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Management Principles |
This online program provides students with a firm grasp of the fundamental principles of modern management, i.e., the basic concepts, processes, and best practices that every prospective manager must understand in order to ascend the ladder of leadership in business, government agencies, non-profit organizations, and academic institutions.
Each of the 26 courses in this program takes approximately three to six hours to complete. All of the courses are self-paced, so students can invest as many or as few hours per week as is convenient for their schedules. - Each course must be completed within 30 days on the calendar.
- While enrolled, students can pose course-related questions to a subject matter expert and receive answers within 24 hours.
Who should take this program?
This program is ideally suited for newly appointed managers and for employees seeking opportunities for promotions as managers. Experienced managers who have become 'stuck' can use these courses to re-energize their careers by refreshing their grasp of the fundamentals. Human resource personnel and paraprofessionals seeking to broaden the scope of their responsibilities will find that this program provides them with a highly cost-effective path to success.
Certificates
The courses are grouped into eight categories: communications, finance, human resources, innovation & critical thinking, leadership, management (narrowly defined), management information systems, and strategy.
Note: The courses in this program are taught by HUCE's course development partner --
MindEdge, Inc. |
| *** HUCE Courses in Fall 2008 *** |
Effective Business Writing
MindEdge ... Online
-CEBU402- |
Start Date = anytime after 8/1/2008 because this course is self-paced ... End Date = 12/31/2008, but additional time can be requested
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... Cost = $125 -- Does not include textbooks
... CEUs = 0.5 |
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The ability to write clearly and directly is highly prized in organizations. This course focuses on improving business writing. The ideas, techniques, and checklists in this course apply to all forms of business writing: memos, reports, brochures, proposals, presentations, catalogs, and websites. Other topics include formal and informal outlining techniques, how to revise for wordiness, unnecessary phrases, redundancy, and jargon, and the appropriate use of email in an organizational setting. Note: Howard University faculty, staff, and alumni receive a 10 percent discount, but remission of tuition does not apply.
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Effective Presentations
MindEdge ... Online
-CEBU404- |
Start Date = anytime after 8/1/2008 because this course is self-paced ... End Date = 12/31/2008, but additional time can be requested
... Days = n/a ... Times = n/a
... Cost = $125 -- Does not include textbooks
... CEUs = 0.5 |
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The ability to communicate clearly and effectively is increasingly important in organizational settings. This course helps learners organize, structure, and create effective presentations. Since many organizations use PowerPoint as a way of communicating information, this course offers advice and guidance on the most effective and persuasive uses of PowerPoint. Note: Howard University faculty, staff, and alumni receive a 10 percent discount, but remission of tuition does not apply.
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Financial Planning and Control
MindEdge ... Online
-CEBU406- |
Start Date = anytime after 8/1/2008 because this course is self-paced ... End Date = 12/31/2008, but additional time can be requested
... Days = n/a ... Times = n/a
... Cost = $79 -- Does not include textbooks
... CEUs = 0.4 |
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This course considers practical finance and accounting tools for decision-making within organizations. You will learn about cost benefit analysis, return on investment (ROI), fixed and variable costs, breakeven and CVP (cost-volume-profit) analysis, tracking and performance measures, and the Balanced Scorecard and its varied uses. Note: Howard University faculty, staff, and alumni receive a 10 percent discount, but remission of tuition does not apply.
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Reading Financial Statements
MindEdge ... Online
-CEBU408- |
Start Date = anytime after 8/1/2008 because this course is self-paced ... End Date = 12/31/2008, but additional time can be requested
... Days = n/a ... Times = n/a
... Cost = $125 -- Does not include textbooks
... CEUs = 0.4 |
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This course covers financial reports and their meaning. You will learn the fundamentals and important of the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows, and how they can be used to manage a business. You will also be exposed to financial (ratio) analysis. Note: Howard University faculty, staff, and alumni receive a 10 percent discount, but remission of tuition does not apply.
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Business Statistics
MindEdge ... Online
-CEBU410- |
Start Date = anytime after 8/1/2008 because this course is self-paced ... End Date = 12/31/2008, but additional time can be requested
... Days = n/a ... Times = n/a
... Cost = $95 -- Does not include textbooks
... CEUs = 0.4 |
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This course will introduce you to the importance of statistics in the business world. Statistics is the science of collecting, organizing, and analyzing data in order to make more effective decisions. Understanding statistical techniques can help any manager responsible for marketing, management, accounting, sales, or other business functions. Note: Howard University faculty, staff, and alumni receive a 10 percent discount, but remission of tuition does not apply.
