Senior High School

Business Enterprise Simulation

Quarter 3 - Module 5:
Preparation of a Strategic Plan:
Lesson 3 - Management Study

What
Writer:
I Need to Know
ELSA A. LAQUINDANUM
Master Teacher-I San Isidro HS
This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help
Bacolor South
you master the crafting of Enterprise Business Plan. The scope of this module
Editors:
JANE P. VALENCIA, EdD –inMath/ABM
permits it to be used many different learning situations. The language used
Supervisor
CHAIRMAN
recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of students. The lessons are arranged to
SHEILA MARIE ANN M. GALURA – Teacher II
SHARINETTE R. CORONEL – Teacher II
follow the standard sequence of the course. But the order in which you read them
can be changed to correspond with the textbook you are now using.

This Module 5 titled “Preparation of a Strategic Plan” is divided into three lessons,
namely:

 Lesson 1 – Strategic Planning

 Lesson 2 – Environmental Analysis
 Lesson 3 – Management Study

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. prepare a strategic plan outlining the competitive environment;

2. prepare a strategic plan focusing on the appropriate competition strategy;
3. conduct an environmental analysis; and
4. conduct a management study
 What I
Know

Multiple Choice. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. _______________ exist because people working together can achieve more
than a person working alone.
A. Enterprise
B. Business Venture
C. Organization
D. Marketplace
2. This section should not only describe who's on the management team but
how each person's skill set will contribute to the organizational goals and
objectives.
A. Management Planning
B. Market Planning
C. Strategic Planning
D. Financial Planning
3. The Enterprise Business Plan section that includes business name
registration
A. Enterprise study
B. Financial study
C. Management study
D. Marketing study
4. It is a form of business operation that declares the business as a separate,
legal entity guided by a group of officers known as the board of directors
A. Sole Proprietorship
B. Business partnership
C. Limited-liability company
D. Corporation
5. These companies are hybrid entities that combine the characteristics of a
corporation with those of a partnership or sole proprietorship.

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 A. Sole Proprietorship
B. Business partnership
C. Limited-liability company
D. Corporation
6. Organizations exist because people _________________ can achieve more than
a person working alone.
A. Eating together
B. Standing together
C. Working together
D. Sitting together
7. Management study section should not only describe who's on the
management team but how each ___________________ set will contribute to
the organizational goals and objectives.
A. Person’s skill
B. Person’s attitude
C. Person’s personality
D. Person’s characteristics
8. Management study is the Enterprise Business Plan section that includes
________________________.
A. Income statement
B. Projected volume
C. Organizational chart
D. Start-up Expenses
9. It is a form of business operation that declares the business as a separate,
legal entity guided by a group of officers known as the board of directors
A. Sole Proprietorship
B. Business partnership
C. Limited-liability company
D. Corporation
10.These companies are hybrid entities that combine the characteristics of a
corporation with those of a partnership or sole proprietorship.
A. Sole Proprietorship
B. Business partnership
C. Limited-liability company
D. Corporation

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11. The first step in building an investor-ready personnel plan is:
A. Describe the organizational structure
B. Describe the team
C. Explain the gaps
D. Forecast personnel cost
12. These three group of individuals can play a key role in setting business
strategy namely, EXCEPT;
A. Advisors
B. Board members
C. Consultants
D. Shareholders
13.In explaining the gap within the hired personnel from a certain period from
start-up you need to figure out the following, EXCEPT;
A. Who you need to hire
B. When you need to hire them
C. What are your plans to correct problems
D. Explain where your team is strong
14.In forecasting personnel cost, you must include the following expenses,
EXCEPT;
A. Salaries and wages
B. Benefits like SSS, Philhealth and Pag-ibig Fund
C. Taxes
D. Representation
15.The 'management study section' describes the following, EXCEPT;
A. management team
B. staff and resources
C. how the business ownership is structured
D. target market

Hooray! You have completed the Pre-

Assessment Test. Now, let us get
ready for the activities as we review
your previous lessons.

