The Businesswise Plus programme is designed to provide a thorough understanding of how a business works from a financial point of view, and how every employee can contribute to improved Return on Assets by understanding the effects of improving Quality and reducing Waste.
COURSE CONTENT
Module A: Business Basics
Starting a Business
The Assets of a Business
The Role of Shareholders and Lenders
Module B: The Business Cycle
Sales
Costs
Profit and its Uses
Module C: Measuring Business Performance
Making Comparisons
Calculating Performance
Return on Assets
Module D: Influencing Business Performance
The Balancing of Results and Resources
Quality and Financial Performance
Waste and Financial Performance
TRAINING METHODOLOGY
Pictorial graphics in a delegate workbook as well as a cash flow simulation model are used to communicate basic business concepts. These concepts are related to the job through extensive use of structured group exercises. The programme forms the basis for an application project which requires every employee to analyse his/her job for quality problems.
COURSE DURATION
Course duration is two days for delegates who have not previously attended BusinessWise.
Can be run as a one day enhancement or follow up to BusinessWise.
FOR WHOM INTENDED
All supervisory employees who have less than a Grade 10 level of education. The programme does accommodate semi-literate and illiterate employees.