UKC - Business Planning to Grow Successful Companies
- Offered byFutureLearn
Business Planning to Grow Successful Companies at FutureLearn Overview
Duration | 4 weeks |
Total fee | ₹2,763 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Credential | Certificate |
Business Planning to Grow Successful Companies at FutureLearn Highlights
- Earn a certificate upon completion
Business Planning to Grow Successful Companies at FutureLearn Course details
- Business planning. What makes a good business idea and how can you develop the idea?
- Competitive audits. How can you better understand the environment of an organisation?
- Business financial planning. What type of business are you and how do you analyse and plan your finances?
- International expansion. What are the different strategies for entering foreign markets?
- On this course, you’ll look at the key elements of effective business planning and how to develop a business strategy
- You’ll also be introduced to important financial concepts and the different ways that businesses are financed
- By evaluating case studies of successful businesses and entrepreneurs, you’ll be able to develop your own business ideas, create plans and strategies to support them, and start to think about your funding options
- On this course, you’ll explore the key elements of three important tools: SWOT analysis, PESTLE analysis, and Porter’s five forces analysis
- Explore these different methods with a combination of case studies from real businesses and supplemental materials to help understand the different approaches to international expansion
Business Planning to Grow Successful Companies at FutureLearn Curriculum
Business Start Ups and Business Planning
Introduction
Characteristics of Successful Business
Introduction to Business Planning
Coming up with a Business Idea
Weekly Wrap Up
Understanding Your Business Environment
Introduction
Conducting a Situation Audit (SWOT)
Understanding the Competitive Environment
Understanding the Macro Environment
Weekly Wrap Up
Organisational Structure and Financial Planning
Welcome to Week 3
The Different Types of Organisation
Funding a Business
Financial Reporting
Weekly Wrap Up
International Expansion
Introduction
Modes of International Expansion - Importing and Exporting
Modes of International Expansion - Franchising and Licensing
Modes of International Expansion - Strategic Alliances and Joint Ventures
Modes of International expansion- WOFS
Weekly Wrap-Up
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Business Planning to Grow Successful Companies