- Accounting & Finance - Finance for Nonfinancial Managers
This is a business finance and accounting program for non-financial professionals who have the desire to obtain business acumen skills and a better understanding of financial and accounting practices.
Who Should Attend?
This program is for employees, managers, business executives, directors who manage budgets, recently promoted executives and supervisors who over-see budgets.
What you will gain?
Recognition from having completed an accredited and nationally recognized program. Participants will have the opportunity to network and learn from industry experts who not only understand the business of finances, putting together and managing accounts, but a deeper understanding of how decisions impact the organization.
What is covered?
- Key terms: assets, liabilities, capital, depreciation, capitalization and more
- The processes and procedures behind accounting systems. You will learn how to journal and maintain ledgers. You will learn about electronic resources and applicability
- Learn how debits and credits work
- Understand business in terms and decision making from long and short term goals
- How to apply basic accounting principles
- Developing working rules regarding financial statements
- Using a balance sheet to examine assets and liabilities
- Analyzing and reporting the income statement to assess revenues and expenses
- The basis of cash flow: sources and uses of funds
- The annual report
- How leveraging impacts shareholders
What are the benefits?
This program will help you understand basic financial and accounting information and provide the tools and knowledge to make decisions that will positively impact your organizations bottom line and financial situation. The benefits include a deeper understanding of best practices while engaging and learning from experienced subject matter experts presenting real time case studies for real life learning.
Number of Participants: 25
Time Required: 2 days
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- Business Intelligence/Business Analytics
Business analytics (also designated as “business intelligence”) refers to the investigation of business practices through the exploration of data to gain insight for organizational decision-making. Analytics is currently one of the “hottest” areas in business and will remain at the forefront of strategic importance as it is necessary for businesses to make the correct strategic decisions to thrive in today’s hypercompetitive economy.
What you will gain?
Through the practice of business analytics, organizations seek to convert data into knowledge that can drive intelligent decisions. Rather than acting on a hunch, executives, managers, and analysts can apply analytics to provide quantitative support to bolster their decisions. Through business analytics, organizations have the ability to leverage data to yield a competitive advantage.
Who Should Attend?
This course is designed for any professional who needs to analyze information to make data-driven decisions to provide an impact for their organization. Business analytics has a wide-range of potential applications in all functional areas of business including: marketing and sales, operations management, supply chain management, finance, and accounting. The specific audience may include:
- Managers and Executives: executives and directors from all disciplines including - project leaders, directors, vice presidents, sales and marketing managers, project and product manager, operations and supply chain managers, and HR managers.
- Business Analysts & Professionals: research analysts, marketing analysts, systems analysts, financial analysts and CPAs, healthcare professionals, and small business owners.
- Technologists: consultants, data analysts, IT directors, and technology end-users.
What are the benefits?
This course takes a managerial approach to analytics and will allow students to truly understand how to utilize analytics to create value for the organization. Through this course, participants will develop managerial and analytical skills to utilize data to enhance strategic decision-making and thereby yield a competitive advantage. Participants will examine real-world case studies to analyze how corporations are using analytics in their operations to generate value from their vast pools of data to support decision-making processes. Furthermore, participants will enhance their analytics skills and develop competencies through hands-on exercises. Those with proficiency in analytics have the power to potentially answer questions such as:
- Who are our most valuable customers?
- How do we retain customers?
- How can we determine why certain products are not selling in accordance with expectations?
- Should we be targeting products differently for different markets?
- What products should we develop based our current product mix?
- What ways can we improve the efficiency of our supply chain?
- Can we detect if we have financial fraud in the company’s operations?
- What conditions can positively influence employee productivity?
- What new types of talent will best complement our current staffing needs?
The return on investment (ROI) for students enrolled in this course will be generated based on the analytical skills the professional will be able to immediately apply to his/her organization.
Students will learn how to utilize analytical data and interpret information to discover underlying knowledge that can be leveraged to drive both operational and strategic decision-making and provide actionable solutions to business problems.
What is covered?
The course content will consist of the following:
- Strategic Use of Business Analytics – Case Study
- Power Analytics - SQL for the Business Manager
- SQL Hands-on Case Exercise
- SQL Case Exercise - Analysis of Findings
- Business Intelligence & Web Analytics
- Data Visualization / Dashboards
- Business Intelligence Hands-on Case Exercise
- Business Intelligence Case Exercise - Analysis of Findings
In this course, we will conduct hands-on exercises with common software such as Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and Microsoft Access applications. We will also utilize cutting edge analytical software applications such as SQL (a database query language for the power user) and Tableau (a business intelligence / data visualization tool). This course is designed for business professionals and no prior analytical experience/knowledge is expected or required. The only prerequisite for this course is a basic knowledge of Microsoft Office.
Number of Participants: 25
Time Required: The program may be delivered in a two day format or in a certificate learning module over one semester.
