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Management, Leadership, and Finance
Management
Introduction to Management
This course is designed for current and soon-to-be managers seeking to understand the foundations of effective management. Managers are employed across industries, functions, and organizational structures to oversee different-sized departments, teams, and groups of workers. However, there are fundamental tools, techniques, skills, and competencies that can help all managers navigate workplace relationships, coach and mentor employees, and lead high-performing teams in accordance with HR laws and managerial best practices. This course will dive into these topics and test acquired knowledge through exercises, games, review checkpoints, and a final assessment.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
Supervisors and Managers Soft Skills Bundle
The Supervisors and Managers Soft Skills Bundle will equip managers with the basic skills needed to maintain employee motivation and production. It is never easy to take the lead, as you will need to make decisions and face challenges, but it can become natural and rewarding. Within these workshops students will learn Budgets and Financial Reports, Coaching and Mentoring, Conducting Employee Reviews, Employee Motivation, Knowledge Management, Leadership and Influence, Six Sigma, Office Politics, Performance Management, Self-Leadership, Supervising Others, and Team Building. Managers and supervisors will become more efficient and proficient, with information on delegating, managing time, setting goals and expectations (for themselves and others), providing feedback, resolving conflict, and administering discipline.
Type of instruction: Self-Paced, Online
Price: $199
Hours to Complete: 136
Access to Curriculum Time: 12 Months
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A Manager's Guide to Artificial Intelligence
This course introduces learners to basic artificial intelligence concepts and trends. Artificial Intelligence plays an increasingly important role in many industries. The emergence of this new technology promises to bring unprecedented efficiencies for organizations and enhance business performance. In today's global economy, managers will need to know how AI can be leveraged to keep their organizations competitive, as well as understand the potential ethical issues associated with employing AI technologies such as deep learning, machine learning, and the various AI-enabled recognition technologies.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $99
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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A Manager's Guide to Blockchain
Blockchain is on the forefront of emerging technologies and is the foundation of modern cryptocurrencies. If you're a manager with little exposure to blockchain as a concept, this course will help you build an understanding of the concepts and how the technology might apply to your business. This course is an introduction to blockchain as an underlying technology for cryptocurrencies and other applications. The assignments delve into critical parts of blockchain, such as consensus mechanisms and cryptography. They also look at blockchain's impact on verticals such as healthcare, Fintech, and government, along with democracy, governance, and social impact.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $99
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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A Manager's Guide to Robotics
This course will introduce many of the concepts and metrics for management to consider when evaluating whether an investment in robotics is the right decision for the operation. The course begins by defining automation types and processes before exploring the business functions involved in making the decision to execute an automation enhancement. In addition to delving into pragmatic issues, this course also explores the strategic and ethical issues of replacing human workers with robots.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $99
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Global Business Management
This online and self-paced Global Business Management prepares learners to take NASBITE's Certified Global Business Professional™ exam. It includes an in-depth review of the Global Business Management knowledge area aligned with NASBITE's practice delineation, exam taking tips, module quizzes, and a 25-question Practice Exam covering the Global Business Management area of knowledge. For a comprehensive NASBITE CGBP™ Exam Prep course, register for the full suite of International Trade courses, which includes Global Business Management, Global Supply Chain Management, Global Marketing, and Global Trade Finance. The Global Business Management course reviews essential skills for the practice of management in an international business context. It covers practical applications of management including: setting a mission and vision for the global business enterprise; developing a global business plan; conducting research in an international environment; understanding the nuances of cultural, legal, political, and regulatory differences; and using technology to support global trade.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $275
Hours to Complete: 10
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Global Marketing
This online and self-paced Global Marketing prepares learners to take NASBITE's Certified Global Business Professional™ exam. It includes an in-depth review of the Global Marketing knowledge area aligned with NASBITE's practice delineation, exam taking tips, module quizzes, and a 25-question Practice Exam covering the Global Marketing area of knowledge. For a comprehensive NASBITE CGBP™ Exam Prep course, register for the full suite of International Trade courses, which includes Global Business Management, Global Supply Chain Management, Global Marketing, and Global Trade Finance. The Global Marketing course reviews the essential skills for the practice of marketing in an international business context. It covers practical applications of marketing including: assessing the external environment; performing strengths-weaknesses-opportunities-threats (SWOT) analysis; conducting international market research; developing a marketing plan and budget; determining the global marketing mix (product, price, placement, and promotional strategies); and conducting competitor analysis.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $275
Hours to Complete: 10
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
A Manager's Guide to Information Technology
MindEdge's A Manager's Guide to Information Technology course is designed to help managers develop a solid understanding of the basic concepts and technologies that they will encounter in the information technology field. Learners in this course will expand their knowledge of IT through games, videos, interactive exercises, quizzes, and other engaging content. Topics of major concern to managers are discussed throughout the course and include big data, cloud implementations, and mobile computing. Learners will combine these with business concepts in order to better inform business decisions. Examples of real-world cases involving IT security and other relevant topics are also incorporated to further expand a learner's knowledge of IT. In addition, certifications and careers in IT are introduced with explanations of each in this crucially important field.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $199
Hours to Complete: 10
Access to Curriculum Time: 6 months
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A Manager's Guide to Superior Customer Service
MindEdge's A Manager's Guide to Superior Customer Service explores the art and science of developing a superior customer experience. Customers are vital to any organization and superior customer service can pay large financial dividends.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Business Ethics in the 21st Century
Ethical decisions in business are everywhere. Managers and leaders, ideally, choose the moral right versus the moral wrong all the time. Organizations have learned that the costs of unethical actions can be high, both legally, and from the perspective of brand image and reputation. This introductory-level course introduces the major ethical frameworks in business and seeks to give learners a strong foundation in ethical business practices, whether as individuals, as a leaders, or as stewards of the organization. This course reviews how organizations can establish and encourage an ethical culture while monitoring for compliance.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $249
Hours to Complete: 10
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Emotional Intelligence for Managers
Emotional intelligence (EI) is our ability to identify and control our emotions to achieve positive outcomes in our relationships. Managers with high EI are better equipped to deal with subordinates, colleagues, and company executives, and they can do a better job of handling and resolving conflicts. This one-module course reviews the underlying concepts of emotional intelligence and explores how managers can improve and make use of their emotional intelligence.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Managing in a Modern Organization
If you're a manager and have not had any management coursework or experience, you may be looking for some foundation in management basics. This course considers the fundamentals of management and how managers can be effective in organizational settings. Starting by defining the role of a manager and how management differs from leadership and administration, the course then discusses management styles and seeks to help you identify your own management style. This course is based on D. Quinn Mills' book, Principles of Management, a text used at Harvard Business School. Chapters of the book are available via PDF download from within the course, and no additional purchase is required.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 5
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Managing People
