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Making
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Essentials of Business Law Cyberlaw

...elecommuters. Audience Managers, supervisors, or team leaders who want to gain a basic knowledge of Business Law and how to apply it in a working business environment. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Essentials
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WebSphere MQ Integration Message Broker

... The audience will be comprised of architects, project leaders, senior level programmers and IT managers from both IBM customer and business partner organizations. Students will often not work directly with the product, but rather will be involved in evaluating and planning the product. A basic knowledge of WebSphere MQ is mandatory. Knowledge of database basics and IT infrastructure would
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E-Business Technology Fundamentals Curriculum

...cope. Audience Executives, managers, and technical leaders who need to start e-business projects, but who do not have a background in e-business. Individuals who want to understand e-business (including the underlying technologies), designing building blocks, and products used to build solutions." No prerequisite knowledge of e-business technology is assumed. This curriculum is the
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E-Business Technology Fund Part 1 Architecture Building Blocks

...ir uses. Audience Executives, managers, and technical leaders who need to start e-business projects, but who do not have a background in e-business. Individuals who want to understand e-business (including the underlying technologies), designing building blocks, and products used to build solutions. No prerequisite knowledge of e-business technology is assumed. This course is the
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E-Business Technology Fund Part 2 e-Business Apps Technologies

...(HTML). Audience Executives, managers, and technical leaders who need to start e-business projects, but who do not have a background in e-business. Individuals who want to understand e-business (including the underlying technologies), designing building blocks, and products used to build solutions. No prerequisite knowledge of e-business technology is assumed. This course is the
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E-Business Technology Fund Part 3 Java Security Web Services Framework

...re V5.0. Audience Executives, managers, and technical leaders who need to start e-business projects, but who do not have a background in e-business. Individuals who want to understand e-business (including the underlying technologies), designing building blocks, and products used to build solutions. No prerequisite knowledge of e-business technology is assumed. This course is the
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Managerial Leadership Leading Through Change

...Leadership: Leading Through Change discusses the three phases of planned change and the importance of planning changes before implementing them. This program highlights the types of information employees need in order to understand the need for and accept organizational changes, as well as guidelines for motivating employees through a change process and a process for solving problems
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Managerial Leadership Motivating Employees

...Leadership: Motivating Employees offers the student an overview of the various roles leaders have in organizations, as well as how leaders can help employees discover and learn their roles in organizations. This program includes guidelines for helping employees align their goals with those of the organization, for evaluating employees' performance, and for motivating employees. In addition,
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Frontline Leadership Preparing to Lead

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

... motivators. Audience Managers, supervisors, and team leaders who have the authority to apply motivational techniques that will increase employee performance. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Measuring and
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Motivation Motivating Through Rewards Recognition

...ion program. Audience Managers, supervisors, and team leaders who have the authority to apply motivational techniques that will increase employee performance. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Rewards, Recognition,
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Motivation Empowering to Increase Motivation

...d employees. Audience Managers, supervisors, and team leaders who have the authority to apply motivational techniques that will increase employee performance. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Empowerment in the
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Executive Level Leadership Becoming an Executive Leader

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

...Leadership: Change and the Executive Leader addresses the change process, ways to identify resistance to change, and how to overcome that resistance. In addition, this program covers trust-building methods, power-sharing techniques, and how to keep employees informed during the change process. This program also covers pitfalls to avoid during the change process. Learn To
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Executive Level Leadership Leadership Communication

...Leadership: Leadership and Communication addresses how leaders learn, test, and use information. In addition, this program covers how to evaluate a leader's performance and how to address key issues that cause performance problems. This program also addresses the marketplace, governmental, and internal variables that affect daily operations. Learn To Identify
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Succession Planning Elements Approaches

...e for HR Managers, HR Directors, Executive Managers, Team Leaders, Facilitators, and Project Managers. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Introduction to Succession Planning (0.5 - 1 hour)
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Negotiating Advanced Negotiation Tactics

...hically during a negotiation. Audience Managers, team leaders, and professionals who are responsible for negotiating on behalf of their organizations. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits PDU credits: 3 PDUs CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1:
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Mentoring Implementing a Formal Mentoring Program

...elationship. Audience Managers, supervisors, and team leaders who have the authority to develop mentoring programs or serve as mentors to other employees. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1: Learning the Mentoring
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Mentoring Developing Your Mentoring Skills