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- Coaching & Consulting - Sherpa Executive Coaching
The model for the Sherpa executive coach is the Himalayan guide. Of all mountain escorts, Sherpas are the most knowledgeable.They help climbers choose a course and reach the summit. In the same way, Sherpa executive coaches advise, provide tools, and share knowledge of the best path for their clients to follow.
Who Should Attend?
Practicing executive coaches. People starting a coaching career. Current staff coaches. Human resources professionals or others responsible for developmental coaching in both public and private organizations.
What you will gain?
Certification is becoming increasingly important for executive coaches. There is no more highly regarded program than the Sherpa program. You master the industry standard, get your credential at a major university and work with the authors who 'wrote the book' on coaching. Leading executive coach Marshall Goldsmith says: "It's great to have universities agree on standards for executive coaching."
What will you learn?
- How to facilitate improved business behavior in others
- How to evaluate and attain your full potential and the potential of your clients
- Effective communications for developing increased individual and team productivity
- Mastery of the Sherpa coaching process, the “operating system” for contemporary coaching
Our text book,The Sherpa Guide: Process-Driven Executive Coaching, sets the standard for “how to coach” books and for the field of coaching itself. The book is packed with actionable items — tips, tricks, and techniques for a coach to use with any client. You will work directly with an author of the book.
What will be covered?
The Sherpa coaching process involves six phases, with comprehensive exercises, assessments, tools, and activities associated with each phase. The authors / instructors share their own case studies and experiences, adding depth to the content.
Phase I: Taking Stock
- Process Overview
- Self Discovery
- Agreement
Phase II: Global View
- Support Mountain
- Perception
- Values
- Change Management
- Who Am I?
Phase III: Destination
- Logistics
- Weakness Mountain
- Expectation Mountain
Phase IV: Charting the Course
- Relational Route
- Organizational Route
- Goal Setting
Phase V: Agenda
- Commitment
- Accountability and Attitude
- Browsing the Journal
- Long Term Outlook
Phase VI: The Summit
- Support
- Follow-up
- Putting Theory into Practice
The program’s two-week, time-phased format allows for immediate practice of skills learned. In between the first and second program sessions, participants will return home and use their new skills to work with a practicum coaching client. They will also talk with their instructors weekly as the practicum coaching experience unfolds.
What are the benefits?
Executive coaching certification will make you far more effective as a leader and facilitator in this new and growing field. You’ll gain the prestige and credibility of a university-endorsed certification.
Number of Participants:20
Time Required: 40 Hours within a semester
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- Communication - Power of Communication
Power of Communication: The Power of Communication examines how people in organizations communicate with each other and how they can communicate better. Specifically, participants will leave with a better understanding of common sources of miscommunication, with improved listening skills, with the ability to better package what they say to employees, and with ideas about how to better manage the choices between face-to-face, email, and other channels of communication. We will discuss how academic theory connects to real world applications and use examples from your experiences as case studies to enact these ideas.
Who Should Attend?
Although almost anyone would benefit from improved communication skills, this course is specifically designed for executive level leaders in organizations.
What you will gain?
Because leaders communicate with employees, peers, and customers, there are substantial benefits from this program. Those benefits include increased innovation and better problem solving because you are able to better use employee ideas along with increased job satisfaction and decreased turnover among employees because your communication with them is improved (and likely their communication with you will improve as well). Additionally, better communication with customers helps you understand their needs and persuade them as to the ability of your product or service to meet those needs.
What you will learn?
What does it mean to communicate effectively
How can you avoid common sources of miscommunication
How to better listen to customers, peers, and subordinates
How to frame what you say so that people want to follow your vision
How to adjust the channel you use to communicate (i.e., email, face-to-face) based on the message you want to get across
What will be covered?
- What is Communication/Common sources of miscommunication;
- Listening;
- How You Say What You Say Matters;
- Choosing between email, face-to-face, etc.
Number of Participants:15 - 20
Time Required: 1 day
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- Enterprise Process Integration and Communication
Many firms are organizing their operations around business processes. However, this transition is challenging. It requires a new way of thinking about work, and it creates a new set of problems—chief among them being getting the right information to the right place at the right time in the organization. This course shows executives and managers how to unlock the information flow structure of their organization. Tools are presented for uncovering, analyzing, and improving communications and results throughout the organization while avoiding information overload. The techniques enable tighter integration and synchronization of enterprise processes, through the establishment of commitment networks and laser-sharp accountabilities. An executive using these techniques will be able to enact policies and directives that enable workers to self-organize and make better local decisions. The course includes a role-playing game, where participants enact the roles of various process leaders in a large organization and hammer out tough agreements on process interactions.
The agenda includes:
- Unlocking the information flow structure of your organization
- Information flow patterns—how to see them and what they can tell you
- How to integrate the information and dependencies across departments, functions, processes, and sites
- Process synchronization—its importance, and how to drive it
- Networks of commitments—their power and potential, keys to accountability
- New metrics and leading indicators of enterprise performance and risk
- Enterprise process integration—role playing game
- Distilling key approaches and insights for enterprise integration
Who should attend?
