Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Business plan
Date: 27/11/2022
Key details (10 marks)
Registration details
[Find out about business registrations and choosing a business structure if using Bounce Fitness as
organisation.] (Go to this link MyFiji@Gov (digital.gov.fj) if using organisation in Fiji’s context)
Business name:
[Enter your business name as
registered in your state/territory.
If you have not registered your
business name, add your
proposed business name.]
Business structure:
[Sole trader, partnership, trust,
company.]
Business premises:
[Is this space owner occupied or
leased? Describe the location and
space occupied/required. What is
the size of the space you
occupy/require? Which city or
town? Where in relation to
landmarks/main areas? If you
have a retail business, where are
you in relation to other shops?
What is the retail traffic like?]
Date established:
[The date you will start trading, or
the date you started trading.]
Business owner(s):
[List all of the business owners.]
Relevant owner experience:
[Briefly outline your experience
and/or years in the industry and
any major achievements/awards.]
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Contact details
Name
Phone
Mobile
Address
Address/details
Website
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Contents
Key details.............................................................................................................................................2
Registration details............................................................................................................................2
Contact details...................................................................................................................................2
Online and social media details.........................................................................................................2
The business..........................................................................................................................................4
Plan summary....................................................................................................................................4
Our why.............................................................................................................................................5
Our vision..........................................................................................................................................5
Our mission........................................................................................................................................5
Operations.........................................................................................................................................5
Key people.........................................................................................................................................8
The market............................................................................................................................................9
The problem......................................................................................................................................9
Our solution.......................................................................................................................................9
Our target market..............................................................................................................................9
Advertising and promotion..............................................................................................................10
The competition..............................................................................................................................10
Pricing strategy................................................................................................................................11
SWOT analysis.................................................................................................................................11
Risk management................................................................................................................................13
Risk assessment...............................................................................................................................13
Insurance.........................................................................................................................................13
Laws we’ll need to comply with.......................................................................................................14
Goals and actions................................................................................................................................14
Goals for the next 3 years................................................................................................................14
The finances........................................................................................................................................16
Finance needed...............................................................................................................................16
Sources of funding...........................................................................................................................16
Balance forecast..............................................................................................................................16
Profit and loss forecast....................................................................................................................17
Cash flow forecast...........................................................................................................................18
Supporting document checklist...........................................................................................................19
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The business (35 marks)
Plan summary (5 marks)
[Complete this section last so you can summarise information from the rest of your plan.]
Performance Objectives
& Measures
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Our vision (1 mark)
[Consider what you want your business to accomplish in the long term. What are your ultimate
goals? Be passionate, powerful and inspiring.]
Our hopes, dreams and where we aim to go.
[Example: To be the go-to supplier of high quality, sustainable coffee in Australia and reduce
environmental impacts through promoting sustainable shopping practices.]
[Example: We supply high quality, sustainably produced coffee for all coffee lovers to enjoy while
minimising their environmental impact.]
Values (1 mark)
[Outline value statements which represent the core beliefs, priorities and culture of the
organisation/company]
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Operations
Products and services (3 marks)
What we’re selling. (You can add lines depending on the number of goods and services)
$
$
$
Production (1 mark)
How we produce our products or services and where we get our main supplies from. [What is the
process involved in producing your products or services. This process will vary depending on your
product or service. Here are some examples of questions you may consider: Is there a manufacturing
process? Who is involved in the process? Are there any third parties involved? What is involved in
delivering the service to your customers?]
[Example: Intrinsic Coffee sources premium beans from Bean There Growers. Our packaging is
printed by an external provider. We process and package beans on site with strict quality controls in
place.]
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Payment types accepted (1 mark)
[What payment types will you accept. cash, credit, cheque, EFTPOS]
Select a channel [Example: Selling our [Example: Beans Online account for 20% of
coffee beans sales.]
internationally online.]
Select a channel
Select a channel
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[Examples: online sales, accounting software, customer database]
Assets (5 marks)
Premises
[Describe your business premises, the location, facilities and whether you own or lease them.
[Example: We own a café shopfront in the Sydney CBD. The location has significant foot traffic and
visibility.]
[Example: We have 300 kg of coffee beans. We store stock onsite and it is replaced every 2
months.]
Equipment
[List your current plant and equipment purchases. These can include vehicles, computer equipment,
phones and fax machines.]
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Select date
Select date
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Key people
Our staff (3 marks)
[List your existing staff and any staff required for your business. Include yourself and list any major
achievements and relevant business experience.]
[Examples: owner,
manager, casual
employee]
[Example: The manager regularly checks in with staff, all staff attend monthly team meetings, we
offer free courses to maintain staff skills and involve staff in our professional development planning
process.]
