From Serebra Learning Corporation
Working in Teams 


Learn how to be a successful team member The secret of successful teams lies with the team members. This course aims to make YOU a better team member by looking at:
How teams work
What makes a successful team
Why teams struggle
Ways to improve a team's performance
Throughout the course there will be times where you are asked to
STOP TO THINK about your own work situations and there are
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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
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Facilitating On-site and Virtual Teams 
...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 maturing teams and provide strategies uniquely designed
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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
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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
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Building Dynamic Teams Drive to a Mission 
This course helps team members establish a structured process to define and prioritize group goals and objectives upon which its "mission statement" is based. Professionals who want to work more effectively with others to achieve shared goals.
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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.
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Building Dynamic Teams Thrive on Teamwork 
This course describes techniques that will enable teams to streamline communications and improve overall performance. Professionals who want to work more effectively with others to achieve shared goals.
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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,
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Succeeding Through Teamwork Differences Make Great Teams 
This course explains the importance of collaborating with people who bring different experiences and perspectives to the group. Several tips to minimize conflict and enhance collaboration among people with different backgrounds or work styles are identified. Professionals who want to work more effectively with others to achieve shared goals.
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Measuring Team Performance Measure for Success 
This course reviews how feedback based on specific performance goals can help teams track progress, enhance motivation, and improve performance. Professionals who want to collaborate more effectively within a group.
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Establishing Team and Customer Relationships 
... strong leadership in building and maintaining successful teams. In a
Customer Support Center, customer relationships are everything - and communication is king Many customer problems are caused by communication breakdowns. This course explores how to avoid communication breakdowns by involving customers in problem solving, and being able to communicate effectively in the global community,
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Project Leadership Leading the Project Team 
Project
Leadership:
Leading the
Project Team covers how to lead a project team in a way that ensures project success. The program details desirable project manager characteristics, skills, and styles, as well as how project managers can motivate project teams. In addition, the program covers how to manage project risk, guarantee on-time project completion, and prioritize projects. The target
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Project Team Management Participating in a Project Team 
...tion required to understand types of projects and project teams. The program covers guidelines for resolving conflict within a project team and for helping team members reach consensus. It also offers information on the personal responsibilities and communication skills needed to participate on a project team. Project team members, team members, and team leaders who are interested in learning
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Project Teams Building a Project Team 
Project
Teams:
Building a
Project Team offers students information required to establish and improve project teams. The program details guidelines for team goal setting, identifies motivational theories that impact project teams, and offers ways to manage a project team during times of change. Project managers, manager, and supervisors who are interested in learning more about how to build project
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Functions of IT Project Management 
William
Shakespeare wrote, "Be not afraid of greatness; some are born great; some achieve greatness, others have greatness thrust upon them."
Good information technology (IT) project managers are trained, not born. As an IT project manager, you can achieve greatness by improving and developing your own skills through continued education and experience. Your management skills will become better
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Project IT Management Simulation - The Early Stages 
American
Auto is a large automobile company that designs, manufactures, and markets cars and trucks worldwide. With its one price and no-haggle sales approach, the company has been very successful and continues to increase its customer base. To further simplify the buying process,
American Auto has recently embraced the idea of upgrading its web site's virtual showroom to allow for online
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Project IT Management Simulation - Design to Rollout 
American
