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Communication Skills: Report Writing 


MAXIM TRAINING Writing effective reports is a core work skill. In the age of technology it is still one of the most important means of communication. This course explores some of the key factors that make a report
EFFECTIVE. It provides a step-by-step guide to writing a report, from planning through to revising/editing. You'll find the course valuable if you're using a word processing package,
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Making Objectives Happen 


Excellent objectives and plans, everyone agrees, are the basis for effective results. But setting objectives is just the first step on the road to development, you've got to make them happen! This course presents a four step plan, the 'Make
Objectives Happen Loop', that ensures sound objectives are set and followed through so that they actually happen.
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Account Ability Series: Main Features 


The bottom line is recorded annually in an organisation's financial statements. But is it what it seems? Managers who understand how to read a set of accounts and are able to interpret what the accounts say about an organisation's profitability, liquidity and growth can gain a valuable insight into the real performance of their competitors, customers and suppliers. Account
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Account Ability Series: Growth 


The bottom line is recorded annually in an organisation's financial statements. But is it what it seems? Managers who understand how to read a set of accounts and are able to interpret what the accounts say about an organisation's profitability, liquidity and growth can gain a valuable insight into the real performance of their competitors, customers and suppliers. Account
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Account Ability Series: Profitability 


The bottom line is recorded annually in an organisation's financial statements. But is it what it seems? Managers who understand how to read a set of accounts and are able to interpret what the accounts say about an organisation's profitability, liquidity and growth can gain a valuable insight into the real performance of their competitors, customers and suppliers. Account
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Account Abiity Series: Liquidity 


The bottom line is recorded annually in an organisation's financial statements. But is it what it seems? Managers who understand how to read a set of accounts and are able to interpret what the accounts say about an organisation's profitability, liquidity and growth can gain a valuable insight into the real performance of their competitors, customers and suppliers. Account
Ability takes you
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Account Ability Series: Investment 


The bottom line is recorded annually in an organisation's financial statements. But is it what it seems? Managers who understand how to read a set of accounts and are able to interpret what the accounts say about an organisation's profitability, liquidity and growth can gain a valuable insight into the real performance of their competitors, customers and suppliers. Account
Ability takes you
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Account Abiltiy Series: Finance 


The bottom line is recorded annually in an organisation's financial statements. But is it what it seems? Managers who understand how to read a set of accounts and are able to interpret what the accounts say about an organisation's profitability, liquidity and growth can gain a valuable insight into the real performance of their competitors, customers and suppliers. Account
Ability takes you
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Account Ability Series: Conclusion 


The bottom line is recorded annually in an organisation's financial statements. But is it what it seems? Managers who understand how to read a set of accounts and are able to interpret what the accounts say about an organisation's profitability, liquidity and growth can gain a valuable insight into the real performance of their competitors, customers and suppliers. Account
Ability takes you
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Microsoft Excel 2000 Basic 
...ontains five units that cover basic
Excel skills. Through step-by-step instruction within a realistic simulation of
Microsoft Excel 2000, students learn how to build, edit, and format worksheets, and how to work with charts, formulas, and functions. Performance-based
Pre- and
Post-Assessments create a custom course path for each learner covering only the topics not yet mastered. A searchable
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Microsoft Access 2000 Basic 
...ntains five units that cover basic
Access skills. Through step-by-step instruction within a realistic simulation of
Microsoft Access 2000, students learn how to create and manage data and tables, create forms and reports, and modify a database structure. Performance-based
Pre- and
Post-Assessments create a custom course path for each learner covering only the topics not yet mastered. Related
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Microsoft Excel 97 Basic 
...ontains five units that cover basic
Excel skills. Through step-by-step instruction within a realistic simulation of
Microsoft Excel 97, students learn how to build, edit, format, and manage worksheet and charts. Performance-based
Pre- and post-Assessments create a custom course path for each learner covering only the topics not yet mastered. A searchable index and online glossary make the
CBT a
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Microsoft Access 97 Basic 
This highly interactive
CBT contains five units that cover basic
Access skills. Through step-by-step instruction within a realistic simulation of
Microsoft Access 97, students learn how to create and manage data and tables, create forms and reports, and modify a database structure. This course is designed to help individuals who want to achieve basic proficiency in MS Access 97. Individuals who
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The Strategic Account Sales Approach 
...hit-or-miss approach. It comes from the implementation of step-by-step processes that help ensure predictable, repeatable, and measurable results. In this course, you'll learn about the strategic account sales (
SAS) approach for successful sales. You'll start by gaining an understanding of the premises and strategy behind the approach. Then you'll learn how to select target accounts based on
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Working with Your Customer s Key Players 
Strong customer relationships are essential for long-term sales success. In this course, you'll learn about the second major component of the
Strategic Account Sales (
SAS) approach--communication. You'll start by learning about developing coach relationships in your target account. A vital part of your sales effectiveness depends on finding contacts at target accounts that can become part of an
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The Territorial Account Sales Approach 
...hit-or-miss approach. It comes from the implementation of step-by-step processes that help to ensure predictable, repeatable, and measurable results. In this course, you'll learn about the territorial account sales approach for successful sales. You'll start by gaining an understanding of the premises and strategy behind the approach. Then, you'll learn how to select target accounts based upon
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Sales Buyer Reactions 


