TRAINING COURSE CATALOG

Motivation – Process-Based Theory

Motivation is key to your company. It's what fuels good ideas, drives hard work, and encourages team work. There are many theories that view motivation as an action aimed at satisfying a need.

English (US)

15 Minutes

Identifying Obstacles to Organizational Change

Organizational change is the movement of a company from one state of affairs to another. Organizational change can take many forms. It may involve a change in a company's structure, strategy, policies, procedures, technology, or culture.

English (US)

15 Minutes

The External Environment

One thing that all businesses have in common is the need for the ability to change their products or services and processes to meet modern times.

English (US)

10 Minutes

The U.S. Legal Environment in Human Resources

This course covers legal protections for the US work force.

English (US)

5 Minutes

Transitioning to Management – The First Year

Moving into a management position can create a profound psychological transition. Many people experience concern, even fear, that they won’t be able to meet their new responsibilities. 

English (US)

10 Minutes

Making a Plan that Works

Making plans is a necessary part of being a manager. However, if you make the wrong plans, or make them in the wrong way, then you can actually harm your performance. Knowing how to set and follow your plans properly is vital to your success.

English (US)

10 Minutes

Strategic Planning at its Best

The most successful businesses are ones that fully understand their largest goals, the hopes for growth, and the vision of the business as a whole. Strategic planning is a necessary part of the processes behind this kind of success.

English (US)

10 Minutes

Marketing the Culture of Your Organization

Culture plays an important role in an company; people come to understand the culture through the company’s mission statement, rituals, rules and policies, leadership layout, and stories.

English (US)

10 Minutes

Performance – Systems View

There are many different ways to engage in performance management, all of which fit together like a puzzle. By setting clear expectations and creating a process for performance management, you can coach for improvement and develop your employees to their potential.

English (US)

10 Minutes

The Theory of Reinforcement

By using the right type of reinforcement, you can help your employees perform to your standards and perhaps even exceed expectations.

English (US)

10 Minutes

Top 10 Mistakes of Managers

Moving into a management position brings many new challenges and rewards. As you learn to navigate your new role as manager, you will naturally make some mistakes.

English (US)

10 Minutes

Understanding the Impact of Culture in Your Organization

How does the culture of a company inform employee conduct and company success? Culture is an important part of how a company runs, how its employees act, and even how successful the business can become.

English (US)

10 Minutes

Maintaining Organizational Culture

Organizational culture is an important element to success in business. It is not enough to instruct your new employees in this culture; it must be maintained through a structured process.

English (US)

10 Minutes

Minimizing Gossip and Rumor

Engaging in speculation is a normal and healthy part of being in a group; it's how people to express and satisfy their curiosity. However, when it's used as an attack against a person or company, it becomes destructive.

English (US)

10 Minutes

Employee Motivation – Job Dimensions

There are many ways to motivate your employees as a manager.

English (US)

10 Minutes

Rational Decision-Making

We all know that making decisions is a basic function of being alive. The same, of course, is true at work; we make decisions every day about how to perform our tasks and how to confront issues that arise.

English (US)

5 Minutes

Understanding Motivation

The basic definition of being a manager is getting work done through the efforts of other people. In order for people to be productive, they need ability, resources and motivation-that is, a reason for working.

English (US)

5 Minutes

Evolution of Management

The past informs the future. Knowing where practices, ideas and philosophies come from is an important part of understanding your role as manager.

English (US)

5 Minutes

Extrinsic and Intrinsic Rewards

In the world of business, you get something when you give something. In order to get your employees to work well, you need to provide them with incentive in order to motivate them.

English (US)

5 Minutes

Goal Theory

The concept of goals is closely linked to the concept of unmet needs. An unmet need is what drives a person to take action. If we have our needs met, we have no motivation to work.

English (US)

10 Minutes

Managing Change in your Organization

When the time comes to make changes to your company, assume you’ll encounter resistance with the change. When it’s time to change, it’s vital to go through a process of preparation.

English (US)

10 Minutes

Performance – Coaching Conversations

Coaching conversations can be an unpleasant part of a manager's job. Not many people like to hear that they are not performing adequately. Managers tend to fear these conversations, worried that the conversation will turn highly personal and ugly.

English (US)

10 Minutes

Expectancy Theory

Motivation is one of a manager's primary duties. If your employees do not want to do their jobs, they will not perform as well; that's human nature.

English (US)

10 Minutes

Performance – Goal Setting

Part of your job as manager is to ensure your employees are providing you with, at the very least, adequate job performance. Setting goals is an excellent strategy for achieving and measuring good performance.

English (US)

10 Minutes