College:
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College SA |
| School: |
Business School |
| Course: |
Small Business Management |
Award type:
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Certificate |
Programme type:
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College SA Programme |
SAQA Programme ID:
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N/A |
| NQF Level: |
N/A |
| Certificate issued by: |
College SA |
What is Small Business Management?
Small Business Management involves the process relating to developing ideas and starting your own business. This process can be divided into four phases:
- Analysing your personal skills and attributes and those of successful entrepreneurs, and looking at the business environment in which the enterprise will operate.
- Focussing on the creative thinking, the development of business ideas and the feasibility study needed to evaluate all these ideas.
- Testing the viability of the idea and developing a practical business plan.
- Considering the legal and other requirements for the establishment of the enterprise.
Why should I study Small Business Management?
You should register for College SA’s Certificate in Small Business Management if you are interested in learning more about entrepreneurship and what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur. Anybody who has their own business, or who is interested in starting their own business, should definitely register for this course.
Certificate in Small Business Management: Course Structure
- Tactics for Winning
- Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises in Perspective
- The Basics of Business
- Feasible Business Ideas
- The Viability of Business Ideas
- The Business Plan
- Set up a Successful Business
Certificate in Small Business Management: Programme Outcomes
1. Tactics for Winning
This is the first module that all students have to complete once they have registered with College SA. This module is designed to introduce students to the College. In this module, you will learn more about how Distance Learning works and what the best ways are to study and to prepare for assessments.
2. Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises in Perspective
The relationship between entrepreneurship and small business management
Types of entrepreneurial business:
The formal small business.
- Corporate entrepreneurship / intrapreneurship:
Franchisors and franchisees.
- Key success factors of entrepreneurship:
The skills, expertise and aptitudes of an entrepreneur;
The important personal characteristics of entrepreneurs;
The important functional management skills of entrepreneurs.
- Dealing with external factors that affect entrepreneurship.
3. The Basics of Business
- The business.
- The relationship between the business and the establishment.
- Classification of a business and its establishment in the economy.
The business environment:
- The Micro Environment;
- The Market Environment;
- The Macro Environment.
4. Feasible Business Ideas
- Cultivating a creative attitude:
What is creativity?
Am I creative?
Generating business ideas:
The generation of ideas from the entrepreneur’s skills, expertise and aptitude;
The generation of ideas from common needs;
The generation of ideas from existing problems;
The generation of ideas from everyday activities;
The generation of ideas from other sources.
- The development and evaluation of business ideas:
The development of your business ideas;
The feasibility of your business ideas.
5. The Viability of Business Ideas
- The viability study.
- The needs analysis and characteristics of customers.
- The mission statement and objectives of the business.
- Calculating the market share:
Calculating the potential market;
Calculating the size of the market;
Calculating the expected market share.
Calculating the total costs per unit of the product (cost price of the product);
Calculating the selling price.
- Calculating the expected net profit;
- Calculating the break-even point.
- Cash planning: The cash budget (cash forecast):
The purpose of cash budgeting;
Consistent budgets;
Analysis of the example cash budget.
6. The Business Plan
- The purpose and principles of the business plan:
A blueprint for the business;
A flexible document;
A plan developed by the entrepreneur.
- Other uses of the business plan.
- The character of the business plan.
- The structure of the business plan.
- Guidelines for writing the business plan.
Writing the business plan:
- The cover page;
- The confidentiality agreement;
- The table of contents;
- Executive summary;
- Business description;
- Marketing plan;
- Location;
- Management;
- Financial plan;
- Critical risks.
7. Set up a Successful Business
- The factors that influence the choice of a business form:
The nature of the product or the service;
The legal liability of the owners;
The business form and the effect of taxation on it;
Specific legal requirements.
- The duties and legal requirements of business forms;
- Full legal capacity;
- The type of economic activity;
- Naming the business;
- Registration of patents, trademarks and designs;
- Testing;
- Licensing;
- Registration with the Receiver of Revenue;
- Registration for unemployment insurance;
- Registration with the Workmen’s Compensation Commissioner;
- Registration with local authorities;
- Registration with the Department of Trade and Industry;
- General industrial and commercial legislation.
Labour legislation:
- Employment contracts;
- Labour Relations Act (No. 66 of 1995);
- Basic Conditions of Employment Act (No.75 of 1997);
- Employment Equity Act (No. 60 of 1998);
- Black Economic Empowerment (BEE).
The procedure when setting up each form of business:
- The sole proprietorship and the partnership;
- The company;
- The close corporation.
Setting-up factors that are related to the business functions:
- Initial marketing;
- Public relations;
- Administration and record systems;
- The financial functions;
- Human resources;
- The purchasing function;
- Operational function;
- General Management.
Course Duration
This course should take you between 5 – 10 months to complete.
Entrance Requirements
- Grade 10
- Basic Literacy
- Basic Maths
- Read & write in English.
Assessment and Award
You have to successfully complete and submit 2 assignments in order to pass this course. Once you have successfully completed the assignments prescribed by College SA, you will be awarded a College SA Certificate in Small Business Management
What items do I get with this course?
- Your College SA Study Programme;
- Entrepreneurship Textbook;
- Small Business Management Book 1;
- Small Business Management Book 2;
- Small Business Management Book 3;
- College SA Folder.
Is this the right course for you – QUESTIONNAIRE
Do this questionnaire to find out if this is the right qualification for you. Answer Yes or No.
- Do you currently own your own business, or, if not, would you like to own your own business?
- Would you like to increase your knowledge and understanding entrepreneurship?
- Does your current job require you to understand how small businesses work?
- Would you like to register for a course that will provide you with comprehensive skills regarding how to start your own business?
- Would you like to study a business course that will result in you being awarded with a Certificate?
- Do you have experience as a small business owner, but no formal certification?
- Would you like to study Small Business Management, but you just don’t have the time to go to lectures?
- Have you tried studying before, but quit or stopped because you weren’t really interested in what you were studying?
- Would you like to study with a College that will support you every step of the way?
If you answered YES to more than five of these questions, then a Certificate in Small Business Management is the right programme of study for you. We recommend that you register for this course right away!
If you did not answer YES to more than five of the questions, perhaps you should consider registering for one of our other career skills courses.
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Small Business Management – Combo’s
What are the benefits of choosing a Combo Course? Choosing a combo means you can plan all your studies in advance, and pay it with affordable monthly payments. And you get your courses at today’s prices – so you avoid all future price increases! Combo fees have significant discounts built in, so it is cheaper to register for a combo, than to register for one course now, and another later.
- Small Business Management + Effective Business English
- Small Business Management + Junior Management: Finance
- Small Business Management + Microsoft Excel 2007
Interested? Want to find out more?
If you would like to find out more about the College SA Certificate in Small Business Management, please fill in the short form below and one of our friendly Student Registrars will respond to your questions and provide you with all the information you need.
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