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.
The world is packed with information; and most organizations struggle to recognize what information they have, why they need it, how long they need it for, and if it has any value. Furthermore, changes in the law, such as the recent changes in the UAE employment law, often call for tighter controls on contract documentation, and lead to a need for enhanced management of human resource and contract records. In addition, electronic information is under threat from cyber-attack and personal information is at risk of exposure. As such, the development and implementation of a records management program that includes document control methods to identify, secure, and protect critical information, is necessary for every organization.
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.
Self-mastery is not achieved by accident - it is a process that occurs as we interact effectively with the events and circumstances of our lives. Each moment of our lives provides an opportunity to practice self-mastery by expanding our visions, awakening the faculties of our minds and our hearts, and assuming full responsibility for living, growing, and contributing. As we master our own emotions, we can enhance our ability to lead others, acting as a role model and someone others would truly wish to follow. Through this program, you will learn a great deal about yourself – how you think, how you perceive the world and how others perceive you, how you communicate and how you can enrich your communication skills - and through that process, you will learn how to lead others with great skill.
Great achievers have always performed well by managing themselves and their capabilities. Self-management is critical for individuals to perform efficiently in both large and small businesses where they are called to perform various duties. Self-management inspires individuals to set their own goals, monitor their behavior in achieving those goals and reward themselves upon their success in achieving those goals. Self-management is the building block for effective management of other people, groups, and organizations. This highly participative seminar will help you to develop your leadership skills to lead others in times of crisis, pressure and stress. You will obtain the latest insights into what makes a leader able to manage themselves and others during times of crisis. Self-mastery is not achieved by accident - it is a process that occurs as we interact effectively with the events and circumstances of our lives. Each moment of our lives provides an opportunity to practice self-mastery by expanding our visions, awakening the faculties of our minds and our hearts, and assuming full responsibility for living, growing, and contributing. As we master our own emotions, we can enhance our ability to lead others, acting as a role model and someone others would truly wish to follow.
Implementing an anti-bribery management system (ABMS) based on ISO 37001 has a number of advantages, including helping the organization avoid or reduce the costs, risks, and damage of being involved in bribery, fostering trust and confidence, encouraging due diligence and morally righteous business practices, etc. You must have the knowledge and abilities necessary to establish, implement, manage, maintain, and continuously enhance an ABMS in order to reap these benefits for your firm. The ISO 37001 Lead Implementer training course is where you should be for that. The training program aims to give participants a thorough understanding of ISO 37001 requirements as well as the best methods and techniques for setting up and maintaining the management system.
Through risk management, decision-making, and performance improvement utilizing ISO 31000 criteria, participants in the ISO 31000 Lead Risk Manager training course may help a company create and protect value by developing their competencies in these areas. It offers details on the fundamental components, the efficient use of a risk management framework, the use of the risk management process, and the steps required for the proper integration of these components to achieve corporate goals. Additionally, it offers recommendations for the choice and use of methods for evaluating risks in a variety of circumstances.