To be successful and move ahead in his or her career, a manager must understand how to manage people, including motivating workers and coordinating their activities. This course will explain how the goals, empowerment, measurement system of management can be employed and how organization structures differ. The course will also cover the difficulty of discipline while trying to maintain productivity and momentum.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 5
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
Managing Remote Employees
As businesses are increasingly turning to technology to handle both internal and external communications, the notion of a centralized workforce that meets face-to-face on a daily basis is becoming less common. Companies are embracing the idea of employing remote workers—from both near and far—who can provide a diverse range of skills and viewpoints without being bound by location. While there are many advantages to remote work for both the company and the individual, managers must be aware of the challenges that can arise when employing remote workers. This course explores the benefits and drawbacks of remote work and provides managers with tips for helping their remote workers stay connected and motivated.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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The Effective Manager's Toolbox
There are a number of managerial factors that are vital in managing and leading. Becoming a better manager or leader is directly connected to how well you can master them. The Effective Manager's Toolbox is a suite of online modules designed to give managers a head start on managing issues correctly and professionally with less stress and fewer negative organizational circumstances. The modules offer learners an explanation of the managerial mindset that all managers and leaders must adopt to succeed. After careful consideration of the relevant and reference managerial and leadership factors, including such topics as dealing with direct reports, solving problems, planning and budgeting, handling conflict, and others, learners are given a series of video-based scenarios and asked to consider how they would handle the challenges presented for the most optimal results. Upon completion, learners are given a summary of what they've learned for quick reference while at work.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $299
Hours to Complete: 15
Access to Curriculum Time: 6 months
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Time Management
One of the more precious resources a manager has is his or her time. Managers can become more effective by employing time management and scheduling techniques, delegating, outsourcing key tasks, and employing technology. Effective time management helps managers achieve their goals. The concepts covered in this course will help create structure around your time management skills, and will help reveal any weaknesses in your time management habits. Making time management a priority is often the first step to keeping on task and maintaining a schedule.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
Certificate in Emerging Technology for Managers
This Certificate in Emerging Technology for Managers addresses blockchain, artificial intelligence, and robotics. Learners who have completed this suite of courses are knowledgeable in how each technology affects business processes and how each contributes to a discussion about the future of labor. In the current business environment, managers and leaders should have a baseline understanding of these emerging technologies. Certificate holders are informed about cryptocurrencies and how blockchain is restoring trust and security in Internet transactions. Learners have examined how artificial intelligence is leading to gains in efficiency and performance, along with concepts and metrics for management to consider when evaluating an investment in robotics. Each of these self-paced courses offer an assortment of interactive exercises, selected readings, and self-assessments that will engage you and help you practice effective business communication. Upon successful completion of all courses in this certificate program, you can download and print a Certificate of Completion.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $199
Hours to Complete: 9
Access to Curriculum Time: 9 months
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Fast Company: Collaborating for Success
Successful collaboration requires effective communication. As more teams and organizations shift to remote environments, many have been forced to adapt their practices to bolster collaboration. Through the courses in this bundle, learners will identify key components of communication and examine remote collaboration from multiple perspectives, including as team members, individual contributors, and leaders and managers. Learners will gain new strategies and skills for fostering collaboration with others, regardless of distance or physical location. The individual courses include: Communicating with Flair Working Remotely Leading from a Distance Virtual Teamwork Upon successful completion of all courses in this certificate program, you can download and print a Certificate of Completion.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $299
Hours to Complete: 12
Access to Curriculum Time: 12 months
Leadership
Body Language for Leaders
At the core of strong leadership is the ability to communicate effectively. But many leaders focus solely on their spoken words while ignoring the impact of their nonverbal cues, including facial expressions, hand gestures, body movements, and eye gaze. By understanding the impact of body language, leaders can learn how to communicate in a way that builds and sustains positive relationships with employees, clients, and business partners. This course will provide leaders with tips for reading body language and using it to exude both strength and warmth. The course also addresses gender stereotypes and cross-cultural body language and explores the role of body language in virtual communication.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Introduction to Leadership
No matter your age or what phase of your career you're in, leadership is a crucial skill on the path to success. This course examines how to be a successful (that is, effective) leader. This course asks the crucial questions about leadership in today's organizations: What is leadership and why is it important? What does effective leadership require? What is visionary leadership? What is the role of charisma? What is the difference between managing, administering, and leading? This course offers a balance of the theory of leadership with some real-world application to help you develop this critical skill for personal growth and success. This course is based on D. Quinn Mills' book, Leadership: How to Lead, How to Live, a text used at Harvard Business School. Excerpts of the book are made available via PDF download and no additional purchase is required.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 5
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Leaders and Work-Life Balance
Why can it be so difficult to balance our work with our personal lives? And can these pressures be managed in a way that can make you more successful at both? Yes. This introductory course is meant for anyone who recognizes work-life balance as a skill and wants to improve their ability to create this balance. This course looks at methods and techniques to reconcile work and family. You will also consider the question of personal fulfillment and the needs and demands of leadership. This course is based on D. Quinn Mills' book, Leadership: How to Lead, How to Live, a text used at Harvard Business School. Excerpts of the book are made available via PDF download and no additional purchase is required.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Leadership Assessment
This Leadership Assessment lets you assess your leadership skills and helps you hone and strengthen them as well as identify gaps for improvement. It covers six skill areas: General Leadership Vision Ethics Communication Managing Change and Conflict Emotional Intelligence The assessment is based on research insights from leadership experts and has been reviewed by a panel of academics, editors, executives with business and nonprofit experience, and an educational assessment consultant. The diagnostic output also allows you to compare your assessment results with those of other leaders. A complete report of your results with analysis of performance and recommendations is provided at the end of the assessment.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $99
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Leading and Managing Change
Whether adopting new technology or adapting to a drastic shift in an organization's core focus, change is a constant in any successful business. Managers play a fundamental role in successful effecting changes across an organization, and meanwhile, humans, by nature, will often resist change out of fear of the unknown. This introductory course addresses the key issues managers face in a dynamic environment. By understanding the steps in effecting change and how to overcome resistance, a manager can successfully lead change at various levels of an organization. This course is based on D. Quinn Mills' book, Leadership: How to Lead, How to Live, a text used at Harvard Business School. Excerpts of the book are made available via PDF download and no additional purchase is required.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 4
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Leading Teams
Leading a team through any task or project requires special skills, and an understanding of the team dynamic and politics. This introductory-level course for managers or anyone interested in leading teams, addresses the key issues surrounding leadership in a team environment. Why is leadership important to team success? What is required of a team leader to lead his team effectively? This course considers how team leaders must account for the special and unique circumstances of working in a team, where responsibility, accountability, communication, and leadership are shared. This course is based on D. Quinn Mills' book, Leadership: How to Lead, How to Live, a text used at Harvard Business School. Excerpts of the book are made available via PDF download and no additional purchase is required.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 5
