Course Title: Getting to the CORE of Business: Strategic Development System
Course Number: SBX 7353
Course Hours:  43

Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this class, the student will be able to:

Define, develop, implement and manage systems and processes
Utilize the systems created, master the development process and add other systems on a strategic and realistic schedule.
Implement key measurement analysis and determine short and long-term analysis criteria

Content: 

1. What Have You Gotten Yourself Into?

• Beginning your journey
  
• Having what it takes
• Transmogrification
  
  

2. Differentiating Your Business:

• Culture development
  
• Cuture brand

3. Preparing for Excavation: Defining Your System

• System of a small business infrastructure
  • What is a system?
  • What is process?

4. Mining and Excavating Your Red Diamond Business

• Your strategic planning system
  
• Goals, milestones, & action step
• The Center of taking action
  
  • Documentation and strategy
  • The strategic blueprint
    
• Market research
  
• the Information Management System
  
• Developing solutions and new ideas
  
  • Reengineering and creating
•  Client Management System
  
• Technology System
  
• Procurement System
  
• Internet System
  
• Profitablity System
  
  • Crunching the numbers
  • Cash flow
• Human Capital System
  
• Marketing System

5. Preparing for Execution: Pulling It All Together

• Business Intelligence
  
  • Tracking & analyzing
    
  • Making trendy decisions
    
• Polishing Your Red Diamond
  
  • Presentation & perpetuity
• Presenting Your Red Diamond

Prerequisites:

• Own/operate a business that has been in existence 1 or more years

Method of Instruction:

• Lecture with tele-class and computer laboratory components

Evaluation:

Exam:  No

Prerequisites:  Yes

Class Participation: Yes