Executives, managers, and professionals who have experienced the challenges of miscommunications, lack of accountability, and “fumbled handoffs” in their organization. Those with responsibilities for determining, planning, and/or managing work, including planning, scheduling, budgeting, monitoring, and controlling. Individuals from all departments in a firm, including, but not limited to:
- Operations
- Finance
- Human Resources
- Research and Development
- Information Technology
- Engineering
- Marketing
- Sales
- Supply Chain Management
What will you gain?
- A mechanism for seeing the “big picture” of information flow in your organization, and why it appears the way it does
- An ability to model and analyze the information flow structure in your organization
- Insight on ways to structure an organization for improved communication and workflow
- A menu of integrative mechanisms—tools for facilitating organizational integration—such as co-location, liaisons, information technologies, appropriate meetings, and shared vocabularies
- The ability to spot and correct information flow breakdowns
- Exposure to new techniques and best practices
- An opportunity to network with industry colleagues
What is covered?
- Information flow models—how to build one quickly for new insights
- How to reorganize for improved flow
- A new tool for representing and analyzing information flow models—the Design Structure Matrix (DSM)
- The salience of process integration and synchronization—without it, all your process improvements are a waste of time and money!
- Integrative mechanisms—tools for making the interfaces work
- Networks of commitments—tools for negotiating transactions and nailing down accountabilities
- How to benefit from improved information flow in your own organization
Number of participants: 15-30
Time required: 1 day
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- Leadership - The Virtual Leader: Developing and Leading Virtual Teams
Virtual Leadership: this interactive workshop focuses on best practices for managing virtual teams. The purpose of this course is to help leaders, managers, directors and executives understand the advantages of virtual work environments and to develop the necessary skills and competencies to lead high performing virtual teams. The skills sets include:
- How to develop trust virtually
- How to manage performance virtually
- How to work with the idiosyncrasies of virtual teams (e.g. virtual team development phases and virtual team dynamics)
- How to work with different cultures in the virtual space
- How to develop a strong virtual presence
Who Should Attend?
The program is suited for people with no or little prior experience of virtual working and leading as well as for people with several years of experience who are dissatisfied with the traditional way of working and want to develop their impact as leaders in the virtual space. This includes: managers, business professionals, team leads, or aspiring team managers. This may include individuals from:
- Information Technology
- Sales
- Marketing
- Operations
- Education
- Healthcare
What you will gain?
- More efficient, effective and productive teams
- More engaged, committed and satisfied workforce
- Stronger execution and presence
- Understanding of virtual leadership competencies
- The potential to significantly impact to the bottom-line
What you will learn?
How to best identify and organize people in ways that meet team goals.
How to plan activities that make the most of scarce resources, and build in flexibility.
The ability to assess your own virtual leadership style, skills and development needs
The ability to challenge (critical thinking) your assumptions on virtual teams, virtual work environments and virtual leadership
The confidence to stretch your virtual leadership capacities and skills in practical situations which impact bottom line results
The understanding that learning how to become an effective virtual leader can also help you to become a more rounded transformational leader
What will be covered?
- Virtual work environments
- Experiential and action learning leadership competencies
- Critical thinking to problem solve
- Competencies for communication, stretching and engaging
- Best and worst practices
Number of Participants:15 - 20
Time Required:2 days
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- Petroleum, Energy, Oil and Gas Land Management Basic Certificate
Each session in the basic is either a 15 hour (two day) session or a 7.5 hour (one day) session
Course Description:
The Petroleum Land Management Program is for those individuals desiring to pursue or continue a career in Energy, Oil, Gas and Petroleum Land related activities. The program is also applicable for attorneys, lease agents and industry professionals who are interested in a deep dive of the best practices and systems associated with the industries.
The audience: The program is designed for landmen, lease agents, right of way agents, brokerage and title analysts, attorneys, engineers and others interested or involved in supporting the development activities and exploration of Energy, Oil and Gas.
Program overview: The curriculum consists of nine courses which will provide graduates with the skills necessary to augment their career in land management, gas, oil and energy exploration, due diligence and production oversight. Each course is either one or two days in length. Upon successful completion of the nine course program the Petroleum Land Management Certificate will be awarded. The courses within this certificate program can be used for continuing education credits for the American Association of Petroleum Landmen recertification and the Texas BAR Associations MCLE accreditation.
Course Titles:
- Petroleum Land Management-15 hours (two days)
This class introduces students to the field of petroleum land management. The instructors will take a methodical approach in laying the foundational principles for oil and gas land management and the theoretical approach of discussing the impact to business and economies. Also discussed will be property and mineral ownership, contractual agreements and land management practices.
- Oil and Gas Law for the Petroleum Industry-15 hours (2 day session)
This course helps participants to understand how oil and gas law drives the oil and gas industry and the activities of oil and gas participants including lenders, investors, lessors, working interest owners, government regulators, attorneys, landmen and others. The course begins with a review of the nature of the landowner’s interest in oil and gas, the nature and characteristics of mineral interests, the rights and duties between surface and mineral owners, the creation and duration of mineral leases, and different kinds of royalty and mineral interests. Participants will learn the law governing oil and gas ownership, development, marketing, and transfer. This course includes not only a good overview of key clauses of the oil and gas lease but also examines the law governing farmout agreements, agreements for the sale and exchange of producing properties, operating agreements, drilling contracts, production sales contracts, the law governing oil and gas development on federal public lands, and pooling agreements and unitization agreements.