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
How to Coach
Managers who lead and manage through coaching—providing encouragement, feedback, and support—are more successful in "working through others." This course focuses on the skills and techniques of positive coaching in an organizational setting including listening actively, providing constructive feedback based on observation, reinforcing positive employee performance through recognition and praise, and teaching new skills.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
Certificate in Leadership
What is leadership and why is it important? How does a leader encourage change without triggering fearful resistance? What are the key elements to leading an effective team? What is the role of charisma in leadership? How can a leader achieve work-life balance? This suite of courses addresses all of these questions and many more. Based on D. Quinn Mills' book, Leadership: How to Lead, How to Live, a text used at Harvard Business School, the courses in this suite offer advice on leadership that can help you stand out as a leader among your peers. Video segments introduce Dr. Mills and other leaders who discuss such issues as how leaders become leaders, leadership ethics, and the differences between leaders, managers, and administrators. Each 3 to 5 hour, self-paced course offers an assortment of interactive exercises, videos, selected readings, case studies, and self-assessments that will engage you and help you consider how your own attitudes toward leadership might promote or impede your leadership success. Upon successful completion of all courses in this certificate program, you can download and print a Certificate of Completion.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $199
Hours to Complete: 20
Access to Curriculum Time: 12 months
Problem Solving
Handling Difficult Conversations in the Workplace
If you're a manager or supervisor, you have probably been faced with a difficult conversation with a direct report. Not only do these conversations require sensitivity, delicacy, and in all likelihood, confidentiality, but how the conversation is handled can greatly impact the outcome. This course seeks to prepare learners to better handle awkward and difficult discussions with employees. Many difficult conversations can impact employee productivity, but as the manager or supervisor, you can learn to coach and counsel employees to create a calmer work environment and increase staff retention and productivity in the process.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Handling Difficult Employee Behavior
As a manager, handling difficult employee behavior is now your job. And it can be overwhelming to try to navigate the psychology of poor behavior to try to figure out how to improve the situation. This course is designed to prepare managers to deal with troublesome and difficult behavior by employees. By effectively addressing, coaching, and counseling employees, you can improve their behavior and improve morale, staff retention, productivity, and teamwork. This course uses videos to illustrate each behavior type so that you can more easily apply the techniques to your current work environment. Focusing on dealing with the behavior (not the person), tools and techniques for positive change are clear and well-defined.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $199
Hours to Complete: 10
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Handling Workplace Conflict
As a manager, you will undoubtedly deal with conflict. And as you look around to figure out who will keep the peace, you might be realizing that person is now you. This course introduces the various forms of conflict that can arise in the workplace and presents strategies that managers can use to help deal with conflict situations. It includes video commentary from an expert in the field and presents some fictitious real-world scenarios that allow learners to practice applying the skills and strategies discussed throughout the course.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $99
Hours to Complete: 6
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Introduction to Negotiations
We all negotiate every day. And even though negotiations are an integral part of our lives, techniques for managing these situations are not instinctive; they must be learned. Experienced negotiators make a conscious decision about what type of negotiation strategy to use based on a number of factors such as the importance of the relationship and the importance of what is at stake. Understanding key concepts such as the "best alternative to no agreement", reservation price, and the "zone of possible agreement" can help you conduct a successful negotiation. And since power is a fundamental dynamic in negotiations, it is important for negotiators to have a basic understanding of ways they can exert and also gain power in a discussion. This course should be an essential part of any basic business and management training.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Negotiations: Making Business Deals
This course is designed to help executives and other potential deal-makers learn the essential strategies and skills to conducting successful business negotiations. Learners in this course will explore the fundamentals of deal making with the help of games, videos, interactive exercises, case studies, and other engaging content. The course begins by comparing and contrasting the two major types of negotiation—Dispute Settlement Negotiation (DSN) and Deal Making Negotiation (DMN)—and exploring the difference between negotiation and bargaining. Key topics covered in the course include the stages of the negotiation process; the importance of preparation and realistic goal-setting; the five basic approaches to negotiation; when to make (and when to avoid) commitments; the relative importance of relationships and outcomes; the decision to walk away from a negotiation; and the unique challenges posed by multiparty, international, and cross-cultural negotiations.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $89
Hours to Complete: 4
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Negotiations: Resolving Disputes
This course is designed to help managers and other decision-makers learn to settle workplace and interpersonal disputes by the application of proven negotiating principles and strategies. Learners in this course will explore the fundamentals of Dispute Settlement Negotiation with the help of games, videos, interactive exercises, case studies, and other engaging content. The course begins by comparing and contrasting the two major types of negotiation: Dispute Settlement Negotiation (DSN) and Deal Making Negotiation (DMN). Key topics converged in the course include the causes of conflict; different styles of conflict management; how to conduct a conflict diagnosis; the uses of a strategy and interest assessment; and methods for avoiding stalemate and achieving a cooperative resolution. Case studies that simulate real-world conflict-resolution negotiations are incorporated, to illustrate the practical application of the principles and strategies covered in the course.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Certificate in Managing Change and Resolving Conflict
Leaders and managers are often called upon to deal with the challenging impacts of change, to work through disputes with partners and customers, and to resolve conflict within the organization. This Certificate in Managing Change and Resolving Conflict covers the key issues and best practices for managers dealing with contentious situations in the workplace. Each of the seven courses in this suite offer examples, videos from practitioners and experts, interactive games, and review questions to ensure mastery of the material. The courses present strategies that managers can use to help deal with conflict, with case studies and scenarios that highlight key issues. Courses included in this certificate program are listed at the bottom of this page. This program can help both current managers, and those advancing in the management ranks, with the necessary knowledge and skills. We recommend beginning with Introduction to Managing Change and Resolving Conflict course first, and then other courses can be taken in any order. Upon successful completion, you can download and print a Certificate of Completion.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $630
Hours to Complete: 31
Access to Curriculum Time: 12 months
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Certificate in Negotiation
This online certificate program helps learners develop the skills and strategies needed to become a successful negotiator. The fundamental concepts of negotiation are addressed, as well as the application of these concepts to the specific areas of Deal Making Negotiation and Dispute Settlement Negotiation. Video commentary provides learners with practical insights on translating the principles of negotiation into real-world bargaining success. Each 3- to 4-hour, self-paced course offers an assortment of interactive exercises, videos, readings, case studies, and self-assessments that will keep learners engaged as they sharpen their negotiating skills.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $199
Hours to Complete: 10
Access to Curriculum Time: 9 months
Human Resources
HR Ethics Series Bundle
