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Motivation and Communication in Six Sigma Teams

Motivation and Communication in Six Sigma Teams ASQ Six Sigma Black Belt (SSBB)
Six Sigma teams must possess specific qualities to succeed throughout the development stages of their life cycles. Leaders who know how to facilitate teams will greatly enhance their chances for project success, which in turn will benefit their organizations. Motivation is one essential component that can
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Motivation and Communication in Six Sigma Teams
Developing an Application Using User-Centered Design

Developing an Application Using User-Centered Design
To conduct user research and to design effective user interface and interaction elements
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Preparing a Business Case

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.
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Verifying and Building on Ideas

Verifying and Building on Ideas
Generating creative ideas can be a very exciting and stimulating process. This is particularly true during the initial stages of idea generation, when many adopt an 'anything goes' approach. Later, however, the workability of ideas needs to be verified, or checked. Ideas are more likely to be relevant and useful when they have been assessed in the context of
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Marketing Essentials Planning and People

Marketing Essentials: Planning and People
The four Ps of the traditional marketing mix (Product, Price, Place, and Promotion) are important strategic cornerstones of any marketing activity. However, this traditional view of the Marketing Mix fails to address two very important aspects of marketing: planning and people. This course focuses its attention on the importance of linking marketing
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The Consumer Electronics Industry Overview Version 1

The Consumer Electronics Industry Overview: Version 1
The Consumer Electronics industry is made up of companies from around the world that manufacture electronic audio and video equipment for individual consumers and businesses. In this fast-moving industry, where some products are lucky to have a shelf life of more than a year, companies need to be able to adapt quickly. In addition, they
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The Aerospace Defense Industry Overview Version 1

...nics service providers, governments, and privately funded research and development organizations. These organizations deliver aircraft and their components, as well as software and systems, such as modeling and simulation software, and data management, navigation, and surveillance systems. This industry is subject to a high level of government regulation, particularly the defense sector. As it
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Global Brand Management

Global Brand Management
Extending a brand globally is an intricate process that requires thorough research and preparation, organizational commitment, and a strong understanding of the risks and rewards associated with taking a brand global. This course outlines how to best approach global brand development by outlining how to carry out essential international market research and internal
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From Online Training Directory
Design a Winning Business Based on Your Idea--Instructor-Led
A Trump U Course- A disciplined business plan turns dreamers into winners. To turn a concept into a golden success, you need a plan for financing, market research, marketing, operations and more. Students may complete this course within a reasonable period of time. Contact Hours give an indication of how much time is needed to take this class. As an extra added value, registered students will have
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Design a Winning Business Based on Your Idea--Instructor-Led
Design a Winning Business Based on Your Idea--Self-Directed
A Trump U Course- A disciplined business plan turns dreamers into winners. To turn a concept into a golden success, you need a plan for financing, market research, marketing, operations and more. Students may complete this course within a reasonable period of time. Contact Hours give an indication of how much time is needed to take this class. As an extra added value, registered students will have
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Fair & Unfair Competition Rules
...sions hiring, marketing, sales, customer-relations, and research and development, among others and are important for employees to understand. Violations of these rules can be very damaging to a company generally and, in some cases, to individual employees.
Unfair Competition The rules regarding what is fair and unfair competition affect virtually all of a company's business decisions ?
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Legal Transcription Training
This unique and totally on-line program teaches you to do legal assistant, transcription and legal secretarial work. Many opportunities exist to specialize in various types of law, real estate, criminal, family, personal injury, business, etc. The course was designed by a recognized leader in development of training materials. This course offers a Certificate of Completion allowing you to sit for
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From 123-CBT Computer Based Training
Developing a New-product Strategy
...ment is not a mystery. Nor is it only the concern of your research and development department. One of your main responsibilities as a product manager is to create a new-product strategy. This means that in addition to developing new-product goals, you also need to develop a plan for reaching those goals. In this course, you'll explore the tools and techniques to help you create a new-product
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Developing a New-product Strategy
The Oil and Gas Industry Overview Version 2
... in exploration, technology, operational improvement, and research and development, are still left with huge surpluses in an industry so far known only as a modest return.
In reality, there has never been a more challenging time for the oil and gas industry. While oil companies face tough challenges in finding new sources of oil and gas to replace the old ones, the emerging oil demand and
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Elements of Marketing Strategy
You want to develop a powerful, and well-documented marketing strategy in order to get your new product or service approved. This course is designed to give you a strong start in developing your marketing vision, direction, and ultimately a plan. You'll get an overview of the key factors encompassing the broad scope of strategic marketing. You'll be able to discuss cost structures and their
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Handling Organizational Change Simulation
You are a senior product manager in the marketing and consumer research department of Asha Greetings Inc., a multimedia conglomerate with products ranging from gift items and souvenirs to television productions. You work in the greeting cards division and are facing a third-order change. In response to flagging sales, senior management has decided to move away from a traditional top-down
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Implementing a Succession Plan Simulation
Ulema Inc. is a market research firm providing consulting, market analysis, strategic planning and technology forecasting services. The Ulema Reports Group (URG), a wholly owned subsidiary of Ulema Inc., produces single and multi-client studies on fast moving market sectors. The lifecycles for these studies are often as little as 6 months to one year from the start of development, so in order
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Initiating a Succession Plan Simulation
Ulema, Inc. is a market research firm providing consulting, market analysis, strategic planning and technology forecasting services. The Ulema Reports Group (URG), a wholly owned subsidiary of Ulema, Inc., produces single and multi-client studies on fast-moving market sectors. The lifecycles for these studies are often as little as 6 months to one year from the start of development, so in order
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Advanced Project Leadership Bringing Home the Value

