Level 1 Business Planning Flashcards
Types of Business Plan?
Strategic
Strategy that’s devised to achieve overall goals set by a business, stimulates change management
- Identify and approve framework, vision, long term goals & objectives
- Position company: marketing capabilityes, technological advantages, available resources
- Foundation for tactical plan: achieve goals
What’s included in a business plan?
- Executive summary
- Marketing strategy
- Vision statements
- Products and Services
- Management Teams
- Financial forecasts
How does a business plan help a company remain profitable?
- Assist with securing new funding and investment
- Grow client base and project
- Highlight key business objectives
- Assist with responding to change
- Grow market share
- Supports accurate forecasting and budgeting
Functional
Flatarchy
Hierarchy
Divisional Organizational Structure
How do timesheets work
Difference between fee earners & non fee earners?
Fee: QS, Architect, PM
Non Fee: Admin Staff, Bid Staff IT
Forecasting Techniques?
Subjective forecasting approach?
Allows forecasters to predict outcomes on their subjective thoughts
Forecating Techniques?
- Time series forecasting
A quantitive forecasting
What is finacial benchmarking?
Process of assessing your current performance against a peer group of organisations of comparable scale and complexity, enables you to build a case for making changes to support wider business strategy.
Executive Summary?
Concise overview of your business plan
Company description?
High level view of your business, should explain who you are and how you operate and what your goals are
Products and services?
Show your industry knowledge and present conclusions based through market research