Auto is a large automobile company that designs, manufactures, and markets cars and trucks worldwide. With its one price and no-haggle sales approach, the company has been very successful and enjoys a continuous increase in its customer base. To further simplify the buying process,
American Auto has recently embraced the idea of upgrading its web site's virtual showroom to allow for
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Ethics and Professional Knowledge PMBOK aligned 
What does being ethical mean? How does one make the best ethical choice in a complex project management environment? What are legal requirements, and how can you spot the moment when conflict of interest has occurred? In today's world, project managers must have a clear comprehension of these ethical responsibilities. Project managers must also be aware of their professional duty to contribute to
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Stakeholder Interests and Cultural Diversity PMBOK aligned 
...versity, and how to work successfully with multi-national teams. Sensitivity to other groups, their social customs, and their means of doing business is key to success. This course teaches the common areas of stakeholder conflict and how to wend your way through the conflict negotiation process. It also examines the need to respect cultural differences and teaches how to achieve success in a
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Strategies for Facilitating Critical Thinking 
Workplaces are not typically associated with reflection or critical self-reflection, ideas that are often considered 'soft' to the bottom-line, results-oriented world of business.... Yet, paradoxically, reflection is becoming more part of the lifeblood of organizations in today's economic environment. Victoria
Marsick's words illustrate why businesses can no longer thrive on the unexamined
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Organizational Scope of Critical Thinking 
In any complex environment systems are necessary, but they must serve an organization rather than become its masters. This is how
Ralph S. Larsen, chairman and chief executive officer of
Johnson & Johnson, describes both the need for systems and their inherent risk. Organizational systems, with complex and intricately interrelated components, demand the application of critical thinking to avoid
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Team Feedback A guide 
...ompanies. 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 performance, and how the team is being managed, are all vital. Managing team performance is
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Giving Feedback A Manager s Guide 
The performance of your business depends upon the performance of every member of your staff. Thus a key skill for all who manage staff is the ability to provide candid, constructive feedback about performance. The purpose of this course is to enable you to enhance your skills in giving feedback. The course starts by exploring the nature of feedback, and it then develops a practical approach to the
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Effective Use of Feedback for Teams Simulation 
...ur team could flounder. The
Effective Use of
Feedback for
Teams Simulation will provide you with the opportunity to develop the skills necessary to effectively communicate feedback to your coworkers and direct reports and overcome barriers common to the process of providing effective feedback. Over the course of three scenarios, you will be exposed to several situations common to the act of
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Teamwork and Emotional Intelligence 
Elizabeth and
Cassandra started with the same company at the same time in similar positions. Both were bright women. Both were at the top of the class at prestigious universities. Both had exceptional technical skills. Yet, after six months in the organization,
Elizabeth seemed to be making a bigger impact and enjoying more success. She was friendly with members of her own department and knew many
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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
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Cross-cultural Communications Simulation 
...ason and did not draw as many fans as the more successful teams in the league. Now it's the off-season, and your job is to make changes to improve the team's on-field performance without going over budget. First, you'll meet with
Maria Adalberto, the coach of the
Springfield Strikers who is from
Spain, to discuss the status of the team and her performance in the past season. Later in the
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Virtual Team Management Developing Virtual Teams 
...Teams, you will learn about the nature of virtual teams, including the characteristics and types of virtual teams. You will also learn what needs virtual team members have, as well as the types of technology virtual teams use to communicate. In addition, you will learn how virtual teams can overcome trust and communication barriers, as well as how to replace informal training on a virtual team
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Assertiveness from the Inside Out 
Do you sometimes wonder if there's a way to alter your professional style--to change yourself from the inside out? Do you want to develop your professional assertive style? Do you want to learn about strategies that can help you interact assertively with others in the workplace? Are you placed in situations where assertive negotiations are needed? Now is a good time to enhance your professional
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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.
