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BIZ WIZ®Universal

SELF-STUDY BOOKLET SERIES

BIZ WIZ®U is a business education program for all employees who do not have business degrees.

Thousands of employees at all levels from America to Australia have benefited from BIZ WIZ®. Originally created as a customized program used by Fortune 500 corporations, BIZ WIZ® is now available for any firm in a universal, self-study version.

The universal program is based upon our years of experience customizing business education material. The material has been carefully crafted so the reader is not lost or intimidated along the way. We created this version to meet requests from organizations who did not have the time and resources to devote to our customized program (also available).

Everyone needs to understand business. Because a for-profit business is driven by its numbers, you're not really in the game if you don't understand those numbers. Unfortunately, most of us didn't go to business school. That means we must educate ourselves about the businesses we work in. We need to know the terminology and how to keep score. BIZ WIZ®U teaches how the business game is played. It gets everyone participating on the team!

BIZ WIZ®U self-study booklets are flexible, economical, and time efficient. They can improve communications and decision making in your job and in your entire organization.

BIZ WIZ®U self-study includes a series of six booklets. Each booklet covers a particular topic and includes questions at the end. The six booklets average approximately 24 pages and can be completed in about an hour each. Because of our extensive experience educating employees at all levels, we know what questions need to be answered even before they are asked. Our material assumes the reader is not familiar with business terminology or financial formulas. All that is explained in an easy, systematic way without becoming simplistic.

BIZ WIZ® Universal's self-study booklets are great tools for individuals who do not have access to classroom training about business. They can be used at work or home by:

* Salespersons * Administrative Assistants
* Supervisors *  First-line Production Employees
* Engineers *  Teleservice Personnel
* Trainers *  Students

Individuals can purchase their own BIZ WIZ® U self-study materials from The Business Center. It's just like walking into the local bookstore, only it's here on-line with our electronic order form.

For organizations who have the ability to provide more than a self-study program, BIZ WIZ® Universal can be expanded to include classroom discussions, exercises, and a business simulation. Leader's Guides are also available so that in-house trainers can conduct sessions. Our overview pages describe all your BIZ WIZ® options.

A listing of the contents for each of the six self-study booklets follows along with links to:
booklet excerpts, an overview of the entire program, customized BIZ WIZ, and the
order form.


BIZ WIZ®Universal
Contents


1. Introduction to Business
Why companies are in business and how individuals are like miniature businesses.

Welcome to BIZ WIZ®
BIZ WIZ® Material
WIIFM? - What's In It for Me?
You're in Business
Operating a Company
Purpose of a Business
Bizzary of Terms

2. Serving Our Customers
Where sales come from and what affects them. The force of competition.

Customers
Markets
Products & Services
Competitors

3. Operating the Business
Sales minus costs equal profits. Types of costs and measures of profits. The Income Statement

Sales
The Income Statement
Costs and Expenses
Profits and Taxes

4. Financing the Business
What we own, what we owe, and what is ours as a company. The Balance Sheet.

In the Beginning...
Shareholders' Equity
Liabilities
Assets
Depreciation
The Balance Sheet

5. Measuring the Business
The different ways we measure the financial results of the firm

Income Statement vs. Balance Sheet
Sizing Up the Firm
Why All These Percentages?
Profit Margins
Return on Assets
Return on Equity
Earnings per Share
Debt to Debt+Equity Ratio

6. Managing Our Resources
How we track our critical numbers and decide which investments to make.

Cost Centers and Profit Centers
Forecasts, Budgets and Variances
Attacking a Negative Variance
Creating a Positive Variance
Projects
Evaluating Projects
Cash Flow

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