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 Lesson
Management Study
3

As you proceed to this module, you will understand the third section of an
enterprise business plan. Do you see yourself managing your own dream business?
If given such opportunity to do so, how are you going to accomplish it
A management plan describes how an organization or business is run. The
'management study section' describes the management team, staff, resources, and
how the business ownership is structured; not only describe who's on the
management team but how each person's skill set will contribute to the
organizational goals and objectives.

Let us recall and freshen up your memory by

What’s In identifying the strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities and threats that surround your
business. Grab a pen and let’s begin!

Let us recall back and freshen up your thinking by doing a SWOT analysis of your
dream business based on our previous lesson.
SWOT ANALYSIS

Strengths Weaknesses

Opportunities Threats

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 Notes to the Teacher
The teacher must consider the prerequisite skills needed in the
development of this competency including the schema or background
knowledge which may reinforce learning. This module will help the learners
bridge the gap of learning to attain mastery of the lesson in its spiral
progression.
As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module.
You also need to keep track of the learner’s progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected encourage and assist
the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

Have you ever wondered how an

organizational chart was made? Let’s
What’s New try to elevate your planning skills by
filling out the table below. Grab a pen
and let’s begin!

RAISE YOUR LEVEL OF MANAGEMENT SKILLS

If you are managing your own business, therefore there are people under
you. Let’s try to identify the people in your business and their role and
responsibilities. Put inside the box the name of the person you wish to employ.

Owner/Manager

Elisha Mae Laquindanum

Cashier Sales Clerk 1 Sales Clerk 2

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 What is It

MANAGEMENT STUDY
Enterprise Business Plan

As you can see on your Organizational chart, being an owner of a business is an

advantage, it can make you the manager of your own organization.
In your previous lesson, we have learned that in order to manage a dream business,
you need to hire people who will help you run the business. In so doing, do you know
that you are already forming an organization, particularly a business organization. In
the formation of an organization, you need personnel. Would you like to become a best
manager for your organization? If so, you must know first the 5 Key steps in building
an investor-ready personnel plan.
And that’s not all, you must know also what are the basic forms of business
organization, as well as the additional types.
Have I enlightened you somehow of what’s waiting for you in this lesson 3 of module 5?
Let’s now take a peek of all of these.
ORGANIZATION

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PERSONNEL PLAN

Personnel Salaries Skills Roles Responsibilities

and
Benefits
Cashier ₱ 6,000 Must know To receive Responsible for
manual and give the cashiering
computations exact system
SHS graduate change to
customers
Sales Clerk 1 ₱ 4,500 Must know how To assist Responsible for
to be charming customer’s the customer’s
with customers needs care
SHS graduate

Owner/Manager ₱ 9,000 To Responsible for

purchase the whole
all operation of the
supplies store
needed
To oversee
inventory
system
Employee Benefits ₱ 300

5 KEY STEPS TO AN INVESTOR-READY PERSONNEL PLAN

Describe the
team

Forecast Describe the

personnel organizationa
cost l structure
INVESTOR-
READY
PERSONNEL
PLAN

List advisors,
Explain the
consultants and
gaps
board members

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 BASIC FORMS OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

Hey buddy! More activities are

What’s More waiting for you. It’s okay to take
a break, but only for a while.
Then go back to learning. Ready?

Analyze carefully those ideas that can be interchange with your own ideas of the
dream business venture you have in mind by filling the blanks. Copy the
activities below in your paper and fill out the blanks with necessary data from
your business.

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 MANAGEMENT PLANS
Independent Activity 1: Crafting the Management Study
Elisha Mae A. Laquindanum having an extensive experience in finance and
administrative aspect of a business shall handle the part, as for the part of
management and marketing it will be tasked to staff, she will be hiring and
trained. The company intends to hire ________________________ and
__________________________ to handle _________________ and
_____________________.