...ompletion of this course you will be able to identify the steps involved in supporting a favorable reaction, identify guidelines for dealing with low reactors, list the steps in handling objections, and manage objections using a five-step approach. The
PrimeSales curriculum engages sales professionals in a top-down roll-out of techniques that have been proven to maximize bottom-line results.
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Completing Your Field Sales Approach 
What does it take to successfully present valuable solutions and close sales while achieving a sense of accomplishment and trust between you and your customer? Completing
Your Field Sales Approach highlights how to present sales solutions and close sales with your customers. Included in the course are steps and tips for overcoming customer objections effectively. You'll have opportunities to
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Inbound Call Center Technology 
...rstanding inbound call center technology is one important step to providing better service to your customers. Having technical knowledge of the call center is a considerable advantage when few in the call center environment understand the technology they work with. This series is targeted specifically for call center managers, but would also be a valuable asset for call center executives
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Performance Metrics for an Inbound Call Center 
The call center environment typifies the active, fast pace of the business world. In this hectic environment, is there time to consider how things are being done? There should be. As the call center industry slowly transforms into a customer management industry, the impetus will be on call center managers to ensure customers receive the best service possible. But where do you look to analyze
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Overcoming Internal Customer Service Problems 
Managing relationships with your internal customers isn't always smooth sailing. When internal customer service does not go according to plan, problems occur, or communication breaks down, what can you do to get your plans back on track, and break down barriers? At times like these, you and your employees need to act swiftly and proactively to solve the problem, and regain the customer's trust. In
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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
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Goals and Goal Setting 
...hievements, great or small, begin with an important first step: setting a goal. A clearly defined, attainable goal embodies a vision of what is possible. It's a guide star for those who navigate a course through obstacles to a desired accomplishment. However, the process of setting appropriate goals is often oversimplified or overlooked entirely. A well-constructed goal is challenging, yet
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An Essential Guide to Giving Feedback 
The performance of any business depends upon the performance of everyone within the organization. To ensure that all staff are meeting their potential it is essential that there is a culture which enables feedback to be given and received. This course enables you to become familiar with the key aspects of giving candid, constructive feedback about performance. The purpose of this course is to
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Giving Feedback to Colleagues 
Everyone needs good quality feedback in order to improve performance at work. In this course, you will discover how to provide effective feedback to colleagues at the same level as yourself, and to those above you, in the hierarchy of the organization. You will also learn how to deal effectively with challenging situations. In addition to considering the effectiveness of feedback, you will learn a
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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
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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
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Strategies for Transitioning into Management 
...r technical expertise; now you're ready to take that next step. In your new role as a manager, you'll use technology in different ways -- focusing on managing production, not production itself. This course outlines management tactics for becoming an effective manager. Specifically, you'll receive tips on hitting the ground running, including how to prepare for the transition into management,
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A New Manager s Role in the Company s Future 
Perhaps one of the most exciting and challenging changes that comes with moving into a management role is the need to take a more strategic view of the work you are doing. You need to develop a greater awareness of how your own work, and the work of those in your department, fits with the strategic vision of the company. You will also need to have a greater understanding of the impact that the
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Managing in a Global Business Environment 
Companies now face intense competition all around the globe. In this challenging environment companies seek to adopt strategies that sustain their business growth. As a result organizations are changing the way they conduct and operate their businesses, transforming themselves in order to cope with these demanding circumstances. For today's business managers the need to comprehend these strategic
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Managing For High Performance 
Managers today must deal with a myriad of business challenges. Often they must rely on their best personnel to get them out of a jam. But do they have the necessary skills and strategies for managing these key people? This course will examine what organizations need to do to ensure that they attract high performers, how they allow this talent to thrive, and, most importantly, how to avoid losing
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Recruiting for the 21st Century The Market 
...ewer workers from succeeding generations are available to step in. But the boomers aren't gone yet, and using the skills of older workers is part of the answer to today's labor crunch. This course will explore how today's businessperson can define both the labor marketplace and the business culture and will also investigate how to develop recruiting and retention policies to match the needs and
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Affirmative Action and the EEO HRCI PHR 
The Human Resource Certification Institute's (
