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About this training This 5-day training course enables participants to learn and understand the fundamental concepts of well test analysis. The methodology described in the course, which has become the standard of the industry, presents a systematic way of interpreting well tests in homogeneous and heterogeneous reservoirs, including fissured and multilayered systems. Recommendations for designing tests in such formations, examples, and problem-solving sessions for practical experience and immediate application are included in the course. Training Objectives Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to: Understand the well test analysis methodology Present the straight line, log-log pressure, derivative and deconvolution analysis methods Learn the most common reservoir behaviours and boundary effects Carry out the gas and multiphase analysis Target Audience The course is intended for individuals who involved with the design and interpretation of well tests. The following personnel will benefit from the knowledge shared in this course: Petroleum Production Engineers Production and Wellsite Geologist Geophysicist Reservoir Engineer Drilling Engineer Trainer Your expert course leader has taught numerous well test interpretation industry courses around the world and has been involved in many consulting projects. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) since 1969, and he was elected a Distinguished Member in 2002 and an Honorary Member in 2009. He has chaired or organized many SPE Advanced Technology Workshops. He is a recognized expert in well test analysis and has published over one hundred technical papers and was responsible for many advances in well test interpretation, including: the use of Greens functions; wellbore storage and skin, fractured wells, and wells with double porosity behavior; the first major commercial computer-aided interpretation software; single-well and multi-well deconvolution; and a well test interpretation methodology which has become standard in the oil industry. POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL) To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster. Request for further information post training support and fees applicable Accreditions And Affliations

Well Test Analysis in Practice
Delivered in Internationally or OnlineFlexible Dates
£3,611 to £4,199

Application of Structural Geology in Seismic Interpretation

By EnergyEdge - Training for a Sustainable Energy Future

About this Training Course  Seismic interpretation requires an understanding of structural development and its interrelation with the stratigraphic system. Bias and misunderstanding have unfortunately resulted in countless dry holes. So go beyond tracing horizons and understand their context within the structural system by extracting key information from seismic surveys and other datasets. In this 5 full-day training course, participants will learn a variety of modern structural concepts and techniques and their role in the interpretation of seismic data. Using an applied 'hands-on' approach, participants will be exposed to a diversity of worldwide case examples with complementary exercises - both of an individual and group nature. The course is designed from an applied standpoint, with numerous examples and hands-on exercises from the petroleum industry. This course can also be offered through Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) format. Training Objectives By the end of this course, the participants will be able to: Go beyond tracing horizons and marking faults and truly understand the structural and stratigraphic system. Understand the role of tectonics and deformation in the formation of various types and orientations of geologic structures. Understand the interaction of the structural system with the stratigraphic and sedimentologic environment for better prediction of reservoir formation. Integrate data from the large seismic scale to subseismic scale, including seismic anisotropy, to understand better the overall petroleum system. Learn about the common pitfalls of interpretation. Target Audience This course is intended for geologists, geophysicists, reservoir engineers, and exploration/production managers. Course Level Intermediate Trainer Your expert course leader received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Geology from the now University of Louisiana-Lafayette in 1989 and 1990 respectively, and his Ph.D. as a National Science Foundation fellow at Baylor University, Waco, Texas, in 1993. From 1994 - 1996, he studied planetary tectonics as a NASA-funded postdoctoral fellow at Southern Methodist University. In 1996, he returned to UL-Lafayette, where he was awarded in 1997 the Hensarling-Chapman Endowed Professorship in Geology. He began independent consulting activities in 1991, and in 2001, he left academia for full-time consulting for clients ranging from one-man shops to supermajors. He rejoined UL-Lafayette as an adjunct professor from 2011 - 2018. He is an active researcher, receiving several million dollars in grants from federal, state, and industry sources, presenting numerous talks, including a 2019 AAPG Levorsen award, and publishing on a diversity of geoscience topics, including a Grover E. Murray Best Published Paper award in 2017. He is co-author of the inaugural GCAGS/GCSSEPM Transactions Best Student Paper award in 2018. He served as the GCAGS Publisher since 2006 and in various GCAGS/GCSSEPM Transactions editing capacities since 2006, including the 2014 and 2017 - 2022 Editor (named Permanent Transactions Editor in 2017), and Managing Editor since 2011, receiving a GCAGS Distinguished Service Award in 2018. He served as the General Chair for GeoGulf 2020 (70th GCAGS/GCSSEPM Convention), the 1st hybrid geoscience conference in the world. He is a Past President of the Lafayette Geological Society and served as its Editor and Publisher from 2002 - 2018. In 2018, he founded the Willis School of Applied Geoscience, reformulating decades of industry-training experience to provide alternative opportunities for graduate-level education. In 2020, he received an Honorary Membership from GCSSEPM. He also joined the LSU faculty as an adjunct professor in 2020. In 2021, he co-founded the Society of Applied Geoscientists and Engineers, serving as its President, General Chair for the SAGE 2022 Convention & Exposition, and Vice-Chair for the Benghazi International Geoscience & Engineering Conference 2022 (BIGEC 2022). POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL) To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster. Request for further information about post training coaching support and fees applicable for this. Accreditions And Affliations

