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Becoming an Effective Team Member Course description -- The key to a teama s success is the effort of each individual team member. As just one component of your team, it is up to you to do the best that you can for the team in order for it to achieve its goals and objectives. In this course, you will learn Tips and Key Points for developing a team-oriented attitude and learning to work with your teammates. You will soon see more...

Creating a Strong Leadership Team Course description -- This course delivers the key elements of how to create a leadership team that is a model for the rest of the organization. The Strategies and Tips are practical tools and methods to create and maintain a shared vision, define roles and responsibilities, and determine mutual goals and priorities. Key Points also include techniques for avoiding power struggles and resolving more...

Excel 2002 MOUS This comprehensive course teaches students the basic and intermediate features of Excel 2002 so they can easily create and modify spreadsheets. Some skills users will acquire include learning to manage workbooks, working with cells and cell data, formatting and printing worksheets, creating and revising formulas, creating charts from worksheet data, learning about objects and their roles in more...

Training and Facilitation: Coaching Skills MAXIM TRAINING Learn how to coach successfully Effective organisations ensure their employees' skills are continuously expanded and enhanced and coaching makes an important contribution to this process. This Coaching Skills course shows how to assess a Learner's needs, draw up a learning plan, assess competence and review progress. It also looks at the various roles and skills required by a Coach more...

Personal Effectiveness - Teamworking: Undertsanding Team Roles Where people are working together, two plus two can equal more than four. People can achieve more than they would on their own as part of a cohesive and effective team, capitalising on each other's skills, experience and strengths. But working together isn't always sweetness and light. This course will help you gain an insight into the typical roles that you and other team members adopt. You'll more...

z/OS for Operators Curriculum ...derstand the concepts of an Operating System - Define the roles of the SRM and the Supervisor - Understand PSW's and Interrupts - Describe the I/O and IPL processes Course Content Module 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE MVS OPERATING SYSTEM History and Concepts Module 2 HOW MVS MANAGES & EXECUTES WORK System Resource Management Goal and Compatibility Modes Domains, MPL and Swapping Module 3 ROLE OF THE more...

Project Management: The Fundamentals Participants in Project Management: The Fundamentals will understand the importance of project management and learn to differentiate between product and project management. They develop an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the project manager, the various aspects of the project environment, and the importance of developing a quality project team. In addition, they become familiar more...

The Professional Teller: Understanding Banking Basics The Professional Teller: Understanding Banking Basics gives the student an overview of the banking industry, the various departments in most banks, and the various services tellers perform. Additionally, the program covers the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, their roles in the banking industry, and their influence in everyday banking activities. more...

Oracle Applications Release 11i: Workflow - Part 2 Oracle Applications Release 11i: Workflow - Part 2 explains the administrative features of Oracle Workflow 2.5. Oracle Workflow 2.5 is a stand-alone, complete management system that supports business process definition and automation. The course explains the directory services in Workflow and the Workflow Engine. In this course, the learner gains practical experience in monitoring a workflow more...

Solutions Development Discipline - Part 1 This course is the first part of a three part series for IT Professionals. This series will discuss Microsoft's philosophy on team organization, introduces a milestone-driven process model to manage the risks inherent in a dynamic environment, and provides an architectural framework for MultiThreaded development that emphasizes reusability and distribution. more...

Solutions Development Discipline - Part 2 This course is the second part of a three part series for IT Professionals. This series will discuss Microsoft's philosophy on team organization, introduces a milestone-driven process model to manage the risks inherent in a dynamic environment, and provides an architectural framework for MultiThreaded development that emphasizes reusability and distribution. more...

Microsoft SQL Server 7.0: System Administration - Part 2 This is the second course in a five part series that will provide students with the knowledge to install, configure, administer and troubleshoot Microsoft SQL Server 7.0. more...

Win2000 Netwk Sec Design Analyzing an Org Sec Reqts ... management structure. You will learn the various network roles and responsibilities and will analyze the impact of security design on an organization. After learning about the different types of network security risks, you will learn to plan secure boundaries through firewalls and firewall components, such as a screening router, bastion host, dual homed gateway, screened host, and screened more...