- Understanding and Negotiating the Oil & Gas Lease-15 hours (2 day session)This session will provide a solid understanding of the more common provisions and the legal significance of an oil and gas lease. This course will discuss: (1) the granting clause, which outlines the purpose of the lease and the substances that can be explored and produced; (2) limits and rights regarding surface operations; (3) the duration of the lease; (4) extension of the primary and secondary terms of the lease; (5) the royalty clause, which allocates to the landowner a certain portion of the substances produced; (6) surface damages; (7) "pooling," i.e., consolidating the leased premises with adjoining leased tracts; (8) the assignment clause, which permits both the lessor and the lessee the unrestricted privilege of assigning their rights under the lease; (9) the warranty clause, which binds the landowner to defend interest in, or title to, the leased premises; (10) the lessee's right to free water, oil, and gas; (11) the force majeure clause, which protects the oil companies from liability and loss of the lease whenever causes beyond their control suspend operations; and (12) other clauses the landowner may demand.
- Effective Structuring, Negotiating and Drafting-15 hours (2 day session)
“Structuring Exploration Deals” details aspects of contracts with special emphasis on tax and economic implications of alternative deals. The objective of this session is to provide detailed coverage of the various contracts used in making exploration deals and present the tax and financial advantages and pitfalls of alternative deals. This course should be of particular benefit to landmen, geologists, geophysicists, engineers, bankers, accountants and managers at all levels. This course assumes some knowledge of mineral conveyancing and addresses, in more depth, the Farm-out Agreement and Joint Operating Agreement. During this session, the instructor will explore the special issues such as what to do about gas balancing problems, the use of area of mutual interests "AMIs," as well as, problems such as costs of completing and reworking wells, dealing with non or underperforming operators and how to remove the obstacles.
- Understanding and Analyzing Title Issues-7.5 hours (1 day session)
This course covers crucial information for the land professional dealing with critical title issues and conveyances that impact how oil and gas interests are calculated and maintained. The facilitator will lead participants through critical thinking activities in order to explore problem solving related to critical issues.
- Curing Oil and Gas Lease and Petroleum Land Title Defects-7.5 hours (1 day session)
This course presents one of the most important functions known as curing land titles. The purpose of a title opinion, whether it is for lease acquisition, drilling, division order, security, or production purchase purposes; will control the format of the opinion, the information reported in the opinion, and what title defects lead to title requirements.
- Land Personnel and the Effective Use of Due Diligence: Ethics and Negotiations-7.5 hours (1 day session)
In this course, students learn the why’s and how’s of due diligence examination, a term that comes from provisions in the typical purchase and sale agreement that deal with the buyer's examination of the property and the seller's records. The course will be useful not only to land professionals but also to management and administrative personnel, lease record analysts, division order analysts, attorneys, paralegals and other persons who, regardless of their job titles, have been called upon to participate in the land and title aspects of acquisition and divestment.
- Understanding and Effectively Settling Surface Damage Claims-7.5 hours (1 day session)
This class expands on the content presented in earlier session Critical Title Issues with more advanced issues relating to title problems and how to solve them. Not only will participants explore more elaborate terms but will learn to solve problems involving lease and title problems. The discussion will also include how to handle existing problems and avoid problems with surface owners during title issue acquisitions.
- Oil & Gas Tax & Petroleum Economics-15 hours (2 day session)
The course covers topics that include real property and oil and gas law including key issues related to acquiring and properly protecting oil and gas interests. Also included are economic and financial decision-making and the role of taxation in such decisions. The role of leases, contracts and land titles will be discussed in depth including joint operating agreements and farmout agreements (the AAPL Model Form). Also considered will be the rights of working interest owners and means of handling defaulting parties. Internet tools and ethics in the oil and gas industry are also discussed. Cases and practical exercises are included. The cases will focus on actual PLM situations where financial decision making is eminent and the rights of owners will be addressed.
Number of Participants:40
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- Petroleum Economics, Land Management, Energy and Business Certification
The Certification program encompasses
Course Description:
The Petroleum Economics, Land Management, Energy and Business Certification is for those individuals desiring to excel in the business competencies of the Energy Industry. The program is a catalyst for continued learning in the fields of: Energy, Oil, Gas, Petroleum Land Management and Business Administration. The program provides cutting edge resources and knowledge from experienced business professional and researchers.
The audience: The program is a deep dive of the best practices and systems associated with Energy, Oil, Gas, Petroleum and Wind Industries. The Certification supports skill development, business acumen and professional development for industry and business professionals, attorneys, engineers, lease agents and brokers.