...l learn about the characteristics of Internal, Client and Research and Development Projects and how the valuation techniques apply to each. Learn To: Identify the value types in a project. Identify characteristics of monetary value. Identify characteristics of nonmonetary value. Identify the three basic business strategies. Identify how each business strategy adds value to the
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Career Development Developing a Career Strategy

Career Development: Developing a Career Strategy offers the student an overview of how to define career aspirations, develop career goals, and create effective career strategies. The program covers in detail how to identify personal preferences, develop skills to help career advancement, and explore career options. It also describes the stages of career development and explains guidelines for
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Advanced Interpersonal Communication Communicating with Co-Workers

Advanced Interpersonal Communication: Communicating with Co-Workers offers the student suggestions for communicating with individuals who hold various roles in an organization, such as peers, supervisors, subordinates, and customers/vendors. This program also offers guidelines for promoting ideas and handling human resource issues, such as negotiating raises and dismissing subordinates. Learn
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Sexual Harassment Preventing Sexual Harassment Claims

Sexual Harassment: Preventing Sexual Harassment Claims offers the student an overview of how sexual harassment affects companies and how they can be legally responsible for incidents of sexual harassment. The program details how to create a sexual harassment policy, what criteria should be included in an effective policy, and how to implement the policy. In addition, the program teaches the
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Managing the Expert Managing the Unique Needs of Experts

Managing the Expert: Managing the Unique Needs of Experts explains expert attitudes and behaviors. It identifies methods for managing power and politics in an expert environment and provides guidance for experts managing experts. Learn To Follow the guidelines for treating experts with professionalism. Identify the process for managing
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Project Management Essentials Controlling Closing a Project

...lation, you will meet with Kent Redburn, a manager in the research and development department of Icon. Kent has extensive knowledge of project teams, specifically in measuring the performance of a project team. In this meeting, he will ask you a series of questions and problems to test your knowledge of the different analyses used to measure project control, the calculations used during earned
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Project Teams Participating on a Project Team

