Leadership Development – Business Essentials: Strategic Decision Making

The NSITE Business Essentials virtual training program is offered in partnership with PowerSim Solutions. It provides participants with a comprehensive view of organizational operations and helps them understand how decisions impact their business in a competitive environment. The program allows participants to implement business decisions and experience the outcomes in the safe environment of a simulation. 

Tuition for this nine-week program includes two online courses, eight weeks of hands-on experience managing a business via a simulation, eight hours of instructor-led coursework, and multiple team meetings. 

• If you have an open case with a State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency, NSITE may be able to assist you in requesting tuition funding for this program through your VR Counselor. 

All NSITE programs are adapted for the learning styles of learners who are blind or low vision.

All may apply. However, qualified applicants who are blind or have low vision receive enrollment preference. 

Program Structure and Learning Outcomes: 

The four components of NSITE’s Business Essentials program provide a challenging and engaging learning experience.    

1. Two NSITE-U self-paced online learning courses:  
2. • Finance and Budgeting Fundamentals
   • Improving Decision-making 
2. An eight-week business simulation during which participants engage in strategic planning, improve their decision-making, apply their knowledge of market competition, and practice entrepreneurship.   
3. Weekly Zoom meetings to review business reports, discuss decision-related business outcomes, and address questions.   
4. Engagement and collaboration within small teams to apply business analysis, teamwork, and leadership skills. 

Participants Require: 

• Proficiency in the use of assistive technology (if applicable) and Microsoft Office suite of products 
• Their own computer or laptop; this course cannot be completed through the use of publicly accessible (e.g., library) computers or mobile devices such as mobile phones or tablets. 
• Intermediate to advanced computer navigation skill. 
• Proficiency in the ability to navigate websites on a variety of web browsers. 

Achievement: 

Digital Badge issued by NSITE in partnership with Credly/Acclaim.