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Business Engineering Video Channel

Starting a business? Want to expand your knowledge base? Train your staff? OR Address a problem?  

Our Business Engineering Channel tackles complex topics and delivers practical working knowledge.  

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(S00) Basics of Business Series

Basics of Business - Series Overview

Business stakeholders share that they feel very knowledgeable in some areas of their business, but wish they had a better overall understanding of business basics, as well as advanced topics.  They also see a need for future business leaders to have this same strength. To address that need, this presentation launches our “basics of business series”.  

What IS a Business?

The goal of this presentation is to help emerging business leaders prepare to understand advanced topics, by having a solid understanding of Business Basics. 

What IS a Corporation?

This presentation furthers the high-level understanding of businesses by exploring ‘What is a corporation?’    The presentation explores   • What is a Corporation? • Why do they exist? - What is their purpose? • What are their benefits? • When did they first appear? • How are corporations created? 

Types of Business Ownership

This presentation furthers the high-level understanding of businesses by exploring various types of business ownership.  Key points our research questions explore are • What are the 7 popular types of Business Ownership? • What are their common and differentiating characteristics? • What are their pros and cons?  The content covers: • Sole proprietorship  • Partnership • Limited Liability Company (LLC) • Limited Liability Partnerships (LLP) • Co-Operative • C Corporation • S Corporation

How Businesses Work

 This presentation furthers the high-level understanding of businesses by exploring a view as to “How Businesses Work”.  This presentation introduces the concept(s) of the 'Cash to Cash Model', the Supply Chain, and typifies business operations within many types of firms. 

Why Small Businesses Fail

 Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMEs) have very high initial failure rates.  This 5th presentation of our 'Basics of Business' series explores the evidence to determine the reasons behind this high failure rate, drilling down to the root causes - and better yet - how such failures can be prevented!

(S06) Professional Development Series

Does Higher Education Pay Off?

Does Higher Education Payoff?  How can it be measured?  Does it have an ROI?  The answer is yes.  This presentation explores the investment, payoff, financial benefits, and intangible benefits of an investment in higher education.

(S09) Project Management Series

Project Management - Series Overview

   Technology Implementers benefit from having a structured approach to technology deployment, and in facilitating technology adoption.  This presentation launches our “Project Management for Technology Implementers” series, with this episode serving as the series overview. 

(S18) Business Book Summary Series

The Wisdom of Crowds

This presentation explores the key learning points from the book “The Wisdom of Crowds” by James Surowiecki published in 2004. This book summarizes several works, studies, and anecdotal evidence which posits that the collective knowledge of a large group in many cases can be more accurate, if not far superior to that of one expert individual.   

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