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Starting Your Own Business |
| Summary: |
Gain a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental aspects of effective trading from conception to consistent profitability that all small businesses face. |
| Description: |
Once you decide to start your own business, pleasing the boss suddenly takes on much bigger proportions than ever before. The fact that you are a self-starter at all means you probably have much higher expectations of quality and reliability than even your customers do. Why not increase your chances of success by enrolling on the ICS Starting Your Own Business?
At ICS, our goal is to help you develop your business as quickly as possible, not put it on hold. Which is why our Starting Your Own Business Course has been specifically designed to dovetail with your own business plans. By breaking the material down into logical sections, the tutors have ensured that you will be in a position to apply your new skills as you need them, so that you can start feeling a positive impact from the outset of the course. |
| Key Benefits: |
Some key benefits of the ICS approach are:
· Start when you want with ICS. We don’t lock you into inflexible term times.
· Study at your own pace
· Modular approach designed to help you implement skills as you acquire them
· Professionally developed study units relating to each section of the course.
· Flexible access to your tutor, who can help you along the way |
| Topics: |
Concentrating on the key issues facing Small Businesses in all areas of the economy, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of the following fundamental aspects of effective trading from conception to consistent profitability:
· Your Business Idea
· Financial Planning and Control
· Budgetary Control
· Budgets in Practice
· Cash Forecasting
· Break-Even Analysis
· Working Capital and Balance Sheets
· The Business Plan
The ICS course in Starting Your Own Business has been designed by small business experts who have one goal in mind. To set you on the right track to greater success and prosperity. |
| Careers in the Field: |
Never before have there been as many opportunities for small business start ups. With the explosion in venture capital and financial services in general, self-employment is increasingly becoming the preferred career path of everyone from taxi drivers to dotcom millionaires.
The salary level you can expect will obviously depend on the type of business you choose to set up. But if you are in any doubt as to the potential for success that is out there, then a quick glance in the business section of any daily paper will help you put things in perspective.
The courses in the ICS Business range are the most flexible and cost-effective way of gaining the wide range of expertise you need to advance in virtually any career path. Depending on the nature of your start-up, you may also want to consider the impact that the Guide to E-Commerce could have on your sales. |
| Qualification: |
ICS Diploma |
| Hours of Study: |
30 |
| External Exam Information: |
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