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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Don't make your crucial decisions about Social Security, health insurance, or your tax strategy based on outdated information or what anyone else did. In this episode, you'll learn about the pros and cons of all your decision options. The reward for getting these decisions right can be worth thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of dollars.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Professor Roberto concludes this course with a fascinating lecture on the challenges of launching your own business. You’ll learn what makes entrepreneurship different from leading a complex, large organization; how the simple “marshmallow challenge” reveals different approaches to start-up strategies; and key questions any entrepreneur must answer before starting..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Begin your focus on finance with an insightful look at the time value of money. Along with basic concepts and terminology (including risk and present/future value), you’ll learn about the five types of cash flows that should be in the business student’s toolkit, including lump sums, annuities, and perpetuities..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Insurance is really about "risk management." The world abounds with perils, and insurance is about estimating the probability of a loss and weighing the cost of insurance versus potential out-of-pocket expenses. Fortunately, some elementary principles help guide you toward critical coverage and help you avoid less beneficial policies.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Sales and operations (S&OP) planning integrates a company’s sales forecasts with the operations plans from the purchasing, production, and logistics departments. Learn how qualitative and quantitative forecasts are used to gather and share information; how the principles of S&OP can help you better match your supply and demand; and more..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
What exactly is operations management, and how can you make it work to your advantage? Turn your attention to operational capabilities: the composite of processes, people, and technology that helps you execute your strategy. Observe a case study featuring both production operations and service operations..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Why is performance measurement so important to the health of an organization? How do the four dimensions of the “Balanced Scorecard” framework (financial performance, customer assessment, internal business process, and learning and growth) work independently and together? What is the “triple-bottom-line” approach, and how does it measure sustainable business performances?.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
What defines a brand? What rules should you follow when building your brand? How do brands create value for customers? With the insights and answers in this lecture, you’ll learn how to create a brand that will connect you with consumers—and defend you from the competition..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Because the average worker changes jobs between seven and 10 times, workplace relevance and career success depends on lifelong learning and professional development. Finish out this course with a pointed, inspirational discussion on the barriers toward lifelong learning in an organization—and how to finally overcome them for good..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Logistics are responsible for ensuring that the right products are available in the right quantities at the right time to meet customer expectations. Professor Goldsby introduces you to three key aspects of logistics, including its role in providing “reach” and the movement, storage, and technology used to meet customer requirements..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Start taking control of your professional organizational behavior with this introductory lecture on how to achieve lasting results. You’ll explore how to use the S.T.O.P. (“sit, think, organize, perform”) method to improve job satisfaction, reduce stress, and enhance your professional performance..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
What do we mean when we talk about business strategy? Start thinking more smartly about strategy with this introductory lecture that covers four key facts about competition and the two drivers of profitability: industry structure and competitive advantage..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Ways to improve business processes are indispensable to success. Gain simple tools and methods for improving the processes that matter to your organization. Learn how to create and use powerful, yet simple tools called process maps..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Look into four main strategies for withdrawal. For example, what is the income-only approach to retirement savings and is it right for you? Dig deep into annuities as a vehicle for your retirement and learn why this sometimes-controversial product is neither all good nor all bad. You'll learn about the other three main types of annuities as well: income, deferred-income, and variable.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
You’ve known about teamwork since elementary school. Now, learn how to foster it in an organizational setting. First, find out what happens when organizations don’t cooperate. Then, learn how people with conflicting interests can work together..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Bonjour! Begin your voyage with a global look at the French language and French-speaking countries around the world. Learning a new language is an active process, and language is deeply connected to the cultures where it is spoken. To begin, you will survey a few patterns and rules to jump-start your understanding of French.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Much of one’s success in an organization depends on how well one manages conflict with others. Professor Longenecker guides you through two primary types of conflict and three levels where they occur. Then, he offers ways to avoid or better handle conflict using a powerful management model involving cooperation and assertiveness..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Passionate customers, tremendous profits, happy employees—the Trader Joe’s grocery chain is a powerful business success story. Discover how their secret for success lies in their use of trade-offs to make it hard for imitators and to mitigate the negative effects of the industry..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In this lecture on the trade-off between risk and return, Professor Sussman introduces you to several important financial models businesses use every day. These include the Nobel Prize-winning Capital Asset Pricing Model, which is a means for formally unifying an asset’s expected return and risk by studying asset fluctuations..
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