Online Problem Solving eLearning Training

Solving Problems as a Team Course description -- This course identifies some of the most useful group problem-solving techniques that teams can use. You will learn how to encourage collaboration on your team, work through problems together, and combine methods for complex problems. You will be given tools and techniques to help you follow a standard problem-solving process, and get team consensus and support. The course  more...

Time Management Using Microsoft Outlook 2002 The course is designed to show students how to use Microsoft Outlook 2002 to plan their time. The scope of the course includes understanding time management theory/philosophy, handling stress, developing a system of organization, identifying priorities, creative problem solving, and timing teamwork.  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...

Design Team - Business Process Modelling Design Team - Business Process Modelling enables communication between staff working upon the analysis and design of processes and information boundaries in an organisation and the boundaries and scope of a system. The Modelling activity produces diagrams which form the basis of both new information systems and business process engineering. This course teaches the whole process of applying each  more...

Communication Skills: Persuading with Numbers MAXIM TRAINING This course will help you handle the numerical information required for problem solving and decision making in the workplace. It will help you understand basic statistical methods, interpret simple data and focuses on how to interpret and use Graphs and Charts in both presentations and reports. There are some calculations so, to make the most of the course, it is recommended that  more...

Problem Solving Learn how to solve problems 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  more...

Conflict Management Series: Joint Problem Solving Conflict happens. Whether it's individuals clashing, organisational change or demanding customers, conflict is a normal part of working life. But it's something that people can find hard to handle and, if you don't manage it carefully, everyone can lose out: you, the organisation and your team.  more...

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  more...

Sales Negotiations Negotiation Strategies In Negotiation Strategies, you will learn about common negotiating strategies, factors that should be considered when choosing a strategy, and how to create the proper atmosphere for negotiations. You will also learn about elements that can derail negotiations as well as guidelines to help keep them on track. In addition, you will learn how to deal with demanding clients and how to adapt when  more...

Technical Support Agent Skills Simulation Having evolved far beyond the "break-fix" model, today's technical support centers are staffed with TSA professionals who must add to their technical repertoire a high standard of customer-relations management, sales skills, and keen problem-solving ability. To test these skills, you will assume the role of a Level-1 TSA for Masterson Tool and Equipment. Through its catalog and web site, Masterson  more...

Customer Service Procedures Failing to realize the importance of customer service and effective complaints 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 provide  more...

Establishing Team and Customer Relationships This course will familiarize the learner with the underlying benefits and skills needed to establish team and customer relationships. Teamwork is a critical component of a Support Center. This course looks at the individual responsibilities of each team member, as well as the team as a whole. It also addresses the role of strong leadership in building and maintaining successful teams. In a  more...

Managing Efficiencies of IT Projects Are you delivering quality application systems? Do you know how you can ensure that your projects deliver value to your organization? The key to delivering value is "process." Organizations are becoming more aware of the importance of following the same process for each project. In this course, you will learn how to converge methodologies with other project management techniques and process  more...

Troubleshooting and Closing the Project The factors that can affect a project are numerous and often hard to pinpoint. Conducting meetings and using advanced tools, such as formulas and graphs, allow the project manager to properly define the health or status of the project. This course outlines how to conduct effective meetings and presents some troubleshooting tools that can be used during the project life cycle. It also presents the  more...

Project Management for Non-Project Managers Simulation The likelihood an employee will be elevated to a 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  more...

Solving Problems Logically Solve Problems Together This course helps learners to recognize and identify the groups and individual roles in the problem solving process. Professionals who want to resolve workplace challenges more effectively.  more...

Solving Problems Logically The Problem Solving Process This course outlines the fundamental steps for effective problem solving and identifies attitudinal characteristics that facilitate success. Professionals who want to resolve workplace challenges more effectively.  more...

Defining the Issue Determine the Real Problem This course describes how to create a focused problem statement using the Occam s Razor method. Professionals who want to resolve workplace challenges more effectively.  more...