HRCI) certification examinations cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including those affecting employee rights, such as equal employment opportunity (
EEO) and affirmative action (AA). The HRCI certification examinations are widely recognized as the industry standard for evaluating
Human Resource professional's competencies.
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Strategic Approaches to Risk Management HRCI SPHR 
Risk management, the safeguarding of the health, safety, and security of employees, is essential for business success and of particular concern to HR professionals. This course explains how to apply common occupational health, safety, and security guidelines and programs. It also outlines how security risk analysis can be used to avoid future emergencies. This course prepares HR professionals and
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EEO and Affirmative Action HRCI PHR 
The Human Resource Certification Institute's (
HRCI) certification examinations cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including those affecting employee rights, such as equal employment opportunity (
EEO) and affirmative action (AA). The (HRCI) certification examinations are widely recognized as the industry standard for evaluating
Human Resource professional's
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Accrual Accounting Procedures 
...ed to generate that revenue. This course will explain the step-by-step procedures to properly record incomplete transactions at the end of an accounting period. The transactions typically involve expenses, revenue, and depreciation. Accrual accounting procedures will ensure that your financial information about the business's performance is accurate. After all, accurate financial information is
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Managing from a Global Viewpoint 
...step up from domestic management. In this course, you'll learn what it takes to be a global manager or team leader. You'll start with establishing a global mind-set and learning about the attributes of a global manager. Then, you'll explore cross-cultural communication and ways to effectively support and work with a globally based team. Executives, managers, supervisors, team leaders, and other
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Redesigning Your Organization Part 1 
How do you implement systems thinking? How do you take what you've learned in theory and apply it to your organization? This course will walk you step by step through a planning process of designing an organizational system. You'll learn how to design your ideal organization, how to implement the design, and how to incorporate the learning of the new system so the entire team involved becomes a
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Six Sigma--Lean Tools for Control 
Two key methodologies for improving operations in the manufacturing world are lean manufacturing and
Six Sigma . Both are designed to reduce variation, yet each takes a different track. While Six Sigma utilizes data and statistical analysis to measure and improve a company's operational performance, lean manufacturing collocates all of an organization's processes in sequential order, restructuring
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Scoping the Six Sigma Project 
Six
Sigma Black Belts are called upon to solve problems that have no known solutions. This is a risky endeavor. Yet
Six Sigma deployment has a track record of success. One of the keys to its success is proper project scoping. No one wants to try to do it all with a single opportunity. Six
Sigma projects need to be selected mindfully and scoped appropriately. Yet, without known solutions,
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Probability and Statistics 
...step of the
DMAIC system used in
Six Sigma relies on the use of probability and statistics to produce information on variations in process. Black
Belt candidates must be proficient in descriptive, inferential, and process-oriented statistical thinking; must understand how to stratify data; and must appreciate the uses of the
Central Limit Theorem and inferential statistics to interpret
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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
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Leadership in Six Sigma 
Six
Sigma has become synonymous with quality in the business world, but there is no prescriptive process for planning and launching a
Six Sigma initiative. Each business must learn to call upon the strengths and abilities of its diverse professionals, from executives to highly trained technical specialists. What are the roles of each in the Six Sigma process? What planning should take place to
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Managing and Maintaining Brand Equity 
...spectrum of issues involving brand management, as well as step-by-step strategies to help your brand survive--and even thrive--in a competitive market. So, what opportunities, influences and threats does your brand face? Lesson one explores making the most of your brand's potential by identifying the conditions neede This course is for brand managers and marketing personnel who wish to
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Problem Solving and Process Management Tools 
... help managers find root causes of problems, an important step toward removing them. Success in ensuring quality and organizational excellence depends on how effectively managers apply these tools to solve quality and process-related problems.This course explores basic problem-solving and process management tools used for identifying, analyzing, and solving quality and process-related problems.
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Trade Secrets 
...eir trade secrets are violated. The single most effective step owners can take to protect trade secrets is to get employees, contractors, and other relevant individuals to sign properly drafted, binding nondisclosure agreements (
NDAs). These agreements provide strong protection in most, though not all, circumstances. This two-hour course enables participants to understand the nature of trade
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Advanced Site Architecture 
In this
WestNet e-Learning module, you will learn how to extend basic techniques to design more complex sites. You will also be introduced to the drawings and plans that must be delivered to a user interface developer.
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Web Application Tracing and Debugging in VB NET 
To explain the use of tracing and testing in .NET web applications, and to outline how to perform interactive debugging in
