Overview/Description Communicating project information effectively and in the best format for your audience are key success factors in managing a project. This course covers reporting tools available in Microsoft Project 2013, including filters, custom views, and Save as features that allow you to share project files in multiple formats, such as Microsoft Excel, and to multiple locations, such as SharePoint. As well as reporting tools, this course explains how to finalize and archive your project file once the project is complete. Target Audience Personnel at all levels of the enterprise; end...

Overview/Description Communication is never more important than when a business is experiencing difficult times. When a company is affected by a struggling economy or other pressures, hard decisions have to be made, and employees need to be on board with these decisions. Different levels of leadership bear specific responsibilities at such times. These responsibilities include communicating strategic vision, explaining the rationale for decisions made, and translating those decisions into day-to-day operational terms. Leaders need to communicate to employees how decisions made in difficult...

Overview/Description When you start working in an American workplace, you may be surprised by some of the differences in the communication style there, compared to your own. Culture influences how people send and interpret messages. To work effectively with people from another culture, it is beneficial to understand their communication style. This course describes the typical characteristics of the American communication style. It also explains some nonverbal communication behavior you may encounter in an American work context, and it presents general guidelines for communicating effectively...

Overview/Description An essential element of management is the ability to effectively communicate with people. The capacity to successfully communicate in today's global economy is a pivotal element to the success of any organization. Managers need to be aware of emerging technologies and how these affect international communication. To meet an improvement project's specified goals and objectives, a manager must also effectively plan, estimate, and monitor the progress of the project and know what tools to apply. This course explores how communication takes place, and presents techniques...