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Introduction to Finance
MindEdge ... Online
-CEBU412- |
Start Date = anytime after 8/1/2008 because this course is self-paced ... End Date = 12/31/2008, but additional time can be requested
... Days = n/a ... Times = n/a
... Cost = $79 -- Does not include textbooks
... CEUs = 0.4 |
This course introduces the discipline of finance in an organizational setting. Among the basics covered: responsibilities of financial managers; roles of finance in a typical business organization; legal forms of businesses; agency relationships; and relevant financial markets of interest to financial managers.
Further you will explore the five principles that form the foundation of financial management and you will understand the non-financial manager's impact on, and role in, the finance function.Note: Howard University faculty, staff, and alumni receive a 10 percent discount, but remission of tuition does not apply.
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Time, Money, and Risk
MindEdge ... Online
-CEBU414- |
Start Date = anytime after 8/1/2008 because this course is self-paced ... End Date = 12/31/2008, but additional time can be requested
... Days = n/a ... Times = n/a
... Cost = $95 -- Does not include textbooks
... CEUs = 0.4 |
This finance course covers Time Value of Money (TVM) principles and Risk and Return. You will review the basic TVM techniques used in evaluating all financial decisions and their cash flow implications.
For Risk and Return, you will learn how risk influences investment decisions, and how to calculate risk and rates of return. Further, you will explore the benefits of diversification and the use of the portfolio concept in investing.Note: Howard University faculty, staff, and alumni receive a 10 percent discount, but remission of tuition does not apply.
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Managing Budgets
MindEdge ... Online
-CEBU416- |
Start Date = anytime after 8/1/2008 because this course is self-paced ... End Date = 12/31/2008, but additional time can be requested
... Days = n/a ... Times = n/a
... Cost = $79 -- Does not include textbooks
... CEUs = 0.3 |
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This course covers budgets and how they are used in organizational settings. You will gain an understanding of the uses and functions of master budgets, operating budgets, sales, production and cost of goods sold budgets, and cash budgets. You will also learn how organizations are using different budgeting techniques to deal with operating challenges. Note: Howard University faculty, staff, and alumni receive a 10 percent discount, but remission of tuition does not apply.
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Compensation
MindEdge ... Online
-CEBU418- |
Start Date = anytime after 8/1/2008 because this course is self-paced ... End Date = 12/31/2008, but additional time can be requested
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... Cost = $79 -- Does not include textbooks
... CEUs = 0.3 |
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In this course, you will consider the many issues surrounding the key aspects of pay policy: legal requirements, pay equity within an organization, competitive pay within the relevant industry, how and when to grant raises, and different ways payment can be structured. Note: Howard University faculty, staff, and alumni receive a 10 percent discount, but remission of tuition does not apply.
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Employee Selection
MindEdge ... Online
-CEBU420- |
Start Date = anytime after 8/1/2008 because this course is self-paced ... End Date = 12/31/2008, but additional time can be requested
... Days = n/a ... Times = n/a
... Cost = $79 -- Does not include textbooks
... CEUs = 0.3 |
In this course, you will learn about the process of selecting the best candidate from a large, diverse pool of high-quality applicants. Based on D. Quinn Mills' book, Principles of Human Resource Management, the course discusses how to conduct an effective job interview, asking questions that elicit relevant information and avoiding questions that might be seen as discriminatory.
You will also consider how to discover more about a candidate through the use of reference checks, background checks, and testing.Note: Howard University faculty, staff, and alumni receive a 10 percent discount, but remission of tuition does not apply.
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Equal Employment Opportunity
MindEdge ... Online
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Start Date = anytime after 8/1/2008 because this course is self-paced ... End Date = 12/31/2008, but additional time can be requested
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... Cost = $79 -- Does not include textbooks
... CEUs = 0.3 |
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In this course you will learn about many of the major employment laws, Equal Opportunity issues, and the anti-discriminatory regulations employers must be aware of in hiring, promoting, and firing employees. Note: Howard University faculty, staff, and alumni receive a 10 percent discount, but remission of tuition does not apply.
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Human Resource Management
MindEdge ... Online
-CEBU424- |
Start Date = anytime after 8/1/2008 because this course is self-paced ... End Date = 12/31/2008, but additional time can be requested
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... Cost = $79 -- Does not include textbooks
... CEUs = 0.3 |
Human Resource Management includes the vital tasks of recruiting, screening, interviewing, training, appraising, disciplining, rewarding, and developing the employee -- both for business and non-profit enterprises.
Since all managers (especially line managers) have HR responsibilities, it is important that they have an understanding of the key concepts of this increasingly important function, especially since many decisions they make about employees have possible legal ramifications.