Investigating the Problem Use Investigative Tools This course introduces process-oriented methods that assist in the analysis of various elements associated with a stated problem. Professionals who want to resolve workplace challenges more effectively.  more...

Investigating the Problem Gather Evidence This course describes several data gathering techniques that can be used to improve problem analysis procedures and the resulting decisions. Professionals who want to resolve workplace challenges more effectively.  more...

Investigating the Problem Interpret Data This course explains how to use visual tools to interpret data. Professionals who want to resolve workplace challenges more effectively.  more...

Selecting the Solution Solve Problems Methodically This course introduces Force Field Analysis and Solutions Fishbone Diagram problem solving techniques. Professionals who want to resolve workplace challenges more effectively.  more...

Selecting the Solution Group-Based Solutions This course introduces Modified-Delphi, swapping, and visualization problem solving techniques. Professionals who want to resolve workplace challenges more effectively.  more...

Selecting the Solution Cost-Benefit Solutions This course helps learners to recognize and apply cost-benefit analysis procedures. Professionals who want to resolve workplace challenges more effectively.  more...

Accepting the Decision Sell Your Solution This course provides a series of helpful tips to persuade decision-makers to approve the proposed solution. Professionals who want to resolve workplace challenges more effectively.  more...

Accepting the Decision Implement Decisions This course helps learners to identify progress points and areas for future improvement at the conclusion of the problem resolution process. Professionals who want to resolve workplace challenges more effectively.  more...

Making Group Decisions Working Together This course introduces several strategies to recognize and overcome challenges that can hamper a general group consensus. Professionals who want to resolve workplace challenges more effectively.  more...

Making Group Decisions The Nature of Groups This course provides insightful perspectives into the unpredictability of group dynamics. Tips to recognize challenging behaviors and suggestions for successfully managing group responses are presented. Professionals who want to resolve workplace challenges more effectively.  more...

Making Group Decisions Ensure Group Success This course describes four methods to generate successful problem solving decisions. Professionals who want to resolve workplace challenges more effectively.  more...

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  more...

Critical Thinking Skills for Managing Rational decision making is linear and is what you do when you put your facts in order. Intuition is looking at those facts and trying to see a pattern-and the patterns aren't always evident because the patterns aren't always linear. The two together are an extremely powerful combination. Joel Kurtzman, President, Kurtzman Associates and former editor, Harvard Business Review. The Critical  more...

Effective Business Meetings Simulation As the lead project coordinator for Pantheon Electronics, a national reseller of home and office electronics, you will oversee the daily activities of a project management group. Functioning as both a meeting coordinator and a conference chair person, you will test your skills in a broad range of situations, running the gamut from materials procurement to conflict mediation. This simulation is  more...

Getting Results without Authority Simulation You have been hired within the last year as a design engineer at Autorad, a company that manufactures automotive components. Historically, the company specialized in custom-designed components for limited production runs. In recent years, the company has moved into more mainstream applications and must adapt to a mass-production mind-set. Your team has been working on a new steering wheel design  more...

Leading from the Front Line Simulation In this simulation, you will be tasked with serving as a networker, 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  more...

Managing Yourself and Those Around You Successful administrative support professionals must be good managers. This means managing their own time and energies, as well as cooperatively working with their boss and co-workers. This course teaches successful strategies for dealing with the myriad demands on the time, resources, communication skills, and organizational powers of administrative assistants. Administrative support  more...

Advancing Your Administrative Career ...nd methods for motivating others. You will gain essential problem solving skills and learn strategic guidelines for managing your career. Putting in your eight hours is one thing, but advancing your administrative career is another. You can make the most of your administrative career by searching for new challenges and opportunities to grow. This course will show you how. Administrative support  more...

Six Sigma Introduction There has been an increased interest in Six Sigma in recent years. But what is Six Sigma? This course will introduce you to the foundational concepts of the Six Sigma philosophy and process. It will help you successfully participate in your organization's Six Sigma program. First, you will learn how poor quality harms your business. You will explore what Six Sigma means and the critical elements  more...

