Overview With the major responsibility of managing finances, managers have also responsibilities to write and control budgets. They face a number of decisions that need planning and forecasting, especially preparing budgets. Using examples and exercises from the gas and oil industry, this course is designed to break down all sorts of financial restrictions in an informative yet engaging style. It will provide the necessary skills to develop efficient strategic planning, forecasting and budgeting processes. The main aim of the training is to enable the participants to understand the framework that builds strategies for annual budgets targeting efficient management and organisational performance. Our course will explain financial terms and budgeting tools in such a way that a financial professional or even a non-financial profession will be able to understand and relate to in their working environment. It will include a lot of examples, a budgeting format and case studies.
Overview Understanding the Global Foreign Exchange (FX) has become an important part of the financial system. Today many financial institutions and organisations are more focused on enhancing the skills of the management and modification of their source of liquidity, re-organising their funding system and studying the benefits of short-term investment and trading strategies. This diverted focus brought the money market in the limelight thereby giving more opportunities for understanding the different ways of funding, trading and many more investment opportunities. The course is specially designed by the financial experts in FX and Money Market thereby building a strong foundation on the tools and techniques of the FX market and international money market. It gives detailed insight into the financial crisis that happened to take place and what we have learned from that including the development in the FX and Money Market. The course highlights the unified nature of FX, money markets and derivatives and examines the liquidity features and risks of diverse instruments and funding strategies.
Overview Internet is the main source of marketing today and Digital Marketing along with Social Media Marketing helps the business to stay alive in the digital world. Earlier companies use to spend a lot of money on traditional ways of marketing and still, they were not able to reach global clients. With the existence of Digital marketing, they are able to break the barriers to reaching global clients. With the use of Social Media Marketing and Digital Marketing organisations are able to reach every corner of the world and also it is very cost-effective. Digital Marketing encompasses various channels like Search Engine Optimisation, Social Media Marketing like usage of Facebook, Facebook marketing, Ad Words, and Email Campaigns and is list is longer. All these tools are used to cover global marketing. No matter where you are located in the world, your product can reach clients anywhere in the world. This course will help develop innovative social media strategies, and to boost brand awareness with rich content. With the effective analysis of campaign results, you'll be on track to exceed sales targets and advance your career with the latest social media marketing techniques.
This course is designed to enable learners to increase their understanding of risk assessment and risk management in Health and Social Care settings.
Overview In this course participants will learn how to design, implement as well as achieve desired results from the Public Relations as well as Strategic Marketing along with promoting the product and services of their organisations.
About this Training Course Asset maintenance and equipment reliability teams play a significant role to ensure that there is no room for downtime and losses in production. They are often recognised for their contribution and ability to keep assets running productively in today's organisations. This 4 full-day Certificate in Asset Management course will provide those involved in Asset Management with a full explanation of the key processes to manage assets across their lifecycle. This course has been designed to equip participants with practical skills to take back to work. This course enables participants to ensure their organisation's assets are realising their full value in support of the organisation's objectives. Accredited by the Institute of Asset Management (IAM), this course will prepare participants to sit for the IAM Asset Management Certificate qualification. The IAM exam is offered as an option for participants of this course. Training Objectives Upon completion of this course, the participants will be able to: Understand the key principles, tools and terminology of Asset Management, and demonstrate how it will benefit their organisation Gain familiarity in the application of ISO 55000 in practice Access a range of models that will support the implementation of asset management in their organisation Have their understanding of Asset Management tools and concepts assessed Learn new Asset Management skills and models that will enhance their current performance Be better prepared for the Institute of Asset Management (IAM) Certificate Examination Target Audience This course will benefit maintenance managers, operations managers, asset managers and reliability professionals, planners and functional specialists. It will also be useful for facilities engineers, supervisors/managers and structural engineers/supervisors/ and managers. Course Level Basic or Foundation Training Methods Other than world-class visuals and slides, this course will include a high level of interaction between the facilitator and participants and group discussion among the participants themselves. There will be a number of exercises & quizzes to demonstrate key points and to give participants the chance to apply learning and appreciate key aspects of best practice. Participants will also have the chance to share examples from their own experience, discuss real problems they are facing and develop actions for improvement when they return to work. Trainer