Human resources professionals are charged with supporting the success of their organizations in ways that are ethical and socially responsible. Ethical organizations must consider questions about what is right and fair in all decision-making processes. Because HR professionals are involved in designing and enforcing policies that impact the people who work in an organization, they play an especially powerful role in shaping the ethical culture. Each of these 1.5-hour courses explores the relationship between human resources and creating an ethical workplace. While some delve into theoretical and philosophical questions about how we can know what is right and wrong, others focus on applying theory to practice in an organizational setting. After completing the courses in this bundle, the learner will be prepared to play an essential role in shaping the ethical culture in their workplace. Each self-paced course features an assortment of interactive exercises, videos, case studies, and assessments.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $259
Hours to Complete: 10
Access to Curriculum Time: 12 months
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aPHR™ Exam Prep Course
This completely online and self-paced, six-module Human Resources management course provides comprehensive preparation for the Associate Professional in Human Resources (aPHR™) certification exam. The course includes exam-taking tips, a detailed diagnostic test, practice questions at the end of each module, and a full-length, 125-question practice exam. Over 300 practice questions address the six knowledge areas covered in the aPHR™ exam.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $349
Hours to Complete: 25
Access to Curriculum Time: 6 months
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Compensation and Benefits
Understanding compensation practices and policies is crucial for any business owner, HR professional, or manager. In this introductory-level course, you will consider issues surrounding the key aspects of pay policy: legal requirements, pay equity within an organization, competitive pay within the relevant industry, how and when to grant raises, and different ways payment can be structured. Earn SHRM and HRCI credit as you develop your compensation expertise.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Data and Human Resource Management
Big data and data analytics are changing how businesses run and managers do their jobs. In this course, you will explore how human resource managers use data to provide better support to the employees they manage and to contribute to the strategic practices of their organizations. You will learn about different kinds of data and analyses, and you will consider how data collection and organization may factor into problem-solving processes. We will also review issues pertaining to data collection and employee privacy and confidentiality.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Employee Rights
From establishing an ethics code to handling disciplinary issues, human resource managers play a key role in protecting the rights of employees by ensuring they are treated fairly, and that appropriate laws and policies are enforced. In this course, you will learn about issues relating to employee rights in the workplace. We'll consider the relationship between HR and ethics, employment laws that protect the rights of workers, and appropriate procedures for disciplining and terminating employees. The second half of the course will focus on unions and labor relations.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
Employee Safety
The safety of employees should be a primary concern for employers. Human resource managers play a crucial role in ensuring workplaces are not only as safe as possible, but also in compliance with safety-related rules and guidelines. This course introduces various workplace hazards and health issues and explores the relationship between employers and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
Employee Selection
Hiring the right staff for the job can be make or break. In this introductory-level course, you will learn about the process of selecting the best candidate from a large, diverse pool of high-quality applicants. Based on D. Quinn Mills' book, Principles of Human Resource Management, the course discusses how to conduct an effective job interview, asking questions that elicit relevant information, and avoiding questions that might be seen as discriminatory. You will also consider how to discover more about a candidate through the use of reference checks, background checks, and testing. Earn SHRM and HRCI credit as you develop your understanding of this critical human resources element.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Equal Employment Opportunity
Equal Employment Opportunity is an important concept for HR managers, employees, and job applicants to understand. In this introductory-level course, you will learn about many of the major employment laws, Equal Opportunity issues, and the anti-discriminatory regulations employers must be aware of in hiring, promoting, and firing employees. Earn SHRM and HRCI credit while learning about this important topic in human resources management.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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HR Ethics Series: Building an Ethical Organization
Why do ethical people commit unethical acts? While individual morality certainly plays some role in ethical decision-making, the whole is larger than the sum of its parts. Corporate culture is integral to inspiring the best from employees and identifying any ethical problems immediately. HR professionals are critical for building and maintaining an ethical organization, as they are responsible for advertising jobs, screening applicants, and onboarding, training, and monitoring employees. This course lays out the components of an ethical organization with special attention on how HR facilitates the process of building and maintaining an ethical corporate culture.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $39
Hours to Complete: 1.5
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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HR Ethics Series: Capitalism, Inequality, and Justice
Because it is the driving force behind economic organizations worldwide, capitalism is a term that business leaders, executives, and employees should know well. Another reason to know this term well: it is at the center of much debate and controversy. At the same time that capitalism is praised for its ability to stimulate innovation and spur economic growth, it is criticized for its contribution to inequality and injustice around the world. This course will explore the topic of capitalism and its relationship to ethics, justice, and inequality.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $39
Hours to Complete: 1.5
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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HR Ethics Series: Common Ethical Challenges
There are certain ethical challenges that employees and organizations are likely to face. Many of these challenges arise due to the commercial nature of business. Business owners and leaders are interested in generating a profit and accruing assets, and because of this, morally troubling situations can be difficult to identify, evaluate, and navigate clearly. This course examines ethical challenges that companies and organizations may encounter and steps for how to address them. While all members of an organization are responsible for promoting and preserving an ethical culture within the organization, this course pays special attention to the role that human resources professionals play in mitigating ethical challenges.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $39
Hours to Complete: 1.5
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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HR Ethics Series: Corporations and Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to produce profits for shareholders, but people increasingly believe that corporations have other responsibilities as well. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) recognizes the company's duty to its community, customers, and the environment as well as to shareholder value. This course defines corporations and discusses CSR best practices and important laws, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, that constrain some unethical business practices. The course focuses on how the HR department can best support CSR and sustainability.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $39
Hours to Complete: 1.5
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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HR Ethics Series: Defining Business Ethics
This course provides an introduction to business ethics, laying a foundation for how the study of right and wrong can (and should) shape the way organizations conduct business. While everyone within an organization is responsible for upholding high ethical standards, this course will focus specifically on the role that human resources professionals play in establishing and maintaining an ethical culture within an organization. The course addresses the importance of a code of conduct and professional and legal standards within the business organization. It lays out different ethical systems and how they provide frameworks for making ethical decisions.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $39
Hours to Complete: 1.5
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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HR Ethics Series: Ethical Decision Making
Business leaders, managers, and staff at all levels of an organization will face decisions in their pursuit of moving the business forward—however, some decisions may be easier to navigate than others. When faced with a situation where no clear answer rings out, how do you decide on the best course of action? This course introduces learners to the principles and processes involved in making ethical decisions—that is, making decisions that are based on close examination of different ethical frameworks, the notion of right and wrong, and moral standards. This course pays special attention to situations within the realm of human resources, where upholding an ethical approach to decision making is crucial.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $39
Hours to Complete: 1.5
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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HR Ethics Series: Globalization and Ethics
