THE BENEFITS OF
BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT COURSES
The global business world evolves at a faster rate than ever before. It is critical that businesses and individuals keep up with the latest professional skills and training in order to best serve their customers and meet strategic goals. Our programming is designed to help you achieve your goals through conveniently scheduled courses done on-site or at one of our metro locations.
Our training programs provide:
- Training that meets YOUR needs
- College credit for your employees toward a degree or certificate
- Non-credit seminars/workshops
- Practical experience with hands-on learning opportunities
- Flexible scheduling, and group training available
- Set your own pace—learn at home or on the go with online courses
Employee retention and professional development
An investment in your future
Experts say as little as a 5 percent increase in customer retention can boost your profits by 25-100 percent. You could double your bottom line profit by keeping only five percent of the customers you currently lose.
Customized Corporate Solutions
Many of our courses and training programs can be customized to fit your requirements. We adapt to various schedules and locations for your individual or company’s needs.
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Program Leads
Business & Management Programs
Accounting
These online courses, suitable for either a small business or an individual household, will increase your financial awareness and accountability. Courses include knowledge and practice with major accounting software programs Peachtree and Quickbooks.
Learn about the accounting field in any of these areas:
- Accounts payable
- Accounts receivable
- Assets
- Closing accounts
- Depreciation
- Dividends
- Double-entry bookkeeping
- Financial transactions
- Payroll
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Customized Corporate Solutions
Many of our courses and training programs can be customized to fit your requirements. We adapt to various schedules and locations for your individual or company’s needs.
Entrepreneurship Training
DCTC offers classes that can teach you the basics of starting and running your own small business. Learn how to create a successful Business Plan, manage customer service, hire and manage employees, make better business decisions and increase your profits.
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Customized Corporate Solutions
Many of our courses and training programs can be customized to fit your requirements. We adapt to various schedules and locations for your individual or company’s needs.
Human Resources
Learn about employee-related issues that can either make or break your business. MTC offers coursework focusing on employees and the law, applying lean practices to HR functions, and more. Coursework is offered in a convenient, on-line format allowing you to learn on your own timetable.
Leadership & Management
Global Leadership Training Courses
It is critical that businesses keep up with the latest professional skills and training in order to best serve their customers and meet strategic goals. We offer a variety of short-term global training courses that will keep your organization on the leading edge of innovation and change. MTC provides relevant hands-on training that can be done on-site or at one of our convenient metro locations.
Building Your Leadership Team
Transitioning from Operations to Supervision 20 hours
This class is tailored for new supervisors and those thinking of taking their career to the next level. Built on solid leadership practices, the session focuses on personal influence, avoiding common pitfalls and identifying ways to make the most of a leadership role.
Communication
Topics include:
- Business writing
- Communicating Like a Leader
- Effective Communication
- Presentation Skills
Innovation & Change
Topics include:
- Change Management
- Innovative Thinking
- Managing the Human Side of Change
Organizational Leadership
Topics include:
- Accountability
- Building Agreement and Trust
- Delegation
- Generation Gap
- Conflict Resolution
Performance Management
Topics include:
- Coaching
- Enterprise Dynamics
- Thinking Like a Leader
Self Leadership
Topics include:
- Business Professionalism
- Decision Making
- Negotiation
- Stress Management
Teamwork
Topics include:
- Team Effectiveness
- Interdepartmental Teamwork
- Leading Virtual Teams
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Professional Development Units for Project Managers
We offer a variety of 6-week programs which have been pre-approved for Professional Development Units (PDUs) through the Project Management Institute (PMI). Once you’ve successfully completed a pre-approved course simply notify us so we can grant you professional development units. You can use these units to apply for a PMI certification or to renew a certification. If you already have a PMI certification your PDUs will be submitted to PMI on your behalf. If you don’t have a PMI certification, you can submit your course information on your application to become a credential holder. Additionally, you will receive these units in a certificate mailed to you with the PMI logo.
These instructor-led online courses pre-approved for PDUs:
- Can be taken anytime, anywhere
- Help participants gain critical knowledge along with hands-on skills
- Can be completed in 6 weeks with a time commitment of about 4 hours per week
- Cost: $129
Marketing & Sales
Marketing is a vast field with room for multitudes of professions. Experts estimate that more than one-third of all Americans have marketing activities in their positions. Sales is an increasingly important position in contemporary organizations, especially with the growing global economy. Simply put, nothing happens unless something is sold! As a salesperson, you are in the enviable position to make something happen.
Courses
These courses can be scheduled and customized to be offered on campus or any time at your place of business. In the classroom, the courses are delivered in a hands-on workshop environment, and they can be offered for credit or noncredit. We also offer a variety of online courses.
We offer a variety of online professional series courses in marketing & sales.
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Customized Corporate Solutions
Many of our courses and training programs can be customized to fit your requirements. We adapt to various schedules and locations for your individual or company’s needs.
Contact us to schedule a free consultation
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Project Management
Project Management is one of the fastest growing professions in North America. Employers are increasingly requiring that their project managers be certified by the Project Management Institute (PMI) as a Project Manager Professional (PMP)
DCTC has partnered with the Project Management Institute to offer this course, a fully online, self paced course to prepare you for the Project Management Institute certification exam.
Be on the leading edge and work toward your certification. You can register and begin the course at any time! All materials included: PMI’s Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (current edition) – Workbooks tailored for the course – the test. A Test Engine of 1,000 exam-like questions, to download and use on your own computer.
Call Meriem Aman at 651-423-8612 or email meriem.aman@dctc.edu with questions.
Social Media
Whether you consider yourself a social media novice or a seasoned veteran, this training will give you a solid foundation and thorough understanding of what social media is and how you can use it to grow your business. You’ll learn about the most popular social media platforms and study methods to promote your business. Learn to build a social media team and automate your social media activities to leverage the power of social media without adding another full-time job to your plate.