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Creating Outstanding Online Help Principles and Practice Software Industry
   If you have little or no experience in creating online help this course is for you. It includes instruction about basic principals and practices and allows the student to create an online help system outline with the assistance of a a side-by-sidea editor. NOTE: If you have experience as a Technical Writer - but not much creating online help - and are looking to enhance your skill set, another more...How To Master Sales Skills
 Course description -- The How to Master Sales Skills bundle will develop the most essential skills in sales personnel without extensive away-from-work classroom training. Based on fundamental best practices, these courses prepare new sales personnel to be effective. They create a common baseline set of processes for an entire sales organization, regardless of previous experience, to follow as more...How To Master Human Resources
...d supervisors facea sexual harassment, violence, and EEO practices. Use the lessons in this bundle to prevent or address workplace situations that must be handled sensitively in order to promote respect and avoid legal consequences. Also included is a course to assist your training and development professionals in transitioning from a traditional training role to that of business-oriented more...How To Master Leadership
Course description -- The secrets of organizational 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. more...Laboratory Audit Essentials
...ory has quality systems in place, follows good laboratory practices, and generates data of integrity and quality. This course can be completed as quickly as you care to, depending on how much time you can devote to it. Note that we have set a 90 day period with further extensions up to 6 months if needed. It is always a best practice to take your time and make sure that you understand each more...Export Practice Management
Course shows you the right steps to build a successful export operation. more...Strategic Planning and Management
This course provides a strong foundation and global perspective around the concepts and tools used for Strategic Planning and Management. more...Human Resource Management in the 21st Century
Human Resource Management in the 21st Century takes the participant from the traditional HR practices, to the focus on new and innovative HR practices of the 21st Century. more...21st Century Assertiveness and the Art of Persuasion
21st Century Assertiveness and the Art of Persuasion examines the cultural, environmental, and emotional aspects of Assertivesness and Persuasion and provides tips and tools to do both in today`s global economy. more...Sales Marketing in the 21st Century
Principles and practices of Sales & Marketing in the 21st Century are examined. more...21st Century Professional Networking
The value of professional networking in the 21st Century has grown in value, methods and applications. more...Venture Creation in the 21st Century
This course will examine business venture creation in a step by step process. more...The Impact of Micro and Macro Cultures in a Global Economy
This course will examine the dimensions of culture and its impact in todaya s global business environment. more...Search Engine Competency Assessment-Level 1 (SECA Basic Certification)
SECA Basic Certification covers skills built on a framework of current Search Engine Optimization theory and best practices. By passing SECA Level 1 you will demonstrate a reliable and validated measure of overall Search Engine Optimization performance, knowledge and skill sets. A successful passing grade entitles you to apply and receive a SECA Certificate from an Accredited State University. more...Teaching Math by the Numbers
Explores working with units smaller than one, real world math and problem solving skills, measurement and geometry, effective practices in solving basic algebraic equations, and issues and reflective thinking. more...