Six Sigma and the Corporate Enterprise What exactly is Six Sigma , and why is it important to your company? This course helps you to make that determination through a discussion of basic concepts underlying the Six Sigma philosophy. A broad overview is provided of the initial development of Six Sigma; Six Sigma's uses in leading companies to date; the benefits to be realized by successful deployment, and the metrics and core  more...

Operations Management Operations Management Tools Operations Management: Operations Management Tools offers the student options for improving operations management within the organization. The program provides processes for making decisions and solving problems. In addition, the program offers the student examples of maintenance strategies, ways to apply learning curves to operations, and E-commerce options that can enhance operations management.  more...

History of Organizational Improvement and the Foundations of Six Sigma To successfully implement Six Sigma , it's useful to understand the history of organizational 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  more...

Problem Solving and Process Management Tools Albert Einstein is reputed to have said, "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." To solve quality and process-related problems, managers should continuously enhance their knowledge of organizational processes and quality management tools. These tools help managers find root causes of problems, an important step toward  more...

Programming Logic and Techniques This course is meant for end users. It aims to teach users the basic concepts of computing and programming language, and the usage of programming methods and elements. People who want to have a fairly good knowledge of the concepts of programming logic and techniques.  more...

System Analysis and Design The System Analysis and Design WBT provides an overview of various systems concepts, such as characteristics and elements, in an organization. It also describes the various phases involved in developing a new system and the role of the system analyst. Its discusses various steps and tools used for gathering information that will be required for preliminary investigation. The course identifies the  more...

Creativity and Innovation: Increasing Personal Creativity Creativity and Innovation: Increasing Personal Creativity offers the student information required to mentally and physically prepare for creativity; incorporate innocence intuition and adventure into creative thinking; and use creativity to generate ideas and solve problems. The program describes exercises that can be used to prepare the mind and body for creative thinking and explains the most  more...

Creativity and Innovation: Promoting Team Creativity Creativity and Innovation: Promoting Team Creativity offers the student information required to organize creative teams conduct effective team sessions and avoid roadblocks to team creativity. The program covers activities that can be used to increase creativity in a team and describes the creative problem-solving process.  more...

Decision Making & Problem Solving: Decision Making Fundamentals Decision Making & Problem Solving: Decision Making Fundamentals teaches you a variety of decision making techniques. You will develop the skills that are necessary to make important decisions with various people and ensure the results of your decisions.  more...

Decision Making & Problem Solving: Problem Solving Fundamentals In Decision Making & Problem Solving: Problem Solving Fundamentals you will learn to use a systematic approach to solve problems. In this program you will face several problems in your organization and successfully use your problem solving skills in order to produce a positive outcome.  more...

Business Problem Solving: Problem Solving Fundamentals ...Problem Solving: Problem Solving Fundamentals you will learn about the need for problem solving the ineffective responses to problems and the elements of an effective solution. The program also provides a description of the skills that effective problem solvers possess. Additionally the program provides you with definitions and strategies for overcoming barriers to solving problems. By applying  more...

Business Problem Solving: The Problem-Solving Process ...Problem Solving: The Problem-Solving Process you will learn the three phases of the problem-solving process and how to complete each phase. The program also gives you several processes for generating solution options and a method for prioritizing problems. By applying the information in this program you will be able to identify a problem's root causes develop and implement an effective  more...

Business Problem Solving: Critical Thinking and Information Analysis ...Problem Solving: Critical Thinking and Information Analysis you will learn multiple analysis techniques as well as the different methods to reach conclusions. The program gives you a process for thinking logically and creatively. Additionally the program provides you with processes and guidelines for both quantitative and qualitative analysis techniques. By applying the information in this  more...

Business Problem Solving: Problem Solving Teams ...Problem Solving: Problem Solving Teams '' you will learn about the responsibilities of a problem-solving team leader and how to manage a problem-solving team meeting. Additionally the program provides you with processes and guidelines for motivating and communicating with team members. By learning the material in this unit you will know your responsibilities as a team leader be able to  more...