e-Learning/ Basic Business Finance
from Competence Software
The Financial Competence® Course
e-Learning can be fun! Our Financial Competence course makes it fun and easy for you to gain an understanding of the basics of business 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 regarding that business. Take our free Finance Basics Quiz to test your understanding of the basics of finance. Our Financial Competence course will help you learn the principles necessary to read, understand and analyze financial statements.
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 the performance of a business.
You can learn at your own pace and at your convenience, at home or at work. Simple drills are provided so that you can interactively practice with the material until you fully grasp and are comfortable with the data being presented to you. In addition, we make every effort to ensure that you fully understand the terminology of financial statements.
The Financial Competence Course uses sounds, graphics, animations and interactions to simplify and teach you the basics of business finance. Click here to see a full Course Outline.
Some of the many features of the Financial Competence Course:
- fun and educational
- self-paced -- move at your own speed through the course
- self-administered
- self-tested
- breaks the time barrier to training - no travel required
- requires no previous finance training
- weak areas are marked for review
- you can obtain a certificate (suitable for framing) upon completion
- cost effective - this is a robust course at a small fee
- in use by major corporations around the world to train employees and clients
The Financial Competence course is ideal for any individual who needs to understand basic business finances 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
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.
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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Testimonials:
"I really liked it ... it was basic in its terminology and did not assume that you already knew the data." -- Cynthia E. Green, Johnson Controls
"Found it very helpful indeed. It helped me understand financial statements, especially the balance sheet. I am a Credit Manager and there are 7 other credit managers taking the course now." -- Ken Hamill, Action Industries
"Felt program was good ... some of it was a review for me ... good exercises. Definitely a good program. I did as refresher. Quite a few employees here have enrolled to do it." -- Misty Calhoun, IBM Global Financing
"Found it very useful. I am a financial analyst in commercial lending here at US Bank and deal with screwed up financial statements all the time and try to make sense out of them. Some people go to college for years to learn this stuff ... I found it very useful." -- J. Randall White, US Bank
"Very good class ... real comparable to first year accounting class at University of Alabama ... it was real good information ... covered all the materials and structure was excellent." -- Bruce Kilgore, BellSouth Telecom
"I felt there was a lot of good information that I was not aware of before. The test helped me come up to par. Good tools which I wasn't aware of which I can use to help improve business." -- Chris Spartalis, Westside Volvo
"... it was very helpful." -- Kathryn J. Daily, Pacific Gas & Electric
"I liked it ... it covered a broad aspect of credit ... it was easy to complete in one's own time ... the reviews helped. Overall, I thought it was very good." -- Ken Odger, United Grain Growers
"It was great. As a manager I do budgets, so it gave me a good overall picture." -- Sara Adcox, Nortel
"Extremely beneficial; easily read and well designed." -- Gary Cady, Westside Volvo
"Thought it was very good ... easy to follow and entertaining at times. My suggestion here at Amoco is to make a bunch of business leaders take the course. When I'm talking to them about cash flows ... they don't understand ... they don't get it. I was telling a friend of mine about Financial Competence who is a small business owner as it makes so much sense to gain those abilities. The Marketing people - even the MBAs don't understand risk and Financial Competence would help them as they are decision makers." -- Lorie Georgeson, Amoco Canada
"... the glossary helped me because I didn't know the definitions. The whole thing was helpful ... liked how it showed how the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement were integrated. Would recommend it." -- Nicola Jones, Client Services Rep
"I'm a credit analyst and Financial Competence definitely helped me. It was very good and easy to use and understand. I would definitely recommend the course." -- Lisa Hutchinson, Caterpillar
"I had never had a financial background and this REALLY helped me. Am involved in looking at new farm stores - credit balances etc. and Financial Competence helped tremendously. I know what I'm talking about now. Enjoyed taking course - financial statements were my weakness." -- Thomas Burwell, Cargill
"It helped me more with financial terminology more than anything. Took me back to college. Got me up to date with terminology. Would definitely recommend." -- Marvin L. Royal, Environmental Biotech
"Was a wonderful course - easy to use and very user friendly. I learned a lot about finance in the course which I took as a pre-requisite to the Executive MBA program at the University of Toledo." -- Katrina Kinzel, General Mills
"Financial Competence really helped me understand each part of the financial and how it fits in. It is a great course and really explained what I needed to know." -- Jackie Tedesco, Deutsche Financial
"Very well done ... quite thorough ... easy to understand. I liked the way balance sheet and the income statement showed relationship to each other ... thought that was excellent. Very meaty ... graphics good and simplified it. Did not have to read anything twice to get it." -- Carol Vlahos, Volvo
"… 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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