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Continuous Performance Assessment 
This course shows you how to make performance appraisal a continuous process. The first stage of continuous performance assessment is planning. Appraisal must be linked to performance goals that matter, and these goals need to encompass both the organization and the individual before a performance plan can be agreed on by appraiser and appraisee. Even with conventional roles and relationships this
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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
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Leadership Development for Technical Professionals 
...tation and conflict resolution in order to deal with work teams effectively and the problems that can arise in the work setting. This course will develop your abilities to plan and facilitate productive meetings, resolve conflicts, and create team-based approaches to managing. These skills will better prepare you for your role as a manager, and assist you in motivating and empowering your
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Lead and Communicate Effectively as a New Manager 
...anagers 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 good at your last job, but now you will need to resist the temptation to continue
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Coaching for Business 
Coaching is a vital component of any business that aims to be a winner in the new economy. However, unless coaches are clear in their own minds exactly what their function is, and why they are performing a coaching role, they may do more harm than good. Therefore, it is important to understand how coaching originated as a business tool, and the ways it impacted traditional managerial attitudes and
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Making Cross-generational Teams Work 
...Teams in the modern workplace may include members from as many as four different generations. For a team to work effectively, its manager must understand generational distinctions. Individual team members may subscribe to different values, practice different work habits, or seek different goals. Lessons in this course cover the benefits and challenges of teaming silent generation, baby boom
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Cross-generational Workers in the 21st Century 
This course deals with preparing the work force generations (silent generation, baby boomers,
Generation X, and
Generation Next) for the workplace of the
21st century. The course's first lesson identifies the contributions each generational group makes to the workplace today. Contributions will center on the concepts of outlook, work ethic, and preferred leadership style. The second lesson in the
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Succession Planning Management 
...rn how to overcome some common challenges that management teams face when trying to find the right people for a position. Since succession planning is an ongoing process, you will also learn how to evaluate your succession program to ensure that it meets your organization's present and future needs. Managers, executives, succession planners (consultants), and HR specialists concerned with
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Team Leadership Developing A High-Performance Team 
...ormance
Team gives the student an overview of the uses of teams in the corporate world and explains the creation and leadership of effective teams. The program covers how to choose the right type of team, steps for developing a team communication process, the team leader's responsibilities, and guidelines to help the team leader maintain a high-performance team. Managers and team leaders who
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Managing Cross-Functions 
Today, managers need to address the complex problems and challenges of the current global business environment. Managers must now rely upon other divisions, departments, or functions in order to allocate resources, prioritize their staff time, and cooperate with each other. This requires that managers develop a degree of systems thinking where managers operate in a large interconnected system of
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Coaching Trends 
...s and mavericks. What factors are important when coaching teams? It's true that many of the techniques that you use for individual coaching will be the same. But when coaching teams, you'll need to run an initial meeting, set boundaries, and deal with team tension. In order for coaching to improve the bottom line for your organization, you must display an ongoing commitment to coaching.
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Coaching Personalities and Teams Simulation 
You are a marketing manager for
Dulce Confections, a leading maker of chocolates and other fine candies. Due to changing consumer tastes and an increase in the average age of
Dulce's core customer, the company is anxious to change the dated packaging on its flagship candy bar, the Dulce bar. The challenge of the repackaging initiative is to appeal to a younger demographic while not alienating the
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The Potential of Self-directed Learning 
How often have you heard these buzz words of the '90s: self-directed learning; continuous learning; the learning organization; the knowledge worker? If you wonder what these terms really mean, why they are so important, and how you rate as a worker for the
21st century, this course is for you. Find out what you can do to take control of your own skill and career development. Learn to identify
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Goal Setting Organizational Goal Setting 
In ''Goal
Setting:
Organizational Goal Setting,'' you will learn how to set goals with teams. You will also learn how to set goals for an organization through the use of organizational objectives, statements of values, and vision and mission statements. In addition, you will learn how to implement strategic goals in your workplace. The target audience for this program is administrators, managers,
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Managing from a Global Viewpoint 
The process of managing on a global scale requires a 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.
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Control Charts and the Pre-control Process 
...teams may be tempted to consider their work done once they have improved their processes during the
Improve phase. However, in the
Control phase of the
Six Sigma process improvement system, teams go further and verify that improved processes continue to perform at the improved levels. This course will present control charts, which are used to determine with statistical precision the extent to
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Six Sigma Team Leadership 
By addressing customer needs, streamlining processes, minimizing variance, and addressing poor quality and inefficiency,
Six Sigma can encourage a more profitable and sustainable business. The development and leadership of an effective team is critical if these outcomes are to be achieved. An effective Six Sigma team comprises the right people using their skills in collaboration with each other to
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Six Sigma Team Dynamics and Performance 
...teams could make trouble for us if they win."
