Online Learning
Update your skills, discover a new talent, or chart a new career path at your own pace, in the comfort of your home or office.
Online courses make it easy to begin now to achieve your goals.
**All courses require Internet access and an email address.**
For a complete list of our current online courses, course descriptions, lesson outlines, course requirements, and instructor credentials, visit any of the links below.
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Human Resources
Understanding HR: Compensation
Cost: $79.00
In this course, you will consider the many 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.... moreadd to cart | view cart | proceed to secure check out
Understanding HR: Employee Selection
Cost: $79.00
In this 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... moreadd to cart | view cart | proceed to secure check out
Understanding HR: Equal Employment Opportunity
Cost: $79.00
In this 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. After completing this course, you should be able to: Explain... moreadd to cart | view cart | proceed to secure check out
Understanding HR: Introduction to Human Resource Management
Cost: $79.00
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 (especially line managers) have HR responsibilities, it is important that they have an understanding of... moreadd to cart | view cart | proceed to secure check out
Understanding HR: Performance Management
Cost: $79.00
This course considers the different elements of 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... moreadd to cart | view cart | proceed to secure check out
Understanding HR: Talent Management and Career Development
Cost: $79.00
Drawing on material from Harvard Business School professor D. Quinn Mills' book, Principles of Human Resource Management, this course covers the challenges and issues that organizations face in developing and retaining their employees. After completing this course, you should be able to:... moreadd to cart | view cart | proceed to secure check out
 Human Resources Suite (all courses) | Cost: $399 | purchase this suite |
Leadership
The Successful Leader: Introduction to Leadership
Cost: $95.00
This course examines how to be a successful (that is, effective) leader. Based on D. Quinn Mills' book, Leadership: How to Lead, How to Live, a text used at Harvard Business School, this course asks the crucial questions about leadership in today's organizations: What is... moreadd to cart | view cart | proceed to secure check out
The Successful Leader: Leaders and Work-Life Balance
Cost: $79.00
This course addresses the question of work-life balance, one which is of great importance to leaders in all settings. Based on D. Quinn Mills' book, Leadership: How to Lead, How to Live, a text used at Harvard Business School, this course looks at methods and... moreadd to cart | view cart | proceed to secure check out
The Successful Leader: Leading and Managing Change
Cost: $79.00
Whether adopting new technology or adapting to a drastic shift in an organization's core focus, managers play a fundamental role in effecting changes. Based on D. Quinn Mills' book, Leadership: How to Lead, How to Live, a text used at Harvard Business School, this course... moreadd to cart | view cart | proceed to secure check out
The Successful Leader: Leading Teams
Cost: $79.00
This course addresses the key issues surrounding leadership in a team. Why is it important? What does it require for a team leader to lead his team effectively? Based on D. Quinn Mills' book, Leadership: How to Lead, How to Live, a text used at... moreadd to cart | view cart | proceed to secure check out
| Leadership Suite (all courses) | Cost: $199 | purchase this suite |
Management
The Successful Manager: Managing in the Modern Organization
Cost: $79.00
This course considers the fundamentals of management and how managers can be effective in organizational settings. Based on D. Quinn Mills' book, Principles of Management, a text used at Harvard Business School, this course addresses managing in the modern organization. After completing... moreadd to cart | view cart | proceed to secure check out
The Successful Manager: Managing People
Cost: $79.00
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, how organization structures differ,... moreadd to cart | view cart | proceed to secure check out
Non-Profit Management
Budgeting in a Non-Profit Organization
Cost: $79.00
This course covers budgets and how they are used in non-profit organizational settings. 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... moreadd to cart | view cart | proceed to secure check out
Fundraising for Non-Profit Organizations
Cost: $150.00
Fundraising is one of the central activities of a non-profit organization. To help finance operating budgets, non-profits 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... moreadd to cart | view cart | proceed to secure check out
How to Read a Non-Profit Financial Statement
Cost: $79.00
This course will develop your ability to appropriately interpret the major financial accounting statements that are used by non-profit organizations. Ideally, you will gain an understanding of the types of financial statements that are used by non-profit organizations, and how they differ from for-profit financial... moreadd to cart | view cart | proceed to secure check out
Leadership in a Non-Profit Organization
Cost: $99.00
This course addresses the key issues surrounding leadership. What is leadership? Why is it important? What does it require to be a leader? How does leadership in a non-profit environment differ from the private sector? What is visionary leadership? What role should ethics play? This... moreadd to cart | view cart | proceed to secure check out
Non-Profit Board and Volunteer Development
Cost: $150.00
Volunteers are the lifeblood of most non-profit organizations. Board members are a special type of volunteer. They help to guide the direction of a non-profit, to promote the organization in the community, and ensure that the non-profit's mission is fulfilled. After completing this course,... moreadd to cart | view cart | proceed to secure check out
Principles of Marketing for Non-Profit Organizations
Cost: $79.00
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 non-profit organizations as well. Marketing is the way that non-profits determine the needs of their clients and their donors. As in... moreadd to cart | view cart | proceed to secure check out
Strategy for Non-Profit Organizations
Cost: $79.00
We hear a lot about for-profit companies, such as Apple Computer or Wal-Mart, and the successful strategies they have developed. Even though non-profit organizations are not concerned with profit maximization, they too can benefit from following a strategy. A non-profit's strategy constitutes its... moreadd to cart | view cart | proceed to secure check out
| Non-Profit Management Suite (all courses) | Cost: $699 | purchase this suite |
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