The New Manager Guidebook ON DEMAND
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16.0 Credits
Member Price $384.00
Non-Member Price $442.00
Overview
A new manager can be overwhelmed with the responsibilities of the job and cannot afford to learn through trial and error. This course provides the essential knowledge needed to excel as a manager. It is packed with detailed guidance about how to recruit, coach, and train employees, as well as how to develop plans, organize work, and motivate staff. This course thoroughly addresses the management of teams, special projects, and start-up businesses, always with a focus on avoiding errors and delivering within expectations.
Highlights
Management philosophies. Planning activities. Organizational structures. Leadership. Motivating employees. Corporate culture. Change management. Employee recruiting and appraisal.
Prerequisites
None.
Designed For
CPAs, auditors, consultants, and financial and managerial professionals.
Objectives
Recognize the activities involved in the practice of management. Identify the types of skills that a manager is most likely to need and not need. Recognize the sources of power. Specify the types of connections that different levels of managers need to develop as part of their personal networks. Recognize the activities that can make a manager more efficient. Describe the essential aspects of the various management theories. Identify the various steps in the planning process. Specify which levels of management are responsible for the different parts of the planning process, and more.
Preparation
None.
Notice
None.
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Steven Bragg, Western CPE
Steven M. Bragg, CPA, is a full-time book and course author who has written more than 70 business books. He provides Western CPE with self-study courses in the areas of accounting and finance, with an emphasis on the practical application of accounting standards and management techniques. A sampling of his courses include the The New Controller Guidebook, The GAAP Guidebook, Accountants’ Guidebook, and Closing the Books: An Accountant’s Guide. He also manages the Accounting Best Practices podcast.
Steven has been the CFO or controller of both public and private companies and has been a consulting manager with Ernst & Young and an auditor with Deloitte & Touche. He holds an MBA from Babson College, a Master of Finance from Bentley College, and a BA from the University of Maine (summa cum laude).
Non-Member Price $442.00
Member Price $384.00