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Organisational Communication : Dealing with Authorities
...esources effectively to establish and ensure safe working practices. It will encourage you to promote a safe working environment with your team, and it will help you comply with your legal responsibilities for health and safety. Developing safety sense requires investment, but the payoff is the knowledge that you, your team and your customers are safe and sound. Developing safety sense requires more...Organisational Communication : Improving Safety
...rces effectively and to establish and ensure safe working practices. You'll see how you can reduce losses, by actively preventing accidents, investigating them when they do occur and using the information to improve the safety system even further. It will explain all areas of a safety audit and why they are important for an organisation. Developing safety sense requires investment, but the more...Equal Opportunities
The issues surrounding Equal Opportunities in the workplace are extremely important to management and staff in any organisation. It is a topical issue which is supported by legislation and everybody should be aware of the principles and practices involved. This course will raise your awareness of how equal opportunities applies to you as an individual or a manager in the workplace. more...Health and Safety
...practices at work makes good business sense. An unsafe, unhealthy work environment is dangerous, unpleasant and unproductive. It is important that employees should be aware that is their duty to: Take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and the people who may be affected by what they do and don't do. Comply with health and safety regulations applicable to their work area more...Effective Email Series: Policies and Procedures
More and more organisations are using e-mail for routine internal communication. While many see this as an improvement on previous methods and a more open and informal way of communicating, others see it as an attention-grabbing and invasive means of communication. There are some disadvantages to the use of e-mail, but they are generally outweighed by advantages. In order to protect IT systems and more...Grammar Skills: Writing Effective Sentences
In Grammar Skills: Writing Effective Sentences, participants acquire best practices for writing effective sentences. They learn to apply critical rules of agreement and optimize sentence structure. They learn to classify sentences according to their complexity, create parallel constructions, use the active voice, and avoid common writing pitfalls. more...Financial Management: Fundamental Accounting Concepts
In Financial Management: Fundamental Accounting Concepts, participants become familiar with basic accounting concepts and terms, enabling them to track business transactions that affect assets, liabilities, and owner's equity. They learn how use universal accounting tools-such as the general journal, general ledger, and trial balance-to ensure an organization follows sound accounting practices. more...The Art of Global Communication
Considering that communication is something you do every day, how many people actually stop to consider what is happening before they speak? Can you just talk without thinking too much about the target audience, the message to be communicated, and a host of other information? Communication is too important to be left to chance. The subtleties of language, expressions, and gestures all enrich the more...Sales Negotiations Fundamentals of Negotiation
...lly beneficial negotiation relationships, as well as best practices in improving your negotiation communication among new and existing business relationships. Additionally, you will learn how to prepare a strong foundation by exploring specific pre-negotiation steps that will leave you feeling confident and prepared for your next negotiation session. The target audience for this course is the more...ITIL The Service Desk and Incident Management
Organizations that provide IT services to internal or external customers need to provide excellent services to increase the quality of, and the profits for, the organization. The IT infrastructure library (ITIL) can help organizations achieve these goals. At the same time, ITIL can help organizations to increase external and internal customer satisfaction. The delivery and support of IT services more...Cross-selling in a Customer Service Call
If there's one advantage most companies have learned to appreciate in recent years, it's "flexibility". Technology, the economy, and global events have forced companies to cope with a host of new challenges by being flexible. Flexibility is a key factor in customer call centers. As a customer service agent (CSA), you handle dozens of calls a day, effectively helping customers by providing more...Customer Satisfaction Analysis and Implementation
What you get out of a well-designed customer satisfaction survey will depend largely on the power of the analytical tools you apply to the data and the effectiveness of actions taken based on the resulting information. Although the analysis itself is best conducted by your statistical team, you'll be able to use survey results more effectively if you understand how key analytical tools are more...Interacting with the Customer
Failing to realize the importance of customer service and effective complaint handling leads to increasingly dissatisfied customers. Organizations need to be able to address the needs of customers in an effective and efficient manner. This course is intended to show the proper procedures and processes needed to provide effective customer service: how to properly support a customer, how to overcome more...A Workable Solution for Internal Clients