Independent Activity 2: Crafting the Personnel Plan

As the personnel plan shows, _______________________________________________
expects to make _______________________ in ___________________________________.

Personnel
Personnel Plan Skills Roles Responsibilities

Cashier Must know To receive Responsible for

manual and give the cashiering
computations exact system
SHS change to
graduate customers

Total People

Total Payroll

Enterprise Form
The enterprise is owned by _______________ taking the ____________________

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form.
Independent Activity 4: Describing the 5 Key steps of an Investor-ready
Personnel Plan. Write your description below the steps in a separate sheet
of paper.

Describe the team

it shall be composed
of 3 personnel; the
owner who act as
manager, 1 cashier
and 1 sales clerk

Forecast personnel Describe the

cost organizational
structure

INVESTOR-READY
PERSONNEL PLAN

List advisors, consultants Explain the gaps

and board members

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Independent Activity 5: Filling out of the Organizational Chart

Elisha Mae Laquindanum

Owner/Proprietor

Name
Cashier

Name
Sales Clerk 1

Independent Activity 6: Crafting of the Personnel Duties and

Responsibilities in the Business
POSITIONS DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Owner/Proprietor Responsible for the over-all operations of the

business

2. Cashier Responsible for __________________________

3. Sales Clerk 1 Responsible for __________________________

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 Let us now check what you have
What I learned from this module by
answering the questions below. Are
Have Learned you ready? Grab a pen and let’s begin!

1. What does the management study section describe?

___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________.
2. What is an organization?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________.
3. What is a personnel plan?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________.
4. What are the 5 key steps to build an investor-ready personnel plan?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________.
5. What are the basic forms and additional types of organizations?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________.

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 Think of what all of these
What I Can Do
concepts can do to your life.
How would they help you?

With all the many information you have learned and acquired in this module, let us
make an evaluation on how important the lesson will be for your future. Answer
concisely what is being asked.
1. Why do you think you need to have an investor-ready personnel plan? And how
this will help you in your business?
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
2. Considering your answer to number one, how will you apply these in your
dream venture in the future?
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

Assessment

Multiple Choice. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. _______________ exist because people working together can achieve more
than a person working alone.
A. Enterprise
B. Business Venture
C. Organization
D. Marketplace

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2. This section should not only describe who's on the management team but
how each person's skill set will contribute to the organizational goals and
objectives.
A. Management Planning
B. Market Planning
C. Strategic Planning
D. Financial Planning
3. The Enterprise Business Plan section that includes business name
registration
A. Enterprise study
B. Financial study
C. Management study
D. Marketing study
4. It is a form of business operation that declares the business as a separate,
legal entity guided by a group of officers known as the board of directors
A. Sole Proprietorship
B. Business partnership
C. Limited-liability company
D. Corporation
5. These companies are hybrid entities that combine the characteristics of a
corporation with those of a partnership or sole proprietorship.
A. Sole Proprietorship
B. Business partnership
C. Limited-liability company
D. Corporation
6. Organizations exist because people _________________ can achieve more than
a person working alone.
A. Eating together
B. Standing together
C. Working together
D. Sitting together
7. Management study section should not only describe who's on the
management team but how each ___________________ set will contribute to
the organizational goals and objectives.
A. Person’s skill
B. Person’s attitude
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 C. Person’s personality
D. Person’s characteristics
8. Management study is the Enterprise Business Plan section that includes
________________________.
A. Income statement
B. Projected volume
C. Organizational chart
D. Start-up Expenses
9. It is a form of business operation that declares the business as a separate,
legal entity guided by a group of officers known as the board of directors
A. Sole Proprietorship
B. Business partnership
C. Limited-liability company
D. Corporation
10.These companies are hybrid entities that combine the characteristics of a
corporation with those of a partnership or sole proprietorship.
A. Sole Proprietorship
B. Business partnership
C. Limited-liability company
D. Corporation
11. The first step in building an investor-ready personnel plan is:
A. Describe the organizational structure
B. Describe the team
C. Explain the gaps
D. Forecast personnel cost
12. These three group of individuals can play a key role in setting business
strategy namely, EXCEPT;
A. Advisors
B. Board members
C. Consultants
D. Shareholders
13.In explaining the gap within the hired personnel from a certain period from
start-up you need to figure out the following, EXCEPT;
A. Who you need to hire
B. When you need to hire them
C. What are your plans to correct problems
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 D. Explain where your team is strong
14.In forecasting personnel cost, you must include the following expenses,
EXCEPT;
A. Salaries and wages
B. Benefits like SSS, Philhealth and Pag-ibig Fund
C. Taxes
D. Representation
15.The 'management study section' describes the following, EXCEPT;
A. management team
B. staff and resources
C. how the business ownership is structured
D. target market

