881 Courses in Edinburgh

Overview Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) are arrangements typified by joined-up working between the public and private sectors. In the broadest sense, PPPs can cover all types of collaboration across the interface between the public and the private sector to deliver services. This course will equip participants with a basic understanding of PPPs and why they are needed. It will walk delegates through a typical PPP process, from the identification of potential PPP projects to risk appraisal, tendering, and implementation.

Overview Strategic Financial Management and Effective Budget Execution also called Strategic Financial Management provide the important elements for attaining a comprehensive budget preparation and effective execution system. This course focuses on the risks and challenges likely to obstruct the operation of management and financial accounting processes and evaluates the techniques and tools needed to tackle them. It will highlight what constitutes strategic financial management and effective budget execution within the context of achieving their strategic and operational objectives.

Overview Objectives Analysis of current market practices and what products and structures are utilized, and why Developing new products for your clients and markets Entering the crypto and fintech space to serve the Islamic market Structuring products from the building block of theory (Islamic law) through to the final end product Impact on each group of stakeholders (Scholars, structurers, legal, marketing, operations, risk, execution etc)

Overview Supply Management plays a very important role in order to maintain business harmony, maintaining good relationships, and information, having a smooth flow within the business process and delivering good customer service. The course will highlight some modern techniques of Project Management to implement in the supply management process. As research shows Project Management and Supply Management are very similar thus, we will learn the tools and techniques used to initiate, execute, execute and manage and control the project.

Overview Objective Understand the requirement of Information Security Concepts and Definitions of Information Security Management Systems Deeply Analysing the policies, Standards and procedures How to deliver a balanced ISMS and following its security procedures Analysing the Information risk management Evaluating the organisational responsibilities Understanding the Information security controls Scrutinising Legal framework Techniques of Cryptographic models

Overview In today's competitive business world firms are under unprecedented pressure to deliver value to their shareholders and other key stakeholders. Senior executives in all parts of the organisation are finding that they need some degree of financial know-how to cope with the responsibility placed on them as business managers and key decision-makers; monitoring and improving business performance, investing in capital projects, mergers and acquisitions and budgets. All require some degree of financial knowledge. 

Overview The significance and goals of public policy Using game theory to analyze public policy. Understand the importance of public policy in society. Understand the significance of theoretical and empirical models in understanding public policy. Goals of public policy Recognizing market failures. Distinguishing between public and private goods.

Overview This five-day workshop provides a detailed review of significant IFRS requirements for the upstream oil and gas sector, including regulatory reporting and the diverse accounting practices that arise from the many commercial and contracting arrangements which are unique to it. It includes coverage of IFRSs, hands-on case studies, examples, exercises, and benefits from the interactive participation of the attendees. The program includes the latest pronouncements, and participants are brought up-to-date on all topics. In addition, participants are provided with information to assist them in researching accounting issues and monitoring future changes.

Overview This course provides participants with the chance to focus on relevant project management tools and skills required to run successful projects in research and beyond. The course has been designed to help researchers and project managers enhance their project management skills in the context of their research and develop their knowledge of broader project management principles. The training course is highly participative and includes a peer learning session where participants will get the chance to tackle specific issues and challenges related to their research projects, find innovative solutions and share best practices.

Overview Extending business activities beyond organisational boundaries to create value for the organisation is not new. However, the quantity and complexity of the relationships that now exist beyond organisational boundaries are increasing, as is regulatory and stakeholder scrutiny. While partnerships with third parties, including critical suppliers, can be beneficial to the organisation on so many levels, such alliances can expose the organisation to many unknowns, and those unknowns will undoubtedly increase the level of risk. The key, then, is properly managing the infrastructure, systems, staff and outside support to adequately manage that risk.