Seminar Descriptions - Currently Available

Finance and Accounting Seminars Descriptions

Finance for the Non Financial Manager - FAS 100

Demystify the world of financial statements while learning to analyze and make informed business decisions.

This five day seminar will provide you and your employees with the skills to understand, analyze and interpret financial statements. Concepts covered will include:

International Accounting Standards

• Generally accepted accounting principles
• The Balance Sheet
• The Income statement
• Statement of Cash Flow
• Financial Analysis
• Cost Behaviour
• Cost profit Volume Analysis
• Financial ratios and what they mean

This seminar will provide the opportunity for corporate managers; business owners and decision-makers to delve into the world of corporate finance and develop the skills necessary to make informed business decisions.

Management Accounting and Its Application to Your Business - FAS 101

Understand the need for relevant information on which to base your business decisions.

This five-day seminar explores how costs behave and their effect on the decisions made in business. Through practical applications participants learn how to make decisions under various assumptions. Concepts covered include:

• general cost classifications
• variable costs
• fixed costs
• relevant costs
• sunk costs
• historical costs
• cost behaviour patterns
• cost volume profit analysis
• standard costing
• direct costing
• variance analysis

This seminar will provide the opportunity for corporate managers, business owners and decision makers to understand the behaviour of costs, how they affect the organization and how to use their behavioral patterns to make educated decisions and analyze the results of operations

The Framework for Budgeting - FAS 102

Within any organization, planning holds the key to good management. Most companies are formed by highly intelligent individuals, but the companies that thrive are those whose managers have superior planning and budgeting skills. Co-ordinating the use of scarce resources in a large, diverse corporation, is an extremely complex and vital activity.

A budget is a formal, quantitative expression of the plans and goals of an organization, which provides a benchmark against which actual results are measured. A budget is much more a limit on expenditures, it is a tool, which helps managers plan and control their operations. The process of budgeting forces a manger to become a better administrator and puts planning in the forefront of the manager's mind.

This project, as outlined, provides managers with the planning skills they require while at the same time, formalizing the companies budgeting system. Concepts covered include:

1. Phases of the planning process
2. Business assessment
3. Strategic planning
4. The relationship between planning and budgeting
5. The Management Environment required to achieve a successful budgeting process
6. The relationship between the organizational structure and the budgeting process
7. The types of budgets

Accountants Language Made Simple - GAAP and IAS - FAS 103

Learn the International language of Accounting by understanding Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, International Accounting Standards and how they are applied to industry. This seminar is a must for individuals and companies involved in International business activities.

The seminar will explain the various accounting principles involved in GAAP and their application to the preparation of Financial Statements. In addition, the seminar will cover International Accounting Standards, History and practice with special emphasis on a series of standards.

Concepts included:
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

• Going concern concept
• Cost Principle
• Business Entity
• Objectivity
• Stable Dollar Concept

International Accounting Standards

• Disclosure of accounting policies
• Cash flow Statement
• Net Profit or Loss for the period, fundamental errors and changes in Accounting policies
• Reporting financial information by segments
• Earnings per share
• Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets
• Consolidated financial Statements and Accounting for investments in subsidiaries

E- Business Seminars Descriptions

Are you Ready for the Web? - EBS 101

Seminar description:
Join us for a day that will forever alter how you view your business. The dot com crash of the past year has taught us that the web is a tool, not a solution. Therefore understanding how to use the web is crucial to success. By revealing a powerful web transition process, you can evolve your business to new heights.

Seminar details:
This one-day seminar provides you with key insights into embracing the web. In addition, it will provide an overview of the process required to complete the evolution. In particular, participants will achieve the following benefits:

• Appreciation of the conceptual process required to ready your business
• Tips for developing a winning "E" Strategy
• Realities of how the web must be integrated into your business processes
• Important steps required to prepare your business before proceeding
• Common stumbling blocks to successfully making the transition
• Appreciation of the creative process required to make the evolution a reality
• Key steps for adapting your existing content for use on the web
• Issues that arise when evolving your existing brand for the web
• Successful ways to implement your transition
• Join us and discover what's possible

Look before you Leap! - EBS 102

Seminar description:
Join us for a day that will empower you to move your business forward. Transforming a traditional Brick and Mortar company takes significant planning. Don't follow the lead of the first wave of dot bombs, strike your own path. We provide guidance that allows you to understanding the value of integrating a dot com into your business. From our time tested E-Business Transition Model, we lead you from strategy to preparation for the transition. Come tool up today.

Seminar details:
This one-day seminar provides you with the key to conceptualizing the transition of your organization to the Hybrid organization, which is slowing dominating the business landscape. Our three-step concept stage provides you with insights into E-Business strategy, integration and preparation. In particular, participants will achieve the following benefits:

• Hands on processes to assist you to transform how you think about business operations
• Exercises to identify strategic uses for the Internet in your business
• Exposing the challenges of integrating your strategy through your business
• Identifying company processes that need to be refined prior to the creation of the new Hybrid business model
• Tools to overcome the gulf between conceptualizing and creating

Join us and discover what's possible.

