The Writing the business plan credential covers the skills and knowledge required in understanding what your business plan should include and highlights ways for you to determine your strategy for growth, financial needs, and ways to gain interest from potential investors.

The Writing the business plan comprises of 2 micro-credential stacked courses of learning, followed by a completion of assessment tasks at the end of each skill level, to test the learner’s knowledge and understanding.  

Course Series: 2 of 2

Course Award: Micro-Credential 

Course Duration: 5 Hours Course 

Complexity: Advanced

It comprises 9 lessons of learning, followed by a completion quiz to test your knowledge and understanding.  By the end of this course, you will demonstrate understanding in:

  • What is to be included in your business plan
  • Effective communication skills to use when presenting your business plan 
  • Ensuring Skilled Labour is Available to Implement the Plan
  • How to analyse performance and review objectives and indicators
  • Importance of training and how to implement activities that promote performance improvement.
  • Strategies to systematically review processes and procedures to ensure optimum efficiency.




Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Writing the business plan
  • 2

    Lesson 1

    • Writing a Business Plan
  • 3

    Lesson 2

    • Communicating the Business Plan
  • 4

    Lesson 3

    • Ensuring Skilled Labour is Available to Implement the Plan
  • 5

    Lesson 4

    • Monitoring Performance and Testing Performance Measurement Processes
  • 6

    Lesson 5

    • Ensuring Timely Reports on all key aspects of the Business are available
  • 7

    Lesson 6

    • Report System Failures, Product Failures and Variances to the Business Plan
  • 8

    Lesson 7

    • Analysing Performance and Reviewing Objectives and Indicators
  • 9

    Lesson 8

    • Ensuring Training and Development Activities are Implemented to Improve Performance
  • 10

    Lesson 9

    • Reviewing System Processes and Work Methods Regularly as part of Continuous Improvement
  • 11

    Test your knowledge

    • Instructions before taking the test

    • Next steps
  • 12

    The boring stuff

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