Application of Structural Geology in Seismic Interpretation
Delivered in Internationally or OnlineFlexible Dates
£3,611 to £4,199

Perfect your Mathematics Fundamentals

By iStudy UK

The Perfect your Mathematics Fundamentals is intended to introduce you to the basics of the number system and provide in-depth knowledge of all the methods that performed on them. This course primarily incorporates Integers, Fractions, Decimals, Factors & Multiples (HCF, LCM), BOD-MAS rules of brackets, Rational numbers, figures and required decimal places. You will also learn how to write big or small numbers in scientific notation or standard style and work with numbers when they are in standard form, and Estimation, Percentage and Ratio-Proportion, Unitary method, Direct and Inverse proportion, Multiple ratios, Profit, Loss, Discount and Tax also included in this course. Moreover, the basic facts, concepts, terms, principles and application of different Math concept combined with every topic. To sum up, this course covers almost all essential Mathematics topics required for GMAT, GRE, and Math Olympiad. What Will I Learn? You will become perfect in addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and comparison of Integers, fractions, and decimals. Able to apply BOD-MAS rules on simplification problems without making mistakes. Finding H.C.F, LCM and prime factorization will become faster and accurate by applying different methods By applying divisibility tests , you will be easily reduced fraction to lowest terms. Solve real life word problems based on fractions, H.C.F and LCM with full understanding. Locate Rational numbers on number line and write in decimal form using shortcut methods Solve problems easily by applying Estimation and writing numbers in Scientific Notation Will be able to write rounded off answers accurately to 1/2/3 d.p. or to given significant digits Percentage will become very easy for you and you will be able to solve all problems related to percentage easily. Able to solve problems on Ratio and proportion topic Able to solve difficult problems of direct and inverse variations You will be able to solve all kind of word problems on Profit, Loss, Discount, and Tax. Requirements knowledge of Maths up to 5th grade Who is the target audience? GMAT, GRE and MBA entrance exams students looking for revision of Math fundamentals Current IGCSE students because course is designed to cover many Math topics of this board. Middle school and junior school students of all boards High school students who are having trouble keeping up Studying for competitive exams and wants to revise basics Wants to brush up basics of Mathematics Parents looking for extra support with the fundamentals of Maths Integers ( Directed Numbers) Lecture 1 Introduction FREE 00:00:00 Lecture 2 Quick glance at number system FREE 00:05:00 Lecture 3 Integers and ordering of integers 00:06:00 Lecture 4 Addition and Subtractions of Integers 00:07:00 Lecture 5 Operations on Integers 00:04:00 Lecture 6 Multiplication and Division of Integers 00:04:00 Lecture 7 Powers of Integers (Exponents) 00:04:00 Factors and Multiples Lecture 8 Complete knowledge about factors and multiples 00:06:00 Lecture 9 Divisibility tests for 2,3,4,5,6 00:07:00 Lecture 10 Divisibility rules 7,8,9,10,11 