ISPF with TSO E I Provides an extensive and practical introduction to the MVS TSO/E system and using the ISPF Program Development Facility (ISPF/PDF). End users, programmers, operators, production support, technical support, analyst. more...

Workgroup Collaboration and Advanced Reporting Options in Project 2002 To discuss collaboration and advanced tracking and reporting with Project 2002 Anyone wishing to gain advanced knowledge of Microsoft Project 2002; candidates for MOUS certification; end users seeking competence in Microsoft Project 2002 more...

Security in a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Environment To explain how to plan and implement security on a SQL 2000 database Database administrators, application developers, system administrators, and students preparing for Microsoft certification in installing, configuring, and administering Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition more...

Launching Successful On-site and Virtual Teams One factor that defines team success is the way in which a team is launched. Quickly moving an on-site or a virtual team into high-performance mode takes planning, strategizing, and a seamless launch. In this course, you'll learn techniques for setting up a successful team that can be applied to an on-site or a virtual environment. First, you'll learn strategies for selecting high-performing team more...

Facilitating On-site and Virtual Teams Knowing how to facilitate maturing on-site and virtual teams is critical, because it is at this time that teams typically reach peak performance. Mature teams begin to perform independently, and it's important that the leader's role changes to that of a facilitator. This course will cover the facilitation of on-site and virtual teams as teams mature. It will introduce the development stages of more...

Progressing through the Complex Sale High-value purchases impact across the whole organization. So it's not surprising that these buying decisions are made by those at the top. But getting to these decision-makers isn't easy, which is why selling at an executive level is a more complex operation that requires all the resources of the highly skilled salesperson. This course is directed at supplying those resources. Salespeople who are more...

Presenting Your Proposition Even the most confident sales people can feel their self-assurance dissolve when required to make a formal sales presentation. This course is about giving you the confidence, not only to present, but also to get commitment from your customer. Demonstrating a structure that can be adapted to most situations, this course will equip you with the skills needed to deal with the most intimidating more...

Negotiating to Mutual Benefit The key to being a skilled negotiator is understanding the difference between negotiating and giving money away. This course demonstrates the stages and rules that will gain you a win/win solution, and with it long-term business. If you follow the guidelines set out here, you will be able to handle customer strategies and still close the deal on terms that keep both your company and your customer more...

From Executive-level Sale to Strategic Partnership Selling at an executive level doesn't stop when the contract is signed. To develop the business and prevent attack from the competition, major accounts need nurturing. This course illustrates how knowledge of various corporate cultures will give you a customer compatible approach that safeguards and maximizes your account revenue. Salespeople who sell at an executive level and obtain and maintain more...

Preparing for the Executive-level Sale Simulation You are a regional account representative with DME Corporation, a national direct mail service provider. Your company has recently made a large investment toward the goal of becoming a "one-stop" shop with its new Fulfillment Division. You are charged with selling the new fulfillment service to your existing client base, as well as prospecting for new accounts. As you begin preparing to sell the more...

Progressing through the Complex Sale Simulation You are a regional account representative with DME Corporation, a national direct marketing firm, which has recently opened its Fulfillment Services Division. You are charged with selling this service and have identified a potential prospect. In this simulation, the second of three in this series, you have gained access to the buying influences at MicroGalaxy, an electronic component supply more...

Closing Executive-level Sales Simulation You are a regional account executive with DME Corporation, a national direct mail service provider. Your company recently made a large investment toward the goal of becoming a "one-stop" shop and now offers fulfillment services. You are responsible for selling these new services to your existing client base, as well as prospecting for new accounts. You have previously identified, researched, and more...

Customer Relationship Management Implementing CRM Customer Relationship Management: Implementing CRM introduces the student to the goals of CRM, the costs of CRM, and ways to modify operations costs to become customer focused. The program also details CRM pre-implementation strategies, the CRM implementation process, and tactics used to test CRM. This series is intended for managers, supervisors, customer service representatives, and anyone more...