While the quote is just one of Mr. Berra's many adages, it does provide a clue to the importance the legendary baseball coach placed on effective teamwork. Teamwork is no less important in the
Six Sigma world. In fact, more than one Six Sigma expert has stated unequivocally that without effective teamwork, a process improvement project will fail. So
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Defining and Mapping the Six Sigma Process 
...e way. Maps are also important tools in guiding
Six Sigma teams in the quest for process improvement; it is impossible to improve a process that you don't fully understand. In this course, you will be introduced to the mapmaker's art as it applies to Six Sigma. You will learn techniques to help you survey the business landscape from a high level. You will then learn how to fill in the details
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Taguchi and Quality Improvement 
...n many variables. The
Taguchi Method allows the
Six Sigma teams to avoid the tedious and costly task of running a process using all possible combinations of variables. By systematically choosing certain combinations of variables, the Taguchi Method makes it possible to separate their individual effects. Unlike traditional
Design of
Experiments, the Taguchi Method focuses on optimizing design
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Total Productive Maintenance TPM 
How do you ensure that the maintenance requirements of physical assets are met as cheaply and effectively as possible? The goal is to reduce downtime and minimize maintenance costs. Total
Productive Maintenance (
TPM) is a systematic approach to eliminating waste associated with production equipment and machinery. It is an approach that seeks to engage all levels and functions in an organization to
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Team Dynamics 
...teams improves the organization's quality and productivity. Team 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
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Project Management Fundamentals 
Today, the competition in the business world has grown to an extent where you need to deliver the best products and services in order to sustain your business. To meet the demands of modern businesses, you need to prioritize the projects in hand, ensure smooth project execution, and develop quality products in the stipulated time and within the allocated budget. To achieve these goals, you must
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SAP Overview 
To recognize
SAP as a leading
ERP solution, identify the mySAP products available, and execute basic tasks in mySAP ERP The includes project team members as defined by SAP, trainee technical consultants on SAP implementation projects, and anyone requiring an overview of the SAP solution set.
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EnjoySAP What s New in Release 4 6 
The
Computer Based Training course (
CBT) Enjoy
SAP What's
New in release 4,6 aims to provide all the employees of your company, who want to learn more about the new interface
Enjoy SAP with an overview of it's handling, features and functions. The trainee will learn about the new features and functions of this release using a number of examples taken from the R/3 Basis system and cross-application
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SAP R 3 Application Industry Solutions and Case Study 
This course provides all the employees of your company, who want to learn more about
SAP software, or who are planning to work with it, an overview of the structure and system architecture of the R/3 System. It also takes a more in-depth look at SAP itself. This course is intended for employees who need to learn how to use the R/3 System; members of project teams (organizational and conceptual
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mySAP com - Overview 
The
Computer Based Training course (
CBT) mySAP.com Overview aims to provide all employees of your company an introduction to
SAP s answer to e-business, and the possibilities that mySAP.com offers. Trainees will be shown why mySAP.com was developed and the key components it contains. Furthermore, it shows how application hosting can be controlled throughout the system's entire life cycle,
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SAP R 3 4 6 Purchaser 
This
SAP R/3 4.6 Purchaser course aims to provide the basic knowledge required to start and log on to the R/3 System,
Release 4.6. The student will be introduced to the environment in which the purchaser works, paying particular attention to the procurement process used in an enterprise and the most important information sources of the purchaser. Additionally, the student will be introduced to the
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SAP R 3 4 6 Shipping Employee 
The course
SAP R/3 4.6 Shipping
Clerk aims to provide the basic knowledge required to start and log on to the R/3 System,
Release 4.6. The learner will be provided with an overview of the basic functions and processes used in shipping processing. Furthermore, the learner will be provided with a detailed overview of the steps involved in outbound deliveries, picking, packing and goods issues in the
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SAP R 3 4 6 AR Accountant 
The
SAP R/3 4.6 AR Accountant course aims to provide the basic knowledge required to start and log on to the R/3 System,
Release 4.6. The student will be shown how the FI component is integrated in the R/3 System, how to create master data for a customer, and how to post invoices and incoming payments. Furthermore, he will be able to display and process customer documents, and will be shown the
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SAP R 3 4 6 AP Accountant 