...ngelo, a Clerk in Accounts Receivable; and Dean Kramer, a Research and Development Assistant. They are all members of a company-based project team that you are leading for the Accounts Receivable Department of Icon's Computing Hardware and Software Division in San Francisco. This team has been assembled by upper-management to assess the effectiveness of the billing software used by the Accounts
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Organizational Learning Deploying a Knowledge Mgmt System

Organizational Learning: Deploying a Knowledge Management System offers the student an overview of information needed to conduct a pilot project and covers processes for deploying and monitoring knowledge management systems. The program includes the steps for developing a pilot project, the qualifications and characteristics of a knowledge management leader, and the elements of a knowledge
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Frontline Leadership Preparing to Lead

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

...r, Telecommunication a a s Manager and Amanda Douglas, Research and Development Director. Susan and Ronald have noticed a decline in Amanda a a s enthusiasm. Normally an outgoing and energetic individual, Amanda a a s behavior has lately become increasingly somber and sometimes uncooperative. Based on data collected from Susan and Ronald, you must decide which method of job redesign
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Advanced Project Leadership - Bringing Home the Value
Advanced Project Leadership: Bringing Home the Value teaches project managers to consider both the monetary and non-monetary value of a project, first of all by understanding how a project supports strategy. Project Managers will learn how to calculate Earned Value, Return on Investment and Net Present Value. They will also learn how to interpret the results to make decisions about the value of a
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From Star Leadership, Inc
Best Practices in Employee Performance Management


