1. Proposed Organization
The Business Plan
Proposed Organization

2. Proposed Organization
Describes the “details” of how your business will be owned and operated.
Deals specifically with 3 key areas:
Type of Ownership
Steps to Starting the Business
Proposed Personnel

3. Part One: Type of Ownership
Is your business being operated as a “Partnership” or as a “Sole Proprietorship”?
What are some advantages of this type of ownership?

4. Part 2: Steps to Starting Business
Steps To Starting Your Business
Describe the tasks that must be completed before your Grand opening.
Must have a minimum 10 steps list in order of completion.

5. Brainstorming WRITE ON SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER:
What Does a Business Need To Prior To Opening?

6. Suggestions Market research Obtaining a Location Obtain a Loan
Get license and permits
Hire employees
Train employees
Purchase equipment,
Buy supplies & inventory
Want to see a list of the equipment and supplies
Store Layout
Promotions
Open store

7. Part 3: Planned Personnel
This section of the business plan describes the employees that you will have in your business,
Specifically it focuses on:
Different types of employees
Number of employees needed
Job Responsibilities
Paying Employees
Organizational Chart

8. Proposed Personnel Job Titles
In order to determine how many employees you need, you must 1st think about what needs to be done in your business

9. What Needs to Be Done in a Business?
Hiring & Firing
Marketing
Accounting & Payroll
Customer Service
Selling
Stocking
Purchasing
Pricing
Opening & Closing
Security
Sales
Cash Register Operations
Equipment Repair
Cleaning the Store
Scheduling

10. List all tasks that need to be completed everyday in your business
Brainstorming
On A Piece Of Paper:
List all tasks that need to be completed everyday in your business

11. Proposed Personnel
Once you have determined what needs to be done the next step is determining who will be responsible for each task.
Owner (Hiring & Firing, Marketing)
Payroll (Payroll, Accounting)
Cashiers (Checkouts, cleaning, phones)
Stockers (Cleaning, stocking, selling, phones)

12. Who is going to do it? Store Manager/Owner Assistant Store Manager
Sales Associate
Accountant
Customer Service
Visual Merchandiser
Cashier
Wait Staff
Hostess/Host
Cook
Director of Marketing
Drivers
Stocker Person

13. ON A SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER:
Brainstorming
ON A SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER:
Using the list of tasks you created determine how many different types of employees you will need

14. Part 1: Type of Ownership
Section 1 Requirements:
A paragraph describing the type of ownership that your business will be operated as
Sole-Proprietorship
Be sure to mention the advantages to this type of business ownership

15. Part 2: Steps to Starting Business
Section 2 Requirements:
Intro paragraph
List of the steps that need to be completed prior to opening business (Minimum of 10)
Be sure to reference the Appendix for the equipment and supplies

16. Part 3: Proposed Personnel
Section 3 Requirements:
Describe the different job positions that you will have in your business (Owner, stockers, cashiers, etc.)
Describe the responsibilities these people will have
Mention approximately how many employees you will need in each position to run to company.
Mention how you will pay these employees and why
Hourly, salary, commission and why
Include an Organizational Chart
This will go in the Appendix
Must include the number of employees needed

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