Analytical Skills 
Improve business decisions by learning how to gather, interpret and present data.

Develop specialized skills and strategies to help you assess patterns, identify relevant questions, gain data-driven insights and effectively share analytical information with others.

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Ethics in the Business World for Today and Tomorrow

A new global study, "The Ethical Enterprise: Doing the Right Things in the Right Ways, Today and Tomorrow," conducted by AMA and Human Resource Institute (HRI), predicts that in the decade ahead corporations can expect even greater pressure to behave...

Ethics and the Administrative Professional. What Would You Do?

The recent rash of corporate scandals has led businesses to focus on the importance of individual and organizational ethics. As an administrative professional, where do your first loyalties lie? Are you most responsible to your boss, your company...

Ethical Behavior: The Must-have Soft Skill

If ethical behavior had been taught to employees and reinforced as a must-have soft skill, could we have prevented the current economic meltdown? We explored this question in a recent Klaus and Associates survey and the results are in.

European Perspective: Should the EU Accept New Members?

Many Europeans want to lock the door to the European Community to prospective members, according to a new Harris Poll. How do Americans feel about it? Most aren't sure....

Everything She Knows as a CEO She Learned as a Waitress

Before she became CEO of her own $29-million transportation and distribution company, Carolyn Gable spent her time waiting on tables and worrying about how she was going to feed her seven kids. She didn't earn an MBA at a famous B school; she didn't even attend college. Remarkably, as she explains i

Everything You Need to Know About Running a Meeting for Specific Projects

Tips on how to run a project meeting efficiently and effectively, from AMA’s seminar Project Management for Administrative Professionals.

Everything You Need to Know About Running a Project Meeting

Tips on how to run a project meeting efficiently and effectively, from AMA’s seminar Project Management for Administrative Professionals.

9 Things to Know About Office Holiday Party's

Don't underestimate the importance of the word "office" in the phrase "office party," advises business etiquette expert Lydia Ramsey. If you want to let your hair down this holiday season, set up a date with some fun-loving friends, not your boss and...

Executing Corporate Strategy: A Global Study

It’s impossible to objectively rate the strength of an organization's strategy.