Skills Review Performance Dictionary

Accounting/Finance Skills

Corporate Finance Review 

• https://www.westga.edu/~rbest/finc3511/index3511.htm

Financial Calculations

•   http://www.moneyinstructor.com/lesson/accountingtransaction.asp

Items on Basic Financial Statements

•  http://www.investopedia.com/articles/04/022504.asp
•  http://www.investopedia.com/articles/04/033104.asp

Basic Grammar Skills

Affect or Effect

•   Grammarly

Would of or Would have

• Grammarly Blog

Communication Skills

Oral Presentation Tips 

• Undergraduate Research Presentation Tips
• Video from former UWG Public Speaking instructor, Chris McDowell, Awesome Attention-Getters for Essays and Public Presentations
• This is a series of four videos from former UWG Mass Communication instructor Chris McDowell on: developing ideas for an essay or presentation, arranging information, writing topic sentences and main idea sentences, and writing a presentation outline. Watch them in order for best results.

1. Writing an essay/presentation outline, Video Part 1: Information Arrangement Strategies
2. Writing an essay/presentation outline, Video Part 2: Thesis Trees
3. Writing an essay/presentation outline, Video Part 3: How to write about anything
4. Writing an essay/presentation outline, Video Part 4: Going from a Thesis Tree to a Written Outline

Basic Grammar and Spelling 

•  http://www.copyblogger.com/...

How to Write an Essay 

• Perdue University - Online Writing Lab

How to Write a Professional Email 

•  http://grammar.about.com/od/developingessays/a/profemails.htm
•  http://www.ehow.com/how_4679819_write-professional-email.html

Library 

• https://www.westga.edu/library/index_12019.php

Phone Conversations 

•  http://www.moneyinstructor.com/lesson/telephoneskills.asp
•  http://www.streetdirectory.com/travel_guide/6309/...

Plagiarism 

•  http://www.plagiarism.org/

How to Correctly Research and Cite Sources

•  Perdue University's Online Writing Lab - Research and Citation
•  Richards College of Business Plagiarism PowerPoint (PPT, 84K)

Writing a Case Analysis 

• http://businessmajors.about.com/od/casestudies/...

Writing a Memo

• http://www.nku.edu/~fordmw/memo.htm

Writing a Paragraph 

• http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/tips/paragrap/index.htm

Writing a 5-Paragraph Essay 

• http://www.bookrags.com/articles/4.html

Writing a Research Paper 

• http://www.aresearchguide.com/1steps.html

Math Skills

Algebra 

• http://www.math.com/homeworkhelp/Algebra.html

Simplifying Complex Fractions 

•  http://www.math.com/school/subject1/lessons/S1U4L2GL.html
• https://www.learner.com/math-tutoring
•  http://www.mathsisfun.com/simplifying-fractions.html

Basic Graphing Techniques 

•  http://www.math.com/school/subject2/lessons/S2U4L1GL.html
•  http://www.math.com/school/subject2/lessons/S2U4L2GL.html
•  http://www.math.com/school/subject2/lessons/S2U4L3GL.html

Basic Math 

•  http://www.math.com/homeworkhelp/BasicMath.html
•  http://www.math.com/homeworkhelp/EverydayMath.html
•  http://www.mathsisfun.com/decimal-fraction-percentage.html

How to Calculate a Growth Rate 

•  http://www.ehow.com/how_4532706_calculate-growth...
•  http://pages.uoregon.edu/rgp/PPPM613/class8a.htm

How to Calculate a Percentage 

•  http://www.alcula.com/percentage.php
•  http://www.pixelweaver.com/percent-grade-finder/...
•  http://math-and-reading-help-for-kids.org/calculate_percentage.html
•  http://math.about.com/od/glossaryofterms/a/zeros.htm

Laws of Mathematical Precedence 

•  http://www.purplemath.com/modules/orderops.htm
•  http://www.mathsisfun.com/operation-order-pemdas.html
•  http://www.math.com/school/subject2/lessons/S2U1L2GL.html

Percentage vs. Decimal 

•  http://www.mathsisfun.com/converting-percents-decimals.html
•  http://www.math.com/school/subject1/lessons/S1U1L2GL.html
•  http://www.math.com/school/subject1/lessons/S1U1L7GL.html

PC Skills

General PC Skills

•  http://www.scribd.com/doc/3116372/Basic-Internet-Tutorial-1
•  http://www.bcot1.com/
•  http://www.internettutorials.net/

Email Basics 

•  GCFGlobal
•  http://lone-eagles.com/courses/rfts/b3web.htm

Online Learning and Resources

•  Self-Service Banner

Microsoft Office Skills 

• http://www.officeskills.org/microsoft-office-tutorials.html 
  (This website tells how to use Excel, Word, PowerPoint.)

Miscellaneous Skills Review

• http://www.hippocampus.org/

Other Business Skills

CIA World Factbook Site 

• https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/
  (contains detailed information about nearly every country in the world
  and is very easy to use. Categories include Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications, Transportation, Military, and Transnational Issues)

Economics 

• http://www.econmentor.com

Job Search Assistance 

• https://www.learnhowtobecome.org/career-resource-center/cant-find-job-after-college/

Small Business 

• U.S. Small Business Administration
• Small Business Development Center at UWG

Leadership Skills 

• Developing Youth Leadership Skills - School Based Health Alliance

Proper Dress for Presentations/
Interviews 

• https://www.thebalancecareers.com/how-to-dress-for-an-interview-2061163
• http://www.presentationmagazine.com/what_to_wear.htm

Social Media

• http://www.collegegrad.com/jobsearch/Competitive-Interview-Prep/
• https://onlinelaw.udayton.edu/resources/what-job-seekers-need-to-know-social-media/

World History 

• http://www.fincher.org/History/WorldAD.shtml

Affordable Colleges Foundation Business Concentration Guides:

• Accounting
• Business
• Finance
• Marketing
• MBA