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Action Planning and Management for a New Business Venture
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San Francisco, Mon. June 11, 6 pm, 10 meetings
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- 10 meetings
- June 11 to Aug. 13: Mon., 6-9 pm
- San Francisco: Room 807, UC Berkeley Extension Downtown Center, 425 Market St., 8th Floor (enter on Fremont St.)
- $715 (EDP 314609)
LouAnn Conner, M.B.A., is the founder and CEO of SagaciousThink, which is focused on helping companies address their operational challenges. She holds a masters certification in business process engineering and a PMP certification. She has also been Six Sigma trained.
Textbook(s) for this course:
Small Business Management: An Entrepreneur's Guidebook
Author: Mary Jane Byrd and Leon Megginson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Edition: 6th
Publication Year: 2008
ISBN: 9780073405070
X443.8 (2 semester units in Business Administration)
Formerly Managing a Small Business Venture: Business Operations, Systems, and Action Planning
A requirement in the Certificate Program in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management; an elective in the Certificate Program in Leadership and Management and in the Professional Program in Health AdvocacyLearn the critical and practical aspects of managing a small business venture and implementing solutions that work. Focusing on the business owner, you study the skills needed to successfully start and effectively manage a small business, including project management, time management, decision making and the ability to manage others. In addition to gaining an understanding and appreciation of basic business operations and management systems, you learn how to implement a specific business action plan that focuses on effective management solutions.
Future-Term Courses and Enrollments
Courses are offered three terms per year: spring, summer, fall. Information about upcoming courses is available when enrollment opens each term.
- Spring term: Enrollment opens in early December. Classes begin in January.
- Summer term: Enrollment opens in early April. Classes begin in June.
- Fall term: Enrollment opens in early July. Classes begin in August.
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