...u deal with this? And how can you be so sure that working practices won't simply revert back once you're "off the scene?" You don't want to be seen as a "visitor" who simply recommends change and then lets others make it happen. This course will focus on decision-making tools and models, and how they can be used to improve your diagnosis. It will also deal with the crucial issue of change; how more...Effective Communication Skills
Effective communication is essential to the success of any customer-oriented business. Each customer will have their own style of communication as well as an emotional response to contacting a support center. In order to effectively communicate, the Customer Support Specialist (CSS) must understand how to adapt to these different styles and emotions before the customer's problems can be dealt more...The Customer Support Specialist CSS
It costs a business much more to acquire a new customer than it does to retain an existing one. So it makes sense that a business must do everything it can to support and satisfy existing customers. Handling complaints effectively and efficiently can result in increased customer loyalty. Today's Customer Support Specialists (CSS) and support centers have a vital role to play in ensuring customers' more...The Support Center Service
This course is intended to instruct the learner in the Help Desk Institute's (HDI) basic levels of service commitments and attitude. Best practices, personal accountability, enhancing the image of the organization, and the work environment are covered. Individuals interested in the Help Desk Institute's (HDI) Customer Support Specialist (CSS) certification more...An Introduction to Project Management PMBOK-Third Edition aligned
Imagine trying to control the unexpected and unpredictable through processes in such a way that you meet the cost, quality, and time expectations of all invested parties in order to accomplish a temporary endeavor. This is the mission of project management. Challenging? Yes. Impossible? No. All industries employ project managers to implement processes as a way to control business. In fact, the more...Communications Planning and Information Distribution
...d Information Distribution. They'll be introduced to best practices outlined in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) -Third Edition, published by the Project Management Institute (PMI ), Inc. Specifically, learners will be introduced to Project Communications Management, communication barriers, and techniques for improving communications i Experienced project managers who are more...Performance Reporting and Stakeholder Management
... and managing stakeholders. They'll be introduced to best practices outlined in "A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge" (PMBOK Guide) - Third Edition, published by the Project Management Institute (PMI ), Inc. Specifically, learners will be introduced to the performance reporting process and will learn to select examples of measures to describe the project team's progress, select more...Business Travel Safety Forming a Corporate Travel Safety Program
In "Business Travel Safety: Forming a Corporate Travel Safety Program," you will learn how to facilitate safe and efficient travel for employees. You will learn best practices for developing a corporate travel safety program, how to choose the best travel agency for your organization, and why it is important to prepare for emergencies before traveling. The target audience for this program is more...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 more...Enhancing Your Listening Skills
Have you ever been taken by surprise by an unexpected deadline? Have you ever left a meeting unsure about what was decided? Have you ever asked a supervisor for advice, only to later forget what your supervisor told you? You can avoid problems like these by using effective listening skills. Effective listening helps you to know what's going on in your organization, get cooperation from your more...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 more...Remote Manager Practices - Motivating Employees
In this course, you will learn the importance of setting effective goals for telecommuting employees. Additionally, you will learn how to use motivational techniques to keep telecommuting employees engaged, interested, and productive. The target audience for this course is new and experienced managers that are managing a telecommuting employee for the first time. more...Strategies for Transitioning into Management
Making a smooth transition from technical professional to management is critical to your success as a manager. You've already demonstrated your technical expertise; now you're ready to take that next step. In your new role as a manager, you'll use technology in different ways -- focusing on managing production, not production itself. This course outlines management tactics for becoming an more...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 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...Knowledge as Strategy Performance Improvement
In the 21st century--the Knowledge Age--corporations will see workers as intellectual capital. Workers themselves, rather than just information, will become the resources that allow organizations to respond quickly and effectively to rapid change. Learning is at the core of these demands--whether it's learning a new skill, knowing how to manage existing and new knowledge, or creating more...PrimeDiversity Management Be a Diversity Ambassador
This course provides learners with the tools to take diversity management into their own hands. General strategies for creating and maintaining a flexible work environment, as well as specific, easy-to-implement management activities to foster diversity at both the departmental and organizational level, are presented. Business leaders and managers who want to work more effectively with colleagues more...Employee Compensation HRCI PHR