Planning Your Field Sales Approach ...urse are detailed descriptions of the six customer buying roles a field salesperson typically encounters and tips for working effectively with each. This course demonstrates how to generate effective account profiles, emphasizing the information needed for effective field sales pre-call planning. Finally, the course offers tips for managing time, territory, and paperwork in ways that will more...

Relationship Management Preparing the Client Relationship ...s into loyal customers. You will also learn what specific roles you must fulfill to become a client's trusted advisor and how your emotional intelligence will assist you in the process. Finally, you will learn how to identify who you should be selling to within a client organization and how to determine whether or not that client is a good match for your own firm. The target audience for this more...

The Pharmaceutical Industry Overview Version 2 Billions of people around the world depend on the pharmaceutical industry to help them live longer, healthier, and happier lives. However, the pharmaceutical industry is continually tasked with alleviating its own ailments, including slow growth and declining profitability owing to pricing, safety, marketing and regulatory issues. In order for companies to remain competitive in a highly regulated more...

The Food and Beverage Industry Overview Version 2 The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star, says Anthelme Brillat-Savarin in his famous work, The Physiology of Taste. However, when leading food and beverage manufacturers introduce more than 15,000 new products every year with an average success rate of only 25 , such happiness can be fleeting. Few industries have as much pressure placed upon them more...

Preparing for Outbound Sales Calls ...roach, the structure of this approach, and the six buying roles. The course outlines the steps involved in precall planning, including recognizing call types, creating call objectives and a call opening, and preparing the account profile. The course also covers the strategies for questioning and listening that you can use in account profiling and provides strategies for avoiding common more...

Completing Outbound Sales Calls You might have heard the saying, "it ain't over 'til it's over." This is especially true with inside sales calls. To be a successful inside sales consultant, you need to know how to keep your customer's attention all the way through the close of the sale. In this course, you will learn strategies for contacting the decision maker and for dealing with gatekeepers. You will learn the steps involved more...

Preparing for Inbound Sales Calls ...roach, the structure of this approach, and the six buying roles. The course outlines the steps involved in maintaining a superior level of call readiness, including recognizing call types, creating call objectives and a taking-control statement, and preparing the account profiler. The course also covers the strategies for questioning and listening that you can use in account profiling and more...

Completing Inbound Sales Calls Everything you do in an inbound sales call leads up to the completion of the sale. A successful inside sales consultant knows how to keep a customer's attention all the way through the close of the sale. In this course, you will learn the process for assessing a sales opportunity, the four factors used to qualify a sales opportunity, and strategies for qualifying a sales opportunity. You will also more...

Sales Forecasting Forecasting for Success In Sales Forecasting - Forecasting for Success, you will cover the skills and information necessary to understand the importance of sales forecasting, develop a sales forecast, and emphasize teamwork to realize your goals. This three-part series is for sales professionals and sales managers who have a fundamental understanding of the sales process. There are no prerequisites required for this more...

Sales Negotiations Negotiation Execution In Sales Negotiations ? Negotiation Execution, you will learn about the negotiation process, the key players in a negotiation, and ways to maintain control of the negotiation. Additionally, this course covers guidelines for dealing with difficult people and strategies for dealing with less-than-ideal scenarios and outcomes. After completing this course, you will be prepared to negotiate more...

Introducing Contact Centers Contact Center Essentials This course introduces the functions of customer contact centers and the roles of customer service representatives (CSRs) to provide exemplary customer service. Professionals who want to provide best-in-class customer service for clients by effectively using telephone, fax and Internet technologies more...

Introducing Contact Centers Customer Response Etiquette This course introduces the functions of customer contact centers and the roles of customer service representatives (CSRs) to provide exemplary customer service. Professionals who want to provide best-in-class customer service for clients by effectively using telephone, fax and Internet technologies more...

ITIL Configuration and Release Management Organizations make substantial investments in their information technology infrastructures. That investment pays off only if the organization uses its information resources to increase productivity. Information technology planners and managers must understand how the components of the IT infrastructure interact if they want to eliminate waste and improve service to the users of the system. The more...

