This course will cover what a Business is and the basic governance principles associated with various types of businesses (e.g. Sole Trader, Partnership , Corporate). It will focus on small to medium enterprises and look at setting up a business and the development of a business plan, developing budgets and reading and interpreting a financial spreadsheet, supply and demand concepts and impacts on profitability, logistics concepts of importance (i.e Supply/Value Chain, Traceability and Cold chain issues) and an introduction to best practice HR principles. -- Course Website
Instructor: Assoc. Prof. Kim Bryceson / Dr Anoma Ariyawardana