Diving In! - EBS 103

Seminar description:
Join us for a day that will drive your business forward. Physically transforming a traditional Brick and Mortar company takes significant energy. Don't deny your business the ultimate success through planning paralysis. We provide guidance that allows you to deliver the value of Hybrid business model. From our time tested E-Business Transition Model, we lead you from content to implementation. Achieve success today.

Seminar details:
This one-day seminar provides you with the key to creating your Hybrid organization. Achieve the power of the Hybrid business model. Our three-step creation stage provides you with insights into E-Business content, design and implementation. In particular, participants will achieve the following benefits:

• Tips to guide you forward ensuring that you do not get trapped in the Impasse
• How to design content suitable for E-Business
• How to integrate your Brick and Mortar design into the Hybrid business model
• Tools to ensure that your implementation proceeds forward even when the going gets tough.
• The many significant benefits of successfully reaching the end of the transition

Join us and discover what's possible.

Technical Seminars and Industry Visitations Descriptions

Technical Seminars and Industry Visitations - TSI 100

CAMTiC also provides, in conjunction with Alberta Post Secondary Institutes and Alberta companies, technical Seminars in wide range of topic areas. All of these seminars are custom designed to meet the needs of the clients. In the past customized seminars/industry visitations have been developed for the following topic areas:

• public relations
• human resource management
• pipeline operations
• instrumentation
• gas plant operations
• oil battery operations
• power generation
• organizational structures
• enhanced oil production techniques
• heavy oil production in Alberta
• service station operations
• drilling
• down hole pumps

The Global Petroleum Show continues to be a pivotal showcase for world-class technology in the fields of exploration, production and transportation of oil and natural gas. In June 2002, the Show is held in conjunction with the Petroleum Society's 53rd annual International Petroleum Conference. Together, these two major events will attract an expected 60,000 visitors from around the globe.

Take the worry out of attending this show and let CAMTiC make the arrangements for you. For more information please contact us at GPS@camtic.com.

Middle Management Development Seminars

Supervision - MMD 101

One of the major problems facing supervisors today is in creating a work team that is effective in getting work done and just enjoys being at work. Key communication techniques to motivate and develop your team members are just some of the topics covered in this hands on seminar. Other topics include:

• role of the supervisor
• communication and interpersonal skills
• essential management skills
• coaching for high performance
• motivating a winning team

Leadership - MMD 102

Leadership is defined as motivating and inspiring people to work toward shared aspirations and is one of the most important challenges facing companies in the new millennium. This seminar will help your employees develop their leadership skills by focusing on the following topics:

• who's the leader?
• from personal vision to shared vision
• building relationships through high level communication skills
• championing change
• building community and keeping morale high

Team Building - MMD 103

In today's business environment, Team Work is a necessity. This seminar is designed to help both team leaders and members develop the necessary skills to enhance team performance. The Seminar covers:

• team basics
• creating a team environment
• managing team behaviour
• managing team communication
• evaluating and rewarding team experience

Motivating Your Employees - MMD 104

Motivating staff and generating enthusiasm are urgent issues in the workplace today. This seminar looks at what really motivates people by exploring the following topics:

• motivation defined
• recognition
• making rewards effective
• rekindling commitment
• putting it all together
• celebrating success

Managing Change in Business - MMD 105

In the Business World today, the only constant factor is that things will change. Globalization, economic swings, competitive pressures, political pressures and continued reshaping of the business world mean we must develop the skills to survive the constant change. This seminars helps prepare the individual by discussing the following factors:

• surviving in the age of dynamic change
• business of paradigms
• creating organizational change
• overcoming resistance to change
• surviving as a change agent

Personal Tool Kit - MMD 106

Develop the tools to thrive in change, manage your time effectively, work more effectively, and stay healthier in the process. Designed to help you deal with stress and manage your time successfully, this seminar covers:

• personal bench marking
• building resilience: Transforming Stress into Positive energy
• performance under pressure
• managing time effectively
• building the confidence to succeed

Accounting and Finance for Non-Accountants - MMD 107

Demystify the world of financial statements while learning to analyze and make informed business decisions.
This seminar will provide you and your employees with the skills to understand, analyze and interpret financial statements. Concepts covered will include:

• International Accounting Standards
• Generally accepted accounting principles
• The Balance Sheet
• The Income statement
• Statement of Cash Flow
• Financial Analysis
• Cost Behaviour
• Cost profit Volume Analysis
• Financial ratios and what they mean

Effective Communications - MMD 108

Written and oral communications are critical in business today. Improve your listening skills and reduce barriers to effective communication. The following elements of effective communications are covered in this seminar:

• understanding communications
• written communications
• preparing effective reports and proposals
• running effective meetings
• improving your communications with employees and customers