ITIL Problem and Change Management Every information technology (IT) system suffers unexpected problems and errors. These unexpected interruptions can be extremely costly in terms of lost productivity and lost customer satisfaction. The IT infrastructure library (ITIL) is the most widely accepted approach to IT service management (ITSM), and it can help organizations set up rigorous processes to identify, classify, and resolve more...

Building Dynamic Teams Strive for Effectiveness This course will help team members to clarify roles and assignments to minimize misunderstanding, conflict, inactivity, and other hurdles to success. Professionals who want to work more effectively with others to achieve shared goals. more...

The Client-Consultant Relationship Getting to know your clients and their needs are the vital first steps to establishing productive working relationships. Understanding more about their organizations and what they expect from you will be essential if you are to provide a high-quality service that will excite them. You will also need to know how to recognize all the stakeholders and the real decision makers within an organization, more...

Consulting with the External Client Simulation Modern corporations employ consultants for their experience, knowledge, and skills. The primary responsibility of these consultants is to facilitate decision making for senior management. To do this, external consultants gather information using proven techniques, analyze current business situations with specific diagnostic methods, and make recommendations based on those processes. In this more...

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

The Customer Support Specialist CSS ...onment in which he performs his duties, including typical roles of the CSS in a support environment, basic tasks accomplished by the CSS, the support center and customer's role in a support environment, how the support center has evolved, and company and support center best practices. This course prepares individuals interested in the Help Desk Institute (HDI) Customer Support Specialist (CSS) more...

The Technical Professional as Internal Consultant Traditionally, consultants have been seen as experts outside an organization who are hired to appraise a situation and recommend paths toward improvement. These agents of change may be brought in to downsize a company, recommend efficiency improvements, recommend ways to improve employee morale, or facilitate other changes. Today, companies are selecting technical professionals within the more...

Project Team Management Team Building Techniques Project Team Management: Team Building Techniques offers the student information required to improve communication in a project team setting. The program covers guidelines for expressing yourself assertively, identifies team roles, and explains how to avoid common pitfalls in project team meetings. Project team members, team members, and team leaders who are interested in learning more about how more...

Project Lifecycles and Stakeholders Every project has a beginning and an end, but what happens in between is less predictable. The project life cycle will most likely involve uncertainties, and it's how these uncertainties are handled that determines the outcomes of the project. The more familiar one is with project phases and stakeholders, the more easily one can keep the project on track and on budget. Organizations might "fast 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...

Project Management Fundamentals The evolution of business strategies has increased the importance of management having a thorough understanding of the products they produce. More and more employees are getting promoted from within to become project managers as they fully understand what they are trying to produce and how best to meet the quality and quantity requirements set forth by upper management. Project management, as a more...

Program Lifecycle and Organization Regardless of your industry, programs and program management exist within their context and act as the infrastructure for implementing strategies. Effective program managers must be mindful of how different industries can impact program life cycles and the benefits they are designed to reap, and must continually refine their skills for adapting program life cycles to strategic goals. This course 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...

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...

Advanced Project Leadership Organization Strategy and Business Needs Advanced Project Leadership: Organization, Strategy and Business Needs teaches project managers how to be successful managing high profile projects in large corporations by learning how to navigate different organization types, and what role project management plays in the different organization types. You will acquire the skills necessary to determine company strategy and the process to use that more...

The Foundations of Creativity and Innovation What is creativity, and how does it affect the brain? Why is it that people often have many of their best ideas once they leave work, when performing the most mundane tasks? Is this a coincidence, or is there a particular reason for it? As more and more organizations encourage employees to propose creative and innovative ideas in the workplace, it's imperative that you understand the foundations more...

Organizational Communication Communicating in the Workplace Organizational Communication: Communicating in the Workplace is designed to help students understand how communication flows within an organization, how networks develop, and what roles individuals fulfill in an organization. The program also gives students guidelines for applying technology to organizational communication. By applying the guidelines, students will be able to communicate 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...

Participating Effectively in Business Meetings A meeting is a gathering of people to present or exchange information, plan joint activities, make decisions, or carry out actions already agreed upon. Almost every group activity or project requires a meeting, or meetings, of some sort. Knowing how to hold efficient and effective meetings can help make projects successful. In a good meeting, participants' ideas are heard, decisions are made more...

