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Motivation: Identifying, Planning, and Implementing: Using What You've Learned |
0.50 |
In life, to be a successful, you must have a plan. Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich, said, “Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.” This course has provided you with the information and—we hope—the inspiration to improve your motivational skills and work toward personal success. The final two steps are up to you: You must implement what you have learned and continue to work on improving your skills.
In this course you will learn to: work toward improving your motivational skills by using the 21-day habit and satori, and use resources, including websites and books, to continue working on your motivational skills. |
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Organizational Communication: Communication Basics |
1.25 |
Good internal and external communication is crucial to any organization’s success.
In this course you will learn to: communicate effectively, define the theories of management, identify organizational types and characteristics, and plan communication flow. |
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Organizational Communication: Context, Stress, and Managerial Tools |
0.75 |
Good communication and listening skills are vital in any exchange. Organizations need employees to communicate in different environments. You can communicate your ideas more effectively by adapting your communication to a specific context.
Different contexts can create stress in individuals. Stress is the perception of pressure, anxiety, or urgency that individuals relate to a goal or responsibility. Stress can influence people positively or negatively. Different people have different capacities for handling stress. Stress can help motivate, drive, and focus an individual. However, when stress exceeds an individual’s capacity, it can cause physical and mental problems.
In this course you will learn to: select an environmental context, and manage stress and anger, and mediate conflict. |
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Organizational Communication: Innovation and Change |
1.00 |
Innovation is a new idea or process that can change the way organizations operate or think. For an idea or process to be considered an innovation, the majority of people who hear about it must consider it new. Implementation of an idea is not necessary for it to be considered an innovation.
Innovation and change are closely related. When an innovation is adopted, it becomes a change. On the other hand, not all change is innovation. If an innovation is rejected after being adopted, the return to the previous method is not an innovation.
In this course you will learn to: identify degrees and characteristics of innovation, and adopt and encourage innovation, and identify the aspects of change. |
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Organizational Communication: Leadership and Motivation |
1.00 |
Organizational communication relies on the communication skills of employees, managers, and leaders. The competence of leaders is reflected in their communication skills. Communication skills also play a major role in differentiating a manager and a leader. To become an effective leader, you need to understand the theories of leadership. The structure of an organization also determines the ability of a manager.
Although motivation resides within an individual, organizations can affect motivation through communication. To motivate employees, management must clearly outline its expectations, goals, and rewards. Organizational structure can affect the communication used to motivate employees, as well as other types of communication within the organization.
In this course you will learn to: describe how communication skills and leadership are related, and define the theories of motivation, and identify motivational tools and the impact of nonverbal behavior. |
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Organizational Communication: Power, Politics, and Diversity |
0.75 |
Power is the ability to influence someone to do something that they would not do without encouragement. Various types of power and power strategies depend on the level of influence. The existence of different levels of power in an organization gives rise to organizational politics.
Politics can arise between individuals who differ from each another. To avoid confrontation arising from differences, it is important for people to recognize the benefits of diversity within their organization.
In this course you will learn to: identify different levels and types of power, identify strategies to manage diversity and to communicate in different cultures, and identify the steps and guidelines for empowerment. |
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Organizational Communication: Relational Context and Organizations |
0.75 |
The relational context of a communication exchange includes the circumstances, within an organization, that necessitate this exchange between employees. A number of factors affect the relational context, including the status of the employees within the organization, their motivation, and their relationship with other employees. All communication within an organization depends on the intent of the participants.
In this course you will learn to: identify the relational context and the factors that influence it, and identify the different personality types, and develop individual-organizational relationships. |
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Organizational Communication: Technology in the Workplace |
0.84 |
The impact of technology has sped up the communication process in organizations. As a result, communication can occur at any time and place. To facilitate effective communication in an organization, you need to identify and use different communication technologies.