00:06:00 Lecture 11 Prime Factorization 00:06:00 Lecture 12 Highest Common Factor HCF 00:10:00 Lecture 13 Least Common Multiple LCM FREE 00:16:00 Lecture 14 Relation between LCM and HCF 00:04:00 Fractions Lecture 15 Classification of Fractions 00:04:00 Lecture 16 Convert mixed to improper and improper to mixed fractions 00:03:00 Lecture 17 Equivalent Fractions 00:04:00 Lecture 18 Comparing Fractions after converting to like fractions 00:09:00 Lecture 19 Reducing a fraction to lowest term 00:03:00 Lecture 20 Addition and subtraction OF fractions 00:08:00 Lecture 21 Multiplication and division of fractions 00:11:00 Lecture 22 Word problems on fractions 00:16:00 Simplification Rule : BODMAS Lecture 23 BODMAS and rules to remove brackets 00:03:00 Lecture 24 Simplify expressions using BODMAS rules 00:05:00 Lecture 25 Simplify expressions involving fractions using BODMAS 00:07:00 Decimal numbers Lecture 26 Decimal numbers in relation to fractions 00:08:00 Lecture 27 Like and unlike Decimals 00:05:00 Lecture 28 Ordering of Decimal numbers 00:10:00 Lecture 29 Addition and subtraction of Decimal 00:07:00 Lecture 30 Multiplication of Decimal 00:03:00 Lecture 31 Division of Decimal 00:00:00 Rational Numbers Lecture 32 Rational number 00:02:00 Lecture 33 Representation of Rational Numbers on Number line 00:04:00 Lecture 34 Determining which fraction is terminating or non terminating 00:05:00 Lecture 35 shortcut method of writing decimal expansion of fraction to decimal 00:08:00 Approximation Lecture 36 Rounding to whole number 00:06:00 Lecture 37 Rounding to required number of decimals (1 d.p. ) 00:05:00 Lecture 38 rounding to significant digits 00:07:00 Lecture 39 Practice question on three methods of approximation 00:05:00 Estimation and Scientific Notation or Standard form Lecture 40 Estimation 00:05:00 Lecture 41 Scientific Notation 00:07:00 Lecture 42 Operation on numbers when they are in scientific notation 00:06:00 Percentage Lecture 43 Percentage to fraction and fraction to percentage 00:06:00 Lecture 44 Percentage of a quantity and conversation to decimal 00:05:00 Lecture 45 Expressing one quantity as percentage of another quantity 00:06:00 Lecture 46 Finding increase decrease percent 00:05:00 Lecture 47 Uses of percentages-Word Problems 00:09:00 Ratio and Proportion Lecture 48 Ratio- How to express as simple ratio 00:09:00 Lecture 49 How to compare Ratios 00:04:00 Lecture 50 Word problems on finding ratios FREE 00:07:00 Lecture 51 To divide a given quantity into a given Ratio 00:11:00 Lecture 52 Proportion 00:04:00 Lecture 53 Practice problems on Proportion 00:00:00 Lecture 54 Continued proportion 00:06:00 Unitary Method and its Applications Lecture 55 Direct Variation ( or proportion) 00:04:00 Lecture 56 Problems based on Direct proportion 00:10:00 Lecture 57 Inverse Variation ( or proportion) 00:10:00 Lecture 58 Multiple Ratios 00:10:00 Profit , Loss, discount and Tax Lecture 59 Basics - Profit and Loss 00:04:00 Lecture 60 More practice problems on Profit & Loss 00:06:00 Lecture 61 Selling price formula and Problems 00:04:00 Lecture 62 Cost price formula and Problems 00:03:00 Lecture 63 Higher problems on Profit and Loss 00:08:00 Lecture 64 Basics - Discount 00:05:00 Lecture 65 Practice problems on Discount 00:04:00 Lecture 66 Tax 00:06:00