Team Feedback A guide Teamwork is playing an increasingly significant role in the majority of today's top companies. This is based on the assumption that working in teams leads to better business performance. In that case, you must ensure that team performance is managed effectively--feedback being of crucial importance. Feedback about how the team is performing, how individuals are contributing to the team's more...

Teamwork and Results Without Authority When it comes to being a member of a team, what role do you think you should play? Legendary Alabama football coach Bear Bryant said, " In order to have a winner, the team must have a feeling of unity; every player must put the team first--ahead of personal glory." Yet, according to general George S. Patton Jr., "If everyone is thinking alike then somebody isn't thinking." When it comes to getting more...

The Process of Interpersonal Communications It is almost impossible to be productive in today's business environment without being an effective communicator. This is particularly true if achievement of your goals depends on your ability to influence others. You need to be able to communicate your ideas, instructions, thoughts, and feelings accurately. This is not as easy as it may seem, and ineffective communication is often at the core of more...

Virtual Team Management Managing Virtual Team Relationships In Virtual Team Management: Managing Virtual Team Relationships, you will learn how to be an effective virtual team manager. You will learn the seven functions that virtual team managers must perform and the four factors that can hamper a virtual team manager's success. In addition, you will learn about the importance of boundary management and how virtual team managers can be effective boundary more...

Cultivating Great Teams Create an Invincible Team This course enables participants to assess the individuals who make up the team and discusses methods to enhance the entire team performance. All levels of professionals who supervise the performance of other staff members. more...

Continuous Performance Assessment ...eed on by appraiser and appraisee. Even with conventional roles and relationships this is a challenge, but for many organizations, the role of the employee is more flexible, and reporting arrangements are more remote. The 21st century manager has to plan to appraise employees he may rarely see. The second stage is changing the annual performance meeting into ongoing communication about more...

Effective Mentoring Perhaps your organization has asked you to help induct a new employee. Maybe a junior colleague has approached you for guidance. Or perhaps you want to "fast track" a rising star into a particular leadership position. Whatever the case, before you sign on as a mentor you'll want to learn all you can about the process, from how mentoring benefits you and your career to how you can best assist your more...

The Mentoring Manager Looking for ways to enhance your managing skills? In this course, you'll acquire expertise as a mentor that will benefit your employees, your organization, and your own career. You'll examine how mentoring differs from managing, and you'll brush up on essential communication skills. Finally, you'll learn to use mentoring to improve on team organization, dynamics, and performance. Managers, more...

Developing as a Manager The Many Roles of a Manager This course introduces the multi-faceted role of an effective manager. A series of self evaluation exercises assist the participant to create a personal development plan to enhance their current managerial skill set. All levels of professionals who supervise the performance of other staff members. more...

Models for Managing Technical Professionals Because technical professionals set a high value on autonomy, managing their time and resources can be a difficult task. But, since it's your job to supervise this often-frustrating yet extremely valuable group of employees, you need to figure out the best way to do it. And this "best way" may vary from company to company and from individual to individual. In this course you'll learn a variety of more...

Developing Career Plans for Your Technical Professionals Why should you be interested in career development for the technical professionals you supervise? Because it's good for them, good for your company, and good for you. One of your major challenges as a manager of technical people is retaining them. And you may also need to recruit technical people to fill higher-level positions in your company. This course will help you use career development as a more...

Leadership Development for Technical Professionals Managers must direct the activities of workers to address tactical or short-term issues while still maintaining a vision of the strategic or long-term goal. Therefore, the skills needed for an effective leader are varied and complex. For you, the technical professional, this means evaluating your current leadership skills. It also includes the development of more refined managerial skills such as more...

Lead and Communicate Effectively as a New Manager Employees want decisive leadership from their managers. Organizations, too, need their managers to be clear about their objectives, and how their teams can achieve them. As a new manager, it is important that you understand that leadership is about giving direction, but it is also crucial that you realize that it also involves trusting and empowering your staff. You will undoubtedly have been very more...

