Business Basics For Beginners

Operational and administrative concepts every business owner and manager must know.

What you’ll learn
To provide the essential foundation of what you need to know to manage a business.
To acquire knowledge in Accounting and Finance, Contracting and Procurement, Human Resource Management, Business Operations, and Regulatory Obligations.
To be well versed in business management topics therefore a savvy business owner or manager.
To be better equipped to make business decisions.
Requirements
None.
Description
Regardless of your profession, once you become a business owner or manager you enter a new world where basic knowledge of topics such as finance, procurement, human resources, business continuity planning, quality assurance, and regulatory obligations become critical. This course takes a unique approach to providing essential business knowledge through short video tutorials combined with readings from our guides, followed by questions and answers from quizzes.The information contained in this course will not eliminate the need for specialists in the areas we cover but will lay the foundation you need to be a well-versed business owner or manager.This course is divided into five modules: Accounting and Finance, Contracting and Procurement, Human Resource Management, Business Operations, and Regulatory Obligations.The approach used in this learning resource is unique in that it is not long-drawn-out lectures; instead, we provide bite sized pieces of information and let the questions and answers help with the teaching.As part of this package, we have enclosed a number of other learning resources such as our Forward Looking Guides: Select for Success – Selecting and retaining the right employee, What’s the plan – An introduction to business continuity planning, and Lead by example – Leadership perspective from those who have led. There are other resources included as well.As a bonus, we have enclosed a copy of the first of our Business Blunders series of anecdotal stories: The Beancounter – The business student’s guide to the real world. Here you will listen to stories from Isaac, a retired accountant who becomes a bar tender on a Caribbean Island, where he and his guests share true informative business stories which are also entertaining.Thank you for choosing Forward Looking Solutions as your learning facilitator! We guarantee, you won’t be disappointed!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Welcome to Business Basics for Beginners!

Section 2: Module 1: Accounting and Finance.

Lecture 2 Accounting

Lecture 3 Finance

Section 3: Module 2: Contracting and Procurement.

Lecture 4 Contracting and Procurement.

Lecture 5 Contracting and Procurement Continued…

Section 4: Module 3: Human Resource Management.

Lecture 6 Human Resource Management.

Lecture 7 Human Resource Management Continued…

Lecture 8 Human Resource Management Continued…

Section 5: Module 4: Business Operations.

Lecture 9 Business Operations.

Section 6: Module 5: Regulatory Obligations

Lecture 10 Regulatory Obligations.

Section 7: Closing

Lecture 11 Closing Comments.

Entrepreneurs, business owners, executives, and managers of for profit and not for profit organizations.