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What Inexperienced Homebuyers MUST Know Before They Buy a Home A Trump U Course-If you ever plan to buy a house this course can save you money, time and aggravation. This course will give you expert instruction, including video tutorials that can save you thousands and position you for success and security in your personal real estate investments. Students may complete this course within a reasonable period of time. Contact Hours give an indication of how  more...

Financial Basics for Non-financial Managers Course description -- This course helps a non-financial manager make sense of the terms and concepts that are used in managing the financial aspects of a business. It explains basic financial structure and discusses the financial information you must have to run a business. You will learn how to read financial reports and understand the purpose and limitations of each. You will also get tools and  more...

Executive-to-employee Communication Strategies ...ing that your employees are scared of you because of your position. As an executive who is concerned about your organization, it is up to you to gather feedback from your working level employees and to build trusting relationships throughout the organization. This course offers suggestions and techniques for building up the communication highway between you and your employees. You will learn  more...

Managing Yourself : Strengthening your Position as Leader The last few decades have seen a revolution in the way businesses operate. It's no longer enough for today's manager to simply understand how to organise, plan and control resources. Companies now recognise that their people are their most precious asset. And as their staff has become more aware of their rights as individuals, managers have had to respond. Today's manager needs leadership skills.  more...

Problem Solving ...ms effectively No matter what job you do, or how senior a position you hold, one thing is certain - you will regularly be confronted with problems that have to be solved. This course will enable you to use a combination of analytical and creative skills to solve problems using a simple step by step process that can be used in any problem situation. By using a systematic approach to solving  more...

Windmaster Case Study 4: Portfolio Analysis Competing in the business world isn't a peaceful game. Companies are fighting to win; to build new levels of competitive advantage; to secure customers, market share and profits. The winners rarely succeed by accident. They develop strategies and strategic plans and hire people who can face strategic dilemmas and make tough decisions. This course introduces you to portfolio analysis as means of  more...

Microsoft Access for Windows 95 Fundamentals This multimedia self-paced learning course will instruct you on working with Microsoft Access for Windows 95. The unique Skill Builder instruction uses text, voice, questioning, practice, quizzes and multiple study paths to create a learning environment that enhances your enjoyment and comprehension. Preassessment testing in the beginning of each unit will allow you to have a personalized study  more...

Microsoft Office 2000 - Advanced FrontPage To provide advanced users of FrontPage 2000 with skills in using navigation, themes, frames, forms, and databases on a web site Anyone wishing to become familiar with FrontPage 2000 or needing to create professional-standard Internet or intranet sites quickly and easily; students who wish to become certified as a Microsoft Office Specialist  more...

Inbound Call Centers People Management Inbound call centers are often the only link between a company and its customers. As a call center manager, you want to hire agents with special customer service "genes." Good call center agents do a better job on the telephone, are happier with their work, and genuinely enjoy helping customers. This course will help you staff your call center with the right people for the job. You'll learn how to  more...

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  more...

Consulting with the Internal Client Simulation ...it at Millennium is expanding and you are interested in a position within that group. It won't be given to you though; you have to interview for it. If hired, you will have to practice your research, diagnostic, and presentation skills while working on an assignment. This simulation will help you learn and master these skills. The simulation is broken up into five scenarios, each at a different  more...

Diagnosing and Planning ...ective diagnosis. They help you to evaluate the strategic position of the client organization, which is vital. To deliver solutions that are relevant and appropriate to the client's particular business, you must have a knowledge of the organization. Each organization is unique: there are different people and different challenges. One size does not fit all. You cannot respond to each and every  more...

Establishing a Relationship with Internal Clients Even if your clients are internal to your organization, you still need to spend time getting to know them, and understanding what it is they require from you. When you are dealing with internal clients, there may be a temptation to think you know everything about them, and about the project. This course will stop you from making that mistake. It will enable you to understand your clients' needs  more...

Customer Support Specialist Simulation ...ts. You are a recent hire. An added challenge to your new position is that you have been assigned to work the graveyard shift. Your challenge is to figure out how to handle dealing with angry, difficult, and demanding phone customers before stress gets the best of you. This simulation is based on the SkillSoft series "HDI - Customer Support Specialist" and contains links to the following  more...

