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Business basics
This class provides an overview of basic business concepts used in everyday business decisions. It includes the budgeting process, strategic planning, and process management principles. Instruction, exercises, and case studies are used to illustrate the fundamental concepts used by organization leaders to make informed decisions.
Highlights
- Basics of sound budgets
- The need for profit
- Why profit is important
- Strategic planning
- The role of planning
- Vision, mission, tactics
- “SWOT” (Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis
- Process management
- Linking strategic management and process management
- Process management tools and how to use them
- Pareto analysis
- Statistical process control charts
- Cause/effect diagrams
- Exercise: Operating a business efficiently and profitably
Next class
Next class will be scheduled in 2009
Location
Class will be held at the SDA office located at 1004 South Pine Street, Spartanburg.
Fee
Members, $195 per person; non-members, $275 per person
Instructor
Mike Blackwell
Register
To register, call the SDA at 864/585-1007, or click here for a fax reservation form.
Custom delivery
This workshop can be tailored to meet your company's needs. It can be delivered at your facility, or off-site at the SDA. Please contact the SDA for more information.
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