Every organization is challenged with managing performance. In many companies, the so called performance management system is a burden that gets in the way of workers being able to perform their jobs. If youa re looking for a strategic, efficient, result-oriented approach to Performance Management, this seminar is for you.
In this seminar, you will learn:
Current research on best
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From Serebra Learning Corporation
Understanding Your Customer
Can you imagine trying to sell a product or service to a customer you know nothing about? You probably wouldn't succeed. The better you know your customer, the higher your chance for success. In this course, you'll learn about the first major component of the strategic account sales (SAS) approach: research. You'll start by learning about the key areas to research using the SAS approach and where
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Conducting Effective Sales Research Meetings
Researching your target accounts is important for understanding your customer's business. But only by conducting research meetings will you learn the "inside" information you need to truly understand the business fit between your company and your customer. In this course, you'll learn about bringing your research and communication skills together in strategic account sales (SAS) research meetings.
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Strategic Account Sales Skills Simulation
You're an architectural renovation sales consultant for The Architectural Services Company (TASC). You sell design and project control services to commercial businesses. After attending a crowded book reading at Bigler's Books, you determine that the store is a potential customer for your company's services. You use a strategic account sales approach to do research on your own and then conduct
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Understanding Your Target Customer s Business
Imagine trying to sell a product or service to a customer that you know nothing about. Do you think it would be an easy process? Probably not. The better you know your customer, the better your chances for success. In this course, you'll learn about the first major component of the territorial account sales (TAS) approach--research. You'll gain an understanding of the benefits of good research and
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Effectively Using Customer-focused Research Meetings
In this course, you'll learn about bringing your research and communication skills together in territorial account research meetings. By conducting research meetings, you'll get the inside perspective you need to truly understand your customer. You'll start by learning how to prepare for an effective research meeting. Next, you'll explore how to conduct research meetings to gather desired
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Territorial Account Sales Skills Simulation
You're a salesperson for Soft Hands Shipping Company, a San Francisco, California based firm that specializes in the ground transportation of fragile items. You sell the company s shipping services to all types of organizations. Wine Cellar of California sells wine to restaurants throughout the state, and it becomes one of your target accounts. You will do some preliminary research on this company
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The Oil and Gas Industry Overview Version 2
... in exploration, technology, operational improvement, and research and development, are still left with huge surpluses in an industry so far known only as a modest return.In reality, there has never been a more challenging time for the oil and gas industry. While oil companies face tough challenges in finding new sources of oil and gas to replace the old ones, the emerging oil demand and supply
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Delivering Successful Presentations Simulation
...research and development, the Top-Shelf Cola Company is finally ready to release its latest beverage, Passion, to consumers. Passion is a caffeine-free, all-natural soda that's made from real passion fruits. The company has spent ten million dollars to perfect the product's taste and to create a brand for the drink. You are a brand manager at Top-Shelf and responsible for the Passion brand
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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,
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Writing a Business Case
Which would you rather do: prepare a business case for your latest project or go to the dentist? Given the choice, many of us would tend to choose the latter.Whether you want to invest in product development or reinvent your business processes with new marketing channels, it is now more important than ever to have a business case that is carefully planned, written, and presented, especially when
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Mentoring Essentials Simulation
You are a Team Leader for the Wireless Technology Group, a research department within The Research Company that focuses on collecting and analyzing data on wireless technologies. You are heading up a new research project that deals with forecasting advertising revenue for wireless communication tools over the next five years. While managing this project, you have also been assigned Tilly Newman, a
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Initiating a Succession Plan Simulation
Ulema, Inc. is a market research firm providing consulting, market analysis, strategic planning and technology forecasting services. The Ulema Reports Group (URG), a wholly owned subsidiary of Ulema, Inc., produces single and multi-client studies on fast-moving market sectors. The lifecycles for these studies are often as little as 6 months to one year from the start of development, so in order
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Implementing a Succession Plan Simulation
Ulema Inc. is a market research firm providing consulting, market analysis, strategic planning and technology forecasting services. The Ulema Reports Group (URG), a wholly owned subsidiary of Ulema Inc., produces single and multi-client studies on fast moving market sectors. The lifecycles for these studies are often as little as 6 months to one year from the start of development, so in order
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Elements of Marketing Strategy
You want to develop a powerful, and well-documented marketing strategy in order to get your new product or service approved. This course is designed to give you a strong start in developing your marketing vision, direction, and ultimately a plan. You'll get an overview of the key factors encompassing the broad scope of strategic marketing. You'll be able to discuss cost structures and their
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Processes for Quality Products and Services
The ISO 9000:2000 standard structures its Quality Management System (QMS) model into four major areas: Management Responsibility, Resource Management, Product Realization, and Measurement, Analysis, and Improvement. Product Realization is one vital component of the standard. This course examines how one can apply the ISO standards to all the processes required to produce a product or service. The
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Developing a New-product Strategy
...ment is not a mystery. Nor is it only the concern of your research and development department. One of your main responsibilities as a product manager is to create a new-product strategy. This means that in addition to developing new-product goals, you also need to develop a plan for reaching those goals. In this course, you'll explore the tools and techniques to help you create a new-product
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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.
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The Iterative Process in User-Centered Design
To design usability tests and surveys, organize focus groups, and analyze feedback and implement findings for improving product design 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.
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Business Travel Safety International Travel
In ''Business Travel Safety: International Travel,'' you will learn how to make travel preparations and international travel arrangements. You will also learn how to increase your safety during air and ground transportation and at destinations, such as hotels, restaurants, and business events. Finally, you will learn how to avoid and handle physical and nonphysical crimes in
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Advanced Project Leadership: Bringing Home the Value
Advanced Project Leadership: Bringing Home the Value teaches project managers to consider both the monetary and non-monetary value of a project first of all by understanding how a project supports strategy. Project Managers will learn how to calculate Earned Value Return on Investment and Net Present Value. They will also learn how to interpret the results to make decisions about the value of a
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From Management Development Associates (NA) Inc.
Financial analysis Module 2 - Analyzing the balance sheet