Project Management for Non-Project Managers Simulation ...position of authority within a project team increases as the employee gains experience and tenure. Yet experience alone is seldom sufficient to guarantee a smooth transition. Success is dependent upon a number of management and leadership skills that potential project managers must quickly come to master if they hope to fulfill upper management's expectations. The simulation Project Management  more...

Preparing to Negotiate Know Your Game Position ...Position, is the third of eleven courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to identify the stages in clarifying goals, identify the importance of flexibility and underlying interests, assess your position by posing questions and perform a step-by-step analysis of your position. The Negotiation Strategies curriculum helps today's busy professional identify  more...

Preparing to Negotiate Know the Opposing Position ...Position, is the fourth of eleven courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to assess your opponents before a negotiation and identify what to research to achieve a desired outcome from a negotiation. The Negotiation Strategies curriculum helps today's busy professional identify and implement proven methods for moving from conflict to resolution as  more...

Developing Fundamental Critical Thinking Skills ... 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 Critical Thinking  more...

Giving Feedback to Colleagues Everyone needs good quality feedback in order to improve performance at work. In this course, you will discover how to provide effective feedback to colleagues at the same level as yourself, and to those above you, in the hierarchy of the organization. You will also learn how to deal effectively with challenging situations. In addition to considering the effectiveness of feedback, you will learn a  more...

Preparing a Business Case Why put time and effort into preparing, writing, and presenting a business case for new projects? Why not just talk to the manager and get his approval for the project? The answers to these questions lie in the fact that organizational budgets for new projects are typically very tight and, as such, your project will be competing against other projects for funding. Without a written business case,  more...

Talent Management Knowing Talent This course explains what talent is and how it differs from skills and knowledge. It also introduces the process of talent management and compares this process with traditional processes. Finally, it covers the importance of recognizing and retaining talent. This course is for HR professionals and managers within a company responsible for managing and developing employees.  more...

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

Effective Mentoring ...o "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 learn how to  more...

Management Development for Technical Professionals ...position, certain personal and professional traits will be necessary when you make that move. In addition to the skills you have as a technical professional, you need to develop the skills of effective managers. This course will assist you in a self-assessment process that is essential to your efforts to become an effective manager. You will analyze the traits and skills you currently possess.  more...

Communication Skills for Successful Management Effective communication is a crucial component of your success as a manager. As a technical professional, you developed various communication skills that helped you to succeed. But, as a manager, you will need additional communication skills to be effective. This course will examine various aspects of successful communication strategies and skills. You will analyze the strategies of nonverbal  more...

Transitioning From Technical Professional to Management ...positions as technical professionals to management, certain professional traits and skills are necessary. Effective communication skills, efficient strategies, and managerial competencies must all be mastered and continuously honed. The Transitioning from Technical Professional to Management Simulation will provide participants with the opportunity to develop these and other skills as they  more...

Leading Generations X and Next ...s the needs of younger people with regard to their unique position in modern markets, desire for flexibility, desired work rewards, and career development opportunities. The second lesson focuses closely on Generation X. This generation's work traits, personality traits, and potential workplace conflicts are examined. A separate "threaded" topic shows a Gen X employee's behavior in a protracted  more...

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

Succession Planning Management So, you have a succession plan and you've identified some problems. What do you do now? By taking this course, you will learn how to establish a leadership and talent development program that will ensure your succession plan achieves its goals. You will also learn how to overcome some common challenges that management teams face when trying to find the right people for a position. Since succession  more...

Managing in a Global Business Environment Companies now face intense competition all around the globe. In this challenging environment companies seek to adopt strategies that sustain their business growth. As a result organizations are changing the way they conduct and operate their businesses, transforming themselves in order to cope with these demanding circumstances. For today's business managers the need to comprehend these strategic  more...

Managing Cross-Functions Today, managers need to address the complex problems and challenges of the current global business environment. Managers must now rely upon other divisions, departments, or functions in order to allocate resources, prioritize their staff time, and cooperate with each other. This requires that managers develop a degree of systems thinking where managers operate in a large interconnected system of  more...

Managing For High Performance Managers today must deal with a myriad of business challenges. Often they must rely on their best personnel to get them out of a jam. But do they have the necessary skills and strategies for managing these key people? This course will examine what organizations need to do to ensure that they attract high performers, how they allow this talent to thrive, and, most importantly, how to avoid losing  more...

