In this workbook, we will cover the fundamental concepts and practices that form the foundation of the business world.
Whether you hope to launch your own startup one day or want to deepen your understanding of how businesses operate, this workbook will provide you with a broad overview of core business disciplines.
We’ll start by exploring the basics of business management and leadership. What does it take to effectively run a company or department? What skills and traits make an excellent manager or supervisor?
We’ll explore essential management techniques like strategizing, budgeting, team-building, and project management.
We’ll survey some key functional areas within business organizations.
And we’ll investigate important concepts that impact businesses of all sizes and structures.
I’m looking forward to sharing this foundation of business knowledge with you this workbook.
Together, we’ll build our business acumen and understanding step-by-step.
This workbook looks at a business from the following perspectives:
- Business Environment
- Mission, Values and Vision
- Profits and Costs
- Business processes
- People
- Quality
- Communication
- Change
These could be considered the essential or core components of a business. The interdependency and interactivity of these components is what makes a business a dynamic entity that is constantly evolving to succeed.
The Business Basics workbook has been developed to meet the needs of a wide range of audiences.
Potential audiences include companies providing training to their employees, individuals looking to develop their own business basics skills, coaches and mentors providing one-to-one supports, educators teaching business basics, and learning professionals offering courses.
This workbook is flexible and can be used within a variety of learning and work environments.
When learners have completed this module, they will be able to define the key concepts associated with Business Basics and you will be able to:
- Explain the dynamic business environment.
- Understand how an organization must act within that environment to maximize return.
- Identify key activities that impact upon performance.
- Understand the nature of obstacles that may prevent an organization from being a dynamic entity.
- Understand the different ways through which individuals can have a direct impact on the business.
- Identify areas where the processes are not capable of coping with the dynamic environment and suggesting ways to improve.