Due in large part to advancements in technology, transportation, and trade, businesses now operate in an ever-expanding global economy, where communities and countries rely on one another to buy and sell needed goods and services. While many believe that globalization produces more opportunities for businesses to expand, grow, and profit, others have witnessed tremendous inequalities, harsh working conditions, and the environmental impact of globalization. This course examines the qualities of globalization and the issues and ethical challenges that can arise when businesses and organizations participate in the global economy.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $39
Hours to Complete: 1.5
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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HR Ethics Series: Issues in the Workplace
Among the more important ethical obligations of organizations are those that involve the health, safety, and fair treatment of employees. Employers have a moral and ethical obligation to protect employees against discrimination, harassment, and harm. This course reviews common workplace issues and strategies for how to address them. Because human resources professionals play a crucial role in supporting employee well-being, this course pays special attention to the role of HR in preventing and resolving issues in the workplace.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $39
Hours to Complete: 1.5
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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HR Ethics Series: Leadership and Organizational Ethics
Everyone knows that leadership is important in business ethics, but what kind of characteristics does an effective ethical leader have? How should an ethical leader deal with a crisis? Through business scenarios and real-world examples, this course addresses how leaders build ethical organizations. It addresses leadership by example and the practices leaders institute in the organization, including how leaders can effectively deal with a crisis or an ethical lapse.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $39
Hours to Complete: 1.5
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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HR Ethics Series: Theories of Ethics
Ethical dilemmas confront those in business with the fundamental question: "What's the right thing to do?" But the "right" thing is often difficult to determine and an unexamined patchwork of ideas inform the decision. In order to better understand how to judge right and wrong, this course introduces some foundational ethical systems and explores their implications for business decisions, with a particular focus on the role human resource professionals have in safeguarding ethics in a business environment. Should a business focus on following the rules or on the effects the decision will have? Can self-interest play a role in making an ethical decision? This course presents the ethical theories of utilitarianism, ethical relativism, egoism, and Kantian ethics. It also explores the role religion plays in the development of ethical systems.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $39
Hours to Complete: 1.5
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Introduction to Human Resource Management
Human Resource Management includes the vital tasks of recruiting, screening, interviewing, training, appraising, disciplining, rewarding, and developing the employee—both for business and non-profit enterprises. Since all managers have HR responsibilities, it is important that they have an understanding of the key concepts of this increasingly important function, especially since many decisions they make about employees have possible legal ramifications. This introductory-level course draws on material from Harvard Business School professor D. Quinn Mills' book, Principles of Human Resource Management.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Performance Management
In its broadest sense, "performance management" is what every good manager does every day: makes sure employees know what they need to do to achieve the organization's goals, checks to make sure the employees are doing those things, praises employees for doing the right things, and uses constructive criticism when that is not the case. A formal performance management system simply makes sure all those management tasks get done consistently across an organization. This introductory-level course considers these varied elements of performance management. Earn SHRM and HRCI credit while mastering these important elements of human resource management.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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PHR® Exam Prep Course
This completely online and self-paced, five-module Human Resources management course provides comprehensive preparation for the Professional in Human Resources (PHR®) certification exam. The course includes exam-taking tips, a detailed diagnostic test, practice questions at the end of each module, and a full-length, 175-question practice exam. A total of 365 practice questions address the five knowledge areas covered in the PHR® exam.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $349
Hours to Complete: 25
Access to Curriculum Time: 6 months
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Preventing Sexual Harassment
Preventing Sexual Harassment provides a guide for managers for recognizing sexual harassment and unlawful discrimination in the workplace and for responding to and resolving complaints. After completing this course, you should be able to: Explain the EEOC definition of sexual harassment in the workplace Describe the differences between quid pro quo harassment and hostile work environment harassment Outline what constitutes "unwelcome conduct" from a legal perspective Explain how managers can detect the signs of hostile work environment Discuss the stages of a sexual harassment investigation Understand best practices for preventing sexual harassment
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $49
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Talent Management and Career Development
Drawing on material from Harvard Business School professor D. Quinn Mills' book, Principles of Human Resource Management, this introductory-level course covers the challenges and issues that organizations face in developing and retaining their employees.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Security Awareness Training
MindEdge's Security Awareness Online Training teaches employees to identify and prevent security breaches before they happen. For four cents per day per employee, your staff will have year-long, anytime, anywhere access to our highly-rated online security awareness training. This comprehensive training spans the facets of security awareness from in-office to remote security, email to phishing attacks, malware to ransomware, cloud to social media, and more.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $15
Hours to Complete: 2
Access to Curriculum Time: 12 months
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Certificate in Human Resource Management
An effective human resource management strategy is a valuable asset to any company, but those running small businesses often cannot justify designating a full-time HR professional to manage employee relations, compensation, policy-making, performance management, and employee appraisals. This suite of courses will teach you the basics of managing the benefits and policies that support an effective staff. What does an employer need to know about anti-discrimination regulations? What are the key aspects of pay policies? How can employers avoid the traps of the employee selection process? In this suite of courses, you will discover the answers to these and other important questions. Each 3 to 5 hour, self-paced course offers an assortment of interactive exercises, videos, selected readings, case studies, and self-assessments that will engage you and structure your learning about human resource management. Upon successful completion, you can download a printable certificate of completion for this online course suite. This certificate has no textbooks or prerequisites.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $399
Hours to Complete: 21
Access to Curriculum Time: 12 months
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Associate Professional in Human Resources ® (aPHR ®) - Live Online
Learn about the exciting world of today's Human Resource Management and prepare for the aPHR ® Exam throughout this online course. This HR management course weaves together solid human resource principles, timely research and recent events, such as the latest rise in unemployment and financial problems facing the U.S. and other countries. This course highlights important challenges facing managers and employees in today's business climate. Interesting case studies explore real companies and organizations in-depth and delve into some of today's most effective, unique approaches in dealing with HR issues. Upon completion of this course, students will have the skills necessary to serve as Human Resource Managers, as well as the preparation needed to sit for the aPHR ® exam.
Type of instruction: Instructor Led, Live Online
Price: $650
Hours to Complete: 156
Access to Curriculum Time: Schedule Varies
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Associate Professional in Human Resources ® (aPHR ®) with Exam Voucher - Live Online
Learn about the exciting world of today's Human Resource Management and prepare for the aPHR ® Exam throughout this online course. This HR management course weaves together solid human resource principles, timely research and recent events, such as the latest rise in unemployment and financial problems facing the U.S. and other countries. This course highlights important challenges facing managers and employees in today's business climate. Interesting case studies explore real companies and organizations in-depth and delve into some of today's most effective, unique approaches in dealing with HR issues. Upon completion of this course, students will have the skills necessary to serve as Human Resource Managers, as well as the preparation needed to sit for the aPHR ® exam.