- MDA Training -
In this second segment, you will analyze the balance sheet to determine the operational efficiency of a company. Key ratios taken from the balance sheet and its implications on a company's cash flow are thoroughly explained in this segment.
Illustrated using a technology and a retail company, we will show you how to conduct a comprehensive analysis using efficiency ratios
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From Dapeeza Aesthetic Designs
Self Paced Cad Software Training ONLINE 100percent
Dapeeza Aesthetic Designs is an Engineering Research, Design & Development Firm with new interest in application of engineering materials in the following areas i. e Consumer Products, Electrical & Electronics Products, Automotive Application, Medical Equipments etc.
Our Engineers uses state of the art 3D Design software like SolidWorks , AutoCAD & Autodesk Inventor extensively for our designs
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From Holistic Arts Institute
Crystal Therapy Practitioner



Become a Certified Crystal Therapy Practitioner (CTP) from the comfort of your own home! In the HAI Crystal Therapy Practitioner Program, you will come to understand how crystal and gemstone healing works through the principles of vibration or energy. You will learn that we are expressions of the Divine Source, and it is at this level that the healing direction is initiated. You will explore both
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From JED New Media inc.
Conducting Focus Groups with Flair





Explore the fundamentals of conducting focus groups. The techniques provided here will help you gain maximum client feedback and cooperation. The focus group context can be software development, product/ services launches, marketing campaigns or opinion polls.
This is a 40-minute online tutorial that can be used by individuals or in a group setting.
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From Child Care Lounge
The Infant and Toddler Care Online Class



This training is designed for both novice and experienced providers who care for infants and/ or young toddlers. In light of current research pointing to the importance of the first three years of development, many providers and early childhood teachers are questioning what should be happening in an infant and toddler care program. Quality child care programs recognize that such care is much more
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From Business and Training Solutions Ltd.
Graduate Diploma in Sales Coaching

Overview
The principles governing the application of this unique approach to the understanding and acquisition of sales coaching skills have been drawn from extensive research into the professional coaching methodologies used by successful coaches in the fields of sports, music, dance, and acting. In these professions, coaches have a clearly defined system and they stick to it. In business the
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From Magic of Motherhood
Early Mental Health: Womb Baby Learning I- What Every Parent Should Know
Womb baby learning is a class for parents, caregivers, or practitioners to help stimulate the emotional, psychological, social and cognitive development of a child in the womb. Prenatal learning optimizes mental and sensory development as well as promoting the bond between baby and mother/father. People often wonder about the ability to learn in the womb. Is the baby conscious? Does he or she hear
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From Complete Fire Design Solutions
PG Fire Protection Engineering






...re problems. Such demands have created a need of constant research and development to come out with customized scientific solutions. In fact a specialized training based on latest theories in fire protection including various aspects pertaining to design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of fire protection systems is the need of the hour. This in totality requires a special branch of
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From College for Career Practitioners
College for Career Practitioners


The College for Career Practitioners is a 14 module postgraduate level learning program for people to study the career counselling and career systems support delivery profession by distance education The College has students enrolled from many countries who have four study stream options:
Organisation Career Management;
Private Practice Creation and Development;
Case Management, i.e.
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From Live to Learn
Work Expectations