Program overview: The curriculum consists of twelve two day face to face courses along with blended learning assignments modules, virtual coaching and team building; which will provide graduates with the skills necessary to understand, innovate and impact the Energy Industry. Upon successful completion of the twelve modules, action learning activities and 60% success rate on exam, the Certification will be awarded. The courses within this certification program can be used for continuing education credits for the American Association of Petroleum Landmen recertification and the Texas BAR Associations MCLE accreditation.
Course Titles:
- Petroleum Land Management -15 hours (2 days)
This class introduces students to the field of petroleum land management. The instructors will take a methodical approach in laying the foundational principles for oil and gas land management and the theoretical approach of discussing the impact to business and economies. Also discussed will be property and mineral ownership, contractual agreements and land management practices.
Topics include: a general introduction to the oil and gas lease, mineral and royalty ownership, calculating net mineral interests; gross working interests, net revenue interests, royalty interests, overriding royalty interests, and unit calculations; mineral, surface, and royalty rights; rules for transferring title; legal descriptions; farmouts; pooling, unleased owners; and non-consent/payout issues.
Property and Mineral ownership includes understanding property and mineral ownership and the transferring of titles. Those processes are critical and impact business. This course takes an in-depth and thorough look at the subject, studying land and mineral ownership in the United States, differing types of property ownership, the rules surrounding mineral and royalty ownership, the rules for conveying property, varying types of conveyances, testate and intestate succession, the many types of title transfers that result from court actions, curing land titles and the laws governing oil and gas ownership and development.
The second part to this session will be basic contracts and agreements. The oil and gas industry uses a number of unique contractual arrangements to explore for, develop, produce, and market oil and gas. This course includes a good overview of key clauses of the oil and gas lease and examines the laws governing farmouts, operating agreements, unit operating agreements, joint venture agreements, area of mutual interest agreements, seismic agreements, pooling and unitization agreements. This interactive course not only takes a detailed look at these contracts but allow the students an opportunity to negotiate and draft several of the contracts that are vital to the industry.
Understanding Petroleum land management begins in a courthouse where an examination of mineral ownership takes place. The process includes multiples steps as part of the business model. The next phase will include the acquisition of oil and gas leases. From there, state regulatory commissions, other oil and gas companies, the Bureau of Land Management and/or surface owners become involved in the process. The formation of a unit is created, a title opinion is rendered, title curative must be done, and the well is drilled and hopefully competed as producing in commercial quantities. Finally, proper payment of revenue must be made to all parties that are entitled to receive such payments. From start to finish, many steps must take place. The session is a basic overview of land management and practices.
- Energy Economics and Development- 15 hours (2 days)
Energy development means an increase in opportunities, provisions, the use and application of energy services and resources. This is an imperative and necessity of progressive economic development. It is no secret that highly developed (industrialized as well as technologically developed) societies use more energy than poorer societies and the impact of this phenomenon is discussed and researched in this session. Such development involves multiple entities, businesses, societies and markets. This session will take a deep dive on what next steps involved including the evolution of education and labor markets, financial institutions to support capital investment, modernization of agriculture, and provision of infrastructure for water, sanitation, and communications.
- Accounting and Finance for Non Financial professionals-15 hours (2 days)
Often, non-financial professionals require financial information to make key decisions, making it vital that they know how to use these tools effectively and understand the common language of finance like profit and loss statements, cash flow statements, and opportunity costs. This session exposes individuals to the concepts, terms and processes behind finance and accounting while providing the knowledge to sharpen skills and make timely decisions. The facilitators use blended learning methods and case studies to help participants understand concepts relative to business acumen and profitability which lead to success.
- Change Management and Organizational Behavior-15 hours (two day sessions)
Change is all around us. The changes in technology, energy, fuel, the economy, infrastructures and cultures. Significant change is one of the most challenging undertakings facing an organization today, and organizational behavior encompasses everyone within the organization who will be a part of the change. This type of change involves the entire organization and also requires new paradigms that will replace established processes, procedures, systems, structures and engagement. This course provides insight into new paradigms (way of seeing and doing things) which can serve as tool kits for change managers and business leaders who find that success in change means success in business.
- Upstream and Downstream Management-15 hours (2 day sessions)
As the exploration and production of oil, gas, wind and all types of energy activities ensue, professionals and businesses will continue to rely on technology and processes to actively support the organization’s project activities which make up the value and supply chain. This course overview will provide an understanding of technology and various processes that drive refinery facilities, engineering structures and systems; and a glimpse into the “bigger picture” in the ever changing business. The learning modules will give professionals an overview of the skills and tools needed to improve individual performance and productivity and to understand more competently and completely the relationships and dependencies across the various segments within downstream oil & gas industry and the applications to the energy industry. The course modules include: refining, risk, maintenance of facilities, asset management, turnaround management, operations management, health, safety and the environment.
