One Month Program in Essential Skills for HR Practitioners

Gulf News Front Page, 14 October 2008

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Program in Essential Skills for HR Practitioners

XLRI Jamshedpur, #1 HR Institute in Asia, is pleased to announce the Program in Essential Skills for HR Practitioners at its Dubai Campus.

One Month Weekend Program in Essential Skills for HR Practitioners

Timings : Thursday (6.00 pm to 10.00 pm)
Friday and Saturday (9.00 am to 6.00 pm)
(with 2 coffee breaks and a lunch break)

Dates : November 20 to December 13 , 2008

Certification : Course completion certificate from XLRI, India

Cost : Dirhams Eight Thousand Only.

Location : Al Abbas Institute of Technology, Bank Street, Dubai

Limited seats, admission is on first cum first serve basis.

Contact
Theresa Davidson
Academic Co-ordinator
Al Abbas Institute of Technology
Tel : 00971 4 3552440/ 3520888
Fax : 00971 4 3594141
Email: xlri@ait.ae

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Four Key Modules:

1. Performance Management Systems
• Objectives of PMS
• Setting Expectations and Basic Concepts in Performance Appraisal
• Talent and Talent Management
• High Potential and Fast Tracking System
• Performance Coaching and Career Development
• Balanced Scorecard approach to managing performance

2. Employment and Development
• Recruitment and Selection: Tools and Techniques
• Conducting Training Needs Analysis
• Designing a Training Programme
• Methods of Training Delivery
• RoI Approach to Training Evaluation

3. Competency Based HR
• Competency and its role in Strategic HRM
• Approaches to Competency Modeling
• Techniques of Competency Mapping
• Competency Based Interviewing Skills
• Assessment Centres and Development Centres
• Integrating Competency with HR Systems

4. Compensation and Benefits
• Comprehending Total returns from work
• Understanding pay levels, differentials and banding
• Pay for performance
• International Compensation
• Executive Compensation

Financial Modeling using Excel

XLRI, one of the premium business school, on popular demand has once again opened registrations for one of their most sought out programs in the area of Finance - The Program on Financial Modeling using Excel.

1. Basic Financial Modeling using Excel
2. Advanced Financial Modeling using Excel.

Program Facilitator: Dr. Pitabas Mohanty
Duration: 18 hours (Weekend Course)
Certification: Participation Certificate from XLRI, India
Requirement: Participants should carry a laptop

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PROGRAM 1 - Basic Financial Modeling using Excel

Date: October 9 to October 11, 2008 (Dubai) (Admissions Closed)

December 11 to December 13, 2008 (Abu Dhabi)

Timings: 7.00 pm to 10.30 pm (Thursday) with 1 tea break

9.30 am to 6.30 pm (Friday and Saturday)

with 2 tea breaks and lunch

Location in Dubai: Al Abbas Institute of Technology, Bank Street, Dubai

Course Module - Basic Financial Modeling using Excel

• Revision of some Basic Features of Excel
• Advanced Features of Excel
• Data Analysis Using Excel
• Building Financial Statements Model
• Building a simple Project Finance Model
• Sensitivity analysis

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PROGRAM 2 - Advanced Financial Modeling using Excel

Date: November 13 to November 15, 2008 (Dubai)
December 18 to December 20, 2008 (Abu Dhabi)
or January 22 to January 24, 2008 (Abu Dhabi)

Timings: 7.00 pm to 10.30 pm (Thursday) with 1 tea break
9.30 am to 6.30 pm (Friday and Saturday)
with 2 tea breaks and lunch

Location in Dubai: Al Abbas Institute of Technology, Bank Street, Dubai

Course Module - Advanced Financial Modeling Using Excel

• Learning Financial Modeling
• Building a simple Project Finance Model
• Forecasting Financial Statements
• Balancing Balance Sheet
• Controlling Circularity (with/without macros)
• Valuing a company based on projected financial statements
• Learning Macros to make Models professional
• Recording and editing macros
• Handling ‘if’ command, loops, etc
• Writing VBA codes
• Building an Advanced Financial Model
• Handling date calculations
• Building dynamic models and performing Sensitivity analysis
• Inserting appropriate macros in the advanced model

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Contact
Theresa Davidson
Academic Co-ordinator
Al Abbas Institute of Technology
Tel : 00971 4 3552440/ 3520888
Fax : 00971 4 3594141
Email: xlri@ait.ae

Excel in Finance