Wouldn t it be great to find out what your employees key expectations are before they become a problem? Now you can - with Work Expectations.
This program is centered around helping people identify their high expectations and provides feedback on how to communicate their expectations, take initiative to get their expectations met, and adjust their expectations when necessary.
Work
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From SimSkill
SimSkill Projects
Where else do you get the chance to manage and deliver a project in a totally risk-free setting? Where any errors made don't end up in one of those discussions you would rather not have to have with the sponsor or key stakeholders?
SimSkill is thrilled to bring to you SimSkill Projects: Master Course - a one of its kind simulation program that gives participants the chance to run a project from
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From PDHengineer. com-Decatur Professional Development, LLC
Reconstruction Standards for Historic Buildings
Overview This (two-hour) course will be specifically based on the portion of those standards and guidelines, which concern "Reconstruction" of historic buildings. Reconstruction is defined as the act or process of depicting, by means of new construction, the form, features, and detailing of a non-surviving site, landscape, building, structure, or object for the purpose of replicating
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Restoration Standards for Historic Buildings
Overview Rather than maintaining and preserving a building as it has evolved over time, the expressed goal of the Standards for Restoration and Guidelines for Restoring Historic Buildings is to make the building appear as it did at a particular-and most significant-time in its history. As opposed to other treatments, the scope of work in Restoration can include removal of features from other
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Managing Teams in the Workplace
Overview Research studies suggest that employees who indicated better interpersonal relationships with supervisors and co-workers report higher levels of job satisfaction (Valerius L., Shinew, K. & Waut, J. (1996). Job satisfaction and interpersonal relationships often develop as a result of teamwork within organizations. Hence, contemporary organizations have placed an increasing emphasis
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Understanding Roundabouts
Overview Traffic circles have been used in the U.S. since 1905. The modern roundabout, developed in the United Kingdom, was developed to rectify problems associated with traffic circles. This course will provide information that will guide the engineer in planning, designing and constructing several types of roundabouts. Several traffic scenarios will be provided along with information to get a
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Overview of UV Disinfection for the Drinking Water Industry
In this course, the student will be given an overview and background of technical information on the application of ultraviolet light for the disinfection of drinking water by public water systems. This overview includes a description of basic chemical and physical principles, the components of UV equipment, and performance monitoring for UV facilities. The overview material is intended to present
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Countermeasures to Reduce Red-Light Running
Overview Red-light running is one of the primary causes of crashes in intersections. The crashes that result from red-light violations are generally more severe than crashes from other causes. Most crashes that are caused by red-light violations are generally side impact crashes, which are more severe than rear collisions. There are three main countermeasures that can be taken to reduce
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Water Treatment Techniques for Contaminant Removal
Overview The Safe Drinking Water Act provides maximum limits for contaminants that must be met by public and private drinking water systems. Various conventional treatment technologies and alternative treatment technologies have been determined suitable by USEPA to meet these limits. These treatment technologies have been designated as optimum technologies for specific water contaminants by
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Distress Pavement Identification
Overview The Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) developed a Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) program to provide a consistent, uniform basis for collecting distress data for pavement performance. This course provides guidance to improve communications within the pavement community by fostering more uniform and consistent definitions of pavement distress. Highway agencies, airports,
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Materials and Methods of Corrosion Control of Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete
Salt-induced reinforcing steel corrosion in concrete bridges has undoubtedly become a considerable economic burden to many State and local transportation agencies. Since the iron in the steel has a natural tendency to revert eventually to its most stable oxide state, this problem will, unfortunately, still be with us, but to a much lesser degree due to the use of various corrosion protection
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Introduction to Particle Accelerators
Overview This course will provide the student with a general introduction to various types of particle accelerators, their construction, and their practical uses. This course is useful for anyone that may be involved with electrical, civil, or other type subprojects for particle accelerator laboratory construction, renovation, or maintenance projects, as well as engineers who work with low
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Basic Electrical Theory - Electricity and Magnetism
Electricity and magnetism run nearly everything we plug in or turn on. Although it? s something we take for granted, it has taken hundreds of years of experimentation and research to reach the point where we flick a switch and the lights go on. Magnetism and electricity are closely related phenomena. Electric charge is a fundamental property of matter. Matter is made up of electrons, neutrons,
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Introduction to Programming Design for Controllers
The development of programming has paralleled the fantastic growth in the use of computers over the years. Since the late 1940? s, the number of computers has grown from a few research computers to over a billion computers today. Programming is essential for computers, programmable controllers and embedded computers. Programmable controllers are special purpose computers used in many industries.
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Commercial Kitchen Ventilation Improvements
Overview An effective commercial kitchen ventilation (CKV) system requires balance - air balance that is. Fortunately, there is no "magic" to the relationship between an exhaust hood and its requirement for replacement or makeup air (MUA). The physics are simple: air that exits the building (through exhaust hoods and fans) must be replaced with outside air that enters the building
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Wind Turbine Technology Overview
...eview the material contained in the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), Wind Turbine Technology Overview, October 2005. The student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of ten (10) questions at the end of this course to obtain 1 PDH credit. State Board Acceptance This course can be used by professional engineers to fulfill PDH requirements mandated by
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Advances in Solar Electric Generation Technology
Overview The vast majority of the world's energy is produced from fossil fuels and other non-sustainable fuel sources. However, dwindling reservoirs and increased exploration costs for fossil fuels are helping to make renewable energy sources, such as solar power, more attractive. At the same time, advances in technology are making solar power more affordable. As a result, the worldwide
