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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In How to Plan for the Perfect Retirement, Professor Dana Anspach of Sensible Money, LLC will be your step-by-step guide to help you create the future you want. No matter how old you are or how far along in your working life, it's never too early or too late to develop a plan that works for you.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Professor Goldsby introduces you to the hottest topic in modern business: risk management. How can you overcome perilous situations, or dampen their effects? What are common internal and external risks to an organization? And how will tools like the “Failure Mode and Effects Analysis” help you identify and prioritize them?.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
How does breakeven analysis, or cost-volume-profit analysis, work—and how do businesspeople make it work for them? As you’ll discover in looking at both the basic breakeven model and some more advanced variations, cost-volume-profit analysis has far-reaching applications in everything from marketing hotel rooms to pricing concert tickets..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Start taking control of your professional organizational behavior with this introductory lecture on how to achieve lasting results. You’ll explore how to use the S.T.O.P. (“sit, think, organize, perform”) method to improve job satisfaction, reduce stress, and enhance your professional performance..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Why is performance measurement so important to the health of an organization? How do the four dimensions of the “Balanced Scorecard” framework (financial performance, customer assessment, internal business process, and learning and growth) work independently and together? What is the “triple-bottom-line” approach, and how does it measure sustainable business performances?.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Because the average worker changes jobs between seven and 10 times, workplace relevance and career success depends on lifelong learning and professional development. Finish out this course with a pointed, inspirational discussion on the barriers toward lifelong learning in an organization—and how to finally overcome them for good..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Logistics are responsible for ensuring that the right products are available in the right quantities at the right time to meet customer expectations. Professor Goldsby introduces you to three key aspects of logistics, including its role in providing “reach” and the movement, storage, and technology used to meet customer requirements..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Wrap up by building a solid and realistic financial plan. You'll learn how to set up a cash-flow statement, prepare a budget for future expenditures, and make a balance sheet for your estate planning process. Then, apply the fundamentals to achieving your financial goals.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Creating a secure retirement plan that meets all your needs is complex, with lots of integrated moving parts. Small decisions you make now can have major consequences for your financial security later on. Explore 10 questions that can help point you to a plan for your perfect retirement.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
What does it take to succeed in business? Critical Business Skills for Success is a comprehensive guide to the five disciplines—strategy, operations, finance and accounting, organizational behavior, and marketing—that everyone needs to master in today’s marketplace. Bringing the MBA experience to you, this authoritative course demystifies the secrets of business and provides insights to help you achieve your goals..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
What do we mean when we talk about business strategy? Start thinking more smartly about strategy with this introductory lecture that covers four key facts about competition and the two drivers of profitability: industry structure and competitive advantage..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
To keep people in an organization more focused, engaged, and productive, you need to recognize the importance not just of coaching, but of tailor-made coaching. Discover how it works with a step-by-step analysis of a successful coaching scenario and a look at four sets of employees in need of different types of coaching..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When should you retire? And how do you save enough to ensure that you're financially covered for the future? Demystify the retirement savings process with continuing guidance from the life cycle theory of managing money. Explore the different investment options at your disposal - including 401(k)s, IRAs, and annuities - and build a strategy for retirement.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Many of us resist the idea of creating a budget, but having a handle on your spending is the starting point to financial success. Compare and contrast two different ways to create a personalized spending plan. You'll also learn how to make some crucial planning decisions, including whether to pay down debt first or boost savings and whether to rent or buy a home.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This introductory lecture unpacks some key concepts in accounting and finance; dispels some common myths about accounting; and gives you a helpful overview of three essential statements companies routinely prepare to communicate critical financial data to shareholders and owners..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
What makes statements of cash flows the most important financial statements you’ll encounter? Professor Sussman explains the differences between revenues, profits, and cash flows; discusses the three separate sections of a statement of cash flows; and uses two intriguing anecdotes to highlight why analyzing these statements is so important..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Passionate customers, tremendous profits, happy employees—the Trader Joe’s grocery chain is a powerful business success story. Discover how their secret for success lies in their use of trade-offs to make it hard for imitators and to mitigate the negative effects of the industry..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Much of one’s success in an organization depends on how well one manages conflict with others. Professor Longenecker guides you through two primary types of conflict and three levels where they occur. Then, he offers ways to avoid or better handle conflict using a powerful management model involving cooperation and assertiveness..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Bonjour! Begin your voyage with a global look at the French language and French-speaking countries around the world. Learning a new language is an active process, and language is deeply connected to the cultures where it is spoken. To begin, you will survey a few patterns and rules to jump-start your understanding of French.
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