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 Additional
Oh! There’s another activity
left! Come on! Let’s finish it!
Activities
Grab your pen and let’s begin!

Kindly check on the appropriate box the status of your enterprise business plan
ENTERPRISE BUSINESS PLAN: MANAGEMENT STUDY

Indicator Researching Preparing First draft Editing of Final

on how to on how to formulation the first draft
formulate it craft it draft already

Name of Owner/Proprietor 

Forms of Organization

Personnel Plan

Number of Staff

Position

Salaries/Wages

Describe the team

Describe the
organizational structure
Explain the gaps

List advisors, consultants,

and board members
Forecast personnel costs

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 Answer Key

What I Know/Pre-Assessment
1.
2. C 10.D
3. A 11.C
4. C 12. A
5. D 13. D
6. C 14. D
7. C 15. D
8. A
16. D
9. C
What’s In
1. Mission 8. Measurements
2. Vision 9. Funding streams
3. Goals 10.Strengths
4. Core values 11.Weaknesses
5. Objectives 12.Opportunities
6. Strategies 13.Threats
7. Operational tactics
What’s New: Own Ideas – Sample Answer

Elisha Mae A.
Laquindanum

Owner/Manager

Staff 1 Staff 2 Staff 3

What’s More: Own Ideas and Phasing – Sample Answer

MANAGEMENT PLANS

Finance and administrative aspect of the business venture shall be handled by the
business owner, Elisha Mae A. Laquindanum having an extensive experience in the
field, as to the part of sales, management and marketing it will be tasked to staff to
be hired and trained. The company intends to hire one full-time cashier and one
part-time sales clerk to handle customer service either thru answering of querries
online and personal visit to the store.

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Personnel Plan
As the personnel plan shows, 트 와 이 스 시 대 ’ s Korean-Pop Collectibles Shopaholic
expects to make significant investments in sales and sales support personnel.

Building the Personnel Plan

Describe the team At the minimum, the team will be a 3 manned

Describe the organizational
structure
Explain the gaps
List advisors, consultants &
board members
Forecast personnel costs
venture
The business owner will assume the managerial
position, a 2 years course graduate shall be hired
as cashier and a SHS graduate shall be hired as
sales clerk
The business owner due to limited resources at
hand cannot hire another staff to manned online
section of the business, instead it will be an
obligation shared by the 3 staffs.
Business mentor of the owner, her parents and
siblings will be the business venture advisers
See table on the next page

Personnel
Personnel Salaries Skills Roles Responsibilities
and
Benefits
Cashier ₱ 6,000 Must know To receive Responsible for
manual and give exact the cashiering
computations change to system
SHS graduate customers
Sales Clerk 1 ₱ 4,500 Must know how To assist Responsible for
to be charming customer’s the customer’s
with customers needs care
SHS graduate
Owner/Manager ₱ 9,000 To purchase Responsible for
all supplies the whole
needed operation of
To oversee the store
inventory
system
Employee ₱ 300
Benefits

Enterprise Form
The enterprise is owned by one person taking the sole proprietorship form.