...ing mentees. Audience Managers, supervisors, and team leaders who have the authority to develop mentoring programs or serve as mentors to other employees. Deployment Options e-Learning Accreditation NASBA credits: 3 CPE Credits CEU credits: 0.30 CEUs Language Options French, Japanese, US English Total Learning Time 2 to 4 hours Objectives Unit 1:
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Organizational Behavior Organizational Group Dynamics

...oup and have invited them to your office to coach them as leaders. Unit 2: Organizational Processes (0.5 - 1 hour) Match the primary communication styles with their characteristics. Effectively communicate with a collaborator. Sequence the steps in the decision-making process. Lead a group to make a
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Moving from Technical Professional to Mgr Series Managing Personnel

...leadership and team management. It begins with some guidelines and tactics for effective leadership before teaching how to get the best results from your team through development, training and conflict management. Finally, it looks at how to improve communication skills as well as how to avoid stress and job burnout. Learn To: Identify three leadership behavior patterns adopted to
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Supply Chain Management Principles and Concepts

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This series is designed for managers, supervisors, team leaders, and project managers who are involved with supply chain management within their organization or need to understand the basics of supply chain management. It is also appropriate for those involved with logistics, sourcing, warehouse and transportation management, and operations.
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Supply Chain Management Building a Sustained Competitive Advantage

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This series is designed for managers, supervisors, team leaders, and project managers who are involved with supply chain management within their organization or need to understand the basics of supply chain management. It is also appropriate for those involved with logistics, sourcing, warehouse and transportation management, and operations.
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Advanced Six Sigma Leading Six Sigma Deployment