Managing Managers Senior managers provide a vital connection between organizational leadership and frontline management. They oversee the development of the organization's goals and its achievement. In addition, they must also manage relationships, both across the organization and across functions. While they are the voice of top management, they are also expected to deal with their own line managers to ensure that  more...

Managing Upward Relationships Managing upward relationships is the art of consciously improving collaboration with superiors so that subordinate managers can reap the best personal and organizational results. Managers share the responsibility for managing the relationship with the top management and Board of Directors of the company. Taking advantage of that responsibility will strengthen motivation, productivity, and overall  more...

Coaching Skills ...the coachee's situation; only by establishing the present position of the coachee are you able to move forward. Additionally, the coach must control the conversation proactively, for example, knowing what questions to ask rather than providing answers. This course is for anyone in an organization who has a role in improving the performance of their co-workers, keeping in mind the fact coaching  more...

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

Sustaining Competitive Advantage ...ir strength around three key strategic areas: competitive positioning, core competence, and talent. By focusing on these strategic approaches, this course demonstrates how competitive advantage can be created, grown, and sustained in a company. Those in management who are engaged in or preparing for a more strategic role in business. This includes senior executives, operations managers,  more...

Pricing for Profitability Nothing can be more harmful to the success of your new product or service than incorrect pricing and other financial projections In this course, you will not only learn how to gather pertinent revenue and expense information to help you price your product, but also how to determine your objectives and policies to correctly position your product in its market niche. You'll examine three methods and  more...

Marketing Management ...er. What are the expectations you and others have of this position? What skills do you need? How do you put together a marketing team? How do you lead that team to success? How can you tell if you're doing a good job? In this course you'll look at marketing management from top to bottom--starting from the basic skills you need as a marketing manager, through creating a multifunctional marketing  more...

Principles of Marketing Writing a Marketing Plan Principles of Marketing: Writing a Marketing Plan offers the student an overview of the elements of a marketing plan, covers the processes used to develop marketing objectives and strategies, and covers how to create a marketing plan. The program also details how to write, present, execute, and evaluate a marketing plan. Managers, supervisors, and executives who can influence the marketing and  more...

Introduction to Product Management Do you have an abiding interest in planning, forecasting, and marketing a product or product line? Are you new to the field of product management? Or have you just been hired as a product manager? In this course, you'll learn strategies and techniques to help you build a foundation for understanding product management. First, you will explore the fundamentals of product management. Specifically,  more...

Antitrust--Overview Antitrust laws legislate against business practices that undermine competitiveness or are considered to be unfair. The term "antitrust" derives from U.S. legislation that was originally formulated to combat business trusts--now commonly known as cartels. There are three major federal antitrust laws: the Sherman Antitrust Act, the Clayton Act, and the Federal Trade Commission Act. Essentially,  more...

Getting Started with Director 8 0 The Getting Started with Director 8 WBT is meant for end users who are familiar with the Windows Graphic User Interface. The course introduces the audience to Director 8, its features, and how to use these features to create movies. End users who are familiar with the Windows Graphical User Interface  more...

Working with Cascading Style Sheets in Dreamweaver 8 To create and use Cascading Style Sheets in Dreamweaver 8 The will be web professionals; end users and home users wishing to create effective Internet or intranet sites quickly and easily; Macromedia Flash 8 developers using Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 to create web pages; individuals wishing to obtain the Dreamweaver 8 Developer certification  more...

Data Manipulation in C This course introduces students to the data manipulation features of C . In addition to understanding stream and file handling in C , the students are introduced to the role of preprocessor in C . Programmers and Application Developers who have experience in programming using a structured language like Fortran and Pascal constitute the primary audience for this curriculum. This curriculum would  more...

Windows 2000 - Internet and Extranet Security To enable students to design inbound and outbound Internet security solutions and secure partner access to network and to provide an overview of PKI and enable students to design PKI security solutions Students preparing for Microsoft exam 70-220; personnel in medium to very large computing environments that use the Windows 2000 network operating system  more...