Type of instruction: Instructor Led, Live Online
Price: $1,125
Hours to Complete: 156
Access to Curriculum Time: Schedule Varies
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Inc. Magazine: Building HR for Growth
An organization's success relies heavily on the team members who contribute to its mission. To build a culture and work environment where employees can thrive, organizations must be thoughtful and intentional about how they attract, hire, retain, and develop their employees. The courses included in this bundle address each one of these crucial HR activities and cover best practices and practical skills and strategies that business leaders, HR professionals, managers, and employees can use to grow their organizations and encourage a positive work culture. Courses in this bundle offer real-world examples, how-to lists and advice, industry spotlights, videos from industry-leading practitioners, interactive games, and review questions to ensure mastery of the material. Hiring, Managing and Developing Talent Building an Inclusive Organization Leading High-Performance Teams HR Tools for Engaging Top Performers Upon successful completion of all courses in this bundle, you can download and print a Certificate of Completion.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $299
Hours to Complete: 12
Access to Curriculum Time: 12 months
Nonprofit Management
Introduction to Nonprofit Management
There are many differences between nonprofit organizations and for-profit organizations. Before delving into the details of nonprofit management, this course serves as a critical introduction to the fundamentals of nonprofit organizations. You will gain an understanding of the nonprofit sector and the issues that leaders face in this exciting and growing field. You will also be exposed to the major areas of responsibility for nonprofit leaders, including strategy, managing employees and volunteers, fundraising, grant writing, board governance, marketing, innovation, and social media.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $99
Hours to Complete: 5
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Leadership in a Nonprofit Organization
The success of any nonprofit organization can rely on the quality of its leadership. You know a good leader when you see one, but how can you become one? This course begins by examining leadership theories as well as key qualities and ethics within leadership. After establishing this foundation, the course focuses on leadership in the nonprofit sector, including the leadership shortage and possible solutions.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $99
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Budgeting in a Nonprofit Organization
If you're involved in a nonprofit organization, you likely know all too well the importance of budgeting. In this course, you will gain an understanding of the uses and functions of budgets and the relationship between strategic budgeting and tactical budgeting. You will also learn about the organization-wide budget and different budget systems. After introducing the basics of budgeting in a nonprofit, the course continues on to slightly more advanced budgeting topics such as capital budgets, cash flow budgets, and opportunity budgets. You will also learn how nonprofit organizations are using different budgeting techniques to handle operating challenges.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Capital Campaigns
A capital campaign raises money that a nonprofit organization uses for any physical asset, such as purchasing or renovating a building. It's a critical part of managing in the nonprofit sector. This introductory-level course covers the key terminology and practices surrounding running a successful capital campaign within a nonprofit organization. You will learn about the phases of conducting a capital campaign—evaluation, feasibility study, organization, solicitation, and post-campaign activities—as well as how to avoid common pitfalls in capital campaigns.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Fundraising for Nonprofit Organizations
Fundraising is one of the central activities of a nonprofit organization and nonprofit management. To help finance operating budgets, nonprofits must raise money every year. In addition, special projects and improvements to facilities may be needed. In these situations, fundraisers will often launch large capital campaigns or apply for foundation grants. This course offers an introduction to fundraising for nonprofit organizations, with an emphasis on the fundamental issues.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $150
Hours to Complete: 4
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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How to Read a Nonprofit Financial Statement
Understanding what the numbers say about the health of your nonprofit is critical to being able to manage the organization successfully. This course will develop your ability to appropriately interpret the major financial accounting statements that are used by nonprofit organizations. You will gain an understanding of the types of financial statements that are used by nonprofit organizations, and how they differ from for-profit financial reporting. Also, the course demonstrates the power and limitations of accounting information in assessing financial performance and decision-making. You will also learn the uses of financial statement analysis, or ratio analysis for nonprofit organizations.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Introduction to Grant Writing
Writing grants is often a critical part of gaining funding for any nonprofit organization's mission. Strategic grant writing aligns the needs of a nonprofit with funding sources, whether foundations, government agencies, corporations, or individuals. This introductory-level course offers a guide to the basics of grant writing. The course explores the relationship between grant writing and an organization's strategy for fundraising. It also outlines the six stages of grant writing and highlights grant writing best practices.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $150
Hours to Complete: 5
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Leading the Courtney Museum Simulation
Whether you have years of experience in the nonprofit sector, or you're considering a possible career shift, this simulation is designed to challenge and engage participants while exploring key real-world leadership issues confronted by nonprofit managers. The learner assumes the role of executive director of the troubled Courtney Museum, and deals with a series of personnel, marketing, financial, and board and community relations issues. As the learner makes tough decisions, an adaptive scoreboard reflects the impact of those choices on the museum's prospects. Video commentary from experienced nonprofit leaders provides qualitative context and explores the consequences of choosing different paths for reviving the museum.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $399
Hours to Complete: 10
Access to Curriculum Time: 6 months
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Nonprofit Board and Volunteer Development
Volunteers are the lifeblood of most nonprofit organizations. And board members are a special type of volunteer, helping to guide the direction of a nonprofit, promote the organization in the community, and ensure that the nonprofit's mission is fulfilled. Learning how best to manage the board and other volunteers is a critical part of nonprofit management. This course covers the fundamentals of board and volunteer development as well as recruiting, effective communication, and retention.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $150
Hours to Complete: 5
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Principles of Marketing for Nonprofit Organizations
When we think of marketing, we typically think of the activities that a for-profit company engages in. However, marketing is an important function for nonprofit organizations as well. Effective marketing is how nonprofit organizations determine the needs of their clients and their donors. As in the for-profit world, nonprofit marketing includes advertising, promotion, public relations, and customer relationship management. This course examines how nonprofits use marketing to publicize their mission and to gather contributions of time and money. The course also discusses marketing planning in the nonprofit organization.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Social Media for Nonprofits
Effective use of social media as a marketing tool is often essential for nonprofits to get attention in this digital world. This course introduces learners to the use of social media in communicating, marketing, public relations, and fundraising for nonprofits. It explores the major social media platforms (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest) as vehicles for nonprofits to reach their members, volunteers, and donors.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 5
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Starting Your Own Nonprofit Organization
This course is a how-to guide for anyone who's got a great idea about how to give back to the community—but doesn't know how to turn that idea into a reality. The course begins by considering a fundamental question: Is starting a nonprofit the best way to achieve your philanthropic goals? For those who answer "Yes," the course then discusses the key steps in getting a nonprofit off the ground, including incorporating your organization; applying for tax-exempt status; drafting a business plan; choosing a board of directors and writing bylaws for the organization; recruiting employees and managing volunteers; and addressing the crucial issue of fundraising. Rich with videos and interactive content, this course provides a detailed and highly practical introduction to the fast-growing world of nonprofits.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 4
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Strategy for Nonprofit Organizations
We hear a lot about successful for-profit companies and the successful strategies they have developed. Even though nonprofit organizations are not concerned with profit maximization, they too can benefit from following a strategy. A nonprofit's strategy constitutes its decisions about what it will do and how it will do it. Nonprofit managers are critical to successfully implementing strategy since they are responsible for carrying out the actions that will support it. By understanding a nonprofit's strategy and how it helps the organization fulfill its mission, a manager can do a better job implementing the strategy.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 5
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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An Overview of Sustainable Management
Sustainable management is managing a firm so that it generates profits for its owners, protects the environment, and improves the lives of the people with whom it interacts. The business case for sustainable management is that it can help a company's long-run profitability and success. This course provides an overview of sustainable management, and discusses the role of government and regulation in sustainable management practices.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is the concept of organizations taking responsibility for their impact on society and the environment. Businesses which embrace CSR promote the public interest through what they do (for example, encouraging community growth and development) and what they refrain from doing (for example, eliminating or avoiding practices that harm stakeholders, regardless of whether such practices are legal). CSR is the inclusion of the public interest into corporate decision-making.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Measuring Sustainable Management Performance
One well-known business saying is that you can't manage what you can't measure. With the growing importance of sustainable management, business leaders must find the appropriate tools and techniques for measuring their organization's sustainability performance. This course reviews the measurement of sustainable management practices and performance.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Sustainable Management: Leadership Ethics