...udience for this course is primarily Six Sigma deployment leaders, such as managers and executives who might be new to Six Sigma and need to know what organization-wide deployment entails, as well as executives who want to revitalize Six Sigma in organizations that have already adopted it. The audience can include suppliers and/or customers who may become involved in joint Six Sigma projects
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Implementing an Organization-wide Mentoring Program
Would a mentoring program give your employees the extra edge they need to succeed? In this course, you'll learn about the purposes, advantages, and procedures involved in developing a mentoring program. You'll examine the program coordinator's role and the guidelines that should be in place before the program begins. You'll learn about selecting and matching mentors and proteges and motivating
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Framing the Problem
When you frame a picture, you intend for the viewer to examine everything within that border. Problem framing is similar in that you must not only consider what objectively makes up the problem itself but also what subjective tendencies influence your view of the situation. This course is designed to help you effectively frame problems so that you're sure your line of sight is aimed straight
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The Process of Globalizing a Product or Service
Actually going global takes both planning and doing. In this course, you'll learn about the three major steps you need to cover to globalize a product or service. First, pick the right geographic location for your corporate goals and create a good plan for globalizing the product or service you're working with. Then "globalize" your product or service and let the world know you're open for
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Launching Successful On-site and Virtual Teams
One factor that defines team success is the way in which a team is launched. Quickly moving an on-site or a virtual team into high-performance mode takes planning, strategizing, and a seamless launch. In this course, you'll learn techniques for setting up a successful team that can be applied to an on-site or a virtual environment. First, you'll learn strategies for selecting high-performing team
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Facilitating On-site and Virtual Teams
Knowing how to facilitate maturing on-site and virtual teams is critical, because it is at this time that teams typically reach peak performance. Mature teams begin to perform independently, and it's important that the leader's role changes to that of a facilitator. This course will cover the facilitation of on-site and virtual teams as teams mature. It will introduce the development stages of
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Identifying Your Customer s Expectations
Customers have expectations of all the companies with which they transact business. These expectations may be predominantly unspoken but, all the same, they have a strong influence on how your company, its employees, products, and services are perceived. In the first lesson of this course, you'll be shown what characteristics customers want to see demonstrated, what external influences generate
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Using Surveys to Measure Customer Satisfaction
If you're lucky, your customers will complain when they are dissatisfied with your company's service. If you're not so lucky, they'll say nothing and just take their business elsewhere. It's essential that you keep your fingers on the pulse of customer opinion if you are to prevent them defecting to the competition. You need to measure customer satisfaction on a regular basis, and this course will
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Bridge The Expectations Gap
You have to be prepared to walk a mile in their shoes to understand more fully what customers experience when they deal with your company. There's nothing more effective in emphasizing the gap between what you believe their experiences to be and their realities than thinking and acting like a customer. This course takes you through several processes for doing exactly that, and you'll be shown how
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Leading A Customer-Focused Team
The quality of your customer service is in the hands of the people who deliver it. As their leader it's your responsibility to give them the direction, resources, and support they need to succeed. This course shows you how to work with them to create a customer-focused environment that fulfills customers' expectations while still achieving corporate goals. The first lesson explains how to work
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Managing a Customer-focused Department Simulation
...ation is designed to help managers, supervisors, and team leaders motivate, manage, and support customer service staff. Over the course of the simulation, participants will practice a series of customer service management skills, encompassing the objectives of delivering the essentials of customer service, obtaining employee support, reviewing the service process, improving the service process,
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The Foundations of Creativity and Innovation
What is creativity, and how does it affect the brain? Why is it that people often have many of their best ideas once they leave work, when performing the most mundane tasks? Is this a coincidence, or is there a particular reason for it? As more and more organizations encourage employees to propose creative and innovative ideas in the workplace, it's imperative that you understand the foundations
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The Role of Critical Thinking in Organizations
In the organizational arena, applied critical thinking skills provide an essential foundation for all effective planning, problem-solving, and decision-making activities. Employees who can analyze and reason consistently and proficiently furnish a cost-efficient resource that results in a distinctive competitive advantage. Workers who are skeptical of quick fixes and operational dogma pay
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Developing Fundamental Critical Thinking Skills
You may not need an MBA to succeed in the corporate arena, but regardless of position or industry, you do need to be able to analyze, reason, and communicate effectively. These and other critical thinking skills are increasingly consequential as organizational planning and decision making become more distributed and reliant on written and verbal communication factors. Developing Fundamental
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Strategies for Facilitating Critical Thinking
Workplaces are not typically associated with reflection or critical self-reflection, ideas that are often considered 'soft' to the bottom-line, results-oriented world of business.... Yet, paradoxically, reflection is becoming more part of the lifeblood of organizations in today's economic environment. Victoria Marsick's words illustrate why businesses can no longer thrive on the unexamined
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Critical Thinking Skills for Managing
...arts the concepts and skills that can transform competent leaders into discerning situation analysts, focused problem solvers, and powerful decision makers. The course offers analysis methodology that will sharpen managerial ability through all the stages of the critical thinking process; situation assessment, problem solving, and decision making. Leaders will learn how to hone their issue
