A basic knowledge and understanding of a business plan allows executives and managers to give focus to the project and outline alternatives. Surface new opportunities through the investigative process, identify reasons NOT to proceed. Enhance the probability of success by addressing and mitigating factors early on that could affect the project and provide quality information for decision making. The course transforms financial, business and marketing concepts into decision-making tools that can be used successfully by participants in providing a thorough examination of all issues and assessment of probability of business success. The course is run in both lectures and workshop styles, encouraging active participation in understanding feasibility studies and business plans decision-making process for the executives and managers.
Programme benefits
Participants acquire a Business outlook from a management perspective, helping them to research a business idea, compile a full business plan and interpret information contained therein.
With a strong grasp of the financial and market aspects, executives can anticipate the consequences of economic changes and successfully confront challenges in the global economy.
Programme objectives
This course is especially designed for middle to senior officers, who are often required to attend meetings or finalize agreements of a commercial nature involving some elements of finance, feasibility studies and insolvency. This course is intended to give participants basic understanding and skills of preparing and analyzing a feasibility study with special emphasis on the practical aspects of Business and developing analytical skills as against knowledge.
Workshop agenda
Day 1
- 8:30am
Registration and morning Tea Break.
- 9:00am
Welcomes and introduction.
- 9:15am
what is Feasibility study?
- 10:30am
Tea Break
- 10:45am
Generate the Business Proposal
- Technical and Market Assessment
- Feasibility study content
- 12:00pm
Market Research
- Guidelines for Market research & Questionnaires
- How to market test your idea
- 1:00pm
Buffet lunch
- 2:00pm
Organizing the Business
- Forms of Business Organizations
- Determining the Legal & Finance matters
- Forms of intellectual property
- 3:30pm
Tea Break
- 3:45pm
Financial Analysis
- Costing & pricing
- Performa Income Statement
- Cash Flow forecasts for the first year
- Performa Balance Sheet
- 5:00pm
End of Day 1
Day 2
- 8:30am
Registration and morning Tea Break.
- 9:00am
Welcome Back and Recap Day1 session.
- 9:15am
Cash flow estimation & risk analysis
- Identifying the relevant cash flows
- Estimating Cash Flow for Yr 2 to yr5
- Profit plan for 5 years
- Financial position for 5 years
- 10:30am
Tea Break
- 10:45am
Evaluating the Business
- ROI
- NPV & IRR
- Sensitivity Analysis
- 1:00pm
Buffet lunch
- 2:00pm
Preparing the Business plan
- Steps in the Business planning process
- Types of Business Plans
- Advantage of preparing a Business Plan
- What should a Business plan contain
- 3:30pm
Tea Break
- 3:45pm
Case Study
- 5:00pm
End of Day 2
Day 3
- 8:30am
Registration and morning Tea Break.
- 9:00am
Welcome Back and Recap Day2 session.
- 9:15am
Case Study-Practical session
- 10:30am
Tea Break
- 10:45am
Case Study-Practical session
- 12:00pm
Case Study-Practical session
- 1:00pm
Buffet lunch
- 2:00pm
Case Study-Practical session
- 3:30pm
Tea Break
- 3:45pm
Q & A Session
- 5:00pm
End of Day 3
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