Overview
On successful completion of the Business Planning course from Warnborough College you should be able to do the following:
- Describe what a business plan is, and it main components
- Differentiate between a vision statement and a mission statement
- Discuss legal and administrative requirements of a business
- Explain the importance of a business name
- Explain the importance of setting goals and objectives in a business setting
- Describe strategies for coping with growth
- Describe different types of business risks
- Explain marketing process
- Explain operations planning
- Explain the importance of human resources
- Explain the purpose of financial planning
Here are just some of the things you will be doing:
- Interview a business owner regarding their business plan
- Visualise the state of a current business in 12 months time
- Contact a Government Department to determine the relevant licenses, permits, approvals and registrations necessary to set up a business
- Interview current business owners to determine their strategies and objectives for the next year
- Identify aspects of a business that would need attention in high growth periods
- Identify risks to a proposed business
- Investigate mechanisms for protection of intellectual copyright
- Investigate the potential of a business currently for sale
- Evaluate the operations of a current business
- Develop an operations plan for a newly conceived business proposal
- Identify potential hazards of a proposed business
- Identify expenses relevant to setting up a proposed business
Programme Structure
Lessons:
- Focus and Direction – Deciding on direction, visualising future business directions, vision and mission statements
- Legal and Administrative Requirements – Legal structure of a business, business names, taxation, regulations, licenses and permits, types of business ownership
- Developing Objectives and Strategies – Setting goals and objectives, SWOT and GAP analyses, strategies for achieving objectives
- Planning for Growth – Planned as opposed to runaway growth, subcontracting, franchising, licensing, the growth plan
- Risk Management and Contingencies – Approaches to risk management, identifying business risks
- Systems – System components, the quality audit, benchmarking, business plans as a mechanism of control
- Marketing Plans – The definition of marketing, marketing requirements, the marketing process, market research, implications of unplanned marketing
- Operation Plans
- Human Resource Plans
- Financial Plans
Key information
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
More details
- You can start the course whenever is convenient for you.
Language
English
IELTS 5.5
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Delivered
Online
- Self-paced
Disciplines
Business Administration Management Studies View 200 other Short Courses in Management Studies in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
IELTS 5.5
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Tuition Fee
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International
395 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 395 GBP for the full programme -
National
395 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 395 GBP for the full programme
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