Perfect your Mathematics Fundamentals
Delivered Online On Demand6 hours 37 minutes
£25

Artificial Lift and Real-Time Production Optimization in Digital Oilfield

By EnergyEdge - Training for a Sustainable Energy Future

Enhance oilfield production with our Artificial Lift and Real-Time Production Optimization course. Join EnergyEdge's classroom training for expert insights.

Artificial Lift and Real-Time Production Optimization in Digital Oilfield
Delivered In-PersonFlexible Dates
£3,799 to £3,899

Diploma in Medical Secretary

5.0(1)

By Course Gate

The work of a medical secretary is vital to keep all the records and appointments organised and scheduled. Learn the essential skills you need to be a medical secretary with Diploma in Medical Secretary Course and become an excellent medical secretary. By enrolling in a Diploma in Medical Secretary course, you'll learn how to establish yourself as a valuable asset in any challenging healthcare environment. Our Diploma in Medical Secretary course lessons were prepared by experts and fragmented with feature interactive activities and assessments to ensure the best teaching and learning materials for you. This Diploma in Medical Secretary course has been divided into several easy-to-digest, manageable sections that we feel will help you grasp each concept- from the basic to advanced course components. Learning Objectives Know the differences that can be experienced in various healthcare settings Get an overview of all the practical and ethical responsibilities of a medical secretary Learn to communicate efficiently with all ages patients and provide comfort Become aware of the different requirements needed for patients of different ages Acquire the ability to organise and maintain all the documents safe Be able to maintain the regulations of the healthcare industry Gain expert understanding of maintaining data management, confidentiality and commitment Who is this Course for? This Diploma in Medical Secretary Course is ideal for aspiring medical professionals who wish to gain the relevant skills and knowledge to fast track their career. It is for those who have little or no knowledge of the principles of a medical secretary, or those who are new to the field and want to test their skills and knowledge. There are no entry requirements for this course, however, an eye for detail and a creative mind is essential. Entry Requirement: This course is available to all learners, of all academic backgrounds. Good understanding of English language, numeracy and ICT are required to attend this course. CPD Certificate from Course Gate  At the successful completion of the course, you can obtain your CPD certificate from us. You can order the PDF certificate for £4.99 and the hard copy for £9.99. Also, you can order both PDF and hardcopy certificates for £12.99. Career path On successful completion of the Diploma in Medical Secretary course, learners can progress to a more advanced program from our course list. Career opportunities in this field include freelancing or working in-house, within a range of professional settings, with the opportunity to earn a high salary. Related professions in this industry include: Medical Secretary Medical Officer Nurse Administration Officer Supervisor Ward Clerk Course Curriculum Module 01: Introduction to Medical Secretary Introduction to Medical Secretary 00:16:00 Module 02: Organise Schedules Organise Schedules 00:21:00 Module 03: Maintaining Medical Records Maintaining Medical Records 00:19:00 Module 04: Effective Filing Systems in Medical Offices Effective Filing Systems in Medical Offices 00:16:00 Module 05: Confidentiality in a Medical Environment Confidentiality in a Medical Environment 00:14:00 Module 06: Controlling Stocks and Supplies Controlling Stocks and Supplies 00:09:00 Module 07: Medical Jargon and Terminology Medical Jargon and Terminology 00:25:00 Module 08: Maintaining Workplace Safety Maintaining Workplace Safety 00:20:00 Module 09: Information Technology in Health Care Information Technology in Health Care 00:14:00 Module 10: Legal aspects and Ethics Legal aspects and Ethics 00:19:00 Mock Exam Mock Exam - Medical Secretary 00:20:00 Final Exam Final Exam - Medical Secretary 00:20:00 Certificate and Transcript Order Your Certificates or Transcripts 00:00:00

Diploma in Medical Secretary
Delivered Online On Demand3 hours 33 minutes
£11.99

Vim Masterclass

By Packt

This course will help you get started with the Vim editor. You will start the course by learning how to use Vim to make simple edits and as you move ahead, you will become comfortable in editing multiple files at once, creating macros, making global substitutions in files, formatting, normalizing data, and a lot more.

Vim Masterclass
Delivered Online On Demand6 hours 12 minutes
£26.99

Discover the benefits of our EnergyEdge course focusing on prospect maturation. Enroll now to advance your knowledge in the energy industry.

