Archive for October 25, 2011

Soft Skill Training – A Must-Have in Today’s Organisation?

Soft Skills Training today is a part of any Management programme across the world because it helps shape one’s personality and thereby plays an important role in his/her professional development. Organisations across the world have realised the importance of Soft Skills as a part of Management Curriculum since good soft skills help maintain long term relationships with customers and thereby facilitate business success. Hence, organisations have started feeling that it is worthwhile to invest in imparting soft skill training to their employees. Imparting soft -skill training not only helps improve service transactions but also makes the employees feel that the organisation has taken a keen interest in their professional development, which goes a long way in employee retention.

Research studies conducted all over the world have shown that soft-skills such as cultural sensitivity, business etiquette and good communication skills go a long way in generating global business and are therefore indispensable to an organisation’s well being. Read more

Business Process Management Goals

Business process management (BPM) is a systematic approach to making an organization’s workflow more effective, more efficient and more capable of adapting to an ever-changing environment. BPM is a management approach focused on aligning all aspects of an organization with the wants and needs of clients. It is a holistic management approach that promotes business effectiveness and efficiency while striving for innovation, flexibility, and integration with technology. Business process management attempts to improve processes continuously. It could therefore be described as a “process optimization process.”

The goal of BPM is to reduce human error and miscommunication and focus stakeholders on the requirements of their roles. BPM is a subset of infrastructure management, an administrative area concerned with maintaining and optimizing an organization’s equipment and core operations. Read more

Obtain Your PMP Certification With PM-Express

With the increasing popularity of the PMP certification in the workplace, it is all natural that employees and individuals are seeking ways to prepare and learn adequately before signing-up for the exam; PM-Express has designed specific preparation courses especially for this reason. The courses have been created in order to help individuals and corporate clients to achieve their project management training goals; the knowledge gained in those classes will help prepare for the PMP certification and will ensure a thorough learning of all the material covered in the courses.

The Project Management Professional certification is generating a lot of interest amongst the corporate world as well as with individuals of all trades, backgrounds and professions. Implemented by the Project Management Institute in September 2006, the PMP certification has been obtained by more than 310,000 individuals worldwide; such popularity is due to the demand of corporations and businesses to have knowledge project managers to ensure their own success and credibility. The certification exam is based on 6 principles: initiating the project, planning the project, executing the project, monitoring and controlling the project, closing the project and professional and social responsibility. PM-Express’s preparation courses covers all of those 6 essential principles of project management and ensure the ability of each trainee to understand the material presented in class. Read more