In this course you will learn to: identify the various categories of technologies, identify the impact of technology on organizations, and identify the guidelines for applying technology in an organization. |
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Power and Pride: The Origins of Pride Month |
1.00 |
Decades of oppression of the LGBTQ+ community, cultural shifts in the 1960s, and good troublemaking led to that fateful night at Stonewall. You’ll learn how the events on June 28 became a catalyst for change and a symbol for LGBTQ+ rights that evolved into today’s Pride festivals and marches. This course explores the key events and personalities in the United States that ultimately shaped a global movement. |
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Project Management - Advanced: Contract Administration and Closeout |
0.50 |
This course will cover how to administer a contract and identify contract administration structures. You will also learn how to identify the elements of contract administration, and close out a contract. |
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Project Management - Advanced: Execution, Control, and Project Closeout |
0.75 |
This course will cover how to identify the steps in the executing process group, close out a project, identify the importance of writing closeout reports, and identify methods to terminate a project. You will also learn how to measure, monitor, and adjust aspects of a project to produce a desired outcome. |
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Project Management - Advanced: Implementing Plans and Controlling Change |
0.75 |
This course will cover how to use a project management information system, implement a work authorization system, and conduct mid-project evaluation. You will also learn how to identify the information and supplies needed to control project change, implement a change control system, and identify control maintenance methods. |
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Project Management - Advanced: Planning, Soliciting, and Selecting |
0.50 |
This course will cover how to plan to solicit contractors. You will also learn how to evaluate proposals and identify the importance of negotiation in selecting contractors. |
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Project Management - Advanced: Procurement Planning |
1.00 |
This course will cover how to identify the components of the contracts and procurement variable and define contract types. You will also learn how to identify the role of procurement planning in project management and identify factors that influence procurement planning. |
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Project Management - Advanced: Project Integration and Plan Development |
0.50 |
This course will cover how to measure data during project integration and differentiate between project and product life cycles. You will also learn how to identify the importance of developing a project plan, the elements of a project plan, the key input required for project plan development, and methods used in project plan development. |
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Project Management - Advanced: The Project Management Process |
0.75 |
This course will cover how to identify the project management process groups and variables and differentiate between product-oriented processes and project management processes. You will also learn how to initiate and plan a project. |
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Project Management - Basic: Budgeting and Cost Control |
0.75 |
This course will cover how to use capital budgeting and depreciation methods for project budgeting. You will also learn how to control project costs, calculate cost and schedule variance, and calculate a project’s estimate at completion (EAC) and variance at completion (VAC). |
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Project Management - Basic: Characteristics of a Project |
2.25 |
This course will help you identify characteristics of a project’s internal and external environments, the influence stakeholders have on a project, and different organizational structures. You will also learn how to identify the critical functions, necessary skills, responsibilities, and challenges of a project manager. This course will also cover how to staff a project team, create a skills inventory, and identify the benefits of team building and of establishing a project office. |
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Project Management - Basic: Fundamentals of Project Management |
0.50 |
This course will help you identify the features and characteristics of a project, and identify the difference between product management and project management. You will also learn how to identify the steps and variables of the project management process, and identify some common pitfalls to avoid. |
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Project Management - Basic: Project Initiation and Scope Planning |
1.00 |
This course will cover how to initiate a project, identify project deliverables, use effective project selection methods, identify project constraints, and write a project charter. This course will encourage you to create a scope statement, create a statement of work, and follow a scope management plan to prevent scope creep. |
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Project Management - Basic: Resource Identification and Cost Approximating |
0.75 |
This course will cover how to identify the necessary project resources by using a WBS and other tools, identify resource types, and assign resources. You will also learn how to make cost approximations, assess the effect of risk and activity duration on cost estimates, and apply cost estimating techniques. |
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Project Management - Basic: Schedule Development and Control |
1.50 |
This course will cover how to describe schedule development, identify various mathematical analysis techniques for schedule development, and identify the different ways you can present project schedules. You will also learn how to implement schedule control, level resources, and calculate schedule variances. |
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Project Management - Basic: Scope Definition, Verification, and Change Control |
1.50 |
This course will cover how to identify the process and benefits of scope definition and verification, and develop a work breakdown structure (WBS) and work package. You will also learn how to identify the types of information that stakeholders need in order to verify a project’s scope, and determine the timing of scope verification. You will be able to better understand how to control changes in project scope, identify the benefits of a scope change control system, and describe why it’s important to create a project database. |
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Project Management - Basic: Time Management |
1.25 |
This course will teach you how to identify the components of time management, identify the purpose of activity definition and sequencing, and recognize different diagramming techniques. You will also learn how to identify the factors that affect activity duration, and identify techniques for estimating activity duration. |
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Project Management - Intermediate: Organizational Planning |
0.75 |
This course will cover how to identify the characteristics of a successful project manager, different types of power, and the different project organizational structures. You will also learn how to create a project team, and identify the many facets of organizational planning. |