Note: Howard University faculty, staff, and alumni receive a 10 percent discount, but remission of tuition does not apply.
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Performance Management
MindEdge ... Online
-CEBU426- |
Start Date = anytime after 8/1/2008 because this course is self-paced ... End Date = 12/31/2008, but additional time can be requested
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... Cost = $79 -- Does not include textbooks
... CEUs = 0.3 |
This course considers the different elements of performance management. In its broadest sense, performance management is what every good manager does every day: Makes sure employees know what they need to do to achieve the organization's goals, checks to make sure the employees are doing those things, praises employees for doing the right things, and uses constructive criticism when that is not the case.
A formal performance management system simply makes sure all those management tasks get done consistently across an organization.Note: Howard University faculty, staff, and alumni receive a 10 percent discount, but remission of tuition does not apply.
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Talent and Career Development
MindEdge ... Online
-CEBU428- |
Start Date = anytime after 8/1/2008 because this course is self-paced ... End Date = 12/31/2008, but additional time can be requested
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... Cost = $79 -- Does not include textbooks
... CEUs = 0.3 |
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Drawing on material from Harvard Business School professor D. Quinn Mills' book, Principles of Human Resource Management, this course covers the challenges and issues that organizations face in developing and retaining their employees. Note: Howard University faculty, staff, and alumni receive a 10 percent discount, but remission of tuition does not apply.
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Personal Creativity
MindEdge ... Online
-CEBU430- |
Start Date = anytime after 8/1/2008 because this course is self-paced ... End Date = 12/31/2008, but additional time can be requested
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... Cost = $79 -- Does not include textbooks
... CEUs = 0.4 |
This course addresses Personal Creativity. Through tools and exercises drawn from Adrian Brown' book, Creativity & Innovation, it seeks to help unlock the creativity within individuals.
By stimulating creativity through various techniques (mind-mapping, DO-IT, SCAMPER, right and left brain thinking) participants learn to tap into their personal creativity and apply it to organizational challenges.
Note: Howard University faculty, staff, and alumni receive a 10 percent discount, but remission of tuition does not apply.
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Critical Thinking
MindEdge ... Online
-CEBU432- |
Start Date = anytime after 8/1/2008 because this course is self-paced ... End Date = 12/31/2008, but additional time can be requested
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... Cost = $95 -- Does not include textbooks
... CEUs = 0.5 |
This course is an introduction to the importance of critical thinking in the business world. Critical thinking is an intellectual model for reasoning through issues to reach well-founded conclusions about them. Asking questions is at the heart of critical thinking.
This program is designed to help learners define and identify critical thinking and reasoning skills and develop those skills.
Note: Howard University faculty, staff, and alumni receive a 10 percent discount, but remission of tuition does not apply.
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Introduction to Leadership
MindEdge ... Online
-CEBU434- |
Start Date = anytime after 8/1/2008 because this course is self-paced ... End Date = 12/31/2008, but additional time can be requested
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... Cost = $95 -- Does not include textbooks
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This course examines how to be a successful (that is, effective) leader. Based on D. Quinn Mills' book, Leadership: How to Lead, How to Live, a text used at Harvard Business School, this course asks the crucial questions about leadership in today's organizations:
- What is leadership and why is it important?
- What does effective leadership require?
- What is visionary leadership?
- What is the role of charisma?
- What is the difference between managing, administering, and leading?
Note: Howard University faculty, staff, and alumni receive a 10 percent discount, but remission of tuition does not apply.
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Work-Life Balance
MindEdge ... Online
-CEBU436- |
Start Date = anytime after 8/1/2008 because this course is self-paced ... End Date = 12/31/2008, but additional time can be requested
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... Cost = $79 -- Does not include textbooks
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This course addresses the question of work-life balance, one which is of great importance to leaders in all settings. Based on D. Quinn Mills' book, Leadership: How to Lead, How to Live, a text used at Harvard Business School, this course looks at methods and techniques to reconcile work and family.
You will also consider the question of personal fulfillment and the needs and demands of leadership.Note: Howard University faculty, staff, and alumni receive a 10 percent discount, but remission of tuition does not apply.
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Managing Change
MindEdge ... Online
-CEBU438- |
Start Date = anytime after 8/1/2008 because this course is self-paced ... End Date = 12/31/2008, but additional time can be requested
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... Cost = $79 -- Does not include textbooks
... CEUs = 0.4 |
Whether adopting new technology or adapting to a drastic shift in an organization's core focus, managers play a fundamental role in effecting changes. Based on D. Quinn Mills' book, Leadership: How to Lead, How to Live, a text used at Harvard Business School, this course addresses the key issues managers face in a dynamic environment.