The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including the theories and applications associated with effective compensation. As a human resources professional, you are responsible for helping to ensure that your company's workforce possesses the skills, knowledge and abilities to meet the current and more...Offers Contracts and Organizational Exit HRCI PHR
...ible for helping to ensure that your company's employment practices with regard to employment offers, contracts, and exits are fair and equitable, and that they comply with required regulations and recommended policies and practices. This course will help you prepare for the HRCI certification examinations in this area. All the topics in this course are based on the Workforce Planning and more...Affirmative Action and the EEO HRCI PHR
...ible for helping to ensure that your company's employment practices are fair and equitable, and that they comply with required regulations and recommended policies and practices. Toward that end, this course will help you prepare for the HRCI certification examinations in the areas of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. In the area of EEO, you will learn about the chief forms more...Employment Management HRCI PHR
...ible for helping to ensure that your company's employment practices are fair and equitable, and that they comply with required regulations and recommended policies and practices. Toward that end, this course will help you prepare for the HRCI certification examinations in the areas of federal anti-discrimination legislation and workforce management. In this course, you'll learn about more...Offers Contracts and Exit from the Organization HRCI PHR
...ible for helping to ensure that your company's employment practices with regard to employment offers, contracts, and exits are fair and equitable, and that they comply with required regulations and recommended policies and practices. This course will help you prepare for the HRCI certification examinations in this area. All the topics in this course are based on the Workforce Planning and more...Developing Human Resources HRCI PHR
The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including human resources development and performance management. As a human resources professional, you are responsible for helping to ensure that your company's employees have maximized their potential for growth and development. This course will help more...Compensating Employees HRCI PHR
The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including the theories and applications associated with effective compensation. As a human resources professional, you are responsible for helping to ensure that your company's workforce possesses the skills, knowledge and abilities to meet the current and more...EEO and Affirmative Action HRCI PHR
...ible for helping to ensure that your company's employment practices are fair and equitable, and that they comply with required regulations and recommended policies and practices. Toward that end, this course will help you prepare for the HRCI certification examinations in the areas of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. In the area of EEO, you will learn about the chief forms more...Sexual Harassment in the Workplace HRCI PHR
...ible for helping to ensure that your company's employment practices are fair and equitable, and that they comply with required regulations and recommended policies and practices. Toward that end, this course will help you prepare for the HRCI certification examinations in the area of sexual harassment. In this course, you'll learn about the many aspects of sexual harassment, the key types of more...Managing Employment HRCI PHR
...ible for helping to ensure that your company's employment practices are fair and equitable, and that they comply with required regulations and recommended policies and practices. Toward that end, this course will help you prepare for the HRCI certification examinations in the areas of federal anti-discrimination legislation and workforce management. In this course, you'll learn about more...Employee Relations HRCI PHR
...ly with required regulations and recommended policies and practices. Toward that end, this course will help you prepare for the HRCI certification examinations in the areas of employee relations, employee and individual rights and relations, and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) complaints. In the area of employment rights, you will learn about employee rights legislation, employer and labor more...Non-union Work Environments HRCI PHR
...ible for helping to ensure that your company's employment practices are in line with work rules of non-union environments and that employee issues are resolved in a legally defensible manner. Toward that end, this course will help you prepare for the HRCI certification examinations in the areas of work regulations and employee issue resolution. In the areas of work regulations, you will learn more...Union Work Environments HRCI PHR
...ible for helping to ensure that your company's employment practices are in line with work rules of union environments and that union-employer issues are resolved in a legally defensible manner. Toward that end, this course will help you prepare for the HRCI certification examinations in the areas of work regulations and employee issue resolution. This course will also help you understand union more...Employee Benefit Programs HRCI PHR
...nning and employment issues, including the work rules and practices that apply to employee benefit programs. As a human resources professional, you are responsible for helping to ensure that your company's practices comply with any legislation governing employee benefits and that the benefit programs are competitive enough to attract and retain employees. These are some of the topics you will more...Human Resource Development HRCI PHR
