Business Essentials Modules
For optimum flexibility, the Business Essentials modules may be pursued individually, organized into an integrated course structure or incorporated into your learning management system.
Finance
A working knowledge of finance is important for personnel at all levels of an organization. With detailed oil and gas industry examples, our finance modules enable non-financial professionals to understand your corporate financial fundamentals, read financial statements, and understand why they are important.
Communications
The ability to communicate effectively in all areas of business is a key management skill. This communication series teaches the fundamentals of effective business writing and purposeful presentations by using relevant oil and gas industry examples.
Human Resource Management
Management and development of human and intellectual capital is one of the most important functional disciplines in the oil and gas industry because it focuses on ensuring the organization has a competent and productive workforce in a time of manpower scarcity. Because they contain examples pertinent to the industry, the modules address vital personnel issues, from planning and recruiting to performance management.
- Introduction to Human Resource Management
- Planning and Recruiting
- Employee Selection
- Training and Development
- Employment Benefits
- Performance Management
- Compensation
- Talent Management and Career Development
- Equal Employment Opportunity
- Ethics, Employee Rights and Discipline
- Employee Health and Safety
- Other HRM Issues
Project Management
Project management refers to the interrelated processes required to plan, implement and direct successful projects. Using relevant oil and gas mini-case studies, this series of modules covers both the theory and actual practice of project management. They teach the concepts, methodologies and tools of project management, as well as its major management components, including the management of schedule, costs, quality, environmental impact and procurement, as well as project integration. This series follows the Project Management Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) and prepares learners for the PMBOK exam.