Module 4.1
Business & Project Plans
This module covers planning more broadly, with a look at one model, the Strategic Management Process. The module and then business and project plans.
Module Objectives
- Explaining the importance of business plans and project plans
- Identifying the components of a business plan
- Preparing a project plan
- Understand the importance of and elements of business and project plans by developing a project plan
Module Schedule
This module is made up of four lessons. The module starts with a lesson on a basic planning model, the Strategic Management Process. The next lesson provides an introduction to business planning. Subsequent lessons focus on business and financial analysis and business plans and marketing. The culminating assignment for this module will be the preparation of a project plan.
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Course Content
Getting Started
Getting Started
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Getting Started
Welcome to Module 4.1
Lesson 1: A Basic Planning Module: The Strategic Management Process
Lesson 1: A Basic Planning Module: The Strategic Management Process
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Lecture: A Basic Planning Module: The Strategic Management Process
Invitation to invoice, The Strategic Management Process Model, Core competencies, Competitive advantage, and Levels of strategic development
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Readings
Strategic Management and Strategic Planning Process
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Assignment 1: Strategic Management Process
Lesson 2: Introduction to Business Planning
Lesson 2: Introduction to Business Planning
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Lecture: Introduction to Business Planning
What is entrepreneurship, Mission statements, Leadership, Preparing a winning business plan, Business plan resources
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Reading (Recommended)
Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) Templates & business guides
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Assignment #2: Entrepreneurial Self-Assessment
Lesson 3: Business Plans and Financial Analysis
Lesson 3: Business Plans and Financial Analysis
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Lecture: Business Plans and Financial Analysis
Purpose and characteristics of financial forecasts, The financial plan, Financial forecasting, Economics of the business, Financing, Economics of your business, Start of capital, Types of small business loans, and Conveying financial results
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Reading
Canada Business Network. 2016. Managing your finances.
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Assignment 3 Business Plan Analysis
Lesson 4: Business Plans and Marketing
Lesson 4: Business Plans and Marketing
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Lecture: Business Plans and Marketing
Definitions of marketing, Target market, Marketing research, Traditional marketing—4Ps, Website links
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Reading
Writing a Business Plan: The Market Analysis.