By understanding the steps in effecting change and how to overcome resistance, a manager can successfully lead change at various levels of an organization.Note: Howard University faculty, staff, and alumni receive a 10 percent discount, but remission of tuition does not apply.
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Leading Teams
MindEdge ... Online
-CEBU440- |
Start Date = anytime after 8/1/2008 because this course is self-paced ... End Date = 12/31/2008, but additional time can be requested
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... Cost = $79 -- Does not include textbooks
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This course addresses the key issues surrounding leadership in a team. Why is it important? What does it require for a team leader to lead his team effectively?
Based on D. Quinn Mills' book, Leadership: How to Lead, How to Live, a text used at Harvard Business School, this course considers how team leaders must account for the special and unique circumstances of working in a team, where responsibility, accountability, communication, and leadership is shared.Note: Howard University faculty, staff, and alumni receive a 10 percent discount, but remission of tuition does not apply.
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Managing Modern Organizations
MindEdge ... Online
-CEBU442- |
Start Date = anytime after 8/1/2008 because this course is self-paced ... End Date = 12/31/2008, but additional time can be requested
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... Cost = $79 -- Does not include textbooks
... CEUs = 0.3 |
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This course considers the fundamentals of management and how managers can be effective in organizational settings. Based on D. Quinn Mills' book, Principles of Management, a text used at Harvard Business School, this course addresses managing in the modern organization. Note: Howard University faculty, staff, and alumni receive a 10 percent discount, but remission of tuition does not apply.
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Managing People
MindEdge ... Online
-CEBU444- |
Start Date = anytime after 8/1/2008 because this course is self-paced ... End Date = 12/31/2008, but additional time can be requested
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... Cost = $79 -- Does not include textbooks
... CEUs = 0.3 |
To be successful and move ahead in his or her career, a manager must understand how to manage people, including motivating workers and coordinating their activities. This course will explain how the goals, empowerment, measurement system of management can be employed, how organization structures differ, as well as the difficulty of discipline while trying to maintain momentum.
This course is based on D. Quinn Mills' book, Principles of Management, a text used at Harvard Business School.Note: Howard University faculty, staff, and alumni receive a 10 percent discount, but remission of tuition does not apply.
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Time Management
MindEdge ... Online
-CEBU446- |
Start Date = anytime after 8/1/2008 because this course is self-paced ... End Date = 12/31/2008, but additional time can be requested
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... Cost = $79 -- Does not include textbooks
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One of the more precious resources a manager has is his or her time. Managers can become more effective by employing time management and scheduling techniques, delegating, outsourcing key tasks, and employing technology. Effective time management helps managers achieve their goals. Note: Howard University faculty, staff, and alumni receive a 10 percent discount, but remission of tuition does not apply.
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Introduction to MIS
MindEdge ... Online
-CEBU448- |
Start Date = anytime after 8/1/2008 because this course is self-paced ... End Date = 12/31/2008, but additional time can be requested
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... Cost = $79 -- Does not include textbooks
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Information technology has become vital for virtually every industry and every organization. This course will help you understand the basics of information systems in a business and management context.
You will learn about business information systems, networks (LANs, WANs, etc.) and distributed computing, systems development and design, databases (relational and flat), Intranets, enterprise applications, B2B, and electronic commerce. This course will provide the fundamentals of business and management information systems.Note: Howard University faculty, staff, and alumni receive a 10 percent discount, but remission of tuition does not apply.
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The Modern Organization
MindEdge ... Online
-CEBU450- |
Start Date = anytime after 8/1/2008 because this course is self-paced ... End Date = 12/31/2008, but additional time can be requested
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... Cost = $79 -- Does not include textbooks
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Strategic planning does not occur in a vacuum: competitive factors and forces are perhaps the most significant issues confronting those responsible for developing an organization's strategy. This course reviews the key theories about how strategy should be developed in a competitive environment. Note: Howard University faculty, staff, and alumni receive a 10 percent discount, but remission of tuition does not apply.
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What is Strategy?
MindEdge ... Online
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Start Date = anytime after 8/1/2008 because this course is self-paced ... End Date = 12/31/2008, but additional time can be requested
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... Cost = $79 -- Does not include textbooks
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This course draws on D. Quinn Mills' book, Principles of Management, a text used at Harvard Business School. The course provides a basic understanding of the strategic planning process and its success factors, as well as discussing the importance of mission statements and budgeting. Note: Howard University faculty, staff, and alumni receive a 10 percent discount, but remission of tuition does not apply.
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