The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including human resources development and performance management. As a human resources professional, you are responsible for helping to ensure that your company's employees have maximized their potential for growth and development. This course will help more...Principles of Financial Statements
This course presents an overview of the principles of financial statements, introducing the learner to critical concepts and terminology necessary for understanding the rules impacting the presentation of numbers on financial statements, and the cash cycle of financial management. This course is targeted specifically for business managers, financial professionals, and other business professionals more...Getting Started--The Administrative Support Professional
The skills needed to fulfill the requirements of today's administrative support professionals are numerous. Day-to-day, they must be flexible as they work in an ever-changing business environment. They must use interpersonal skills that help them deal effectively with clients, visitors, and other office professionals. They must also manage their time effectively to function successfully. This more...Accounting Fundamentals
...n understanding and an accurate application of accounting practices are hallmarks of a successful and financially progressive business. Accounting is a distinct discipline, with its own standards and language. Understanding accounting procedures requires a prerequisite knowledge of certain principles, concepts, terms, and common accounting records. This practical course gives you the why's and more...Total Quality Management Fundamentals
In Total Quality Management Fundamentals you will learn concepts and the history of Total Quality Management. Beginning with the benefits of a total quality solution, the course then explores the origins of total quality, comparing it with traditional management practices. It then goes on to teach the learner about the cost of quality, building a quality framework, managing organizational change more...Lean Concepts
Most business processes are 90 waste and 10 value-added work. The challenge for businesses today is to find new ways to dramatically reduce costs and improve investment returns while better serving their customers. To meet these challenges, organizations have turned to Lean Thinking, which seeks the elimination of all forms of waste, strives for continuous improvement, and simplifies business more...Customer Focused Management
Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart, is reputed to have said, "There is only one boss the customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down simply by spending his money somewhere else." Effective quality management processes focus on the customer. In today's global marketplace, customers have more choices than ever before. To achieve success, it is vital for enterprises to more...The Who What Why of ISO 9000 2000
This course provides a brief history of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). It outlines ISO's mission and structure by examining the three standards that comprise the ISO 9000 family of standards: ISO 9000:2000, ISO 9001:2000, and ISO 9004:2000. This course also presents the universal quality fundamentals that form the foundation of the concepts and practices required by more...E-mail and Internet Use
E-mail and Internet technologies are rapid communication and information tools that spell success for any person or business that knows how to take advantage of them. However, there are dangers in the use of this advanced technology. This course outlines the pitfalls involved in using e-mail and accessing the Internet through a company's network, and the policies that are often implemented to more...Business Ethics Foreign Trade
This course covers the compliance areas of sanctions and trade embargoes, and bribery and kickbacks.You will learn the principles of US sanctions and trade embargoes and the history and importance of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). You will also be able to identify conduct that violates the FCPA. All employees within an organization, whether new hires or as a refresher program for more...A Manager s Introduction to Business Law
...e as vital role models for demonstrating ethical business practices. This course also presents the basis and structure of the U.S. legal system and introduces relevant areas of business regulation. It outlines management's legal responsibilities and presents practical strategies for researching legal resources, for supporting legal counsel, and for proactively avoiding legal complications. This more...Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
...foreign markets must be familiar with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The act prohibits corrupt payments to foreign officials for the purpose of obtaining or keeping business. This course provides an overview of the FCPA. It illustrates how the act can impact your business and gives advice on the steps you can take to make sure that your business adheres to the provisions of the act. more...Doing Business on the Internet
The use of the Internet as a means of doing business has changed the way in which business transactions can take place forever. Business can be conducted across vast geographical distances with a much greater degree of ease than was possible even twenty years ago. However, while advancements in technology have enabled the development of new business models, the impact of these changes on issues more...Independent Contractors and Temporary Employees
Many companies are hiring contract or temporary employees to meet their changing staffing needs. Before hiring an independent contractor or temporary employee--also referred to as a contingency worker--companies should be aware of the costs involved along with the relevant legal and taxation issues. It is important that both parties have a clear understanding of the terms of their agreement with more...Union Awareness
