Down To Business: Business Management From The First Step

Learn how to plan, organize, lead, and monitor people and teams to take your business to the next level.

What you'll learn

Understand how businesses work like a system and what factors are critical to their survival

Appreciate of how global environment affects local businesses

Recognize the impact of regulations and fiscal policies on business

Understand how Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is defined.

Identify opportunities for new ventures

Learn how to write a business plan and pitch a project for funding.

Challenge established businesses in being relevant, competitive and profitable

Requirements

Utmost desire to enhance learning and knowledge in business management

An intermediate level of English language

Ability to relate issues faced in current day businesses context and how they fit in larger scope of business management

Have a laptop or desktop computer with internet access

Headphones or speakers

No previous knowledge is required.

Description

Business management offers versatile opportunities to individuals from diverse backgrounds and skills. Talented business managers are always in demand in the evolving global business environment. Business management mainly involves generating profit by creating and selling valued products and services at a reasonable cost to the customers. This also creates enough employment opportunities.Global Finance School brings you this amazing module that helps you in deconstructing the building blocks of a business and how they can be effectively managed. Managing a business involves a persistent effort to build superior products and services at low cost, expand to new markets, fight competition, and retain existing employees and customers while generating profit and complying with rules and regulations.As you realise already business management is a very challenging field which requires multiple skills and a deep appreciation of the business management framework. This course will help you grasp the fundamental principles of business management which is essential for any aspiring or existing business management professional. Whether you are a young professional, experienced businessman or a start-up executive, a better understanding of business management principles is always prized as it helps you make informed decisions and contribute positively to the organisations. Learn and understand what it takes to manage a successful business! After taking this course you will be in a better position to appreciate various factors and their implications that come into play when running a business in a global environment like –Functional aspects of systems in an organisation (Departments)Planning and coordination within an organisationRole of economics in the real worldSurvival and growth in a competitive environmentDifferent types of organisations, priorities, and purposeLocal and international business environments Starting up and seizing opportunitiesBusiness planning and communicationFactors of sustainability and the business environmentSign up now for this amazing course and build your understanding of managing a successful business.

Overview

Section 1: Welcome to the Course!

Lecture 1 Getting Down To Business: An Introduction

Section 2: It's A Jungle Out There

Lecture 2 Economic Naturalism

Lecture 3 The Firm and Its Environment

Lecture 4 Learn more : When Ideas Have Sex

Lecture 5 Learn More : The 6 Killer Apps of Prosperity

Lecture 6 Competition and Countdown to Extinction

Section 3: Different Kinds of Organizations

Lecture 7 Different Kinds of Organizations

Lecture 8 Organizational Purpose

Lecture 9 Stakeholders and Responsibility

Section 4: Global Forces, Local Impacts

Lecture 10 Recommended Reading: Global Forces, Local Impact

Lecture 11 Free Market

Lecture 12 Government Policies

Lecture 13 Global Economy

Lecture 14 The Benefits of Trade

Lecture 15 Further Reading : The World Trade Organization

Lecture 16 Protectionism

Lecture 17 Resistance To Free Trade

Lecture 18 How Organizations Respond

Lecture 19 Homework Assignment: Macroeconomics

Section 5: Corporate Social Responsibility

Lecture 20 The Economy As An Ecosystem

Lecture 21 Changing Attitudes

Lecture 22 The Effects of CSR Programs

Section 6: Where New Firms Come From

Lecture 23 Recommended Reading: Where New Firms Come From

Lecture 24 Did You Know?

Lecture 25 Entrepreneurship

Lecture 26 Seizing Opportunity

Lecture 27 Test Yourself! The Entrepreneur Test

Lecture 28 Realistic Expectations

Lecture 29 Homework Assignment: Where New Firms Come From

Section 7: Finding Opportunity

Lecture 30 Measuring and Forecast Demands

Lecture 31 Total Market Demand

Lecture 32 Area Market Demand

Lecture 33 Total Industry Sales and Market Shares

Lecture 34 Market Segmentation and Customer Acquisition

Lecture 35 Product Development

Lecture 36 Legal

Lecture 37 Further Reading : 3 Hacks to Save on Startup Legal Fees

Lecture 38 Further Reading : When Business Names Confuse Consumers: The Basics of Trademark

Lecture 39 Financing and Critical Issues

Lecture 40 Further Reading : Loan Programs

Section 8: Business Plans

Lecture 41 Values

Lecture 42 Further Reading : Writing A Business Plan

Lecture 43 Did You Know?

Lecture 44 Further Reading : The FSB ‘Voice of Small Business’ Member Survey

Lecture 45 Planning Operations and Forecasting

Lecture 46 Planning Tools

Lecture 47 Learn More: How to Be Be A Serial Entrepreneur

Lecture 48 Further Reading: How To Turn Your Business Into A Lean, Mean, Marketing Machine

Lecture 49 Plans B-Z

Lecture 50 Selling Your Vision

Lecture 51 Elevator Pitch Vs. Formal Presentations

Lecture 52 Homework Assignment: Planning A Plan

Section 9: Test Your Management IQ Final Exam

Lecture 53 Final Research Project: Build A Company!

Lecture 54 Final Project: Job Shadowing

Existing professionals wanting to enhance their learning on business management,Students planning to take university courses or beginning a career in business management,Entrepreneurs and new business owners interested in critically understanding what goes into managing a successful business,Freelance workers who want to learn how to better manage their time and work,Anybody with an interest in concepts of business management