1159 OV courses in Cardiff

Overview Governance is now acknowledged as a core business function. Governance is not simply about compliance - whether with the law, regulation or guidance. Compliance provides a company with its 'licence to operate, but high-quality systems of governance lead to better-run companies which create, grow and protect value for all their stakeholders Objective Learn the best strategies for building a high-quality governance framework Define the role of the board of directors and your role within Explore different governance models across the globe and identify which of them works best for your organisation Recognise and deliver your obligations as a director Learn the strategies for creating and protecting value for your organisation Explore the tools to protect your organisation's reputation and brand value Gain an understanding of governance as a business-critical function Manage governance function within different business contexts - listed, private, state-owned, family-owned businesses Master the strategies for improving board effectiveness

Overview In this course you will learn to build a financial model by working in Excel and how to perform sensitivity analysis in Excel. You will also learn the formulas, functions and types of financial analysis to be an Excel power user. By attending this course, you will be able to effectively prepare and build financial models. Objectives Harness Excel's tools within a best practice framework Add flexibility to their models through the use of switches and flexible lookups Work efficiently with large data volumes Model debt effectively Approach modelling for tax, debt, pensions and disposals with confidence Build flexible charts and sensitivity analysis to aid the presentation of results Learn and apply Excel tools useful in financial forecasting Understand and design the layout of a flexible model Forecast financial statements of a public or private company Apply scenario analysis to the forecasted financial statements and prepare charts for data presentation

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 EDRMS Electronic Document and Record Management System is basically a kind of IT-based system which is developed to manage the creation, tracking, storage and disposal of all physical and digital documents and records. Through this, we can easily keep track of various documents modified by different users. With the access of one application, many different tasks can be completed that revolve around document management. It enhances the security system where we can easily define whom to have access to what part of the documents. EDRMS is known by many other different names like Enterprise content management systems or digital asset management, document mapping and so on. This course shows participants how to deal with documents in an electronic way to get rid of the paper's hard copy which takes a lot of space and time. It will also update you with the EDRMS system and changes that happen to take place with the passage of time. The advanced technology leads to Advance EDRMS systems with enhanced features. 

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.

Overview This course will provide you with the skills and knowledge required by Non-Accounts Managers to understand Finance and Accounting processes they face in their daily work schedule. The main objective of this course is to highlight accounting, understand the framework of accounting, and stages of accounts and also to elaborate rules and principles of accounting. With a lot of Case studies and open discussions with live examples, participants will gain detailed knowledge to understand their company from a financial perspective and also to help manage financial matters. At the end of the course, you will learn how to apply financial techniques, understand financial reports and annual reports, the relationship between accounting and finance thereby gaining knowledge of the use of debits and credits and last but not least to identify limitations of financial statements.  At the end of this training course, participants will: Be able to Record Transactions in the Accounting System Understand the Format and Contents of Financial Statements Use Accounting Information to Interpret and Evaluate a Business Make Efficient and Profitable Decisions, based on Cost Information Apply Budgetary Control Techniques to ensure that Targets are Achieved

Overview This course will help our clients to assist not only in meeting the challenges of introducing IPSAS but also to secure the benefits of improved financial management to help secure the organisational objectives and goals of each public service organisation. We have developed this course starting with an introduction and then implementation of IPSAS.  This course will help our clients to assist not only in meeting the challenges of introducing IPSAS but also to secure the benefits of improved financial management to help secure the organisational objectives and goals of each public service organisation. This enables multi-national organisations to make comparisons between projects wherever in the world they happen, irrespective of jurisdiction, culture, language and ethnicity. IPSAS is becoming and will become the World standard for Public Sector entities. We have developed this course starting with an introduction and then implementation of IPSAS. This allows clients to structure the move to IPSAS within its appropriate Framework. It is an approach that enables implementation to be done in a structured and well-managed way. In the course we will consider the main requirements of IPSAS and, by showing how they affect financial reports and published accounts, will help you to apply IPSAS. The course will assist both finance managers and general managers whose organisations and departments will be affected by IPSAS.

