The Mindfulness certificate program consists of a total of 5 courses:
- Mindfulness and Meditation
- Mindfulness and Happiness
- Mindful Eating
- Mindful Movement: Walking, Yoga, Tai Chi, and Qigong
- Mindful Relationships
The Stress Management certificate program consists of a total of 9 courses:
- Physiology of Stress
- Social Context of Stress
- Psychology of Stress
- The Effects of Stress on Health
- Stress and Nutrition
- Stress and Physical Activity
- Workplace Stress
- Journaling: Healthy Living Through Self-Discovery
- Stress Reduction Techniques and Therapies
High-Performance Organization
HPOs
Identify the fundamental principles of a High-Performance Organization, how to design a HPO, align an HPO with your company's strategy as well as implement an HPO. You will also learn how you can empower your employees and create an empowered workforce. We will also examine ways in which employees can be given authority in decision making, and how employee feedback can facilitate improvements in the workflow in support of an HPO.
Shared Information and Trust
Define the HPO principle of Shared Information and Trust and describe the different ways to communicate your vision for an HPO. We will also discuss how to identify the characteristics that make a good leader as well as examine how communication and a collaborative environment can be used to create successful teams. Define the principles of trust and integrity in an HPO.
Performance Management
Identify the steps of the performance management process, as well as identify the four basic elements necessary to establish effective standards for performance management and describe what an effective performance management process looks like. Identify ways to motivate productivity in your employees. Discuss how motivational techniques can be used to support a HPO.
Workplace Disputes
Identify common causes and costs of workplace disputes. Discuss the role of arbitration to handle disputes. Define what a Human Resources Information System (HRIS) is and examine how an HRIS can help develop and maintain an HPO. Learn how to identify your organization's culture, the effects of culture on developing and maintaining a HPO and the role of the mission statement in supporting a HPO.
Diversity
Learn what diversity is, the benefits of diversity in a HPO, ways to manage diversity-related conflicts in the workplace, and the role of leadership in the workplace. Explain how implementing a HPO can improve your company's bottom line and the ways to motivate your employees to help your company be a HPO. Lastly in this lesson, you will learn the role of communication in creating a HPO and delegating authority in creating a HPO.
Participative leadership
Learn the definition of participative leadership is discussed, as well as ways to grow talent internally to become leaders for a HPO. The steps in the strategic planning process and identifying your organization's strengths and weaknesses. Explain how to implement and evaluate your strategic plan. How to find the right strategy for your organization and explain how the strategic plan contributes to the implementation of a HPO.
Mastery of Business Fundamentals
Strategic planning
Learn the ins and outs of strategic planning, as well as the elements you must use to effectively implement your strategic plan. We'll study vision statements, move on to purpose and mission statements, and discuss goals, objectives, strategies, policies, and procedures. Then, look at the major strategic choices that you can choose from, ranging from core business focus to insolvency.
Organizing resources
Learn how to organize resources so employees can perform job duties and relate to one another in the most effective way possible. Then, discuss three key management principles: motivation, leadership, and control.
Ledgers
Examine the elements of the general ledger, explore a few key accounting terms, contrast accounting and bookkeeping, and investigate the different types of accounting. You'll learn about vital accounting concepts, such as the accounting equation, debits and credits, and the cost principle. Then, review two financial statements that you find at nearly every organization—the balance sheet and the income statement.
Costs
Discuss the nature of discretionary, relevant, sunk, and variable costs, and many more. You'll also discover how managerial accounting differs from financial accounting. Then, learn about the different types of investment decision-making models, including average rate of return (ARR), payback period, discounted cash flow (DCF), net present value (NPV), and internal rate of return (IRR).
Business budgeting
Learn everything you need to know about business budgeting including how to use the major budgets, including the department administration budget (also known as an expense budget), the production materials budget, the maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) budget, the capital budget, and zero-based budgeting. Then, examine performance measurements as a way to keep track of progress.
Business law
Develop a good overview of business law and also learn about some important concepts, such as the principal-agency relationship and the basics of contracts. And finally, look at the four most popular organizational forms: sole proprietorship, general partnership, limited partnership, and corporation. You'll also spend some time going over organizational politics.