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Organizational Scope of Critical Thinking
In any complex environment systems are necessary, but they must serve an organization rather than become its masters. This is how Ralph S. Larsen, chairman and chief executive officer of Johnson & Johnson, describes both the need for systems and their inherent risk. Organizational systems, with complex and intricately interrelated components, demand the application of critical thinking to avoid
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Critical Thinking Strategies Simulation
You have recently been hired as the general manager at Retail Management Software (RMS). The company began as a small start-up company five years ago, developing software that helps retailers create, manage, and fulfill consumer demand. The founders and owners, Fred Chambers and Larry Busby, and their small team worked hard and developed great products. Recently, RMS' business has increased a
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Planning Effective Business Meetings
...h time is spent in them. A recent survey of 2000 business leaders indicated that managers spend over fifty percent of their time in meetings. That same study indicated that managers felt that about one third of those meetings were unproductive. This course will present you with information that will help you improve the quality of your meetings. It will help you develop strategies necessary for
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Leading Effective Business Meetings
Since there are more than 11 million meetings held every day in the United States, there is a good chance that your life is full of meetings. There is a general agreement among business professionals that most meetings are not well run. They often waste your time, drain your energy, seem to have no purpose, and bear few positive results. Are you tired of attending meetings like this? Are you tired
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Team Feedback A guide
Teamwork is playing an increasingly significant role in the majority of today's top companies. This is based on the assumption that working in teams leads to better business performance. In that case, you must ensure that team performance is managed effectively--feedback being of crucial importance. Feedback about how the team is performing, how individuals are contributing to the team's
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Effective Use of Feedback for Teams Simulation
Effective feedback is an essential element of successful teamwork. Periodic reviews and discussions of how the team is performing, how individuals are contributing to the team's performance, and how the team is being managed, are all vital to ensuring that the team continues to perform at peak level. As a team leader, your ability to give and receive feedback will seriously impact the
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Essentials of Electronic Communication
Everyone seems to be using e-mail lately--family members keeping in touch, university students submitting assignments, companies offering products for sale, and office workers carrying out their daily business tasks. Most e-mail users can improve their e-mail skills by learning more about the basic features and potentials of e-mail. Any business person will benefit from developing an understanding
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E-mail and Organizational Communication
E-mail is much more than sending information back and forth. This communication tool can change your entire organization. E-mail can affect how you communicate, where you work, what you do and even when you do it. This course will help you harness the power of e-mail and show you ways to optimize your e-mail use for maximum productivity and success. The target is individuals who use e-mail for
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E-mail as a Marketing Tool
How can you find new customers? How can you build stronger relationships with new and existing customers? How can you boost sales of your company's products and services? This course will provide you with useful strategies to help you incorporate electronic mail into your marketing approach. Learn how to communicate effectively with your customers through e-mail. You and your company will benefit
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What Is Emotional Intelligence
Does IQ determine your destiny? For years, that was an overriding belief. However, new behavioral research 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
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Emotional Intelligence at Work
What makes someone a top performer in the world of work? If you think high IQ, advanced degrees, analytical skills, and technical expertise are the answer, it's time to think again. Experts now agree that Emotional Intelligence often determines who will climb the corporate ladder and who will be passed over. Exciting new research shows that, unlike IQ, Emotional Intelligence can be developed and
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Teamwork and Emotional Intelligence
Elizabeth and Cassandra started with the same company at the same time in similar positions. Both were bright women. Both were at the top of the class at prestigious universities. Both had exceptional technical skills. Yet, after six months in the organization, Elizabeth seemed to be making a bigger impact and enjoying more success. She was friendly with members of her own department and knew many
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Increasing Your Emotional Intelligence
...e to interact effectively with co-workers. The successful leaders and managers around you outshine others because of their stellar people skills. Most people believe that emotions are automatic responses that they have no control over. Few realize that their emotions are determined by what they think, and that concrete techniques exist for gaining control of their feelings. This course will
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The Emotionally Intelligent Leader
...al intelligence to work is an emerging trend in corporate leadership. Developing the best talents in executives, managers, and others throughout the organization has become vital to corporate success. As a leader, you cannot rely upon your intellectual knowledge. You must have the interpersonal competence that comes with emotional intelligence. This course will guide you in developing your
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Leadership Without Authority
...aving little authority, take it upon themselves to become leaders nonetheless. Becoming a leader, and getting results, without authority is especially important in today's corporate culture, where middle management and the concept of seniority are being replaced by a flat organization structure and intense competition. Such an environment makes the need for leadership skills especially crucial.
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Effective Mentoring
... you want to "fast track" a rising star into a particular leadership position. Whatever the case, before you sign on as a mentor you'll want to learn all you can about the process, from how mentoring benefits you and your career to how you can best assist your protege. "Effective Mentoring" will help you get started on the right foot by establishing clear and realistic expectations. You'll
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The Mentoring Manager
