Business Development Tools and Techniques

The course describes the definition of business development and reviews a range of business development tools and techniques, designed to bring about continuous improvement as a key part of operational planning.

Overview

The course describes the definition of business development and reviews a range of business development tools and techniques, designed to bring about continuous improvement as a key part of operational planning.

Business development strategies are reviewed and their role in operational planning. Eight tools to support business development are reviewed including SWOT and PEST analysis, the Boston matrix and Maturity models.

The course investigates continuous improvement and how it can be supported with the various tools and techniques described including three key approaches to bring it about: Root Cause Analysis; Plan, Do, Check, Act Cycle; and Kaizen.

The course continues by describing four key methodologies to bring about continuous improvement: CIP, TQM, Lean and Six Sigma.

Learning Objectives

On completion of this course, learners will:

• Understand business development tools and approaches to continuous improvement
• Be able to evaluate a range of business development tools and where they can best be applied
• Be able to analyse approaches to continuous improvement and their relationship to other systems

Accreditation

The content of this course has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.

Certification

On successful completion of this course, you will be awarded a Virtual College certificate which you will be able to download and print immediately on completion.

Duration

This course will take approximately 30-45 minutes to complete, depending on learning speed.

Target Audience

This course is aimed at business leaders and professionals.

Entry Requirements

There are no specific entry requirements for this course.