Business Planning 100 Hours Certificate Course

There are 11 lessons:

1. Introduction to Business Planning
   • The business plan, strategic and operational planning, feasibility studies, the executive summary.
2. Focus and Direction
   • Deciding on direction, visualising future business directions, vision and mission statements
3. Legal and Administrative Requirements
   • Legal structure of a business, business names, taxation, regulations, licenses and permits, types of business ownership
4. Developing Objectives and Strategies
   • Setting goals and objectives, SWOT and GAP analyses, strategies for achieving objectives
5. Planning for Growth
   • Planned as opposed to runaway growth, subcontracting, franchising, licensing, the growth plan
6. Risk Management and Contingencies
   • Approaches to risk management, identifying business risks
7. Systems
   • System components, the quality audit, benchmarking, business plans as a mechanism of control
8. Marketing Plans
   • The definition of marketing, marketing requirements, the marketing process, market research, implications of unplanned marketing
9. Operation Plans
   • Control of business operations, writing an operation plan
10. Human Resource Plans
    • The value of human resources, occupational health and safety, skills and competencies of different staff
11. Financial Plans
    • The importance of financial planning, establishment costs and start up capital, cash flow forecasts, profit and loss statements