Our financial fluency courses dispel the myths of finance and are a great introduction to the financial accounting world.
Our seven-step path to financial awareness and understanding gives an illustration of the type of financial awareness training courses we deliver. We select the most relevant content and tailor it to your business
Discover where a business gets its money from.
Find out what a business does with its money.
Appreciate the need to record, analyze, and summarise business transactions.
Figure out what the finance department does.
Identify essential business financial systems.
Check financial controls are in place.
Know the difference between financial and management accounting.
Produce quality management information.
Marketing Managers
HR Managers
Sales Managers
IT Managers
Regulatory Managers
Safety Managers
Project Managers
Procurement Managers
Business Development Managers
It's important to know basic financial terminology and concepts and to be familiar with the main financial statements produced by a business.
Make sense of accounting jargon.
Discover why not to use cash accounting' and why timing is essential.
Watch out for hidden accounting costs.
The basics of debits and credits.
Discover what all the accounting books are used.
Understand balance sheets.
Understand profit and loss accounts.
Understand cash flow statements.
Know who uses financial statements and why.
Be aware of accounting regulations and laws.
Profit is the raison d'être for most businesses. Knowing how to make and increase profit is one of the key ingredients for business success.
Know the importance of price and its relationship to volume &revenue.
Realize that not all costs are the same.
Understand how gross margins work.
Appreciate the difference between gross and net margins.
Work out the breakeven point and margin of safety.
Be aware of tax consequences.
Profit is sanity but cash is reality. Without cash, a business can not survive for long. Effective cash management will help a business to endure.
Understand why cash is king.
Find out where all the cash has gone.
Know how to generate cash from stock management.
Know how to generate cash from customers.
Know how to generate cash from suppliers.
Be able to prepare and use a cash flow forecast.
Many businesses invest considerable time in budgeting but few do it successfully. Some simple and practical tips can improve the process.
Know the basics of budgeting.
Find the principal budget factor.
Chose the best way to budget.
Use forecasting techniques to form the budget.
Watch out for issues when setting budgets.
Watch out for issues when monitoring budgets.
Calculate variances from the budget.
Explore alternatives to budgeting.
Businesses should use established techniques to help decide whether or not to commit time, resources, and money to investment opportunities.
Only consider the relevant costs for decision making.
Work out if a business opportunity pays back.
Calculate the return on the investment.
Understand the time value of money.
Use established Investment Appraisal techniques.
Build a financially sound business plan.
A successful business can be judged by the size of its market value. Its performance can be measured by using financial ratios.
Understand what constitutes success.
Analyze return on investment.
Analyze short term solvency.
Analyze gearing ratios.
Analyze measures investor ratios.
Be aware of the drawbacks of performance measures.
Being an operations administrator and planning who does what and when within a team requires a high level of ability and is fraught with difficulties. This training program in administrative operations and coordination will offer a special chance to grasp the abilities needed for this position, from the macro to the micro. From the technical talents needed to plan and implement procedures, to the more delicate abilities of speaking clearly and confidently with others, to the leadership and management capacities to think broadly and organize.
In this course, participants will be sensitized to the recent trends in public relations and develop their skills to carry out contemporary roles and practice of public relations and to identify the structure of the optimal organization and responsibilities of employees of the public relations departments, planning and follow-up work in public relations departments, develop and motivate the performance of employees, planning and organizing a ceremony of reception and bidding Visitors and VIPs, develop effective communication with customers and employees, how to arrange concerts, seminars, and banquets.
This program is concerned with the development of the skills and abilities of the Public Relations Manager. Therefore, the program offers a set of training and concepts necessary to build constructive relationships inside and outside the institution based on scientific bases in building this relationship and planning it and study the extent of the institution's place in the hearts of employees on the one hand and the surrounding community. The program is concerned with providing the man of communication skills and effective communication with others as one of the elements of building relationships and what are the means to improve the internal structure of the institution and the network of formal and informal relations.
The program also provides the trainee with the skills required to make presentations and to negotiate partnerships with relevant institutions through meetings, presentations and cooperation, and partnership agreements.
This course is designed for participants to introduce to key issues and themes in international development.
Participants will explore and engage in academic debates and discussions around a set of key factors that shape, influence, and constrain the development and prosperity of nations.
The course will explore a number of key themes in international development, including how questions of gender and generation shape the impact of poverty; how processes of globalization, migration, and violent conflict impact development; and how development and the environment are linked.
It also considers what exactly we mean by poverty, and how different ways of understanding poverty feed into different approaches to tackling it.
It will also consider development institutions: what are the key institutions in the architecture of international development? How do they differ, and what are the challenges and opportunities they present? Through this module, participants will gain a solid background in the various factors which shape current approaches to and debates on international development.
By introducing participants to a range of problems in economic development, we will look to analyze how economic theory and models can explain the lack of development in some nations. We will apply such theory to real-world economies to understand the nature of the problems they face and how effective policies can be in tackling the problems.
Increasingly, it is being recognized that the trend towards equal opportunities for women is giving women the chance to take more responsibility and make more contributions to the success of their organization. However, in many cases, there is a need to develop the skills and confidence necessary to maximize potential as individuals and as employees. This course is designed to do just that - to equip women with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to succeed in what has traditionally been a male-dominated society. The course will involve experiencing personal development and practicing the new skills using ten competencies which are the key to success in a position of responsibility.
One of the major keys to success in the business world is being able to apply “discipline” to your life and actions! This is the key to developing personal effectiveness and professional excellence.