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Organizational Chart

Elisha Mae A. Laquindanum,

Owner/Proprietor

Name
Cashier

Name
Sales Clerk 1

Owner’s and Staffs Contributions in the Business

POSITIONS DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Owner/Proprietor Responsible for ensuring that the staff are aware of and
fulfill their duties and responsibilities accordingly;
making sure that the business is following the
accounting procedures
2. Cashier Responsible for assisting customers in the in-store
check-out process. Main duties include ringing up sales,
bagging items, requesting price checks, honoring
coupons, collecting payment and giving appropriate
change, facilitating online payments
3. Sales Clerk 1 Responsible for greeting customers to welcome them to
the store, answering any questions they have about the
store or what it sells, suggesting options that fit their
needs, providing instruction on using products and
checking customers out when they are finished
shopping.

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What I Can Do: own ideas and words on how personnel plan will be of help in
the dream business implementation
Assessment
1. C 9. D
2. A 10.C
3. C 11. A
4. D 12. D
5. C 13. D
6. C 14. D
7. A 15. D
8. C
Additional Activities

Indicator Researching Preparing First draft Editing Final

on how to on how formulation of the draft
formulate it to craft it first already
draft
Macro-Environmental Analysis
Political

factors
Economic

factors
Sociological

factors
Technologic

al factors
Legal factors 
Environmen
t (Natural) 
factors
Indicator Researchin Preparin First draft Editin Final
g on how g on formulati g of draft
to how to on the alread
formulate craft it first y
it draft
Micro-Environmental Analysis
Suppliers 
Rival Firms 
Buyers 
Entrants 
Substitutes 
Strengths 
Weaknesses 
Opportuniti

es
Threats 

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References
Garalde-Orjalo, V., & Pefianco, E. C. (2017). Business Enterprise Simulation:
Business Incubation and ABM Integration (1st edition.). The Phoenix
Publishing House Inc.
Lewis, M. (2019). How to write a management plan. Wikihow. Retrieved
from: https://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Management-Plan
Parsons, N. (2019). 5 steps to creating an investor-ready personnel plan and
forecast. Live Plan. Retrieved from: https://www.liveplan.com/blog/5-
steps-to-creating-an-investor-ready-personnel-plan/
Ward, S. (2020). Tips for writing the management section of your business
plan. The Balance Small Business. Retrieved from:
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/management-section-of-business-
plan-2947028

Development Team of the Module

Writer: ELSA A. LAQUINDANUM – MT-I San Isidro HS, Bacolor South

Editor: JANE P. VALENCIA, EdD – EPS – Mathematics
Reviewer: JANE P. VALENCIA, EdD – EPS – Mathematics
SHEILA MARIE ANN M. GALURA – T-II San Isidro HS, Bacolor South
SHARINETTE R. CORONEL – T-II FNAS, Florida Blanca
Illustrator: ELSA A. LAQUINDANUM – MT-I San Isidro HS, Bacolor South
Layout Artist: ELSA A. LAQUINDANUM – MT-I San Isidro HS, Bacolor South
SHEILA MARIE ANN M. GALURA – T-II San Isidro HS, Bacolor South
SHARINETTE R. CORONEL – T-II FNAS, Florida Blanca
Language Reviewer:

Management Team

ZENIA G. MOSTOLES, EdD, CESO V, Schools Division Superintendent

LEONARDO C. CANLAS, EdD, CESE. Asst. Schools Division Superintendent
ROWENA T. QUIAMBAO, CESE, Asst. Schools Division Superintendent
CELIA R. LACNALALE, PhD, CID Chief
JANE P. VALENCIA, EdD, Education Program Supervisor, Mathematics
JUNE E. CUNANAN, Education Program Supervisor/ Language Editor
RUBY M. JIMENEZ, PhD., Education Program Supervisor, LRMDS

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