Small Business Management

9 weeks · 252 hours

BM 100 Small Business Management

This course will give you the entrepreneurial strategies and how they are applied in the marketplace. For anyone starting or growing a business venture, the knowledge and skills in this course will help provide the entrepreneurial strategies that are an essential part of a successful business venture.

 

BM100-01  Types of Businesses

6 hour lecture

BM100-02  Forms of Ownership

6 hour lecture

BM100-03  Bookkeeping Fundamentals

30 Hour Course

BM 100-04 Marketing

30 hour course

BM100-05  Advertising

30 hour course

BM100-06  Customer Service

30 hour course

BM100-07  Starting a New Business

30 hour course

BM 101 Microsoft Office Products

BM 102  Internet for Business

30 hour course

BM 103  Office Skills

60 hour course

BM100-01  Types of Businesses

3 hour lecture

An overview of types of businesses, with a full description of each type.

 

BM100-02  Forms of Ownership

3 hour lecture

An overview of all types of ownership, with a full description and pros and cons of each.

 

BM100-03  Bookkeeping Fundamentals

30 Hour Course

This course is for the person who needs to be in financial control of their business, know how their "books" work,  understand what their accountant tells them and wants to know where to find answers in their financial statements

 The courses are:

 § BM100-03-01  The Foundation - Source Documents and a Filing System

 § BM100-03-02  Bank Reconciliation

 § BM100-03-03  Transaction Journals

 § BM100-03-04  General Ledger

 § BM100-03-05  Financial Statements

 § BM100-03-06  Income Statement

 § BM100-03-07  Balance Sheet

 § BM100-03-08  The Secret of Understanding Financial Statements

 § BM100-03-09  Income Statements

 § BM100-03-10  Balance Sheets

 § BM100-03-11  Advanced Financial Statement Analysis

 § BM100-03-12  Liquidity Ratios

 § BM100-03-13  Profitability Ratios

 § BM100-03-14  Efficiency Ratios

 

BM 100-04 Marketing

30 hour course

This course provides a basic understanding of what a business owner or manager needs to know about marketing a business.

 The courses are:

 § BM100-04-01  Why is marketing important?

 § BM100-04-02  How do you market your small business to the "right" customer?

 § BM100-04-03  Where can you market your small business?

 § BM100-04-02  Is it necessary to create a "marketing plan"?

 § BM100-04-02  Are you avoiding the common marketing pitfalls?

 

BM100-05  Advertising

30 hour course

This course provides a basic understanding of what a business owner or manager needs to know about advertising. By the end of the course, students will have had the opportunity to:

 

The courses are:

 § BM100-05-01 Media Concepts

 § BM100-05-02 Preparing the Message

 § BM100-05-03 The Advertising Plan

 § BM100-05-04 Placing the Message

 § BM100-05-05 Integrated Brand Promotion

 

BM100-06  Customer Service

30 hour course

Prepares documentation, publications, and brochures. Makes revisions for marketing of products/services. Makes cold calls and follow-up calls on current and potential customers in order to make presentations and close sales. Maintains computerized cross-reference of products and clients. Creates marketing tools for alternative media presentation. Prepares and submits periodic reports and marketing/sales statistics. Alternative job titles include: Customer Service Representative or Clerk, Marketing Assistant, Reservationists, Sales Representative.

 

The courses are:

 § BM100-06-01 Customer Service and Office Communications

 

BM100-07  Starting a New Business

30 hour course

Starting a new business can be exciting and challenging. There is much to be done during the idea and planning phase of opening a new business. This stage of business development is critical to the long term success of the business. It is common knowledge that failure rates for new businesses are high. However, businesses owners that plan properly before opening the business increase their chances of success.  This seminar covers topics such as issues to consider when going into business; business feasibility and planning; license, permits, and tax requirements; and financing considerations.

 

The courses are:

 BM100-07-01 How to Start a New Business

 BM100-07-02 Start-Up Checklist

 BM100-07-03 Mission and Vision Worksheet

 BM100-07-04 Goals and Objectives Worksheets

 BM100-07-05 Business Plan Outline

 

BM 101 Microsoft Office Products for Business

150 hour course

This course will provide the student with the necessary skills to communicate, setup and manage data bases, make and use spreadsheets, design and publish documents and to schedule appointments, manage contacts and manage emails.

 

 The courses are:

 BM101-01  MS Word

 BM101-02  MS Access

 BM101-03  MS Excel

 BM101-04  MS Publisher

 BM101-05  MS Outlook

 

BM 102  Internet for Business

30 hour course

This course will give the student an understanding of what E-Commerce has to offer the small business and how to design a web site, publish the web site and keep it up dated.

 

 The courses are:

 BM102-01  E-Commerce

 BM102-02  Web Site Design Concepts

 

BM 103  Office Skills

30 hour course

Basic grammar reinforcement designed to provide effective, credible, and appropriate language skills for business; writing business letters and memos that are correct, clear, concise and well organized. Business Math reviews fractions and decimals as used in general business situations, discounts, commissions, markup, interest, taxes, and depreciation. A working knowledge of basic arithmetic is required.

 

 The courses are:

 BM103-01  Business Mathematics

 BM103-02  Business English