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Business Planning to Grow Successful Companies

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Course Features

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Duration

4 weeks

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Delivery Method

Online

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Available on

Lifetime Access

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Accessibility

Mobile, Desktop

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Language

English

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Subtitles

English

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Level

Beginner

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Effort

5 hours per week

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Teaching Type

Self Paced

Course Description

This course covers everything you need to launch and develop a successful business, from the initial idea to international expansion and funding.

This course will teach you the essential elements of business planning and how you can create a business strategy. Additionally, you will be taught important financial concepts as well as the various ways businesses can be financed.

You can learn from successful entrepreneurs and businesses by looking at case studies.

Understanding the competition and the business environment is an important step to assess the feasibility of your business idea. You have many options to create a market analysis.

This course will cover the essential elements of three key tools: PESTLE analysis and SWOT analysis. The course will then cover the use of different models for situation audits in order to build a picture about the business environment.

There are many ways to expand a business in foreign markets. Each has its advantages and disadvantages. These methods can be explored using a combination case studies from real businesses as well as supplementary materials. This will help you understand the differences between international expansion.

Once you have learned the various methods, you can apply them to your business idea and discuss their suitability.

Course Overview

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Alumni Network

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International Faculty

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Case Based Learning

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Post Course Interactions

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Case Studies,Instructor-Moderated Discussions

Skills You Will Gain

What You Will Learn

Evaluate the characteristics of successful businesses

Develop your own business ideas through building an understanding of different industries

Compare sources of finance to assess their suitability for different situations

Discuss the suitability of the different methods of international expansion for your own business idea

Target Students

This course is designed for anyone looking to understand effective business planning, specifically in relation to international growth strategies

Course Instructors

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Imran Butt

Instructor

I am a Tutor in Business Management at the University of Kent, and have been working within higher education for almost 20 years. I also work as a consultant and run my own consulting boutique.
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