Leadership in Management Simulation Specializing in the film and television industries, Limelight Connections is a web-based, career-search company headquartered in Los Angeles, California. As part of the marketing team, you have been with Limelight for just under two years. Your dedication, industry knowledge and hard work have paid off, recently earning you a promotion to manager of the department. But with the new title comes new more...

Coaching for Business ... that those responsible for coaching will know what their roles are, and thus be better placed to unlock the potential of individuals and teams, to maximize performance and effectiveness, and enhance personal satisfaction in their own work. This course applies to anyone in an organization who has a role in improving the performance of co-workers--recognizing that coaching is not solely a more...

Successful Coaching Relationships Coaching is a set of practical skills and a style of relating that develop the potential of both the individual being coached and the coach. For this development to take place, there must be a working relationship between a coach and a willing coachee, a relationship based on mutual trust, respect, commitment and confidentiality. Within this collaborative framework, the coach uses a repertoire of more...

The Mark of a Leader ... you. There is a strong difference between activities and roles of effective managers and those of successful leaders. You'll discover what some of those key differences are by studying the traits and qualities of leaders, including information on how true leaders find the time to lead and what employees expect from their leaders. Additionally, you'll get a chance to explore your leadership more...

E-Learning Essentials Pt 1 E-Learning and Successful Strategy This Course is designed to cover the broad offerings within the scope of e-learning and the various challenges that arise in implementing an e-learning solution. It places e-learning within the context of learning and knowledge management and the role of e-learning in harnassing an organizations's intellectual and human assests. The course covers the importance of a clear and effective more...

E-Learning Essentials Pt 3 Deploying and Measuring Your Solution The third course in this curriculum focuses on issues of deployment and measurement of an e-learning solution. Regarding deployment, technological, interoperability and multi-site challenges are addressed, as well as using the Internet, choosing the right platform, managing learners and learning objects. The final area to be covered is that of measuring the e-learning solution, integrating more...

Offers Contracts and Organizational Exit HRCI PHR Human Resource (HR) professionals today have to deal with particularly sensitive subjects regarding employment. This course examines employment offers for prospective candidates, contract creation, and record-keeping requirements. In addition, the complex issues of organizational exit--including downsizing, severance, and termination--are explored. The Human Resource Certification Institute's 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...

Redesigning Your Organization Part II What do you do after you've created an idealized design for your organization? This course will provide you with the skills you'll need to successfully implement an idealized design in your organization. You'll study the groundwork for learning, including how to use adaptive learning and how to be an advocate for adaptive learning. You'll learn about democratic hierarchies, decision-making 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...

Six Sigma Team Leadership ...tegies for selecting the right team members and assigning roles within the team. When the team has been formed, the role of team leader changes to that of a facilitator, leader, and motivator. This course provides you with the techniques and skills required to build a team that can deliver your Six Sigma project. Six Sigma is a registered Trademark of Motorola Corporation, and all rights, more...

Six Sigma Team Dynamics and Performance ...roving Six Sigma teamwork. You'll learn about team member roles, responsibilities, and interaction styles, as well as methods for resolving team and people problems. In addition, you'll learn about that all-important organizat Candidates for black belt certification; managers/executives overseeing personnel involved in the implementation of Six Sigma in their organization; consultants involved more...

The Six Sigma Change Agent ...e techniques used? In this course, you'll learn about the roles and responsibilities of the Six Sigma change agent. You'll explore ways to build a change management process and how to plan for change implementation. Effective communication is central to Six Sigma success, so this course will introduce you to the components of a successful communications strategy. Many organizations, and often more...

Six Sigma Introduction ...f the approach. You will gain an understanding of the new roles that some employees will fill. This course will introduce you to a straightforward framework for satisfying your customers, reducing waste, and increasing efficiency and quality in your organization. You will then examine how you can meet Six Sigma challenges and the skills you will need to grow in a Six Sigma organization. As a more...