- Reservoir Manipulation and Engineering-15 hours (2 day sessions)
This course will introduce the participants to the fundamental aspects of reservoir engineering. The instructor will use explain the basis for reservoir engineering while numerous case studies will be presented to assist in understanding the function and processes of determining the location of oil and gas reserves and the maximization of hydrocarbon recovery under primary, secondary, and tertiary schemes. Also discussed will be non-conventional gas reservoirs such as coal bed methane (CBM) and tight gas reservoirs. The feasibility off horizontal well structures, planning, how new technologies are utilized will also be discussed.
- Business Analytics-15 hours (2 day)
Business analytics (also designated as business intelligence) refers to the exploration and investigation of business practices to gain insight for future strategic decision-making. Analytics is currently one of the “hottest” areas in business and will remain at the forefront of strategic importance as it is necessary for organizations to make the right strategic decisions to thrive in the today’s hypercompetitive economy. Rather than acting on hunch, executives and managers can apply analytics to provide quantitative support to support their decisions. Analytics has the potential to provide the answers to the following questions that you may be asking:
- Who are really our most valuable customers?
- How do we retain customers?
- How can we determine why certain products are not selling in accordance with expectations?
- Should we be targeting products differently for different markets?
- What products should we develop based our current product mix?
- What are ways we can improve the efficiency of our supply chain?
- Can we detect if we have financial fraud in the company’s operations?
- What conditions can positively influence employee productively?
- What new types of talent will best complement our current staffing needs?
- Alternative Energy-15 hours (2 days)
This course provides a unique and challenging overview of alternative energy sources. The topics include solar and telecommunications, the fields of solar energy, wind energy, carbon reduction, energy awareness, energy policies and renewable energy. The tools kit provided in this course will help individuals understand the marketing and business perspectives behind energy and alternative fuels, how the industries generate cash flow, and the importance to the economy. This course will help create an understanding of the energy industry and its needs and the importance
- The laws impacting oil, gas, petroleum lease, wind lease, titles and contracts-15 hours (2 days)
This course covers the basic concepts of some of the most important contracts used in oil and gas operations, wind lease and property titles and contracts. The sessions provide key ideas, concepts and practices having to do with the laws related to the energy and fuel industries, including oil and gas. The terms relative to the industry will also be reviewed.
- Understanding Operating and Surface Use Agreements-15 hours (2 days)
This course focuses upon how joint operating agreements and other contracts commonly used govern operations after the first producing test well is completed. Participants will understand circumstances in which multiple parties own undivided interests in the leases covering the lands where drilling and or access has occurred and the next steps to production.
- Ethics and Negotiations-15 hours (2 days)
This course will utilize the best practices in the energy, oil, gas and petroleum industries, as well as the cannons or codes of ethics from groups such as the AAPL, the Texas BAR, the Nuclear Energy Institute and others in order to present and understand the importance of ethics when engaged in negotiations. Participants will improve their effective ethical decision making and negotiating skills. A number of situations will be presented that are likely to be encountered in actual work situations. Not only will participants become familiar with best practices and various codes of ethics, but they will be able to apply these in negotiating numerous workshop scenarios with “hands on” efforts at negotiating actual deals.
- Virtual Leadership and impact on the Energy and Petroleum Industries (1 day)
The new working environments of the future will include virtual working environments. This will mean a new understanding of leadership and relationships for many leaders and managers. Join the Tandy Center as we explore learning and leadership in virtual work environments.
- Water and Sustainability impacting the Energy, Oil and Gas Industries (2 days)
The processes involved in obtaining energy, oil and gas have and will continue to impact the environment. The responsibility for managing those processes, assessing viability and impact and resolution for sustainability will fall on Energy and Business Leaders. Join the Tandy Center as we engage with subject matter experts in understanding how and if wastewater can be converted into potable water for recycle and what industry is doing to save the environment. This proves to be a cutting edge course.
Number of Participants:40
Time Required:
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- Project Management
This interactive workshop focuses on best practices for managing a challenging project. It explores ways that project managers can design and manage their project teams, schedules, and systems to make them more successful in meeting time, cost, and quality goals. Ideally, the participants include a mix of experienced and new project managers. The following issues are addressed:
- Getting commitment and joint involvement in projects
- Organizing the team for productivity and learning
- Constraint based planning and scheduling for flexibility
- Robust risk management/contingency planning
- Efficient project execution, reporting and re-planning
- Capturing and leveraging lessons learned in projects
Who Should Attend?
Professionals, managers and executives who are current or aspiring project managers. This may include individuals from:
- Research, New Product Development
- Information Technology
- Engineering
- Marketing
- Operations
What you will gain?
- Projects that are faster, better, and cheaper
- More responsive and flexible project execution
- Project management as a competitive advantage
- Significantly heightened impact to the bottom-line
What you will learn?
- How to best organize people in ways that meet the project objectives.
- How to quickly and effectively identify key project constraints, risks, and opportunities.
- How to plan activities that make the most of scarce resources, and build in flexibility.
- How to keep track of what is important without getting lost in the details.
What will be covered?