Leaders are increasingly being held responsible and accountable for the manner in which they lead—and if they are adhering to ethical behavior when they make decisions. Organizations have learned that the costs of unethical actions can be high, both legally, and from the perspective of brand image and reputation. At the same time, research is showing that good business ethics translates to good business results. Leading in an ethical manner can provide a clear advantage in building a thriving enterprise.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Taking the Helm at Coastal Industries Simulation
Throughout this simulation, you will play the role of the new chief executive officer of Coastal Industries, a fictional manufacturer of industrial transformers. During the simulation, you will be asked to make a series of decisions as Coastal Industries adopts sustainable management practices. These decisions will involve the company's operations, its standing in the community, and its relations with local government and state and federal regulators. Each of your decisions will affect Coastal Industries in different ways. You will be asked to make a series of decisions during the simulation, and each decision will impact the project in different ways. As you make these decisions, an adaptive scoreboard will reflect the impact of your choices on project success.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $399
Hours to Complete: 10
Access to Curriculum Time: 6 months
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Triple Bottom Line Accounting
In order to pursue the goal of sustainability, corporate and government leaders must manage companies and economies in terms of balancing and optimizing the triple bottom line of social, environmental, and economic impacts. The Triple Bottom Line concept, also known as the "3Ps" ("People, Planet, and Profit"), is both a metaphor for thinking about sustainability as well as the basis for a practical framework for accounting and reporting on organizations' activities and impacts. The TBL concept borrows the well-known and widely accepted idea of financial accounting and its "bottom line" and expands it.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Certificate in Nonprofit Management
This online certificate program introduces learners to key current management issues for nonprofit organizations. Fundraising, board and volunteer development, budgeting, reading financial statements, leadership, marketing, and setting strategic direction are all addressed, and video commentary on these crucial topics will give you insight into how nonprofit professionals apply key concepts in their own organizations. Each 3 to 5 hour, self-paced course offers an assortment of interactive exercises, videos, selected readings, case studies, and self-assessments that will engage you and help you practice effective decision making in a nonprofit setting. Upon successful completion of all courses in this certificate program, you can download and print a Certificate of Completion.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $699
Hours to Complete: 44
Access to Curriculum Time: 12 months
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Certificate in Sustainable Management
Sustainability refers to the use of ecosystems and their resources in a manner that satisfies current needs without compromising the needs or options of future generations. A sustainable business is one that generates profits for its owners, protects the environment, and improves the lives of the people with whom it interacts. This program covers several key topics, including: The reasons for sustainability's increase in popularity The connection between the environment and sustainability The business case for embracing sustainable management within an organization The role government regulation plays in sustainability efforts Some criticisms of corporate sustainability Applying sustainable management principles in the workplace Applying the triple bottom line (TBL) concept and its three pillars of "People, Planet, and Profits" in organizations Recognizing and implementing best practices for measuring sustainable management efforts Upon successful completion of all courses in this certificate program, you can download and print a Certificate of Completion.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $299
Hours to Complete: 15
Access to Curriculum Time: 12 months
Risk Management
Market Risk - Basic, Intermediate, Advanced
Every professional involved in the Global Financial Services industry would benefit from this training! This comprehensive course covers several important topics in the industry such as: Statistical concepts, Risk measurement, Back Testing, Stress Testing, and Value of Risk methodologies, used by leading financial institutions worldwide.
Type of instruction: Mentor Supported, Online
Price: $600
Hours to Complete: 40
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 Months
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Operational Risk Management
Changes in markets, techniques, technologies, and products have altered the landscape of Operations and fueled the explosive development of Operational Risk management. The regulators of financial and public companies are demanding a far greater level of disclosure and awareness by directors about the risks they manage and the effectiveness of the controls they have in place to reduce or mitigate these risks. There is also a greater realization that a major source of earnings volatility can be attributed to the way a firm operates and not “financial risk”. All these changes have triggered the need for an efficient Operational Risk Management system in organizations.
Type of instruction: Mentor Supported, Online
Price: $450
Hours to Complete: 60
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 Months
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Time Value of Money and Risk
Is a dollar more valuable today or tomorrow? What about a year from now? This introductory-level course covers time value of money (TVM) principles and risk and return. You will review the basic TVM techniques used in evaluating all financial decisions and their cash flow implications. For Risk and Return, you will learn how risk influences investment decisions, and how to calculate risk and rates of return. Further, you will explore the benefits of diversification and the use of the portfolio concept in investing.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Financial Risk Manager (FRM)
In recent years, the globalization of financial markets, the emergence of international banking regulations and the rapid growth of new sophisticated products have dramatically elevated the role risk management plays in an organization. The Financial Risk Manager (FRM) exam leads to the Financial Risk Manager Certification - a prestigious designation granted by Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) since 1997. GARP certifies Risk professionals, Practitioners & Regulators as eligible for independent risk management analysis and decision making for the benefit of the company and its investors.
Type of instruction: Mentor Supported, Online
Price: $450
Hours to Complete: 61
Access to Curriculum Time: 12 Months
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Professional Risk Manager (PRM)
The Professional Risk Manager Program is a competitive exam that tests a professional’s competence in the field of risk management. This program is certified by The Professional Risk Managers International Association (PRMIA). Visit their website www.prmia.org. Today’s risk professional is expected by regulators and shareholders alike to know and understand industry best practices and to be committed to using them. The PRM certification sends the message to stakeholders that you set the standards. This course offers the students online tutorials for certification exams, ePRM Coach, and a comprehensive self-study guide for the Professional Risk Manager (PRM).
Type of instruction: Mentor Supported, Online
Price: $450
Hours to Complete: 70
Access to Curriculum Time: 12 Months
Banking
Banking Management Operations
This program acquaints the participants with an in-depth understanding of various knowledge areas that are required of banking professionals. The students will be equipped with the knowledge of the various banking products, operational aspects, and various technology and regulatory requirements. The students will also be provided with essential management and operational technology skills required to work effectively.
Type of instruction: Mentor Supported, Online
Price: $575
Hours to Complete: 100
Access to Curriculum Time: 12 Months
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Corporate Treasury Management
This program is designed to introduce students to the many career options in the finance profession, including cash and treasury management. It also provides students with the analytical expertise and practical knowledge necessary to excel in finance professions.
Type of instruction: Mentor Supported, Online
Price: $575
Hours to Complete: 100
Access to Curriculum Time: 12 Months
Finance
Asset and Liability Management for Insurance Companies
The program has been designed to discuss concepts and case studies on Asset Liability Management for the insurance industry. The course discusses and reviews ALM concepts such as cash flows and risks of insurance products (assets and liabilities), applicable regulatory and capital guidelines, actual case studies and current trends and developments. The course has been designed to be conceptually sound and practical.
Type of instruction: Mentor Supported, Online
Price: $600
Hours to Complete: 62
Access to Curriculum Time: 12 Months
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Asset Securitization Training
Asset Securitization (AS) has revolutionized the field of finance. It provides an opportunity for financial institutions to enhance liquidity, generate fee-based income and optimize the usage of capital. It can be a source of competitive financing for corporations. For investors, securitized assets offer additional investment opportunities with different risk/return trade-offs. This course presents an introduction to asset securitization, credit enhancement, and helps you understand the ratings approach to Asset Securitization. Topics presented are extensive. Please visit our course description online for more information.
Type of instruction: Mentor Supported, Online
Price: $425
Hours to Complete: 60
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 Months
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Corporate Governance Training
Corporate governance deals with the complex set of relationships between the corporation and its board of directors, management, shareholders, and other stakeholders. In the recent years, the regulators and legislators have intensified their focus on how businesses are being run. They are endeavoring to create a template for new corporate governance and disclosure measures, which is beneficial for both the stakeholders and controllers.
Type of instruction: Mentor Supported, Online
Price: $295
Hours to Complete: 20
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 Months
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Credit Derivatives Training
The development of credit derivatives is a logical extension of two significant developments: securitization, and derivatives. Credit derivatives are contracts that transfer an asset’s risk and return from one counterparty to another without transferring ownership of the underlying asset. The choice of the contract depends upon the goals a financial institution is looking to achieve. The global market for credit derivatives is still quite small compared with other derivatives markets, but it is growing rapidly. A number of impediments could slow the growth of this market, most of which revolve around the complexity involved in pricing and documenting these transactions.
