A good business plan design outlines logical connections between function, objectives, activities and desired outcomes. When put together logically, this outline becomes your planned logic model describing your goals, activities and should consider the objectives to overcome in order to reach the desired outcome. Logical things to start with will take into consideration your idea and the audience you wish to target. For example, what types of services or products will your business offer, considering such ideas as the latter it might be worth considering a needs based analysis approach? What does your business wish to accomplish in terms of solving those needs and how will the services or products you offer indeed prove effective in solving those specific needs. What sort of marketing plan will you incorporate into your business. Will it be video marketing? Or would you incorporate more text message marketing? Input, throughput, output and outcome are specific measurable objectives to help coordinate intervention and activities.
Coordinated business interventions are designed and implemented to meet a need. The purpose for the business itself will be outlined in the written vision, mission and purpose of your plan. For example Walt Disney had a vision and mission however he also had a passion which became his purpose for his particular vision and mission. The plan or vision put in words becomes the businesses mission statement. The mission statement becomes the purpose for long and short term goals and considers major goals to accompany the four functional operations of business planning, organizing, leading, controlling. The four functional operations of business becomes your logic model in supporting decision making for both internal and external entities.
A good business plan produces the greatest good for the greatest number of people it will directly affect while maintaining to protect the fundamental rights of the those affected by it. Therefore a good plan will distribute benefits among the people and groups through its outlined course of action which will deliver a fair executable, equitable action and outcome for all involved stakeholders, employee’s, community and customers. They also want to provide great service too. They can do this by using helpdesk systems to better help their customers, Things to consider along these lines will be which legal forms are best for your business, will your business be a structured partnership, creating a limited liability company or a sole proprietorship, employee handbooks and employee benefits, will your business have a structured reward program and will you need to insure your business. Considering all these factors your plan should also consider such things as how to market with or without advertising. Internal functions should consider employee rights and responsibilities and for this purpose a good plan will have a basic mention of a manager’s legal handbook. Human resource services should be considered as well along with novice understanding of business laws and ethics.