This
SAP R/3 4.6 AP Accountant course aims to provide the basic knowledge required to start and log on to the R/3 System,
Release 4.6. and how the FI component is integrated in the R/3 System. It also shows you how to create master data for a vendor and how to post invoices and outgoing payments. Furthermore, it will show how to display and process vendor documents. You will also be shown the
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SAP R 3 4 6 Financial Accountant 
This
SAP R/3 4.6 Financial
Accountant course aims to provide the basic knowledge required to start and log on to the R/3 System,
Release 4.6. It provides the student with an overview of the key components of R/3 Financial
Accounting that affect financial accountants - namely the enterprise structure and master records. Furthermore, the trainee is provided with a structured introduction to the
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SAP R 3 4 6 Cost Center Accountant 
The
SAP R/3 4.6 Cost
Center Accountant course aims to provide the basic knowledge required to start and log on to the R/3 System,
Release 4.6. and how the CO component is integrated in the R/3 System. It will also show the main tasks that a cost center accounting employee has to fulfill on a daily or periodical basis. The audience for this course includes employees who need to learn how to use the
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SAP Advanced Planner Optimizer APO Overview 
This course introduces the learner to the basic concepts of
Supply Chain Management, as well as the functions and advantages of
SAP APO. This course also covers the components of SAP APO and their functions. The intended audience for this course include those who need to learn how to use SAP APO, and members of project teams (organizational and conceptual phases).
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mySAP com Workplace Overview 
mySAP.com
Workplace Overview introduces the student to mySAP.com and the explains the role of the
Workplace. It also shows the administrative system, which ensures that the Workplace functions are made available to the user. The Workplace unit takes a closer look at the Workplace concept, paying particular attention to roles,
MiniApps,
Customizing, and integrating component systems in the
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Protecting and Sharing Excel 2007 Workbooks 
...teams and individuals require frequent and possibly simultaneous access to common spreadsheets and workbooks. To meet these demands without affecting efficiency, a number of review, security, and collaboration features are available in
Excel 2007. Workbooks, worksheets, and specific data within worksheets, can be protected, enabling only those with access to view or make changes to them.
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Working with Microsoft Office Project 2007 
The
Working with
Microsoft Office Project 2007 course covers how to manage tasks, resources, and calendars. This course covers the steps for setting tasks constraints and deadlines. In addition, this course covers the steps for outlining, linking, and splitting tasks. This course also covers the steps for allocating resources, monitoring resource allocations, leveling resources, and assigning
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Business Problem Solving: Problem Solving Teams 
...Teams '' you will learn about the responsibilities of a problem-solving team leader and how to manage a problem-solving team meeting. Additionally the program provides you with processes and guidelines for motivating and communicating with team members. By learning the material in this unit you will know your responsibilities as a team leader be able to conduct an effective team meeting
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Team Management: High Performance Teams 
In
Team Management:
High Performance Teams you will learn the concepts behind effective team leadership. Your goal is to adjust your leadership abilities to meet the needs of a diverse collection of individuals as you lead them through a team project. If you are a strong team leader you will successfully release your company's product before the competition and save your company.
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Virtual Teams: The Fundamentals 
In
Virtual Teams:
The Fundamentals participants will learn the opportunities and challenges associated with participating in a virtual team. In addition participants will learn the advantages and disadvantages of working in an alternative office the technologies used to communicate and make decisions in a virtual setting and the obstacles virtual teams must overcome for success.
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Virtual Teams: Communicating Effectively 
In
Virtual Teams:
Communicating Effectively in Virtual Teams participants will learn the importance of communication among virtual team members and how to communicate effectively in a virtual team setting. Participants will also learn how to overcome barriers to virtual team communication as well as what technological innovations facilitate communication among virtual team members.
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Cross-Functional Teams: Selecting Cross-Functional Team Members 
...Teams: Selecting Cross-Functional Team Members covers how to identify and select cross-functional team leaders and members and how to ensure cross-functional team success. The program also covers roles in cross-functional teams how key stakeholders are important to the success of cross-functional teams and the reasons that cross-functional team member/upper management relationship is important.
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