Six Sigma Reducing Variation to Improve Quality What, do you expect everything to be perfect? How would you respond if one of your employees said that to you? You might consider saying, "Well, yes " In fact, striving for near perfect quality is reasonable and achievable. It's a matter of reducing variation through the use of Six Sigma. "Variation," or deviation from what the customer wants, may be inherent in the business world, yet by more...

Leadership in Six Sigma ...ves to highly trained technical specialists. What are the roles of each in the Six Sigma process? What planning should take place to launch their efforts? How can you tell whether your organization is really ready to take on Six Sigma? What is the proper culture, and can your organization achieve it? And how should the transition be managed? This course examines these crucial issues, as well as more...

Leadership ...e elements include: organizational structure and culture, roles and responsibilities of managers and leaders, change management, motivation and negotiation, and conflict and empowerment. This course explores the concepts of organizational design and leadership challenges. It is aligned with the Quality Management Division of the American Society for Quality's Certification Handbook and is more...

Team Dynamics ...development encompasses team establishment, assignment of roles and responsibilities, and performance evaluation. Dynamic team goals and objectives must align with the organization's vision and mission. This course explores team building and team dynamics. It is aligned with the Quality Management Division of the American Society for Quality's Certification Handbook and is designed to assist more...

Quality Systems Models and Theories The implementation of an effective quality system is a vital component of the success of any organization. Personnel at all levels in an organization must be aware of the quality mission, plan, and methodology it employs. A quality mission and plan that is well developed and properly implemented must be aligned to the corporate mission and vision statements and the strategic plan in order to be more...

Emerging Web Service Standards To understand the roles and implementation approaches implemented by various emerging web services Application and web developers wishing to attain competency in developing web services using the main web service technologies SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI; systems analysts and systems architects needing a thorough knowledge of service-oriented architecture concepts and web service technologies more...

Web Services and Service-oriented Architecture To understand the concepts underpinning web services Application and web developers wishing to attain competency in developing web services using the main web service technologies SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI; systems analysts and systems architects needing a thorough knowledge of service-oriented architecture concepts and web service technologies more...

Using WSDL To understand how to implement the WSDL specification Application and web developers wishing to attain competency in developing web services using the main web service technologies SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI; systems analysts and systems architects needing a thorough knowledge of service-oriented architecture concepts and web service technologies more...

Getting Started with Programming To introduce structured programming concepts, coding design, and style Anyone wishing to know the basics of programming more...

What Microsoft NET Means for IT Professionals To introduce the concepts and components of Microsoft .NET Business managers, IT professionals more...

Managing System Security in Windows Server 2003 To outline the process and considerations for securing the software infrastructure and for using security templates Systems engineers, systems administrators, systems analysts, IT consultants, and support professionals tasked with implementing and maintaining a Windows Server 2003 network infrastructure; learners preparing for certification in the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) or more...

Oracle Application Server 10g OracleAS Portal To demonstrate how to manage OracleAS Portal DBAs, developers, and other IT professionals planning to take Oracle Application Server 10g certification examinations; anyone interested in the technical aspects of Oracle Application Server 10g more...

Win2000 Active Directory Design Introducing Windows 2000 Active Directory Services ... groups, schemas and schema objects, and different server roles. This course also covers how to name, identify, and access Active Directory objects, as well as naming standards and conventions. Related Exam: Microsoft Exam #070-219: Designing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure. This course addresses the training needs of system administrators, network designers, and IT more...

Microsoft SMS 2003 Planning the Hierarchy To explain how to design the site hierarchy and identify the considerations involved in capacity planning Systems administrators, systems engineers, systems analysts, IT consultants, and support professionals with responsibility for planning and deploying Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 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...

Analyzing Requirements and Resources for Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server To identify what company requirements and resources need to be analyzed before a messaging solution can be designed Students preparing for Microsoft Exam 70-225 Designing and Deploying a Messaging Infrastructure with Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, IS administrators, network administrators, IS consultants, and staff involved in the support of IS systems who wish to attain an understanding of the more...

Installation of ISA Server 2000 To demonstrate how to install ISA Server on a computer running Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and configure web proxy, firewall, and SecureNAT clients 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...

