MANAGING THE SMALL BUSINESS
1. Guides,
http://www.patsula.com/
Guides. Small Business Plan
Guides. Personal Plan. 5: Management & Leadership
Skills.
- You are to counsel an enterprising person who plans to
develop a growth business, starting with 6 employees. From the guidebook
prepare a set of notes regarding the advice you would provide regarding
management skills that will be needed - differentiate skills that will be
needed early and those that will be needed as the firms grows larger.
2. Entrepreneurship and Small Business Resource Web Site,
http://www.prenhall.com/scarbzim/
Small Business Management Audit.
- What is a management audit? Who should adopt the
procedures and why?
- Yourself. Evaluate the 9 questions - rank in order
of importance - which ones could require training? Would all be applicable in
Australia?
- Organisational Structure. Are these pointers
essential or could alternatives be undertaken? What are the objectives of the
suggestions?
- Accounting System. What should be the objectives of
the accounting system? Have any important issues been overlooked? Should a
computer be used for the functions?
Small Business and Entrepreneurship Resources.
Management.
- Nominate 4 sites that you feel would be valuable for a
small business owner-manager. Describe the site and evaluate its usefulness.
3.
Open Learning Australia,
http://www.ola.edu.au/
- What open learning courses are available in Australia in
small business management? Evaluate their contents and discuss whether they
are "short familiarisation courses" for intenders, education for existing
proprietors, or ?
- Is it likely that many potential or existing
owner-managers will undertake the courses? Explain.
4. Business Channel,
http://www.business.channel.vic.gov.au/
Subject Menu. Business
Assistance.
- What programs and courses are available for small business
managers? Undertake the same evaluation as for 3.
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