According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2004, 12.5 percent of wage and salary workers were union members--down from 12.9 percent in 2003. Why is membership declining? Perhaps the growing number of laws in place to protect workers prevents the necessity of unions, or perhaps the nature of the work itself has changed. Regardless of the decline, workers still have more...Sarbanes Oxley Whistleblower Protection
Following the Enron collapse, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was signed into law in an effort to prevent or reduce the incidence of corporate and securities fraud. Significantly, the Act (technically named "The Corporate and Criminal Fraud Accountability Act of 2002") provides protection to, and even encourages, employees who would report such fraud. Sarbanes-Oxley provides the most forceful protections more...Interviewing and Hiring Practices
In this simulation, you will assume the role and responsibilities of an HR professional at BTJ Technical Staffing Inc., a metropolitan staffing and recruitment agency. Having faced claims of possible discrimination in past job postings created on behalf of clients, BTJ management has redoubled its efforts to ensure that all employment advertisement is above reproach and adheres strictly to more...HIPAA Privacy Rules
Personal privacy is now a major issue to people, particularly where medical information is concerned. This course presents an overview of HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), outlining the main components and identifying who is covered by the act. The course examines the privacy provisions under HIPAA for patients and employees involved with covered entities. Under more...HIPAA Evaluating the Impact of the Privacy Rule
...uirements upon their organizations. It teaches them which practices they will need to change and whether they may qualify for certain exceptions. In addition, this course will help employers develop strategies to meet requirements by assessing the gap between what is required by the privacy rule and their organizations' current practices. The course will advise them what is involved in adopting more...Americans with Disabilities Act ADA
This course explains the concepts, requirements, and practical application of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The ADA of 1990 makes it unlawful to discriminate in employment against a qualified individual with a disability. The Act requires all private, state, or local government employers with 15 or more employees to make sure that people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to apply more...Equal Employment Opportunity EEO
Think about the last time you were in an interview. Did you pay attention to the types of questions being asked? If not, you may have offered or requested information prohibited under anti-discrimination laws. It is essential to know the types of questions that can, and cannot, be asked in order to avoid charges of unfair discrimination. In this course, you will learn the Equal Employment more...Interviewing and Hiring Practices
This course is intended to teach learners how to exercise sound judgment in the hiring and interviewing process. Not many companies nowadays specify discriminatory characteristics either directly or openly in an advertisement, unless these are required by a bona fide occupational qualification. Your advertising medium, the questions you ask on forms, what you discuss in company publications, and more...Antitrust--Overview
...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, these laws prohibit business practices that more...Antitrust--Talking with the Competition
...ing marketing or distribution costs, or implementing best practices in production or services. Collaborating with a competitor can help your company to cut costs and deliver a better priced, quality product to the consumer. Collaborations can be procompetitive or anticompetitive. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") have issued Antitrust Guidelines for more...Software Engineering Concepts
The Software Engineering Concepts WBT provides an introduction to the basic concepts of software engineering. It examines the software development process, and the relative strengths and weaknesses of various software process models. It also describes various approaches to requirement gathering and problem analysis. The students will also learn to specify and validate requirements. Managers, more...Visual Basic 6 0 Enterprise Client Server Dev Part II
Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) is a tool that enlists objects and their associated resources into transactions, and manages those transactions to ensure that changes to data are made correctly. This course discusses the role of transactions in MTS, and explains how MTS uses a context to manage objects and transactions. Additionally, it covers the steps required to build MTS components that more...General Coding Best Practices
To outline the best practices for writing high quality methods, expressions, variables, arrays, loops, and if statements, and to describe recommended practices for writing readable code Professional application developers or programmers, with at least 2 years experience, who want to learn the latest recommended techniques for developing high quality software more...Maintaining Quality Code
To outline the primary techniques of refactoring, and to discuss the best practices for reviewing, testing, and debugging code Professional application developers or programmers, with at least 2 years experience, who want to learn the latest recommended techniques for developing high quality software more...Object-oriented Coding Best Practices
To outline the best practices for defining and using classes, and determining how best to use inheritance or its alternatives Professional application developers or programmers, with at least 2 years experience, who want to learn the latest recommended techniques for developing high quality software more...Programming Techniques and Strategies