Evaluating e-Commerce Options This course is intended for students who wish to consider some of the costs as well as the potential benefits of e-commerce. A survey of e-commerce strategies and an overview containing implementation descriptions will help the student better understand the basis of costs associated with e-commerce. This course is intended for Managers and technical staff who are in a position to provide  more...

e-Commerce Security This course is intended for students who wish to consider the impact of security issues on e-commerce implementation. This course is intended for Managers and technical staff who are in a position to provide e-commerce security recommendations to executives.  more...

e-Commerce Implementation Issues This course provides the learner with information and case studies highlighting the issues associated with E-commerce Implementation. This course is intended for Managers and technical staff who are in a position to provide e-commerce recommendations to executives.  more...

Building an e-Commerce Business Case This course provides the learner with information which addresses the relationship between costs and benefits. This course is intended for Managers and technical staff who are in a position to provide e-commerce recommendations to executives.  more...

How to Build a Computer Network This WestNet e-Learning module reviews the major concepts presented in this course and shows how they work together in several real-world situations. You will also learn how one local area network (LAN) connects to another, with particular attention to Internet connectivity.  more...

Oracle 11i Procure-to-Pay Fundamentals Part 3 This course provides an understanding of the Procure-to-Pay cycle and key implementation issues in Oracle Purchasing, iProcurement and Payables applications. This course covers creation and security of documents. This course will prepare student's to make basic implementation decisions involved in launching the Procure-to-Pay process. Learners will learn how these applications fit into Oracle's  more...

Home Networking with Windows XP Home networking is becoming increasingly important with the proliferation of PC home ownership, advancements in telecommunications technology and increase in teleworking and home business. Windows XP facilitates easy setup of a small network. This course introduces the concept of home networking, the technologies involved and the various possible topologies. It then covers planning and setup of a  more...

Developing Diagrams with Visio 2003 To demonstrate how to add and modify text and shapes End users, office personnel at all levels, and anyone wishing to become familiar with Visio 2003  more...

Microsoft Word 97 Intermediate This highly interactive CBT contains five units that cover basic Word skills. Through step-by-step instruction within a realistic simulation of Microsoft Word 97, students learn how to work with styles and graphics, merge documents, share Word document information with other programs, and use Word to create a Web site. Performance-based Pre- and Post-Assessments create a custom path for each  more...

Microsoft Word 97 Advanced This highly interactive CBT contains six units that cover advanced Word skills. Through step-by-step instruction within a realistic simulation of Microsoft Word 97, students learn how to work with larger documents and collaborate with others working on the same document, arrange text and text objects, create and modify charts and forms, and customize the Word environment. Performance-based Pre-  more...

Microsoft Word 2000 Advanced This highly interactive CBT contains six units that cover advanced Word skills. Through step-by-step instruction within a realistic simulation of Microsoft Word 2000, students learn how to work with larger documents and collaborate with others working on the same document, arrange text and text objects, create and modify charts and forms, and customize the Word environment. Performance-based Pre-  more...

Advanced Project Leadership: Navigating Corporate Structures Advanced Project Leadership: Navigating Corporate Structures teaches the project managers how to understand the corporate environment in particular as it relates to high-profile projects. First you will learn how to identify different types of stakeholders and how they may influence the project. You will learn how to deal with stakeholders a Hidden Agendasa . You will also learn about project  more...

Java 2: Building a Graphical User Interface This course provides an overview of the java.awt package and its important classes such as Component Container Panel and Graphics. The course covers the Graphical User Interface (GUI) components such as the label the button the check box and so on. In addition you will examine the layout manager and the different layouts in detail. Finally you will learn to position the components in the client  more...

Interviewing Skills: Conducting an Interview In Interviewing Skills: Conducting an Interview participants are provided with step-by-step guidance for interviewing candidates researching their references evaluating candidates and choosing among them objectively and appropriately following up with both the chosen candidate as well as those not offered the position. Participants also learn how to handle difficult candidates.  more...

Brand Management: Building Brand Equity Brand Management: Building Brand Equity explains how brand management affects other functions in an organization how marketing mix components can help build brand equity and how to position a brand effectively in the marketplace. The program also details the stages for developing brand equity the benefits brand equity provides and the importance of maintaining brand equity.  more...

Cross-Functional Teams: Selecting Cross-Functional Team Members Cross-Functional Teams: Selecting Cross-Functional Team Members 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  more...