The Challenge
- Goals
- Constraints
- Moving targets
Elements of the Solution
- Team selection and organization
- Project planning
- Managing for uncertainty and risk
- Viewing projects as "option creators"
Number of Participants: 15-20
Time Required: 2 days
Registration
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- Project Management Certificate Course
The global demand for skilled project managers has reached a critical level in organizations across all industries. According to the Project Management Institute (PMI), one-fifth of the world’s GDP, or more than $12 trillion, is spent on projects. As such, project management is one of the top skillsets in demand by organizations throughout the world. Project managers are the lynchpin that can ensure that projects are completed within scope, on time, and within budget. Project managers who can handle challenging projects are highly coveted since these individuals hold a rare skillset that is critical to the success of projects with a high return on investment (ROI). It is through high-impact projects that organizations can yield a competitive advantage.
This interactive course focuses on applying project management principles to challenging projects. The skills learned through the application of project management principles and tools can be applied immediately to ongoing projects or upcoming projects. This course is designed for practitioners and will allow participants to understand how to utilize project management principles and tools to create value for the organization. Through this course, participants will enhance their project management skills and develop competencies through hands-on exercises and guided learning.
This certificate program is designed in part as preparation course for the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) The PMP® is an essential certification that many organizations now deem as a mandatory requirement for their project managers. According to the PMI, the average annual salary for PMP® certified project managers in the U.S. is $111,824 which is more than 10% more than project managers who have not obtained PMP certification. According to a PMI study, the average annual salary in 2011 of U.S. project managers who have earned their PMP® certification is $119,500, which is 16% more (approximately $14,500) than project managers who have not obtained PMP certification. Furthermore, the many organizations seek PMP certified project managers to run the most sophisticated and high-value projects for the organization.
Who Should Attend?
This course is designed for any professional who needs to wishes to enhance their project management skills, learn to run projects more effectively, and lead projects that directly contribute value to their organization. The specific audience includes professionals from all industries and all functional areas who are current or aspiring project managers. This may include individuals from the following areas:
- Operations & Supply Chain Management
- Information Technology
- Engineering
- Research, New Product Development
- Sales & Marketing
- Finance / Accounting
This this course is designed to prepare professional for PMI certification but it also suited for professionals who are not currently seeking PMI certification but wish to develop a comprehensive set of project management skills that readily put into practice. For those who wish to obtain PMI certification this course will prepare the participant for both the Project Management Professional (PMP) ® certification exam and the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) ® certification exam. The PMI is the world’s largest project management member association, which represents more than 600,000 practitioners in more than 185 countries.
- PMP: The PMP® credential is globally recognized and is the most highly regarded certification for project managers. PMP certified project managers are in high demand by organizations across industries since PMPs have the requisite knowledge base and skillset to successfully lead and direct projects. In accordance with PMI guidelines, CAPM candidates are required to have the following background: a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent); at minimum of 3 years of project management experience; 4,500 hours of project management experience; and 35 hours of project management education.
- CAPM: The CAPM® is a valuable entry-level certification designed for practitioners with little or no project experience and is often taken as a step toward the PMP certification. The CAPM® is valuable for students, those relatively new to the field of project management, and those looking to enhance their career by enhancing their ability to assume larger roles on major value-added projects. In accordance with PMI guidelines, CAPM candidates are required to have the following background: a) a high school (or equivalent) along with a minimum of 1,500 hours of work experience; or b) 23 hours of project management education prior to taking the exam.
What Will You Gain?
The return on investment (ROI) for students enrolled in this course will be generated based on the project management skills the professional will be able to immediately apply to his/her organization. Some specific benefits that will be obtained from this course include:
- Project managers trained under PMI best practices have better demonstrated project performance
- Project management skills are flexible and since they are not based on one specific methodology
- Project management skills are portable and can be readily transferable across industries, functional areas, and geographic locations.
- Project management training under PMI guidelines is well recognized across the globe.
- Project management principles under PMI guidelines reflect best practices in the discipline of project management rather than a singular standard or industry
- PMI best practices are kept up to date and the skills obtained do not become obsolete.
- Documented project management training enhances the marketability of project managers
What Will Be Covered?
Through this course, participants will examine real-world case studies to analyze how corporations are using project management principles to control and generate value from their projects. Furthermore, participants will enhance their project management skills and develop competencies through hands-on exercises and guided learning. The project management principles taught in this course are designed to break down challenging projects into manageable components that include: scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communication, risk, procurement, and integration. The principles that will be learned as part of this workshop are consistent with the established best practices established by the PMI and the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). No prerequisites are required for this certificate course. The course content will consist of the following:
- Project Management Framework
- Project Integration Management
- Project Scope Management
- Project Time Management
- Project Cost Management
- Project Quality Management
- Project Human Resource Management
- Project Communication Management
- Project Risk Management
- Project Procurement Management
- Professional Responsibility & Ethics
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- Project Management - Program/Project Portfolio Management
This interactive workshop focuses on policies and best practices for managing an overall organization that is engaged in executing a portfolio of projects. It explores ways to change the organization and management system itself, insuring that all projects complete more quickly and reliably. Ideally, the participants have control over key resources and have ability to establish priorities for multiple projects. The following issues are addressed:
- Drivers of time performance, delivering projects quickly and reliably.
