Introduction to Business

Analysis
Sydney B. Dunn
Room: 2.24

This subject will be done in two

modules:
1. Module 1 (Semester 1): Introduction
to Business Fundamentals
2. Module 2 (Semester 2): Introduction
to Business Analysis

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What is Business
Analysis?

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If we break up the subject name,
we get two words:
- Business
- Analysis
So in other words this subject is
basically about analyzing a
business
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But what is meant by the

word analyze?

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Definition 1:
To examine methodically by
separating into parts and
studying their interrelations.
(answers.com)

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Definition 2:
-Separate something into its parts
-Examine and interpret something
(Oxford school dictionary)

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So this subject is about….

Separating the business into
its parts and examining the
business parts in a methodical
manner and studying how
these parts relate with another
(interrelations)
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Key questions

1. What is a business?
2. How do we analyze a business?
3. What are the steps or processes
involved in analyzing a
business?

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 Key questions continued
4. Why do we analyze a business?
5. Is there any tools to analyze a
business? If there are tools,
what are they?

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Key questions continued

6. Who is involved in or performs
business analysis?
7. When do we analyze a
business?

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