Prospect Maturation
Delivered In-PersonFlexible Dates
£3,899 to £3,999

Advanced Load Forecasting & Methodology

By EnergyEdge - Training for a Sustainable Energy Future

About this Course This 5 full-day course presents the most modern statistical and mathematical forecasting frameworks used by practitioners to tackle the load forecasting problem across short time and long time scales. The course presents practical applications to solving forecasting challenges, supported by real life examples from large control areas. It presents the weather impacts on the load forecasts and the methodologies employed to quantify the weather effect and building a repository of weather normal data. A good load forecast methodology must improve its forecasting accuracy and support a consistent load forecasting process. The load forecasting widely used in the power industry has evolved significantly with the advancement and adoption of Artificial Intelligence techniques such as Machine Learning. With the increased penetration of inverter-based resources, the operation of electric grids grew in complexity, leading to load forecasts that are updated more frequently than once a day. Furthermore, several jurisdictions adopted a smaller granularity than the hourly load forecasts in the effort to reduce the forecasting uncertainties. On the generation side, fuel forecasting professionals must meet energy requirements while making allowance for the uncertainty on both the demand and the supply side. This training course will also feature a guest speaker, who is a Ph.D candidate to provide insights into the most modern aspects of Artificial Intelligence in the context of load forecasting. Training Objectives This course offers a comprehensive approach to all aspects of load forecasting: Gain a perspective of load forecasting from both operators in the generating plant and system operators. Understand and review the advanced load forecasting concepts and forecasting methodologies Learn the application of Artificial Neural Networks and Probabilistic Forecasting methods to manage forecasting uncertainties in short time frames Appreciate market segmentation and econometric framework for long term forecasts Find out the most recent practical application of load forecasting as examples from large power companies Get access to recent industry reports and developments Target Audience Energy load forecasting professionals from power plant and system operators Energy planners and energy outlook forecasters and plant operators Fuel procurement professionals Planners and schedulers of thermal generating units Course Level Intermediate Trainer Your expert course instructor is a Utility Executive with extensive global experience in power system operation and planning, energy markets, enterprise risk and regulatory oversight. She consults on energy markets integrating renewable resources from planning to operation. She led complex projects in operations and conducted long term planning studies to support planning and operational reliability standards. Specializing in Smart Grids, Operational flexibilities, Renewable generation, Reliability, Financial Engineering, Energy Markets and Power System Integration, she was recently engaged by the Inter-American Development Bank/MHI in Guyana. She was the Operations Expert in the regulatory assessment in Oman. She is a registered member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario, Canada. She is also a contributing member to the IEEE Standards Association, WG Blockchain P2418.5. With over 25 years with Ontario Power Generation (Revenue $1.2 Billion CAD, I/S 16 GW), she served as Canadian representative in CIGRE, committee member in NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada), and Senior Member IEEE and Elsevier since the 90ties. Our key expert chaired international conferences, lectured on several continents, published a book on Reliability and Security of Nuclear Power Plants, contributed to IEEE and PMAPS and published in the Ontario Journal for Public Policy, Canada. She delivered seminars organized by the Power Engineering Society, IEEE plus seminars to power companies worldwide, including Oman, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Portugal, South Africa, Japan, Romania, and Guyana. Our Key expert delivered over 60 specialized seminars to executives and engineers from Canada, Europe, South and North America, Middle East, South East Asia and Japan. Few examples are: Modern Power System in Digital Utilities - The Energy Commission, Malaysia and utilities in the Middle East, GCCIA, June 2020 Assessment of OETC Control Centre, Oman, December 2019 Demand Side management, Load Forecasting in a Smart Grid, Oman, 2019 Renewable Resources in a Smart Grid (Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, GCCIA, Saudi Arabia) The Modern Power System: Impact of the Power Electronics on the Power System The Digital Utility, AI and Blockchain Smart Grid and Reliability of Distribution Systems, Cyme, Montreal, Canada Economic Dispatch in the context of an Energy Market (TNB, Sarawak Energy, Malaysia) Energy Markets, Risk Assessment and Financial Management, PES, IEEE: Chicago, San Francisco, New York, Portugal, South Africa, Japan. Provided training at CEO and CRO level. Enterprise Risk methodology, EDP, Portugal Energy Markets: Saudi Electricity Company, Tenaga National Berhad, Malaysia Reliability Centre Maintenance (South East Asia, Saudi Electricity Company, KSA) EUSN, ENERGY & UTILITIES SECTOR NETWORK, Government of Canada, 2016 Connected+, IOT, Toronto, Canada September 2016 and 2015 Smart Grid, Smart Home HomeConnect, Toronto, Canada November 2014 Wind Power: a Cautionary Tale, Ontario Centre for Public Policy, 2010 POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL) To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster. Request for further information post training support and fees applicable Accreditions And Affliations

Advanced Load Forecasting & Methodology
Delivered in Internationally or OnlineFlexible Dates
£3,568 to £4,149

Certified Information Security Systems Professional (CISSP)