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The market (15 marks)
The problem (2 marks)
[What issues do your potential customers face in the market? Is there a lack of your service type in a
particular suburb? Is the product supplied by other businesses expensive?]
The market problem/s that we aim to solve for customers.
[Example: There’s an overwhelming choice of coffee blends in the market. It’s hard for customers
to know what they’re buying.]
[Example: Intrinsic Coffee sells a small range of high-quality coffee. We don’t use fancy names for
our blends, so people know what they’re buying.]
[Example: Our products are targeted at adults over 30 with a medium to high disposable income.]
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Advertising and promotion (2 marks)
[Choose channels that suit your target market. For example, social media use varies across different
age groups. Learn about choosing the best channels to communicate with your customers.]
The channels we’ll use to communicate with our target customers.
Select a channel [Example: Promotion [Example: We’ll use regular Facebook posts
prior to launch.] to promote the product and offer discounts
to our first 20 customers.]
Select a channel
Select a channel
Select a channel
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Pricing strategy (1 mark)
[Explain your pricing strategy and why you chose it.]
How we set prices for our products/services.
[Example: Our coffee beans are sold at cost of production and distribution plus a mark-up of 50%.
This ensures we remain competitive and make a profit.]
Strengths [Example: Premises are in a high traffic area with good visibility.]
What’s good
about our
business.
Weaknesses [Example: The business has no business website and there are high rental
What’s not so costs.]
good about our
business.
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Risk management (10 marks)
Risk assessment (6 marks)
[Learn about types of risk that could affect your business and how to assess and manage risks to your
business.]
Risks that could impact our business and what we’ll do to protect it.
[Example: Computer theft Select level [Example: Use cloud storage for business
results in loss of financial records.]
records.]
Select level
Select level
Select level
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Insurance (2 marks)
[If you’re not sure what you need, visit our Business insurance page for more information.]
The insurance we have or need.
Select type
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Compliance with Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and Work Health Safety
Regulations 2011 launching the web-based training to provide all staff easy access
to simple templates and resources to apply to Gym club environment.
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[Learn how to set goals that will help your business grow.]
Who’s responsible
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The finances (15 marks)
You need to allocate the costs for implement your business plan].
Finance needed
[Delete this section if you aren’t seeking finance.]
How much money we need and what it’s for.
[Example: We are seeking a loan of $30,000 to purchase and install an automated coffee
packaging machine.]
Sources of funding
[Describe sources and amounts of funding that your business has received. Include your own
investment in your business.]
[Example: We have received a $X loan from Business Bank. There is also $X of self-investment.]
Balance forecast
[You can use our balance sheet template, your own accounting tools or ask your accountant for help]
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Profit and loss forecast
[You can use our profit and loss template, your own accounting tools or ask your accountant for
help.]
Our forecast profit/loss for the next 3 years. Once you obtain the first year Profit & Loss Statement,
using the total figure (from the 12 months) you are required to forecast for year 2 & 3 for the
following information given below only: Note you have to list assumptions for the below 3
transactions.
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Cash flow forecast
[You can use our cash flow statement template, your own accounting tools or ask your accountant for help.]
Our forecast cash flow for the next year.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Monthly $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
cash
balance
Closing $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
balance
Your demonstration will be used as part of the overall evidence requirements of the unit.
You should refer to the list of criteria provided in the observation checklist to understand what skills you need to demonstrate in this section of the
assessment. This checklist outlines the assessment criteria your Teacher/Assessor will be marking you on.
The scenario
Your manager has requested you to prepare for and deliver presentation in consultation with stakeholders.
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The purpose of the presentation is to implement and communicate the business plan you developed in your earlier project assessment to
stakeholders and consult on elements of the business plan.
The presentation can be conducted in your workplace, suitable venue (for example, a classroom) or in an online environment such as MS Teams or another
medium.
During your role play you must demonstrate the following skills:
2. Consultation
b. Confirm the skills required of managers to implement the plan and identify areas where managers are underperforming or
require additional skills.
a. presenting information and seeking advice using language and features appropriate to the audience
b. participating in discussions using listening and questioning to elicit the views of others and to clarify or confirm understanding
c. collaborating with others to achieve joint outcomes, playing an active role in facilitating effective group interaction, influencing
direction, and taking a leadership role.
4. Also in the role play, add how you train the staffs by addressing the identified gap or an aspect of the identified gap in staff
performance. (Hint: Training need analysis - TNA)
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Role/s of the person/s in supporting roles
You will need to arrange for a minimum of two participants and no more than 5. Your participants will represent relevant stakeholders such as
managers and human resources personnel.
Ask colleagues and/or other students to act in the supporting roles. Make sure each role has a copy of the scenario and any instructions specific to their
role. Ensure there is enough information so that they can effectively contribute to the demonstration.
Time allowed
15-20 minutes
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Supporting document checklist
Attached documents (where relevant):