Your expert course leader is a is a highly experienced in maintenance and turnaround specialist. He is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer, having spent 19 years working for BP in engineering, maintenance and turnaround management roles. During this time, he worked on plants at all ages in the lifecycle, from construction, commissioning and operating new assets to maintaining aging assets and decommissioning. He has taken roles in Projects, Human Resources and Integrity Management which give real breadth to his approach. He also specialized in Continuous Improvement, gaining the award of International Petrochemical Coach of the year. He stays up to date with the latest industrial developments through his consulting support for major clients. He is also the Asset Management lead and a VILT specialist, having delivered over 70 days of VILT training in the last year. He has an engaging style and will bring his current industrial experience, proficiency of VILT techniques and diverse content, gathered from a comprehensive training portfolio, to deliver a distinctive training experience. 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
The aim of this course is to provide an overview of Agile approaches to product development. It explains what Agile is and when and why to use it. The scope of the programme includes: The course emphasises the collaborative nature of Agile and the flexibility it offers to customers. The principal training objectives for this programme are to help participants understand: Why and when to use Agile How to use Agile The roles involved in Agile development The cultural factors to take into account How to manage Agile developments 1 Introduction (Course sponsor and trainer) Why this programme has been developed Review of participants' needs and objectives 2 Background to Agile Issues with traditional approaches to product development How Agile helps Roots of Agile Agile lifecycles Product v project 3 How Agile works The Agile Manifesto Agile principles Process control: defined v empirical Different Agile methods The Scrum framework DSDM Atern 4 Managing Agile When to use Agile Managing Agile projects Team organisation 5 Agile techniques Daily stand-ups User stories Estimating MoSCoW prioritisation 6 Course review and action planning (Course sponsor present) Are there opportunities to use Agile? What actions should be implemented to adopt Agile? Conclusion
Managing for Growth is designed for anyone who has management and leadership responsibilities within an organisation. Suitable for newly promoted managers, team leaders and supervisors through to senior managers; the objective of the programme is to develop a culture that will translate strategy into measurable outcomes by engaging these leaders to facilitate change and innovation. The programme is extremely effective at giving managers the tools and skills to deliver sustainable change and business growth. It's also been proven to reduce costs and increase profit – even before the programme has ended. Managing for Growth is built upon three aspects common to every job: Managing Resources. Ensuring that the resources available are appropriate for the tasks for which they are required and are being used effectively. Learning how to control and coordinate a mix of available resources for maximum efficiency. Managing Relationships. Positively influencing people’s behaviour in order to motivate them and promote effective working. Focusing on listening skills, we share ways to improve communication and teamwork to get the best from both internal and external relationships. Controlling Routines. Investigating the processes/systems/routines/series of actions that are linked together to achieve a desired outcome. Recognising the importance of controlling, developing, simplifying and following routines. Managing for Growth shows your team leaders, supervisors and managers how to cultivate a culture of teamwork and continuous improvement within your organisation. Focus for Action Throughout the programme the participants take part in work-based activities that will cause them to evaluate every aspect of their job and identify areas for improvement. By the end of the programme, the participants act on these action lists and implement improvement projects that will deliver measurable results. Continuous Improvement Managing for Growth sets the framework for continuous improvement by transferring skills and knowledge enabling your team leaders to translate organisational strategies into real, measurable outcomes. Format Designed for groups of up to 6 people, the programme is spread over 4 months with the first 7 sessions being held every 2 weeks and the final session a month later. Each session lasts approximately 2 hours.
This one-day workshop is designed to enhance your PowerPoint skills to achieve dynamic presentations that work with you, making it easier to deliver a polished, professional presentation. You will learn advanced PowerPoint skills that will save you time and elevate your presentations. This course will help participants: Create custom shows to personalise presentations for individual clients Make the Slide Master work collectively with slide layouts and themes Seamlessly interact with external content using links Work with advanced animations and transitions, and video/audio tools 1 Themes and Masters Add a Design theme to a presentation Make changes to the Slide Master Delete layouts from the slide master Saving a slide master with themes as a template 2 Advanced graphics and diagrams Drawing, duplicating and resizing shapes Grouping, aligning and stacking shapes and graphics Using SmartArt for diagrams and organisation charts 3 Graphs and charts Inserting and formatting a chart Linking an Excel chart to a slide Linking Excel tables to a slide Animating charts 4 Video, Custom animation and Hyperlinks Adding and editing video Animating pictures and drawings Hyperlink to another Slide or Website Compressing and optimising media 5 Presenting Reuse slides Hide slides Rehearsing timings Enabling a presentation to run continuously