Business Basics for Beginners online course
What you'll learn
- To provide the essential foundation of what you need to know to manage a business.
- To acquire knowledge in Accounting and Finance, Contracting and Procurement, Human Resource Management, Business Continuity, and Regulatory Obligations.
- To be well versed in business management topics therefore a savvy business owner or manager.
- To be better equipped to make business decisions.
Requirements
- None.
Description
Regardless of your profession, once you become a business owner or manager you enter a new world where basic knowledge of topics such as accounting, procurement, human resource management, business continuity planning, quality assurance, and regulatory obligations becomes critical. Even though you may have professional assistance in these areas, you must have this basic knowledge to be successful.
This course takes a unique approach to providing essential business knowledge through short video tutorials combined with readings from our guides, practice exercises, followed by questions and answers through quizzes.
This course is divided into five modules: Accounting and Finance, Contracting and Procurement, Human Resource Management, Business Continuity, and Regulatory Obligations.
As part of this package, we have enclosed a number of learning resources such as our Forward Looking Guides: Select for Success - Hiring and retaining the right employee, What's the plan - An introduction to business continuity planning, and Lead by example - Leadership perspective from those who have led. These resources are integral to this course therefore must be considered as part of it.
As a bonus, we have enclosed a copy of the first of our Business Blunders series of anecdotal stories: The Beancounter - The business student's guide to the real world. Here you will read stories from Isaac, a retired accountant who becomes a bar tender on a Caribbean Island, where he and his guests share true informative business stories which are also entertaining.
Thank you for choosing Forward Looking Solutions as your learning facilitator! We guarantee, you won't be disappointed!
Note: This course is not about NFT, Crypto Currency, Trading, or social media growth; it is about owing and operating a business.
Who this course is for:
- New business owners and managers will benefit from this course as they will learn the essential information they need beyond their profession.
- Students interested in studying business will receive an introduction to the various related topics.
- Administrative assistants will learn more about the subjects they work with in their roles.
Instructor
![Daniel W. Elliot, CPA](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
- 4.3 Instructor Rating
- 72 Reviews
- 1,112 Students
- 6 Courses
I have been a professional accountant for over twenty years, and have worked in public sector, not-for-profit, income tax audit, and private industry including manufacturing.
In addition to being an accountant, I served as a military aircraft mechanic for five years, and worked for three years as an operations manager with vocational trades training in the federal penitentiary system.
Adding to over twenty years of business administration experience, I also served for sixteen years as a volunteer firefighter and search and rescue technician.
Finally, I have experienced business ownership as a property investor and manager, and I am now sharing my experiences as a business author and course writer, bringing an integrated approach to business administration training.