Visual Studio .NET Web developers seeking to update their knowledge and skills when developing, testing, and debugging software applications in Visual Studio .NET or pursuing
MCAD or
MCSD .NET certification
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Data Modeling 
... database to store data, you have to design it. The first step in designing a database is data modeling. Data modeling enables a database designer to create a model that represents the way in which information is likely to be organized in the database. This data model is then reviewed by the people who are expected to use the final database. Subsequent steps in database designing are performed
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Microsoft Word 97 Basic 
...contains five units that cover basic
Word skills. Through step-by-step instruction within a realistic simulation of
Microsoft Word 97, students learn how to design, create, edit, and enhance documents. Performance-based
Pre- and
Post-Assessments create a custom course path for each learner covering only the topics not yet mastered. A searchable index and online glossary make the
CBT a great
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Microsoft Word 97 Intermediate 
...contains five units that cover basic
Word skills. Through step-by-step instruction within a realistic simulation of
Microsoft Word 97, students learn how to work with styles and graphics, merge documents, share Word document information with other programs, and use Word to create a
Web site. Performance-based
Pre- and
Post-Assessments create a custom path for each learner covering only the
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Microsoft Word 97 Advanced 
...ntains six units that cover advanced
Word skills. Through step-by-step instruction within a realistic simulation of
Microsoft Word 97, students learn how to work with larger documents and collaborate with others working on the same document, arrange text and text objects, create and modify charts and forms, and customize the Word environment. Performance-based
Pre- and
Post-Assessments create a
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Microsoft Access 97 Intermediate 
...three units that cover advanced
Access 97 skills. Through step-by-step instruction within a realistic simulation of
Microsoft Access, individuals learn how to create multiple task queries, develop form as and sub-forms, create complex reports, share access information with other office programs and create advanced queries. Performance-based
Pre- and
Post-Assessments create a custom course path
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Microsoft Access 97 Advanced 
...three units that cover advanced
Access 97 skills. Through step-by-step instruction within a realistic simulation of
Microsoft Access, individuals learn how to add complex objects to a form, manage database objects, create macros and modules and maintain a database. Performance-based
Pre- and
Post-Assessments create a custom course path for each learner covering only the topics not yet mastered.
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Microsoft Word 2000 Basic 
...contains five units that cover basic
Word skills. Through step-by-step instruction within a realistic simulation of
Microsoft Word 2000, students learn how to design, create, edit, and enhance documents. Performance-based
Pre- and
Post-Assessments create a custom course path for each learner covering only the topics not yet mastered. A searchable index and online glossary make the
CBT a great
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Microsoft Word 2000 Intermediate 
...s five units that cover intermediate
Word skills. Through step-by-step instruction within a realistic simulation of
Microsoft Word 2000, students learn how to work with styles and graphics, merge documents, share Word document information with other programs, and use Word to create a
Web site. Performance-based
Pre- and
Post-Assessments create a custom course path for each learner covering only
more...
Microsoft Word 2000 Advanced 
...ntains six units that cover advanced
Word skills. Through step-by-step instruction within a realistic simulation of
Microsoft Word 2000, students learn how to work with larger documents and collaborate with others working on the same document, arrange text and text objects, create and modify charts and forms, and customize the Word environment. Performance-based
Pre- and
Post-Assessments create
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Microsoft Access 2000 Advanced 
This highly interactive
CBT contains five units that cover advanced
Access 2000 skills. Through step by step instruction with realistic simulation, students learn how to manage objects, create macros, graphical reports, understand modules, and maintain a database. People wishing to learn the advanced features of Access 2000.
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Lotus Notes R5 for End-Users Advanced 
The purpose of this course is to provide tools to help the student learn how to use advanced features of
Lotus Notes Version 5.0. Notes is a very powerful collaborative software. This course will take the student to the next level of complexity with
Notes. The course will step the student through the advanced functions in
Mail,
Calendars, searching, building and customizing databases and creating
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Digital Video Editing 
This course introduces digital video editing using
MGI VideoWave 5. Participants are shown how to transfer videos to a PC and how to edit and enhance these videos. The learner will be provided with step-by-step instructions to work with storylines and capture and edit videos. The learner will be shown how to output an edited video from
VideoWave 5 to videocassette or
DVD and how to publish a video
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Listening Skills: The Fundamentals of Listening 
This course highlights general benefits and misconceptions about listening as a means of introducing the concept of listening. It also teaches the learner how to interpret messages and identifies three common types of listening. It provides a step-by-step process on how to become a critical listener and explains the benefits of providing feedback to speakers. It details how to provide feedback by
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SQL Server 7.0 Data Warehousing Part II 
This course is a multi-step process of collecting cleansing and storing data for use in analyses and reporting applicaitions and making information available to a wide audience of end-users. Using the Data Transformation Services Package Designer the student will be able to define steps workflow and transformations necessary to build a data warehouse.
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