By Nexus Human

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for experienced IT security-related practitioners, auditors, consultants, investigators, or instructors, including network or security analysts and engineers, network administrators, information security specialists, and risk management professionals, who are pursuing CISSP training and certification to acquire the credibility and mobility to advance within their current computer security careers or to migrate to a related career. Through the study of all eight CISSP Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) domains, students will validate their knowledge by meeting the necessary preparation requirements to qualify to sit for the CISSP certification exam. Additional CISSP certification requirements include a minimum of five years of direct professional work experience in two or more fields related to the eight CBK security domains, or a college degree and four years of experience. Overview #NAME? In this course, students will expand upon their knowledge by addressing the essential elements of the 8 domains that comprise a Common Body of Knowledge (CBK)© for information systems security professionals. Prerequisites CompTIA Network+ Certification 1 - Security and Risk Management Security Governance Principles Compliance Professional Ethics Security Documentation Risk Management Threat Modeling Business Continuity Plan Fundamentals Acquisition Strategy and Practice Personnel Security Policies Security Awareness and Training 2 - Asset Security Asset Classification Privacy Protection Asset Retention Data Security Controls Secure Data Handling 3 - Security Engineering Security in the Engineering Lifecycle System Component Security Security Models Controls and Countermeasures in Enterprise Security Information System Security Capabilities Design and Architecture Vulnerability Mitigation Vulnerability Mitigation in Embedded, Mobile, and Web-Based Systems Cryptography Concepts Cryptography Techniques Site and Facility Design for Physical Security Physical Security Implementation in Sites and Facilities 4 - Information Security Management Goals Organizational Security The Application of Security Concepts 5 - Information Security Classification and Program Development Information Classification Security Program Development 6 - Risk Management and Ethics Risk Management Ethics 7 - Software Development Security Software Configuration Management Software Controls Database System Security 8 - Cryptography Ciphers and Cryptography Symmetric-Key Cryptography Asymmetric-Key Cryptography Hashing and Message Digests Email, Internet, and Wireless Security Cryptographic Weaknesses 9 - Physical Security Physical Access Control Physical Access Monitoring Physical Security Methods Facilities Security

Certified Information Security Systems Professional (CISSP)
Delivered OnlineFlexible Dates
£3,395

Commercial instinct (In-House)

By The In House Training Company

An insightful, enjoyable and experiential programme to help you analyse data and information and make a balanced decision based upon sound commercial reasoning. It will enable you to identify options, make decisions and take actions based on a thorough analysis combined with instinct and intuition to make a positive effect on profitability. This programme will help you: Identify ways to analyse data and sort relevant from irrelevant information Develop analytical and numerate thinking, and consider the financial implications of a decision Make decisions based on sound commercial reasoning - a mix of intuition and analysis Select from a range of tools to analyse a situation and apply these effectively Understand how costs and profits are calculated Use tried-and-tested techniques to manage and control your budgets Appreciate the fundamentals of financial analysis Focus on the bottom line Identify the basics of capital investment appraisal for your business Evaluate results and seek opportunities for improvement to your business 1 The commercial environment What do shareholders and investors want? What do managers want? Profit v non-profit organisations Investor expectations 2 Financial and non-financial information Risk and reward considerations Drivers of commercial decisions 3 Running a business A practical exercise to bring financial statements to life Different stakeholder interests in a business The impact and consequences of decisions on financial statements 4 Where do I make a difference to the organisation? How can I contribute to an improved business performance? Key performance indicators - measuring the right things A 'balanced scorecard' approach - it's not all about money! 5 A 'balanced scorecard' approach Analysing and reviewing my contribution to the business direction What is the current focus of my commercial decisions? Developing the business in the right way - getting the balance right! Where should/could it be in the future? Do my decisions support the overall vision and strategy? 6 Making commercial decisions Left-brain and right-brain thinking Convergent and divergent thinking Analysis and instinct Interactive case study exercise - emotional and rational decisions Reflection - what is my style of making decisions 7 Let's consider the customer! Identifying target markets Differentiating propositions and products Customer service considerations Marketing considerations and initiatives Pricing strategies and considerations 8 Strategic analysis The external environment The internal environment LEPEST analysis SWOT analysis Forecasting Group activity - analysing markets and the competition How do these improve your decisions? 9 Comparing performance Analysing key financial ratios Ways to compare performance and results Break-even analysis 10 Profit and loss accounts and budgeting Managing income and expenditure The budgeting process How does this link to the profit and loss account? Managing and controlling a cost centre/budget The role of the finance department Different ways of budgeting Incremental budgeting Zero-based budgeting 11 Understanding the balance sheet Purpose of balance sheets Understanding and navigating the content What does a balance sheet tell you? How do you affect your balance sheet? Links to the profit and loss account A practical team exercise that brings financial statements to life 12 Business decisions exercise How does this improve your decisions? A practical exercise to apply new knowledge and bring commercial thinking to to life The impact and consequences of decisions on financial statements 13 Working capital Why is this important? The importance of keeping cash flowing Business decisions that affect cash Calculating profit 14 Capital investment appraisal Capex v Opex Payback Return on investment The future value of money The concept of hurdle rate 15 Lessons learned and action planning So what? Recap and consolidation of learning The decisions that I need to consider Actions to achieve my plan

Commercial instinct (In-House)
Delivered in Harpenden or UK Wide or OnlineFlexible Dates
Price on Enquiry