Type of instruction: Mentor Supported, Online
Price: $585
Hours to Complete: 60
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 Months
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Financial Mathematics
Financial Mathematics is a building block to learners in the field of finance. The topics expose the user to fundamental concepts such as cash flows, present value, future value, yield and probability that form the basis for further advanced learning.
Type of instruction: Mentor Supported, Online
Price: $250
Hours to Complete: 16
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 Months
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Investing in Stocks and Bonds
This course will provide the beginning investor with the skills and knowledge necessary to begin investing in stocks and bonds. As a new investor, it is important to understand how the stock market works, types of investments and where and how to begin. The strategy and approach you employ, after market research and due diligence covered in-depth throughout this course, will help you successfully and easily make your first trade. This comprehensive course will use learning activities, practice exams, and assignments to help students learn the foundational components to becoming a successful investor.
Type of instruction: Self-Paced, Online
Price: $139.95
Hours to Complete: 24
Access to Curriculum Time: 180 Days
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act Training
The series of corporate financial scandals that took place in the United States has led to the framing of new legislation called Sarbanes-Oxley Act. This legislation was implemented to help strengthen corporate governance, restore investor confidence, and eliminate corporate corruption. The law was intended to bolster public confidence in the nation’s capital markets and imposes new duties and significant penalties for non-compliance to executives, directors, auditors, attorneys and securities analysts in public companies.
Type of instruction: Mentor Supported, Online
Price: $325
Hours to Complete: 24
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 Months
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Tax Law Updates Seminar
With this seminar you will gain an understanding of new or changed tax laws. 3 Hours CE Credit.
Type of instruction: Mentor Supported, Online
Price: $65
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 1 Month
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Financial Planning and Control
Decision-making within an organization often hinges on the numbers. So what financial tools do managers need to be familiar with to make sound, defensible decisions? This introductory-level course is meant to teach finance concepts to non-financial managers, and considers tools for decision-making such as cost benefit analysis, break even analysis, and Balanced Scorecard. The course also teaches the basic finance concepts such as return on investment (ROI), fixed and variable costs, and payback period.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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How to Read a Financial Statement
Financial statements can look intimidating and, as a non-financial manager, you may feel like ascertaining the right conclusion from a financial statement is like finding a needle in a haystack. This course covers financial reports and their meaning. You will learn the fundamentals and importance of the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows, and how they can be used to manage a business. You will also be exposed to financial (ratio) analysis.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Introduction to Business Statistics
Statistics is the science of collecting, organizing, and analyzing data in order to make more effective decisions. As such, statistics is critical to a successful business. This introductory-level course is meant for non-financial managers. Understanding statistical techniques can help any manager responsible for marketing, management, accounting, sales, or other business functions. This course will also cover graphical representations of data that your stakeholders may expect when reviewing the results of any statistical analysis.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 4
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Introduction to Finance
Understanding basic finance is important for any managerial position, even non-financial managers. This introductory-level course starts at the beginning, discussing finance as an organizational setting and legal forms of business. The course continues on to cover the responsibilities of financial managers, roles of finance in a typical business organization, and relevant financial markets of interest to financial managers. Further, the course will discuss corporate financing and the role the stock market plays in the business world.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Understanding and Managing Budgets
A budget is a detail of expenses and incomes for a set period of time. This introductory-level course covers budgets and how they are used in organizational settings including the uses and functions of master budgets, operating budgets, sales, production and cost of goods sold budgets, and cash budgets. You will also learn about the budgeting process, and how organizations are using different budgeting techniques to overcome operating challenges.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $79
Hours to Complete: 3
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Global Trade Finance
This online and self-paced Global Trade Finance prepares learners to take NASBITE's Certified Global Business Professional™ exam. It includes an in-depth review of the Global Trade Finance knowledge area aligned with NASBITE's practice delineation, exam taking tips, module quizzes, and a 25-question Practice Exam covering the Global Trade Finance area of knowledge.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $275
Hours to Complete: 10
Access to Curriculum Time: 3 months
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Financial Planning and Wealth Management
Financial Planning and Wealth Management are key skills needed for today’s leaders. In this course you will be presented with the key information needed to help you understand the basic aspects of estate planning and various methods of property transfers, gifts and gift tax. In addition Information is presented regarding The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act which requires institutions to disclose privacy policies, and limits instances in which consumer information can be shared. Also covered is Insurance Concepts, Mutual Funds & Retirement Planning.
Type of instruction: Mentor Supported, Online
Price: $575
Hours to Complete: 100
Access to Curriculum Time: 12 Months
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Fundamentals of Accounting
This course will provide an introduction to the concepts and uses of accounting in a business environment. The primary areas of study in this course include analysis of business transactions, recording procedures and the use of ledgers and journals, accounting for sales and purchases, managing cash, payroll, accruals and deferrals, and preparation and analysis of basic financial statements. After completing this course, students will have solid understanding of business and financial accounting and its role in bookkeeping administration.
Type of instruction: Self-Paced, Online
Price: $1,499
Hours to Complete: 140
Access to Curriculum Time: 12 Months
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Global Capital Markets
The certificate in Global Capital Markets is a specialized program for professionals who want to acquire in-depth understanding of the financial markets. This course integrates the conceptual knowledge with procedural information about how markets function along with analysis skills.
Type of instruction: Mentor Supported, Online
Price: $575
Hours to Complete: 100
Access to Curriculum Time: 12 Months
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Certificate in Finance Essentials
This online certificate program introduces non-financial managers to the essentials of finance. The course will help you become conversant in critical financial terminology, and you'll learn how to calculate key financial management indicators. You will learn how to assess your organization's financial health by reviewing balance sheets, income statements, and statements of cash flow, and you will discover how finance and accounting tools can be used to support informed decision making within organizations. Each 3 to 5 hour, self-paced course offers an assortment of interactive exercises, videos, selected readings, case studies, and self-assessments that engage you and structure your learning about organizational finance. Upon successful completion of all courses in this certificate program, you can download and print a Certificate of Completion.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $399
Hours to Complete: 19
Access to Curriculum Time: 12 months
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Certified Global Business Professional (CGBP) Exam Prep
The North American Small Business International Trade Educators (NASBITE) Certified Global Business Professional program certifies that a candidate is competent in four primary areas or domains: Global Business Management, Global Marketing, Supply Chain Management, and Trade Finance. Within each of these four areas, five "threads" or topics are covered: Documentation; Legal and Regulatory Compliance; Intercultural Awareness; Technology; and Resources. Tasks and knowledge statements based on these areas and threads tested through the CGBP exam. This suite of courses provides an overview of essential skills for conducting international business. Each individual course contains a 25-question practice exam as well as tips and documentation to help you prepare for the exam. Upon successful completion of all courses in this certificate program, you can download and print a Certificate of Completion.
Type of instruction: Online
Price: $799
Hours to Complete: 40
Access to Curriculum Time: 12 months
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