Overview This course will help our clients to assist not only in meeting the challenges of introducing IPSAS but also to secure the benefits of improved financial management to help secure the organisational objectives and goals of each public service organisation. This enables multi-national organisations to make comparisons between projects wherever in the world they happen, irrespective of jurisdiction, culture, language and ethnicity. IPSAS is becoming and will become the World standard for Public Sector entities. We have developed this course starting with an introduction and then implementation of IPSAS. This allows clients to structure the move to IPSAS within its appropriate Framework. It is an approach that enables implementation to be done in a structured and well-managed way. In the course we will consider the main requirements of IPSAS and, by showing how they affect financial reports and published accounts, will help you to apply IPSAS. The course will assist both finance managers and general managers whose organisations and departments will be affected by IPSAS. The consequences of managing the finances of public organisations will be examined, together with potential unintended consequences. How to implement IPSAS effectively and economically, is probably the most important aspect. The approach will be to understand the advantages to the organisation from IPSAS implementation and how benefits realisation can be ensured both internally and for stakeholders. The course will deal with practical issues for public sector organisations, including strategic management and the medium-term financial framework

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Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification Program: In-House Training This learning series is designed to enable participants to fulfill the important role of a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and to incorporate the Lean Six Sigma mindset into their leadership skills. Green Belt is not just a role, it is also a competency required for leadership positions at many top companies. This learning series is designed to enable participants to fulfill the important role of a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and to incorporate the Lean Six Sigma mindset into their leadership skills. With a real-world project focus, the series will teach the fundamental methodology, tools, and techniques of the Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control Process Improvement Methodology. This course is delivered through sixteen 3-hour online sessions. What you Will Learn At the end of this program, you will be able to: Identify strategies for effectively leading high performing process improvement teams Analyze whether projects align with business strategy Apply process improvement methodologies to DMAIC steps, based on real world scenarios Explain ways to appropriately respond to process variation Distinguish among best practice problem solving methodologies Evaluate and effectively communicate data-driven decisions, based on real world scenarios Introduction Lean Six Sigma & quality The vision The methodologies The metric Project Selection Why Projects Random idea generation Targeted idea generation CTQs (Critical to Quality) & projects Project screening criteria Quick improvements Introduction to Define Project Planning Developing the core charter Developing a project charter Facilitation Process Management Business process management Top-down process mapping Voice of the Customer Voice of Customer Stakeholder analysis Communication planning Kicking off the project Define Summary Introduction to Measure Data Collection Fact-based decision making Data sampling Operations definitions Data collection plan Measurement system analysis Graphical Statistics for Continuous Data Meet Six SigmaXL Graphical & statistical tools Data stratification Graphical Statistics for Discrete Data Pareto analysis Dot plots Plotting data over time: Looking for patterns Variation Concepts Variation is reality Special Cause and Common Cause variation Example of standard business reporting Individuals Control Chart Process Capability Genesis of process capability Calculating the metrics of Six Sigma Yield metrics: Measuring process efficiency Cost of Poor Quality The Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) Cost of Quality categories Calculating the Cost of Poor Quality Measure Summary Introduction to Analyze Process Analysis Introduction to process analysis Value-added analysis Cycle time analysis WIP & pull systems Analyzing bottlenecks and constraints Cause & Effect Analysis Fishbone/Ishikawa diagram 5-Whys analysis Graphical & statistical tools Advanced Analysis Why use hypothesis rests? Hypothesis tests Correlation and regression analysis Analyze Summary Introduction to Improve Solutions Creativity techniques Generating alternative solutions Solution selection techniques Introduction to Design of Experiments Introduction to DOE DOE activity Error Proofing Failure mode & effect analysis Poka-Yoke Project Management Fundamentals Successful teams Project roles Conflict management Standardization Standardization The Visual Workplace 5S Piloting & Verifying Results What is a pilot? Evaluating results Improve Summary Introduction to Control Statistical Process Control Review of Special & Common Cause variation Review of Individual Control Chart P-Chart for discrete proportion data Transition Planning Control plan Project closure Control Summary Summary and Next Steps