Project Server 2003 Implementing Project Server and Planning Client Deployment To install Project Server 2003 and plan client deployment Systems administrators, systems engineers, systems analysts, IT consultants, and IT professionals with responsibility for planning and implementing Project Server 2003; learners preparing for MCSE certification exams 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...

Implementing and Supporting Active Directory Infrastructure To identify the requirements for implementing and supporting the Active Directory infrastructure Prospective systems engineers; technical support engineers, and technical consultants seeking competency in Windows Server 2003; systems and network analysts seeking competency in Windows Server 2003 more...

Windows Server 2003 Planning Server Roles and Server Security To outline the processes and considerations for planning server roles and server security Systems engineers, systems analysts, IT consultants, and support professionals tasked with planning and maintaining a Windows Server 2003 network infrastructure; learners preparing for certification in the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) program more...

Networking Services in a Linux Environment To identify the neworking services available in a Linux environment Students wishing to acquire the basic skills required as a Linux system administrator 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...

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...

How Local Area Networks Work In this WestNet e-Learning module, we will use the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model to explain the specific technologies and protocols used in most local area networks (LANs). More specifically, you will learn about the popular LAN protocols of Ethernet and Token Ring, and the increasingly important technology of wireless networking. We will start low in the OSI protocol stack, and then more...

How ATM LANs Work This WestNet e-Learning module will focus on ATM Architecture, LAN Emulation, ATM Devices, and ATM Deployment. more...

Overview of the Implementation Process This WestNet e-Learning module will outline a formal four-phase approach to network design, which covers the majority of areas that must be considered in most networking implementation projects. more...

Routing Table Protocols This WestNet e-Learning module describes and compares the two major routing algorithms and discusses the dominant routing protocol based on each algorithm. We will also learn about several small, but important protocols created to solve special routing or transmission problems. more...

VoIP Services This module introduces VoIP Services. We define and explain packet telephony, its benefits and potential pitfalls, and why private users, small and large businesses, and the industry press see this technology as the next great telecommunications revolution. We introduce the many components that make up a converged voice network, and examine their roles. We explore the market drivers pushing more...

Cisco ONT 1 0 Network Requirements and Introduction to VoIP To recognize the converged network requirements within the Cisco conceptual network models, the basic principles of VoIP networks and conversion to them, call control mechanisms, and how voice is digitized for data transport Individuals preparing for the Cisco Certified Network Professional CCNP and the Cisco Certified Design Professional CCDP certifications; senior-level network support more...

Introduction to QoS and QoS Implementation To identify the fundamental issues associated with implementing QoS on converged networks, and to define QoS policy implementation and management methods IT professionals with a thorough knowledge of networking concepts and Cisco technology basics who wish to extend their knowledge in the specific area of Quality of Service more...

Cisco BCMSN 3 0 Implementing Spanning Tree To implement spanning tree operation in a hierarchical network Network administrators, network engineers, network managers, systems managers, or network designers. more...

Cisco BCMSN 3 0 Configuring and Implementing WLANs To explain how to use Cisco Systems utilities to configure the Cisco WLAN client, distinguish between autonomous and lightweight WLAN implementations, and explain how to configure autonomous and lightweight Cisco WLAN solutions. Network administrators, network engineers, network managers, systems managers, or network designers. more...

Relational Database Concepts and Facilities This course covers the general conceptual methodology, models, and technology that are utilized in Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS). The course is designed to give the user a top-down overview of relational database development and implementation. By breaking down the application development process into distinct components, the student will understand the key features of Relational more...

CCNT Computer-Telephony Integration Essentials v6 0 This course introduces CTI and covers CTI architecture and CTI hardware. It also teaches CTI markets and CTI system development. Candidates work in the data and telecommunications industries and are preparing for the Computer-Telephony Integration Essentials module of the CCNT exam. Typical job roles include telecom and call center managers. Average computer literacy is desirable. more...

CCNT Broadband Technologies v6 0 Part 1 This course introduces broadband technologies and broadband categories and it teaches multiplexing and switching. It also covers network interconnections and SONET. Candidates work in the data and telecommunications industries and are prepari