Business Plan

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The Business Plan

Organizing the enterprise, Planning the


Enterprise

Concept of a business Plan

“ A well-written business plan is on that contains all information necessary for


the financing source to make a decision even without taking the entrepreneur.”
- Anonymous
David E. Gumpert’s concept and definition of a Business Plan

A business plan is a document that convincingly demonstrates


the ability of a business to sell its products or services to make
satisfactory profit and be attractive to potential backers. A
better definition: A business plan is a selling document that
conveys the excitement and promise of your business to any
potential backers or stakeholders
Principles of Planning

01 02 03 04
Planning Planning Planning
must be Planning
must be must be
flexible must start
relalistic based on felt Resource needs and
with simple
It must be based on needs economic conditions
the available resources
The objectives of an change. projects
entrepreneur should fit
the needs of the
people in a
community
Stages of Effective Planning (by Professor
Philip Kotler)

01 02 03 04
Unplanned Annual
Budgeting Strategic
Stage Planning
System Stage Planning
Stage
Stage
Criteria of Effective Planning
1. The plan should state clearly its objectives
2. The plan should provide measures for a satisfactory accomplishment
of the objectives in terms of quantity, quality, rime and cost
3. The plan should state the policies.
4. The plan should indicate what department or unit would be involved in
accomplishing the objectives.
5. The plan should indicate the time, which should be allowed for each activity.
6. The plan should specify the required resources and their
corresponding costs.
7. It should designate the officers who will be held accountable for the
accomplishment s of the objective
Components of Business Planning

01 02 03 04

SWOT OBJECTIVE STRATEGIE TIME


S S FRAME
CHARACTERISTICS OF A SOUND BUSINESS
PPLAN
OBJECTIVE
CLEAR
LOGICAL AND SIMPLE
FLEXIBLE
STABLE
COMPLETE AND
INTEGRATED
Some rules to observe
Make it Neat
Make it grammatically correct
Make it honest
Write in layman’s language
Do not over emphasize your product or
your business
PLANNING AND ORGANIZING THE
ENTERPRISE
Minimize, if not eliminate, the risk of losing money
Save on costly mistake
Determine your financial requirements
Program your activities in advance
Evaluate actual performance against set targets
THE INTRICACIES OF ENTERPRISE
PLANNING
STEP 1: Idea generation and opportunity identification
STEP 2: Informal Screening
STEP 3: Analysis of the situation
- Resource Analysis – can do
- Environmental Analysis- may do
- Values Analysis- wants to do
MATCHING THE ENTREPRENEUR WITH THE
PROJECT
• MARKET PLAN
• PRODUCTION PLAN
• ORGANIZATIONAL PLAN
• FINANCIAL PLAN
• FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
• SOCIAL-COST BENEFIT

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