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Educational Programs

We use different teaching methods such as group work and individual work, training and coaching. The contents of the program is oriented to the fields of economics and finance, marketing, legislation, management, information technologies, personal development and ethics, language training and other specific directions arising from different forms of etrepreneurship, international approaches and culture. The types of the programs and services are as follows:

conferences, workshops and discussion forums
vocational courses and seminars
preparatory courses for certification
special foreign languages courses
international training projects
specialized courses in the scope of lifelong studies
consulting and expert activities

Program Organization

The program consists of seminars and courses with open type content and special courses based on client’s request. For learning and training we use a highly qualified team of lectors comprising Czech and foreign experts. The quality and application of the latest professional and educational knowledge is provided by our foreign strategic partner, which is one of the biggest European educational holding companies, COGNOS AG Hamburk. A not inconsiderable guarantee of quality is our membership in international educational organizations such as EBTN, IFCEB in the Czech Republic and the AIVD, Association for Education and Certification of Personnel, ČBA and other organizations.

We believe that you will be able to chose a suitable and interesting educational program from our wide variety of services and that the selected program shall help you to foster further professional growth.

The Working Board of the Conference and Educational Services Department

Course Title: Introduction to Banking

Program:

Origin and development of banking (roots of commercial banking, etc.)
Current structure of the Czech banking
Regulation of banking business trades (necessity of regulation, regulator and its function, Czech State Bank (ČNB)
Other ways of regulation (external audit, revise of community) and self-regulation
Commercial banking and functions of commercial banks, classification of banking transactions
Credit and deposit transactions
Payment and clearing services
Investment banking

Course Title: Bank Risks, Principles of Risk Measurement and Control Operating with Derivatives Utilization

Program:

Bank risk and its regulation

/characteristic of bank risks, its causes and effects, linking between different types of bank risk, aggregations and disconnection of risk, causes and methods of bank risk regulation/

Mathematical and statistical instruments of risk management

/probability of division, calculation of volatility correlation, interest rate and financial yield curves, calculation of price sensitivity of debt instruments, calculation of option sensitivity /

Interest risk. Its measurement and operating

/essence of interest risk, basis of GAP method, duration method, simulation methods, interpretation of approaches to measurement results, advantages and disadvantages, practical usage, usage of FRA , swaps and options of interest risk/

Currency risk. Its measurement and control

/definition of currency risk, methods of currency risk measurement, usage of forwards, swaps and options of currency risk/

Market risk. Its measurement and control.

/definition of VAR method, interpretation of measurement results, advantages and disadvantages, practical usage, usage of option and futures of market risk measurement/

Credit risk and its measurement

/definition and models of credit risk measurement, portfolio access of credit risk measurement, usage of credit derivatives of credit risk measurement/

Course Title: Elements of Lending

Program:

Legal specifications of public entities
Financial statements of public entities- balance sheet, profit and loss account
Strong points and weaknesses of financial statements
Examples
Legal specifications of non-profit-making organizations
Financial statements of non-profit-making organizations- balance sheet, profit and loss account
Strengths and weaknesses of financial statements
Examples

Course Title: Stock Exchange and Legal Regulation of Stockmarket

Program:

position of stock exchange in the system of stockmarket in general
organizational structure of stock exchange, organs of stock exchange management, stock exchange commission
admission of stock for share dealing, initial public offering (IPO), types of stockmarkets, prospect of security
stock exchange dealing, trading segments and groups, stock exchange index
stock exchange supervision, members of stock exchange, stockholder structure
PR stock exchange, trading of stock exchange information, webpages of stock exchange
regulation of stock exchange, Commission of securities, Czech StateBank (ČNB), integration of inspection , role of Ministry of Finance in stockmarket regulation
new regulations in legislation of stockmarket, preparation of new rules, ES legislation, new regulations and their potential impact
questions, discussion

Course Title: Documentary Letters of Credit and Checking of Documents

Program:

main outlines of documentary letters of credit checking
common term of documents’ checking
ways of refusal of documents
conditions of credit letters
invoice, packing lists, etc. checking
bill of lading checking
other transport documents checking
checking of insurance documents
checking of certificates
Case Studies
important Views of Banking Commission ICC
discussion

