START YOUR OWN BUSINESS (SYOB) COURSE


RATIONALE

 

Entrepreneurial success depends on many factors largely revolving around the entrepreneur’s own set of actions and reactions to his environment.   An entrepreneur must be able to see and act on opportunities, plan and make decisions.  He has to work well under conditions of conflict, change and ambiguity.  He must be able to set clear goals and must be future oriented.  Most of all, he must know a great deal about himself and his environment.

 

To be effective, the entrepreneur should also be aware of his own potentials.  Ultimately, his success will depend on his commitment to continuous professional growth and personal development.  The Start Your Own Business Course seeks to develop entrepreneurial motivation and confidence as well as reinforce basic management skills.

 

COURSE CONTENT

 

The course will cover the following topics:

 

I.    Entrepreneurial Motivation Training

II.   Enterprise Planning and Management

+     Overview of Enterprise Planning and Management

+     Formulating Your Effective Marketing Plans/Strategies

+     Formulating Your Effective Production/ Operation Plans/Strategies

+     Formulating Your Effective Organizational Plans/Strategies

+     Formulating Your Effective Financial Plans/Strategies

+     Forms and Sources of Assistance

+     You, Too Can Be an Entrepreneur

III.                Workshop on Business Plan Preparation

 

 
OBJECTIVES

 

In general, the course aims to enable participants to demonstrate personal entrepreneurial competencies and to formulate basic business plans.  Specifically, the program aims to enable participants to:

 

/    Increase levels of confidence and entrepreneurial motivation, thereby developing in them proper psychological preparation and attitude towards business ventures;

 

/    Prepare business plans;

 

/    Identify the basic guidelines for effective supervision and analysis of business plans; and

 

/    Identify the basic management skills necessary to operate a business.

 

TARGET PARTICIPANTS

 

The Start Your Own Business Course is open to people intending to go into business, new business start-ups, or those in business who would like to enhance their business planning knowledge.

 

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

 

In order to be considered a graduate of the course and be awarded a Certificate of Completion, the participant should fulfill the following:

 

·          At least 80% attendance of total number of sessions. 

·          Submission and Presentation of a Business Plan.

 

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

 

The course will use a combination of lecture-discussion, exercises and workshops on business plan preparation.

 

VENUE

 

Sessions will be conducted at the 3rd Floor of UPISSI.

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The Chair

Training Department

University of the Philippines

Institute for Small Scale Industries

E. Virata Hall, E. Jacinto Street

UP Campus, Diliman, Quezon City 1101

Tel. Nos. 928-7076 to 79

Telefax No. (632) 920-6923

E-mail:  training.issi@up.edu.ph

Homepage:  http://www.upd.edu.ph/~issi