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Duct Sealing with Aerosolized Sealant Particles
Considerable research has been conducted on the leakage levels of various types of ducts and duct fittings. Electricity energy savings potential by eliminating air leakage from ducts in large commercial buildings is on the order of 10 kWh/m2 per year. The research discussed in this paper is based on two large commercial buildings, using a new technology that simultaneously seals duct leaks and
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Fire Protection of Confinement Ventilation Systems
Overview Fires in industrial and nuclear facilities have been caused by a variety of energy sources, including electrical energy and spontaneous combustion of pyrophoric metals. While fixed fire suppression systems or operator intervention have limited the size and consequences of most of these fires, some did propagate and cause significant damage and material release. In this course the
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Energy Sources for the Future
...rated many of the Nation's most advanced, large-scale research and development user facilities, of importance to all areas of science. These state-of-the-art facilities are shared with the science community worldwide and contain technologies and instrumentation that are available nowhere else. As the steward of America's national laboratories, the Department of Energy has a special
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Applications of Wind Energy for Municipal Water Systems
As communities grow, greater demands are placed on water supplies, wastewater services, and the electricity needed to power the growing water services infrastructure. Water is also a critical resource for thermoelectric power plants. Future population growth in the United States is therefore expected to heighten competition for water resources. Many parts of the United States with increasing water
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HVAC - Boiler Systems
Water is a useful and cheap medium for transferring heat to the process. Boilers are fuel-burning appliances that provide a means for generating hot water or steam under pressure, which is then usable for transferring heat to the process or used as a hydronic heating system for large buildings. There are virtually an infinite number of boiler designs, but generally they fit into one of the two
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International Plumbing Code A Guide for Use and Adoption
Overview This subject matter for this course is The International Plumbing Code: A Guide for Use and Adoption* published by the International Code Council (ICC). This document was developed by the ICC to assist in the analysis of the International Plumbing Code (IPC). The IPC is founded on plumbing principles utilized in the plumbing codes of more than 30 states across the U.S. Every code
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Air-Cooled Lithium Bromide Absorption for CHP Applications
Overview The objective of the source document for this course was to summarize the development status of air-cooled lithium bromide water absorption chillers. The use of LiBr is possible in CHP systems but research is still in progress for commercial applications. In this course the student will learn some of the more recent design approaches of LiBr chillers. The student is expected to read
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HVAC - Chilling Systems
A chiller can be generally classified as a refrigeration system that uses either a vapor compression or absorption cycle to cool. Both the absorption and the mechanical compression systems have the evaporation and condensation of a refrigerant in common. In both systems, the refrigerant evaporates at low pressure to absorb heat and then condenses at higher pressure to reject heat to the
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HVAC - Hydronic Systems
The circulation of hot water or chilled water to provide heat or to cool spaces is known as a ? Hydronic? system. It is a closed system where cold or hot water/steam runs through a heat exchanger and air is then blown over the heat exchanger to achieve the desired room conditions. Traditionally, HVAC systems are designed as All-Air Systems, which means that air is cooled at one location and is
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Alternative Energy Technology Profiles
This course provides an overview of alternative power technologies that can be used to generate and distribute energy. Over fifteen alternative power technologies covering such topics as; biofuels, geothermal, microturbines, fuel cells, wind, solar, hydropower, and reciprocating engines are covering in this course. Each technology is briefly described to include the system description and concept,
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Filtration and Air Cleaning Systems
Overview The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 Public Law 91-596 assures, so far as possible, safe and healthful working conditions for every employed man and woman in the Nation. The Act charges the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) with conducting research and making science-based recommendations to prevent work-related illness, injury, disability, and
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Fire Protection Fundamentals
Overview The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 Public Law 91-596 assures, so far as possible, that every working man and woman in the nation has safe and healthful working conditions. The Act charges the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) with conducting research and making science-based recommendations to prevent work-related illness, injury, disability, and
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HVAC - Ventilation Exhaust Systems
Ventilation systems supply and remove air to/from buildings and other structures. In doing so, these systems control the quality of breathing air and protect personnel and sensitive equipment from potentially hazardous airborne contaminants, fires, explosions, and excessive heat/cold. Ventilation systems include a supply, or makeup air system and an exhaust system. Supply systems replace
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Kitchen Makeup Air
A universal concern regarding the commercial kitchen space is having an effective ventilation system. A large portion of kitchen ventilation planning is dedicated to properly exhausting cooking effluent. Appliance layout and the energy input are evaluated, hoods are located and specified, the ductwork size and routing are determined, and exhaust fans are specified to remove the proper volume of
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HVAC for Cleanroom Facilities
Although the idea of a cleanroom may seem right out of science fiction, clean and controlled environments are actually used by a wide range of industries. From their more obvious uses in medical facilities to their necessity in integrated circuit manufacture, cleanrooms provide an essential role in modern production and research. At its most basic level, a cleanroom is just what it sounds like:
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HVAC - Variable Air Volume Systems
In central air conditioning systems there are two basic methods for delivering air to the conditioned space: constant air volume (CAV) systems, and variable air volume (VAV) systems As the name implies, constant volume systems deliver a constant air volume to the conditioned space irrespective of the load. VAV systems, on the other hand, are designed to simultaneously meet a variety of
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Biomass Oil
Overview Biorefinery technology can improve the income of firms that produce energy products combined with biobased coproducts. They do this by producing a variety of high value products in addition to the typically low value fuels. The biomass feedstocks evaluated in this report are lipids from animal fats, fish and poultry oils, plant oils, and recycled cooking greases. Higher rates of return
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From Quantum Results Corporation
Executive Leadership Development