Course Title: Main External Instruments of Payments and Risk Management

Program:

foreign trade generally - documents vs. commodities, trade agreement
risk, interests of parties (exporters and importers, banks)
payment methods and differences among them, documentary payment
bill of exchange in foreign trade (issue of bill of exchange, receipt, payment, avalization

documentary encashment

1. export collection

2. import collection

documentary letter of credit

1. general content

2. bank commitments

3. types and use of letters of credit, application

4. uniform practices and rules of documentary letters of credit, main principals

import documentary letter of credit

1. exposure of letters of credit- interest risk –limits, forms of guarantee

2. inherent risk, problems in practice

3. change of letters of credit

export documentary letter of credit

4. declaration of letter of credit

5. certification of letter of cedit - risk, authorization of limit

6. exposure of document, complementation

7. presentation of document

8. utilization

9. document checking

Financing of letters of credit:

1. preliminary financing

2. forfeiting

3. negotiation of bill of exchange and/or documents of letter of credit

4. negotiable/convertible letter of credit

5. back to back letter of credit

Standby letter of credit

Bank guarantee/collateral

- abstract vs. accessory

- main types of guarantee

- counter collateral/warrant

- problems in practice

Specifics of risk in field of trade finance, risk evaluation, instruments of risk approval- Scorecard

Consultation and Expert Activity

Analysis of educational needs

Analysis of educational needs studies the efficiency of modern education (as far as it exists), deals with the analysis of the current state, needs and the assessment of the results of particular employees in relevant jobs. The aim of the audit is the identification of those training fields which shall be oriented to the provision of the best quality of education.

Price: is set individually according to the curriculum/range/scale???

Motivational audit

The aim of audit is the analysis of the general motivational atmosphere of an organization and the assessment of the level of satisfaction before, during or after the realization of fundamental changes. The results of audit may serve as the relevant examining of mild factors in a company. Audit gives the framing survey of the level of communication, of the style of managing, accepting the company’s strategy and involvement in it. It shows working atmosphere, team climate, inner values of separate work groups and their influence on company culture, level of motivation factors and possibilities of their more effective usage.

Price: is fixed individually according to the scope

Social-psychological analysis of working group

Based on client’s needs we analyze current working relations and working atmosphere of a given working group, team or department. The aim of the analysis is to evaluate efficiency and inefficiency of mutual cooperation in the given working group, to identify the group leader, to map mutual relationships among the members of the working group depending on the accomplishment of working aims, and to identify the dynamics of informal relashionships among the members of the team and to define the level of team cooperation with the perspective of its further improvement.

Price: is fixed individually according to the scope

Individual anti-stress programs for managers

Individual anti-stress programs are a modern way of spiritual and physical health precaution and care. The participants of this course, which oriented at this kind of issues, can get to know the meaning, essence and possibilities of usage and methodology of creation of the programs.

Main contents of the program

meaning of individual anti-stress programs for the maintenance and renewal of spiritual health of a person (employee, manager)
analysis of stresogenic factors in the professional activity of an employee (in concrete circumstances, actions/functions)
psychological advice for the creation of indiviadual anti-stress programs (relaxation and recuperative methods, procedures)
working out the project of individual anti-stress program

Price: is set individually

Intensive training of the member of upper management

The individual professional competence enhancement of upper manager in the questions of effective communication by building socio-psychological skills and the creation of individual style of communication matching his/her personality

Main contents of the program

(range of topics is chosen according to client’s requirements)

Personal traits/background and individual style of communication
Orientation assessment of partner’s personality in communication
Verbal and non-verbal communication and its usage in practice by manager
How to understand non-verbal communication
Communication and its influence on creating manager’s image
Psychological reasons for the occurrance of problems in communication, typology of problematic individuals in communication
Difficult situations in communication in the professional work of manager
Emphatic harking and the basic of assertive approach
Conflict situations, incidents and their solving with the help of communication
Psychological methods of effectual influence and persuasion
Persuasion of your own opinion, explanation of your position
Claiming one’s requirement (uplatneni sveho pozadavku???)
Help for problem solving (colleague, client)
Change of partner’s attitude
Involvement into/joining discussion before wider audience with the aim of proving one’s opinion
Holding group discussion
Conflict moderation
Effective questioning (“listening”, defining partner’s needs in communication)
Criticizing, reproaching, rebuking
Refusal of claim
Letting somebody know unpleasant news or thing
Communication with public (massmedia)