Looking for ways to enhance your managing skills? In this course, you'll acquire expertise as a mentor that will benefit your employees, your organization, and your own career. You'll examine how mentoring differs from managing, and you'll brush up on essential communication skills. Finally, you'll learn to use mentoring to improve on team organization, dynamics, and performance. Managers,
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Managing the Expert Developing a Successful Environment
Managing the Expert: Developing a Successful Environment explains management strategies, incentive programs, and the challenges of maximizing experts' creative potential. It identifies the processes for designing and implementing expert-appropriate incentive programs, managing renegade creativity, and managing barriers to expert creativity. The target audience for this series is managers,
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Leadership Development for Technical Professionals
...echnical professional, this means evaluating your current leadership skills. It also includes the development of more refined managerial skills such as facilitation and conflict resolution in order to deal with work teams effectively and the problems that can arise in the work setting. This course will develop your abilities to plan and facilitate productive meetings, resolve conflicts, and
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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,
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Mentoring Strategies in the 21st Century
Current business trends--including acquisitions and reorganizations, emerging technology needs, and a changing work force--are all creating unique mentoring needs. This course addresses how mentoring strategies can benefit your organization in the current business climate. It explores the ways that mentoring can capitalize on gender, age, and cultural issues. Finally, it provides instruction on
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e-Mentoring
Rapid changes in the way organizations look and do business have generated a new business tool: e-Mentoring. Here's an opportunity to examine the challenges and advantages of e-Mentoring and explore how to adapt communication skills to electronic media. Learn how to grow and manage e-Mentoring relationships by effectively selecting and matching e-Mentors and proteges, developing trust, using
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Mentoring Essentials Simulation
You are a Team Leader for the Wireless Technology Group, a research department within The Research Company that focuses on collecting and analyzing data on wireless technologies. You are heading up a new research project that deals with forecasting advertising revenue for wireless communication tools over the next five years. While managing this project, you have also been assigned Tilly Newman, a
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Lead and Communicate Effectively as a New Manager
...leadership from their managers. Organizations, too, need their managers to be clear about their objectives, and how their teams can achieve them. As a new manager, it is important that you understand that leadership is about giving direction, but it is also crucial that you realize that it also involves trusting and empowering your staff. You will undoubtedly have been very good at your last
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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
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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
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Coaching for Business
Coaching is a vital component of any business that aims to be a winner in the new economy. However, unless coaches are clear in their own minds exactly what their function is, and why they are performing a coaching role, they may do more harm than good. Therefore, it is important to understand how coaching originated as a business tool, and the ways it impacted traditional managerial attitudes and
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Dynamics of Leadership
...an anyone, regardless of company status, be a leader? Yes Leaders can be found at all levels in the work force. When you're learning how to lead, is it possible also to be responsible for discovering new future leaders? You bet it is. Even though you aren't in management, do you have the power to influence someone to change his behavior? Again, the answer is yes. In this course, you'll learn
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Leading from the Front Line Simulation
...tworker, dealing with the issues that arise when informal leaders take the initiative and lead from the front line. As the Manager for the Customer Service Team for Cross & Witherson, Unlimited, you have been made aware of a growing problem with product returns. Using your management and persuasive skills, you must convince both your manager and your fellow co-workers of the value of exploring
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Attracting Developing and Retaining Generations
How can you create a work force that blends the skills and knowledge of all four contemporary generations? Members of the silent generation, baby boomers, Generation X, and Generation Next are attracted to companies for different reasons. They have a variety of developmental needs and are loyal for a variety of reasons. Managers, HR professionals, team leaders, department leads, and company
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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
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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
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Making Cross-generational Teams Work
Teams in the modern workplace may include members from as many as four different generations. For a team to work effectively, its manager must understand generational distinctions. Individual team members may subscribe to different values, practice different work habits, or seek different goals. Lessons in this course cover the benefits and challenges of teaming silent generation, baby boom
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Cross-generational Workers in the 21st Century
...ter on the concepts of outlook, work ethic, and preferred leadership style. The second lesson in the course focuses on the training needs of the generational groups that will foster their success in the workplace of the new century. The generational groups' learning styles will be tied into the training needs. The third and final lesson focuses specifically on the future: competing in the work
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Leading the Workforce Generations Simulation
The twenty-first century marks a new development in the workplace. Technology has changed the way we do business. We are faster, busier, and more knowledgeable. Not only do we have vast technological resources available to us; we are also the first to have personnel resources. The workforce today has seen and experienced the world change in different ways. It would not be uncommon for one worker
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Initiating a Succession Plan Simulation
Ulema, Inc. is a market research firm providing consulting, market analysis, strategic planning and technology forecasting services. The Ulema Reports Group (URG), a wholly owned subsidiary of Ulema, Inc., produces single and multi-client studies on fast-moving market sectors. The lifecycles for these studies are often as little as 6 months to one year from the start of development, so in order
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Team Leadership Developing A High-Performance Team