To outline the high-level considerations for producing good code Professional application developers or programmers, with at least 2 years experience, who want to learn the latest recommended techniques for developing high quality software more...Introducing User-Centered Design
To identify the principles and benefits of user-centered design and to determine a practical approach to promoting user-centered design methodology in organizations This path is targeted primarily at software architects and project managers working on high level design. This path will also target programmers and developers looking to improve their skills in user centered software design. more...Developing an Application Using User-Centered Design
To conduct user research and to design effective user interface and interaction elements This path is targeted primarily at software architects and project managers working on high level design. This path will also target programmers and developers looking to improve their skills in user centered software design. more...Practical Examples of User-Centered Design
To design user-centered Windows applications and web sites This path is targeted primarily at software architects and project managers working on high level design. This path will also target programmers and developers looking to improve their skills in user centered software design. more...Testing and Instrumenting Web Applications in C
To introduce the concepts of software testing and debugging and to describe how to instrument an application for tracing and debugging in .NET Web developers seeking to update their knowledge and skills when developing, testing, and debugging software applications in Visual Studio .NET or pursuing MCAD or MCSD .NET certification more...Testing and Instrumenting Web Applications in VB NET
To introduce the concepts of software testing and debugging and to describe how to instrument an application for tracing and debugging in .NET Web developers seeking to update their knowledge and skills when developing, testing, and debugging software applications in Visual Studio .NET or pursuing MCAD or MCSD .NET certification more...UNIX Systems Management
To outline UNIX performance monitoring and disaster recovery strategies and techniques in UNIX IT professionals working in a UNIX environment for the first time more...IIS 6 0 Fundamentals
To identify how to install or upgrade IIS 6.0 and use the administration tools to perform tasks Administrators who intend to employ Internet Information Services 6.0; IT professionals who wish to gain knowledge of IIS 6.0 more...Exchange Server 2003 Planning for Active Directory and Designing a Messaging Infrastructure
To discuss how to plan and design Active Directoy integration, multiple forest deployment, general administration, and organization infrastructure in Exchange Server 2003 Systems administrators, systems engineers, systems analysts, IT consultants, and IT professionals with responsibility for planning and implementing Exchange Server 2003; learners preparing for MCSE certification exams more...Exchange Server 2003 Designing Data Management and Fault Tolerance
To discuss how to design data management, fault tolerance, backup, and recovery in Exchange Server 2003 Systems administrators, systems engineers, systems analysts, IT consultants, and IT professionals with responsibility for planning and implementing Exchange Server 2003; learners preparing for MCSE certification exams more...Firewalls and Access to Internal Resources with Microsoft ISA Server 2000
To describe securing the ISA server and explain publishing IT Professionals including web administrators, network administrators, and security administrators but not network architects more...Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 Administration
To introduce students to the network planning and security issues involved in deploying Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 Technical personnel at IT solution companies who wish to deploy Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 to small businesses and network administrators of small businesses more...SharePoint 2003 Fundamentals
To introduce the design and architecture of SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and SharePoint technologies Administrators who intend to deploy SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and SharePoint technologies; IT professionals who wish to gain knowledge of SharePoint products and technologies more...Planning and implementing an Active Directory infrastructure
To identify the role and features of Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and the factors and requirements for planning and implementing an Active Directory infrastructure Systems administrators, systems engineers, systems analysts, IT consultants, and support professionals with responsibility for planning, implementing, and maintaining Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory; learners more...Planning Active Directory Services
To distinguish between global catalog servers and operations master roles and identify how they are enabled, administered, and placed in Active Directory infrastructure Systems administrators, systems engineers, systems analysts, IT consultants, and support professionals with responsibility for planning, implementing, and maintaining Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory; learners more...Configuring and Troubleshooting Group Policy
To identify the tasks and strategies involved in configuring and troubleshooting group policy Systems administrators, systems engineers, systems analysts, IT consultants, and support professionals with responsibility for planning, implementing, and maintaining Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory; learners preparing for MCSE certification exams more...Servers and their Components
