UPDATED 2024: In Financial and Managerial Accounting, you will enter the world of accounting as the protégé of Tsong Hua, Central Products’ quirky but blunt International Accounting Director. Here, you’ll explore all there is to know about balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements. But you’ll also look at managerial accounting concepts like budgeting, data auditing, financial planning and differentials to get a truly comprehensive understanding of the profession. While assisting Tsong Hua with real-world problems, you’ll begin to understand how assets, liabilities, equities and other functions prepare a business for growth and expansion. Course Type: Business Simulation. Worth 20 CAE Credits (ASAE).

UPDATED 2024: In this course, you will intern with Central Products’ HR Manager to explore different facets of the Human Resources profession. A wonderful review of the fundamentals or an overview for first-time learners, this course covers everything from legal issues and behavioral ethics to motivating leadership and team-building. You will familiarize yourself with the hiring process, from pre-employment through retirement or termination, and assist Anne Chavez as she navigates through everyday HR issues like globalization, unions, and OSHA regulations. Course Type: Business Simulation. Worth 20 CAE Credits (ASAE).

UPDATED 2024: The video diaries of Central Products’ humble yet tough CEO, Robert Powers, constitute the framework for this course, offering you the chance to walk alongside him on a personal journey of leadership growth. Characteristics of Effective Leadership combines insights from classic and modern theories of organizational leadership to properly exhibit effectiveness on individual, interpersonal and institutional levels. Course Type: Business Simulation. Worth 11 CAE Credits (ASAE).

UPDATED 2024: Because the effectiveness of any business strategy is only told over time, this course throws you to past and future alike. Alongside Sophie, a fellow intern, you’ll learn how to analyze past and present strategic decisions with the added bonus of seeing their impact on future operations. The virtual case studies of two fictional companies, Lion Industries and C.A.T. Enterprises, brings to life the importance of strategic planning and execution. And with a close focus on forecasting, disruption, positioning and branding, Business Strategy is the perfect way to gain a handhold on this vital subject. Course Type: Business Simulation. Worth 19 CAE Credits (ASAE).

UPDATED 2024: In this course, you’ll learn from some of Central Products’ best and brightest leaders to get a better understanding on the role of managers in organizations. You’ll have the chance to sit in on fictional but true-to-life executive round-table discussions, learning about various management styles. Ultimately, you will gain practical skills that will help you forecast, plan, schedule projects and get things done through other people – the basis of management. Course Type: Business Simulation. Worth 19 CAE Credits (ASAE).