Course curriculum
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MANAGEMENT FOUNDATIONS
- 1. Managers in an organization
- 2. The good manager
- 3. The different types of managerial roles
- 4. A manager's main functions
- 5. Introduction to Planning
- 6. Creating smart objectives
- 7. Competitor research
- 8. Break-even Analysis
- 9. Budgeting
- 10. Project management
- 11. The principles of organization
- 12. The role of Human Resources
- 13. Planning HR needs
- 14. Motivating employees
- 15. Employee motivation tactics
- 16. Terminating employee contracts
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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
- 1. Strategy Course Notes.pdf
- 2. The role of Strategy
- 3. Mission, Vision and Values statements
- 4. The four stages of the industry life cycle model
- 5. Importance of the industry life cycle model
- 6. The Introduction stage
- 7. The Growth stage
- 8. The Maturity stage
- 9. The Decline stage
- 10. Michael Porter's Five Forces model
- 11. The threat of new entrants
- 12. The threat of substitute products
- 13. The intensity of current competition
- 14. The bargaining power of suppliers
- 15. The bargaining power of clients
- 16. Competitive advantage, An Introduction
- 17. Building a sustainable competitive advantage
- 18. Resources and capabilities
- 19. Acquiring a competitive advantage
- 20. The three main competitive strategies
- 21. Cost leadership
- 22. Differentiation
- 23. Find your niche market
- 25. An introduction to SWOT analysis
- 26. Types of growth opportunities
- 27. Organic growth
- 28. Inorganic growth
- 29. Horizontal integration
- 30. Vertical integration
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MARKETING FOUNDATIONS
- Marketing Course eBooks.pdf
- 1. What is Marketing's role
- 2. Marketing's key processes
- 3. What is a marketing plan
- 4. The psychology of customers
- 5. Conducting marketing research
- 6. The different stages of marketing research
- 7. Data collection for Marketing Research
- 8. Client segmentation
- 9. Choosing a target customer group
- 10. The four Ps of Marketing
- 11. The product concept
- 13. The typical product life cycle
- 14. The variables influencing product pricing
- 15. The demand curve
- 16. Setting up product distribution
- 17. Types of distribution channels
- 18. The e-commerce
- 19. Creating a marketing campaign
- 20. The importance of social media
- 21. Using KPIs to improve decision-making
- 22. The Customer-Lifetime-Value formula
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NEGOTIATION
- Negotiation eBook
- 1. Intro to Negotiation
- 2. What is BATNA
- 3. Reservation point
- 4. Assessing yourself
- 5. Assessing the situation
- 6. Assessing your opponent
- 7. Distributive negotiations
- 8. Distributive strategies
- 9. Interest-based bargaining
- 10. Interest-based strategies
- 11. Claiming
- 12. Aversive tactics and protection
- 13. Negotiation strategy
- 14. Conflict resolution
- 15. Establishing trust
- 16. Repair a broken trust
- 17. Mediums of negotiation
- 18. Reciprocation
- 19. Consistency
- 20. Social proof
- 21. Liking
- 22. Scarcity
- 23. Authority
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ACCOUNTING FOUNDATIONS
- 1. What is Accounting
- 2. The Importance of Bookkeeping
- 3. An Introduction to Financial Accounting
- 4. The different types of accounting standards
- 5. The three financial statements
- 6. Types of revenues
- 7. Types of expenses
- 8. Income taxes
- 9. Depreciation and Amortization
- 10. Types of assets
- 11. Types of liabilities
- 12. Equity
- 13. Accrual accounting
- 14. The importance of timing when recognizing revenues
- 15. Revenue recognition criteria
- 16. Cost recognition principles
- 17. Technical aspects of cost recognition
- 18. The two types of Income Statement formats
- 19. The Revenue Recognition Principle
- 20. The Expense Recognition Principle
- 21. Historical Cost vs. Fair Value Accounting
- 22. The Accounting Equation
- 23. Accounting System General Ledger
- 24. T-Accounts, Understand Debits and Credits
- 25. P and L T-Accounts
- 26. Calculate Depreciation Expense
- 27. Understand if a business makes or burns cash
- 28. The three parts of Cash Flow statements
- 29. Cash Flow computations (The Direct method)
- 30. Cash Flow computations (The Indirect method)
- 31. Cash-Flow.xlsx
- 31. Cash Flow in practice
- EVALUATION