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Level 1 - Business planning Flashcards

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What are the three levels of business management?

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  1. Corporate Level
  2. Management Level
  3. Operational Level
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What is a business plan?

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A document that defines the business objectives and suggests steps to be taken to realise the business strategy over the next 3 years.

Components of a Business Plan:
• Division of the business into service type or client segment
• Financial performance targets
• Plan business opportunities and allocate staff resource
• Budgeting and cash forecasting money in vs. money out to understand what you can afford to pay because you estimate what you will earn
• Plan business opportunities, identify the resource required.

A business plan could help to:
• Seek funding,
• To gain new instructions, new clients, new customers
• To help focus on key priorities
• To allow the organisation to respond to change
• For budgeting, and
• To set targets for staff.

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What are the business objectives of your company?

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• To develop, consolidate and grow the business sustainably in the residential:

  • By exploring any opportunities.
  • Being a private developer being able to take opportunities quickly.
    • Retain existing and gain new clients
    • Retain and train staff
    • Grow team to support senior members of staff
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How do you contribute to business planning within your company?

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  • By understanding the business and driving this forward. For example, taking the initiative to make things happen.
  • Handover information for clients
  • Pre start works
  • Commercially initiating talks
  • Speaking to clients / partners to create relationships.
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What tools are commonly used to understand your current position in the market place?

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  • SWOT
  • Pestle
  • KPI’s
  • Competitors
  • Opportunities
  • Management
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Does the RICS have a business plan?

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Yes the current plan covers the three years from 2014-2017:

Our primary focus over the next three years

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Does the RICS have a Corporate Strategy?

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Yes, the current strategy covers 2012 to 2017.

It sets out long term strategic goals of the organisation.

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N1. What should you do when starting a business?

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Create a Business Plan, such as a 3 – 5 year business plan.

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N2. What is a business plan?

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A formal statement of the business goals, how they are obtainable and the plan for reaching these goals.

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N3. Why would you create a business plan?

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  • To help achieve funding.
  • Set business objectives.
  • Create a business direction.
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N4. What would you expect to be included within this business plan?

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  • Method Statement.
  • Goals and Objectives.
  • SWOT analysis.
  • Key Performance Indicators.
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N5. What is a Mission Statement?

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A formal summary of the company aims and values.

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N6. What is a SWOT analysis?

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A review by a business to identify its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

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N7. What goals and objectives would you likely see?

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  • Expected profit margin.
  • Expected Turnover.
  • Upcoming projects
  • Results and lessons learned from past / previous projects and how these will improve the business by becoming more robust.
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N8. What is a Key Performance Indicator?

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A measureable value to determine the success of project/venture.

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N9. How is a business plan laid out?

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  1. Executive summary.
  2. Financial Forecasts.
  3. Management team.
  4. Description of business opportunity.
  5. Market and Sales Strategy.
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N10. What is Natta’s 5 year business plan?

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  • £60,000,000.00 turnover by 2018.
  • Build the company’s main-contracting business, i.e. more Turn Key residential and care home builds.
  • Maintain Health and Safety Record.
  • Obtain three new clients a year.
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N11. Why is Market Analysis important?

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Increase sales through identifying areas of strength, and aligning these with opportunities.

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N12. How does an up-to-date business plan help an organisation?

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  • Helps achieve funding.
  • Market previous work to clients.
  • Bring focus the company priorities.
  • Allows staff to align their goals with the company’s.
  • Help set budgets.
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N13. In terms of Business Planning, how does your management ensure that you make a profit?

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  • Regular reporting.
  • Forward planning.
  • Accounting systems to track all costs.
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N14. What is a PESTLE Analysis?

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  • Political.
  • Economic.
  • Social.
  • Technological.
  • Legal.
  • Environmental.

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