The Executive Leadership Program focuses on the needs of high-level corporate leaders to achieve sustainable results. While leadership depends on specific behavior that should exist in every member of an organization, executive leadership requires another higher level of holistic view of the organization. This program supports the development process of how the leader set practical personal and
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From The Virtual Training Company
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Administration
SQL Server 2005 is Microsoft's latest release of their enterprise database solution product. SQL Server 2005 is the result of five years of research, development and collection of suggestions and wish lists from database administrators and developers. Microsoft continues to drive the enterprise database market with the added features and capabilities of this new product. Microsoft Certified
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From Telework Collaborative
Understanding Telework An Online Course for Employees





Facility: Washington State University
Course Title: Understanding Telework An Online Course for Employees
Course Number: Non-Credit/Certificate Course - Open-Enrollment
On-line Registration http://www.capps.wsu.edu/telework/registration.asp
Course Description: We welcome you to this online course, designed to help you master the essentials of telework. Telework is a wonderful tool, partly
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From F+W Publications, Inc.
Fundamentals of Life Stories Writing from Writers Online Workshops
In this workshop you will learn fundamental creative writing techniques that will help you explore personal and family stories and record life experiences in ways that are creative, entertaining and personally meaningful. This class encourages personal discovery and the development of individual style through the use of directed journaling, hands-on writing exercises, and constructive critical
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