- Setting priorities and incentives effectively across projects.
- Allocating and re-allocating resources across projects for maximal productivity.
- Strategic uses of outsourcing and/or subcontracting.
Who Should Attend?
Professionals, managers and executives with the responsibility for the overall performance for a portfolio of multiple projects (rather than project managers). This may include individuals from:
- Research, New Product Development
- Information Technology
- Engineering
- Marketing
- Operations
What you will gain?
- Faster projects delivered on time
- Reduced project cycle times
- Faster launch of new products and processes
- Significantly heightened impact to the bottom-line
What you will learn?
- How to make sure that your project portfolio stays consistent with the overall strategy.
- How to change the project management system to insure all projects complete more quickly and reliably.
- A problem/solution framework that explores the root causes of and solutions for poor performance.
- How to change the culture by championing focused work, clarifying priorities, and eliminating the use of "task due dates" to manage employees.
What will be covered?
The Problem
- Symptoms
- Root causes
- Contributing factors
Elements of the Solution
- Project Selection
- Project prioritization
- Focused work
- Project planning and control systems
Number of Participants: 15-20
Time Required: 2 days
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- Operations and Project Management
Leading Operational Excellence
Contemporary organizations face the challenges of increasing complexity and interdependency in their work, from unique projects to ongoing operations. A great amount of organizational work fails to meet expectations for time, cost, and quality. New approaches and insights are needed for sustainable success. This course delivers critical knowledge about how to lead and manage the work done in an organization—and how to make sure it’s the right work. The agenda includes:
- Aligning a firm’s strategy and its operational capabilities
- Integrating marketing, engineering, and production functions
- Designing products and services, and the processes to design and produce them
- Developing measurable, effective, efficient, consistent, and value-adding processes
- Applying the right amount of the right process improvement tools (Lean, Six Sigma, etc.) at the right times
- Discerning real improvements from temporary “mirages”
- Distilling key approaches and insights for operational excellence
Who should attend?
Executives, managers, and professionals with responsibilities for determining, planning, and/or managing work, including planning, scheduling, budgeting, monitoring, and controlling. This is likely to include individuals from departments such as:
- Operations
- Research and Development
- Information Technology
- Engineering
- Marketing
- Supply Chain
What will you gain?
- An ability to recognize and avoid critical pitfalls in managing diverse kinds of work
- Knowledge of critical questions to ask to uncover problems before they become crises
- A way to view your organization as a system of interacting parts, and how to see where and how value emerges from the various parts
- Knowledge of when to use metrics like productivity, utilization, efficiency, effectiveness, and value—and when not to
- Exposure to new techniques and best practices
- An ability to spot high-leverage points in processes, where small changes can have huge benefits
- An opportunity to network with industry colleagues
What is covered?
- What is a process… really? Why are they such a big deal? Why do most organizations misunderstand them?
- What are the key metrics to understand for any process? These usually include efficiency, effectiveness, and value. What metrics, like productivity, can cause trouble?
- The drastically different ways to plan and manage repetitive processes and project processes
- Why process improvement can often be counter-intuitive, and why many process improvement efforts fail to deliver expected results
- Repetitive process metrics: throughput time, cycle time, capacity, utilization, etc.
- The effects of dependencies, information flow, resource limitations, and rework on project work
- Time-cost tradeoffs in projects and processes
- The common elements of all process improvement methodologies
- Basic tools for Lean and Six Sigma, including cause and effect analysis, quality function deployment, Pareto analysis, control charts, and mistake-proofing
Number of participants: 15-30
Time required: 1-2 days
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- Strategy - Innovation and Blue Ocean Strategy
Innovation is about cutting edge ideas and implementation. BOS is based on a decade-long study of 150 strategic moves spanning more than 30 industries over 100 years This course is designed for leadership in organizations who are exploring strategies used to lead companies into innovative and non-customer markets. Today's challenging economy demands that leaders create innovative and synergistic cultures that support production, creativity, revenue generation and customer relationships. The theorists supporting Blue Ocean will show you models of value, strategy and innovation that can lead your organization to success in a challenging economy.
Who Should Attend?
- Managers
- Leaders
- Department Heads
- Next Generation Leaders
What Will You Gain?
By attending this program, you will leave with new ideas for creating a work environment that encourages and supports innovation
What Will You Learn?
- provides models of value, strategy and innovation
- identifies and differentiates the competitive market strategy- where structure shapes strategy versus where strategy shapes structure.
- ideas to create new market space (blue ocean) making the current competition irrelevant.
- frameworks and tools are designed to build the collective and to allow for effective strategy execution through easy communication.
What will be covered?
Conceptual Building Blocks
- value innovation
- tipping point leadership
- fair process
Frameworks and Tools
- strategy canvas
- value curve
- four actions framework
- six paths
- buyer experience cycle
- buyer utility map
- blue ocean idea index
Time Required: 1, 2 or 3 days
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