Advanced Management, Inc. Oak Ridge, Tennessee

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Human Resource Development

BASIC BUSINESS

Moving your workforce form compliant to committed requires that they understand and speak the language of business. Most employees don't have a foundation from which good business choices can be made. Instead they make choices of personal convenience rather than choices that lead to higher quality, greater productivity and ultimately increased profitability. Teaching everyone the language, the process and the economics of good business can turn employees into assets rather than adversaries.

OBJECTIVES

• Understand key concepts of profitability, quality, customer service.
• Develop a common understanding of critical internal business terms.
• Establish criteria for effective decision making in business.
• Understand the processes of budgeting and cost accounting.
• Learn to read and interpret a P&L statement.
• Apply principles of business effectiveness to organizational cases.

APPROPRIATE FOR: All employees

RECOMMENDED GROUP SIZE: 15-20

DURATION: Eight hours

METHODS

• Lecturettes, group discussions, case studies, simulations, and role plays will be used to learn content
• Visuals, articles, workbooks, and videotapes are mediums that will be used

RESULTS

• Employees will have a new appreciation for the economics of their business
• Employees will be aware of the cost they represent to the organization and how they can make themselves and the organization profitable
• Employees will have an alternative to personal convenience in making their daily work decisions