To identify the functions, features, and components of servers Service managers, technicians, systems engineers/administrators, help desk staff, service and repair professionals, system analysts and integrators, PC support specialists, network engineers/administrators/analysts/architects/managers/specialists more...COBOL Calculation Applications
This course will present task-based, real-world scenarios covering the design, coding, and implementation of one type of COBOL application that is commonly required by businesses with large files. A subset of the contents of a sequential master file are retrieved. Calculations are performed on the data and a print file is generated. This course is based on ANSI X3.23-1974 and ANSI X3.23-1985 COBOL more...COBOL Basic File Processing
TA COBOL product recall application will be created that accepts input from a sequential sales file and an index customer file, then generates a sorted customer contact file. This course is based on ANSI X3.23-1974 and ANSI X3.23-1985 COBOL standards. This course is designed for individuals with some prior programming experience who require an introduction to, or to be reacquainted with, the more...COBOL Complex File Processing
This course will present task-based, real-world scenarios covering the design, coding, and implementation of one type of COBOL application that is commonly required by businesses with large files. The first application accepts input from two files, the Customer Contact file and the Warranty file. The data is checked for the latest contact information and a master contact log file is generated. The more...COBOL Interactive Applications
This course will present task-based, real-world scenarios covering the design, coding, and implementation of one type of COBOL application that is commonly required by businesses with large files. An application will be created that allows a user to update a relative master recalled parts file by manually inputting the data, and automatically generate a transaction log of the updated records. This more...COBOL Report Generation
This course will present task-based, real-world scenarios covering the design, coding, and implementation of one type of COBOL application that is commonly required by businesses with large files. This interactive application will write a recall customer notification report and a recall status report. This course is based on ANSI X3.23-1974 and ANSI X3.23-1985 COBOL standards. This course is more...Information Security and Risk Management
To identify the security requirements associated with identifying and protecting organizational information assets, perform the analysis techniques used in risk management, and recognize the responsibilities associated with different roles in an organization Mid-level and senior-level managers who are working toward or have already attained positions as CISOs, CSOs or Senior Security Engineers more...Routing TCP IP
This WestNet e-Learning module introduces the routing protocols and shows how they do their jobs. We will discuss the routing process, different routing types, Exterior Gateway Protocols (EGPs), and advanced routing practices. more...Accessing Remote Networks
The Accessing Remote Networks WBT is the fourth course of this curriculum. This curriculum prepares the students for the CompTia's Network Certification exam. The course is meant for system administrators and network professionals who want to understand and apply remote connectivity concepts, such the distinction between PPP and SLIP, the purpose and function of PPTP, and the advantages and more...Securing IP Telephony
To outline the principles of IP telephony security and explain how to secure the operating system and Cisco CallManager IT professionals responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining the ongoing administration of a Cisco IP telephony solution; candidates preparing for the Cisco IP Telephony exam (642-444 CIPT) more...Internet Client Infrastructure and Applications
To identify the client components required to connect to an Internet or intranet Students wishing to acquire the fundamental skills required to embark on careers as e-Business IT professionals; students preparing for the CompTIA certification exam IK0-002: i-Net more...Cisco DESGN 2 0 IP Address and Routing Protocol Design
To recognize how IP addressing and routing protocols support the overall network, and create an enterprise IP addressing and routing protocol design Network engineers, network system analysts, and maintenance personnel responsible for designing small to medium-sized and enterprise networks; individuals seeking the Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA) certification and those individuals more...Cisco DESGN 2 0 Wireless Networking
To recognize the architecture, functionality, and deployment considerations of the Cisco Unified Wireless Network, and create a high-level unified network design for an enterprise Network engineers, network system analysts, and maintenance personnel responsible for designing small to medium-sized and enterprise networks; individuals seeking the Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA) certification more...802 1x Port-based Authentication and Best Practice
To recognize how to configure 802.1x port-based authentication and recommend a best practice for threat mitigation The primary target includes network designers, network administrators, network engineers, and system engineers. more...Cisco BCMSN 3 0 Implementing Trunks and the Virtual Trunking Protocol VTP
To explain the procedure for configuring both 802.1Q and ISL trunking between two switches, how VLAN configuration of switches within a management domain can be automated with VTP, and identify common VLAN configuration errors and explain the solutions to those errors. Network administrators, network engineers, network managers, systems managers, or network designers. more... | ||||||||||