...Leadership: Developing a High-Performance Team gives the student an overview of the uses of teams in the corporate world and explains the creation and leadership of effective teams. The program covers how to choose the right type of team, steps for developing a team communication process, the team leader's responsibilities, and guidelines to help the team leader maintain a high-performance
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Team Leadership Conducting Productive Team Meetings
...Leadership: Conducting Productive Team Meetings gives the student an overview of conducting meetings in a team setting and explains the development of meeting agendas. The program covers in detail the steps for developing agendas and conducting team meetings, the different types of meetings, and the guidelines for preventing ineffective team meetings. Managers and team leaders who want to
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Team Leadership Promoting Your Team s Effectiveness
...Leadership: Promoting Your Team's Effectiveness offers the student an overview of how to set goals, prevent team ineffectiveness, and measure individual and team performance. The program covers in detail the steps for setting effective goals, the steps for measuring team and individual performance, and the advantages and negative effects of diversity. Managers and team leaders who are
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Successful Coaching Relationships
Coaching is a set of practical skills and a style of relating that develop the potential of both the individual being coached and the coach. For this development to take place, there must be a working relationship between a coach and a willing coachee, a relationship based on mutual trust, respect, commitment and confidentiality. Within this collaborative framework, the coach uses a repertoire of
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Key Stages in Coaching
Coaching has many uses in organizations, and the sequence of coaching activities is similar in all of them. This course will involve learners in the continuous process of discovery, goal setting, action planning, and follow-up that distinguishes coaching from other development methods. This course is for anyone in an organization who has a role in improving the performance of co-workers, keeping
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Coaching Skills
At its simplest, a coaching session is a conversation, a dialog between coach and coachee, and so all coaching interventions depend totally on communication. Within that simplicity however, are layers of subtle interaction, which a coachee needs to be aware of, alert to what both "sides" of the conversation are actually communicating--verbally, visually, and vocally. The first requirement for a
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Mindsets Emotions and Coaching
What makes coachees receptive to your advice? What makes them willing to listen? Much of your success depends on the mindset, moods, and emotions of the people you coach. If they are feeling negative about the coaching experience or overcome with anxiety about poor workplace performance, they are unlikely to be receptive--no matter how valuable your insight may be. Getting in tune with your
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Coaching Trends
When is a good time to coach? And what is the business case for coaching? Is coaching just another popular fad, or can organizations really benefit from it? Every coach should be aware of the strategic uses of coaching: the organizational benefits that are offered, how coaching can be used to help coachees deal with positive and negative change, and ways of coaching innovators and mavericks. What
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Coach with Confidence Simulation
Dulce Confections is known for its innovative management style. You are a food scientist responsible for developing new, or improving existing, candy lines based on marketing specifications. Unsatisfied with simply following written specifications, you keep in close contact with the marketing managers and occasionally speak directly to focus group participants to clarify vague and subjective
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Coaching Personalities and Teams Simulation
You are a marketing manager for Dulce Confections, a leading maker of chocolates and other fine candies. Due to changing consumer tastes and an increase in the average age of Dulce's core customer, the company is anxious to change the dated packaging on its flagship candy bar, the Dulce bar. The challenge of the repackaging initiative is to appeal to a younger demographic while not alienating the
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Delegation Basics
Do you feel that there are just not enough hours in the day? Are you always striving to keep ahead of the paperwork that litters your desk? Perhaps it is time to consider sharing some of those tasks with your skilled employees. As you progress through this "Delegation Basics" course in the "Effective Delegation" series, you will discover what delegating is all about, what you need to do to prepare
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The Personal Approach in Delegation
Have you delegated tasks only to later find out that the task wasn't completed properly or that it wouldn't be completed on time? Perhaps you need to reevaluate your delegation skills. This course will help you work more effectively with employees in a delegation situation. As you progress through "The Personal Approach in Delegation" course in the "Effective Delegation" series, you will discover
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Managing the Delegated Environment
Do you want to increase your effectiveness as a delegator? Are you unsure of how much control and feedback you need to implement when delegating tasks? Then this course will help you achieve those goals. As you proceed through this "Managing the Delegated Environment" course in the "Effective Delegation" series, you will gain valuable insight into several areas including change management,
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Effective Delegation Simulation
In this simulation, the learner will assume first-time management responsibilities, serving as the department lead of a marketing team for First Things First--a manufacturer of child safety products. Working closely with three key employees, the learner will progress through the various stages of delegation, moving from assignment of tasks to overcoming delegation resistance. The simulation is
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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
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The Mark of a Leader
...s and roles of effective managers and those of successful leaders. You'll discover what some of those key differences are by studying the traits and qualities of leaders, including information on how true leaders find the time to lead and what employees expect from their leaders. Additionally, you'll get a chance to explore your leadership style and gain awareness of your strengths and
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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.
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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
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Communicating a Shared Vision
