This textbook and its accompanying spreadsheet templates were
designed with and for students wanting a practical and easy-to-follow guide for
developing a business plan. Topics covered includes: Developing a Business Plan,
Essential Initial Research, Business Models, Initial Business Plan Draft ,
Making the Business Plan Realistic, Making the Plan Appeal to Stakeholders and
Desirable to the Entrepreneur, Finishing the Business Plan, Business Plan
Pitches.
Author(s): Lee Swanson, University of
Saskatchewan
This book is designed to help prepare
future entrepreneurs to formalize and communicate their business idea to a
variety of audiences including potential funders such as banks, other lending
institutions, government agencies, and venture capitalists. This course will
help ensure that future entrepreneurs understand how to conduct a competitor
analysis by asking key questions about their competitors.
The text is purposely brief
and covers business essentials without burdening students or faculty with
unnecessary detail. The sixteen chapters are written using a modular format with
self contained sections which can be reorganized, deleted, added to and even
edited at the sentence level.
This book covers the following topics: Concept of Business, People Management, Business
Plan, Business Correspondence, Business Communication, Business and Environment, Technology in Business.
This note explains the following
topics: The Foundations of Business, Ethics and Social Responsibility, Business
in a Global Environment, Forms of Business Ownership, Management and Leadership,
Structuring Organization, Motivating Employees, Motivating Employees.
This
note describes the following topics: Concept of Communication, Channels and
Objectives of Communication, Methods and Modes of Communication, Barriers to
communication, Listening.
Author(s): R A Podar College Of Commerce and Economics
Today, it is considered good
business practice for tourism industries to support their micro and macro
environment by means of strategic perspectives. In this respect, the
contributions of academics from international level together with the private
sector and business managers are eagerly awaited on topics and sub-topics within
Strategies for Tourism Industry - Micro and Macro Perspectives.