e-Learning / Basic Business Finance
from Competence Software
The Financial Competence® Course
e-Learning can be fun! Our Financial Competence course makes it fun to gain an understanding of the basics of Finance. To see a demonstration, try one of our Word Gems for yourself (at right). These sample Word Gems are straight from our Financial Competence course. See how easy they are and how much is covered in one simple lesson.
Anyone involved in business should have a basic understanding of how a business operates and how to read the reports that measure results. Our Financial Competence course helps employees (or students) learn the principles necessary to read, understand and analyze financial statements. Take our free Finance Basics Quiz to test your own understanding of the basics of finance.
Course Description
We start with the most basic concepts of what business financial statements are and then, on a gradient, introduce more advanced concepts. The concepts include the creation and analysis of financial statements and the key financial statistics that are used to judge performance.
Students (or employees or clients) can learn at their own pace and at their own convenience. Simple drills are provided so that the student can interactively practice with the material until he or she fully grasps and is comfortable with the data. In addition, we make every effort to ensure that the terminology of financial statements is fully understood.
The Financial Competence Course uses sounds, graphics, animations and interactions to simplify and teach the basics of business finance. Click here for a full Course Outline.
Some of the many features of the Financial Competence Course:
- fun and educational
- self-paced
- self-administered
- self-tested
- breaks the time barrier to training as no travel required
- requires no previous finance training
- weak areas marked for review
- certificate (suitable for framing) upon completion
- cost effective - robust course at a small fee
- in use by major corporations around the world
- employees learn how to:
- control costs
- improve company profitability
- increase shareholder value
- read and understand financial statements
- unravels complexities of business finance
- simplifies business finance
The Financial Competence course is ideal for any individual who needs to understand basic business finance including:
- managers
- employees who approve vendors or customer credit applications
- personnel who draft or approve budgets
- sales and account executives who need to communicate with clients about the financial impact of purchases
- credit analysts and customer service representatives
- store or franchise managers
- students
- small business owners
- investors
The Financial Competence Course is available for computers using Microsoft Windows® or Windows® 95, 98 and NT; Apple Macintosh®; corporate networks, learning centers and with our new Intranet version, Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer.
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Corporate Eval:
A full "Financial Competence" course evaluation copy is available for those considering corporate multiple purchase. Save 20%! These courses are for those responsible for training others and who are considering volume purchase for their employees. These evaluation products are fully enabled versions of the Understanding Computers course. They are offered at a discount on the understanding that the manager involved will review the course thoroughly and, if favorably reviewed, will seriously consider a proposal for multiple courses and/or a site license. A representative from Competence Software will call to confirm that such is the case before shipping. Pricing for site licenses varies. Available on CD ROM and web-enabled for use on corporate intranets. Brought to you by the developers of the highly acclaimed Understanding Computers® and Investment Competence® eLearning tutorials with over half a million courses in use by individuals and corporations large and small.
Financial Competence Evaluation - on CD ROM
Delivery Methods
- For Individuals (Single Users): The Financial Competence course is now delivered on CD ROM, or it can be downloaded. Coming soon - you'll be able to purchase and run the course online from our website.
- Corporate - Single User version: The Financial Competence course is now delivered on CD ROM, or it can be downloaded. Coming soon - you'll be able to purchase and run the course online from our website.
- Corporate - Learning Center version: Delivered as a master on CD, which corporate trainer loads on individual machines. More than one user can then access the course on that single machine. It keeps each student record separate from the other student records.
- Download Master: delivered as a master on CD to corporate trainers. Corporate trainer loads on corporate network or intranet. Students access the network or intranet and then download the course to their own machines.
- Network Version: delivered as a master on CD which corporate trainer loads on corporate LAN. Students then access the course from their local LAN. It keeps the student records for one user separate from another on the LAN.
- Intranet / Internet: delivered as a master on CD which corporate trainer sets up on their corporate intranet. Students then access the course from their corporate intranet. (We will be delivering our course so that it can be purchased and run online and corporations will have the option of running from our site rather than setting it up to run on their own intranet.
- Corporate trainers can mix and match delivery methods. You can have some users accessing the course via network or intranet, but then also buy CDs if you want to give the course to people who don't have easy access to networks or intranets. Or, you could hand out CDs to some employees, and let other employees download and run the software from our website. The point is: you're not locked into using ONE delivery method for this course.
Customization
Financial Competence is also available in customized versions:
- We can include your corporate logo or the name of your school or group.
- We can translate it into other languages.
- We can include your corporate message.
- We can include specific information you require.
Contact us for more information about our customization process and for examples of customized courses.
Testimonials:
"… an ideal tool for our staff who need a basic, easy to use package for self-study training.…" -- General Electric
"… Financial Competence software communicates simply and effectively what financial statements are and how they relate to productivity. … We have viewed many products and services in the area of financial training and found Financial Competence to communicate most effectively these concepts in a step-by-step, interactive format." -- Entergy
"Our business policy professors have been excited about our purchase of ‘Financial Competence’. They use the tutorials in our computer labs as a refresher course for Finance and Accounting for our graduating seniors. Our faculty has been ecstatic over the purchase and its impact on student performance." -- University of Nevada Las Vegas
"This is the kind of adult instruction that is needed by every small business person … Money invested in ‘Financial Competence’ is well spent." -- California Franchise Association
"It was clear, concise, entertaining and, above all, relevant." -- Accounting Consultant in Philadelphia
"… very beneficial to my clients so that they understand more of what I do as their CPA. The product is laid out in an easy to follow manner for my clients and is very easy to work with." -- Thomas & Associates
"In short, Financial Competence is a fun, easy way to get the benefits of business experience without having to invest the labor and capital - or incur the risk - a real-life enterprise demands." -- Home PC magazine
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