If you can dream it, you can do it. Walt Disney's words ring as true today as they did many years ago when they were first displayed above the Epcot Center. The importance of a vision cannot be denied. Neither can the importance of communicating that vision to the people responsible for supporting it. Communicating your vision gives purpose and meaning to the work that people do, and pursuing and
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Taking Systems Thinking into Your Personal Life
Have you tried to change a habit over and over only to face defeat again? Do you look at your relationships and see the same problems coming up and feel incapable of changing them? Does it feel like you're butting your head up against the same wall with no relief in sight? Using systems thinking in your personal life can be a new and effective way to tackle and change issues at their core. It is
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Globalization and Our Changing World
Globalization has become a foundation for most major corporations. This course provides you with a "big picture" view of globalization. You will be introduced to the trends that have opened the doors to a global economy and the factors that drive corporate globalization. You will also learn about the major trade agreements that pave the road to global commerce. Executives, managers, supervisors,
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Globalization and Your Company
This course will help you decide if globalization really makes sense for your product or service. You'll learn about the challenges of taking a product or service global, and ways to determine global readiness. You'll also explore business approaches for globalization, including the development of foreign operations. Executives, managers, supervisors, team leaders, and other business professionals
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Managing from a Global Viewpoint
The process of managing on a global scale requires a step up from domestic management. In this course, you'll learn what it takes to be a global manager or team leader. You'll start with establishing a global mind-set and learning about the attributes of a global manager. Then, you'll explore cross-cultural communication and ways to effectively support and work with a globally based team.
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Redesigning Your Organization Part 1
How do you implement systems thinking? How do you take what you've learned in theory and apply it to your organization? This course will walk you step by step through a planning process of designing an organizational system. You'll learn how to design your ideal organization, how to implement the design, and how to incorporate the learning of the new system so the entire team involved becomes a
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Redesigning Your Organization Part II
What do you do after you've created an idealized design for your organization? This course will provide you with the skills you'll need to successfully implement an idealized design in your organization. You'll study the groundwork for learning, including how to use adaptive learning and how to be an advocate for adaptive learning. You'll learn about democratic hierarchies, decision-making
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The Imperatives of Innovation and Leadership in Strategy
... markets for their products or services. However, without leadership, many of these innovations go unrealized, as not all managers have the leadership qualities that ensure success. This course focuses on preparing operational managers to appreciate the relationship between innovation and leadership. This path is for those in management who are engaging in or preparing for a more strategic role
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Six Sigma Team Leadership
... profitable and sustainable business. The development and leadership of an effective team is critical if these outcomes are to be achieved. An effective Six Sigma team comprises the right people using their skills in collaboration with each other to address the needs of the customer and the project. This course provides potential team leaders with strategies for selecting the right team members
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History of Organizational Improvement and the Foundations of Six Sigma
...ganizational improvement and the contributions of various leaders in the field of quality. This course examines the concepts of quality, customer satisfaction, and continuous improvement that are common among Six Sigma, the Total Quality Management movement, and continuous improvement. It also discusses the continuum among each of these business approaches. Finally, the course provides an
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Competitive Factors in Strategic Marketing
You've got a great idea for a new product or service for your organization, or a major enhancement for an existing one. Now you've got to present the case to the decision-makers to go forward. What kinds of topics should you include in your strategic marketing plan? In this course you'll learn exactly what to consider as you develop and present your plan, including market data and competitor
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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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Creating a Marketing Campaign
Your marketing plan has been approved Now you need to get the job done. How you execute your plan is as crucial as the plan itself. In this course, you'll learn about tactical marketing tools needed to put your plan into gear and create your marketing mix. These include branding, packaging, promotions, publicity, advertising and merchandising. Managers and team leaders with responsibility for
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Elements of Marketing Strategy
You want to develop a powerful, and well-documented marketing strategy in order to get your new product or service approved. This course is designed to give you a strong start in developing your marketing vision, direction, and ultimately a plan. You'll get an overview of the key factors encompassing the broad scope of strategic marketing. You'll be able to discuss cost structures and their
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Leadership
...Leadership is fundamental in driving quality in an organization. A good leader's actions and words filter down to all organizational levels to create a quality culture. The concepts of organizational leadership are built on a foundation of core business elements. A clear understanding of these elements is key in developing an organization's strategic plan and vision. These core elements
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Fundamentals of Microsoft Office Project 2007
The Fundamentals of Microsoft Office Project 2007 course introduces key concepts related to working with projects and tasks in Project 2007. The course also covers basic tasks related to assigning resources and creating project calendars. This course is designed for project managers, managers, supervisors, team leaders, or consultants who are actively involved in the project management activities
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Working with Microsoft Office Project 2007
The Working with Microsoft Office Project 2007 course covers how to manage tasks, resources, and calendars. This course covers the steps for setting tasks constraints and deadlines. In addition, this course covers the steps for outlining, linking, and splitting tasks. This course also covers the steps for allocating resources, monitoring resource allocations, leveling resources, and assigning
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Training and Facilitation: Facilitation Skills


