Small Business Management and Marketing

1. The Nature of Management

  • Definition of a manager
  • Responsibilities of a manager
  • Basic managerial philosophies
  • Management skills
  • Managerial styles

    2. The Roles of Management

  • Leadership and people management
  • Information processing and decision making
  • Cultural, ethical and moral concerns
  • Managing change

    3. Different Types of Business

  • Service, retail and manufacturing
  • Common factors found in most business settings
  • Controllable and uncontrollable forces that may effect business – SWOT
  • The SWOT analysis process

    4. Marketing as a Business Management Approach

  • Must be part of managerial philosophy
  • History of marketing
  • Role of marketing
  • Difference between marketing and selling
  • Definition of marketing
  • The marketing mix – product, price, promotion and place/distribution

    5. Product

  • The product life cycle

    6. Price

  • Pricing objectives
  • Different types of pricing
  • Pricing strategies

    7. Promotion

  • Types of promotion are: Advertising, Sales Promotions, Public Relations, and Selling

    8. Place/Distribution

  • Distribution channels
  • Distribution methods
  • Distribution strategies
  • Small Business Management and Marketing Application form(PDF)*
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