MAXIM TRAINING A leader's job is to help their team become more effective. A leader's success lies in the team's success. The best leaders develop teams to succeed with or without them. This course explores a powerful approach to team development - facilitation - and the skills needed to make it work.
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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.
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Project Team Management Participating in a Project Team
Project Team Management: Participating in a Project Team offers the student information required to understand types of projects and project teams. The program covers guidelines for resolving conflict within a project team and for helping team members reach consensus. It also offers information on the personal responsibilities and communication skills needed to participate on a project team.
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Project Team Management Team Building Techniques
Project Team Management: Team Building Techniques offers the student information required to improve communication in a project team setting. The program covers guidelines for expressing yourself assertively, identifies team roles, and explains how to avoid common pitfalls in project team meetings. Project team members, team members, and team leaders who are interested in learning more about how
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Organizational Communication Communicating in the Workplace
Organizational Communication: Communicating in the Workplace is designed to help students understand how communication flows within an organization, how networks develop, and what roles individuals fulfill in an organization. The program also gives students guidelines for applying technology to organizational communication. By applying the guidelines, students will be able to communicate
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Organizational Communication Managing Communication
Organizational Communication: Managing Communication is designed to help students understand innovation and change, how environmental context affects communication, and how power and politics affect an organization. The program gives students guidelines for managing change, stress, conflict, and for empowering individuals. By applying the guidelines, students will be able to communicate
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Organizational Communication The Fundamentals
Organizational Communication: The Fundamentals gives the student a background in communication terms and organization basics. The program also gives the student guidelines for communicating effectively and motivating employees, as well as methods for overcoming barriers to organizational communication. By applying the provided guidelines, the student will be able to communicate effectively,
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Managing the Expert Understanding Experts
Managing the Expert: Understanding Experts explains recruiting and retaining highly skilled professionals, developing their careers, and coaching the expert for success. It identifies the processes for overcoming burnout, setting career goals, and leading performance evaluation meetings with experts. The target audience for this series is managers, directors, and project leaders.
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Managing the Expert Managing the Unique Needs of Experts
Managing the Expert: Managing the Unique Needs of Experts explains expert attitudes and behaviors. It identifies methods for managing power and politics in an expert environment and provides guidance for experts managing experts. The target audience for this series is managers, directors, and project leaders.
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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
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Managing Business Risk Developing a Risk Management Plan
Managing Business Risk: Developing a Risk Management Plan teaches learners about the various risk management models as well as factors that influence the risk management function in organizations. Students will also learn about the risk management environment that organizations face and the methods used to assess those risks. The target audience for this program is Team Leaders, Directors, and
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Managing Business Risk Risk Assessment and Control
Managing Business Risk: Risk Assessment and Control teaches learners about risk identification and environmental scanning. Students will also learn about evaluation and control of risk within organizations and the methods for classifying various organizational risks. The target audience for this program is Team Leaders, Directors, Managers, Department Heads.
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Managing Business Risk Part 3
Managing Business Risk: Financing and Contingency Planning teaches learners how to identify the dimensions of risk financing and to identify the various categories of risk financing tools. Students will also learn about the major responsibilities of contract management and the importance of developing a business contingency plan. The target audience for this program is Team Leaders, Directors,
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Quality Management The Quality Management Process
Quality Management: The Quality Management Process offers the student an overview of the fundamentals of quality management, the costs of quality, and how to achieve quality through customer orientation. The program also outlines how to achieve daily quality management, identify variation in processes, and control costs. Managers, supervisors, or team leaders who need to learn how to implement
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Quality Management Quality Management Tools
Quality Management: Quality Management Tools offers the student an overview of tools used to analyze a company's current performance and problem causes, as well as tools used to generate ideas and organize data. The program details the purposes of and steps for creating flow charts, check sheets, histograms, run charts, control charts, cause-and-effect diagrams, Pareto charts, scatter diagrams,
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Quality Management Business Process Improvement
Quality Management: Business Process Improvement offers the student an overview of how to prepare and implement quality changes. The program details how to select processes for improvement, assign a process manager, and establish a process improvement team. In addition, the program teaches the learner how to flowchart and streamline a process, as well as how to measure process performance.
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Diversity - Managing Diversity in the Workplace
Team leaders supervisors and managers examine the impact of diversity and culture on individuals and organizations. They learn how to analyze and use models and skills for leading people toward using diversity as a source of competitive advantage.
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Leading the Way - Learning to Lead
In "Leading the Way: Learning to Lead " you will learn what it means to be a leader how to relate to your followers and how different situations can affect leadership. You will learn the traits and abilities that make individuals effective leaders as well as leadership pitfalls to avoid. In addition you will learn interpersonal skills that can help you motivate and empower your followers. You
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