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Business Planning For Success

Whether you’re an entrepreneur, manager or business professional, this course helps you develop and implement comprehensive business strategies. On completion, you will feel confident in setting strategic objectives and creating actionable plans that ensure your business meets its long-term goals.
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Study Hours
30 hours
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Course Access
12 Months

Whether you’re an entrepreneur, manager or business professional, this course helps you develop and implement comprehensive business strategies for success.

Business Planning for Success is a professional development course that provides the tools to navigate the complexities of today’s business environment.

In this business planning course, you will develop business plans that include marketing strategies, cash flow forecasts, and operational plans. You will also learn to perform PEST and SWOT analyses, integrate Triple Bottom Line (TBL) and Triple Top-Line Value Production (TTL) principles and ensure continuous organisational improvement.

You will explore effective communication, resource management, and contingency planning to help you anticipate and mitigate challenges while driving performance and growth. You will also explore market research, risk assessments, performance measurement and cost-benefit analysis.

On completion of this course, you will feel confident to set strategic objectives and create actionable plans that ensure your business meets long-term goals.

Printed learning materials are available for purchase for this course and can be ordered during enrolment.  

Course Structure
Business Planning For Success

Unit 1 – Develop and Implement Business Plans

  • Establish a business plan
  • Drawing up plans
  • Developing a business plan
  • Inclusions for a business plan
  • Marketing plans
  • Cash flow forecasts
  • Existing businesses
  • Operational plans (developing a plan and inclusions)
  • Strategic plans
  • Senior management
  • PEST and SWOT analyses
  • Environment and society
  • Triple Bottom Line (TBL)
  • Triple Top-Line Value Production (TTL)
  • Continuous improvement
  • Communication to all relevant parties
  • Availability of required resources
  • Contingency plans
  • Communication
  • Performance reports
  • Analysing employee performance
  • Coaching and training who underperform
  • Performance reports

Unit 2 – Develop Organisational Strategies

  • Planning
    • Aims
    • Processes
    • Evaluation
    • Direction
  • Organisational values
  • Planning models
    • Goals-based planning
    • Issues-based planning
    • Organic strategic planning
  • Timing
  • Planning focus
  • Gaining support
  • Stakeholder influence
  • Engagement
  • Information in strategic planning
  • The competition and the market
  • Market information/ market research
  • Capacity and capability information
  • Internal information – performance review data
  • Environmental scans
  • Strengths and weaknesses – tools
  • STEEP, PEST and SWAT analyses
  • Co-operative or joint ventures
  • Risk assessments
  • Simulations
    • Monte Carlo simulation
    • Fault tree analysis
    • Event tree analysis
  • Focus groups
  • Econometric models
  • Cost-benefit analysis
  • Research and background
  • Organisational plans
  • The SIPOCC model
  • Controls
  • Formulating strategic objectives
  • Prioritising objectives
  • Documenting plans
  • Competitor analysis
  • Industry – competitive force
  • Final check of plan
  • Action plans
  • Required resources (skilled labour)
  • Communication
  • Performance monitoring and measurement
  • Performance measurement criteria
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Estimated Duration
30 hours
Course Delivery and Start
Start anytime, self-paced and 100% online
Assessment

Assessment will be comprised of written exercises, including short-answer questions, reflective tasks, short reports and/or projects. There are no examinations or due dates for assessment. As a result, you can complete training in your own time and at your own pace with the assistance of unlimited tutor support.

Career Outcomes

Professional Development for:-

  • Business administration
  • Business management
  • Business owner
Studying with Australian Online Courses has been flexible, easy to access, and really rewarding. I liked that I could study at my own pace, whenever it suited me, without the stress of strict deadlines.
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Business Planning For Success
September 2025
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At Australian Online Courses, we are passionate about helping individuals from diverse backgrounds achieve their career goals. Since 2008, we have created opportunities for people in Australia and around the world.

Our Difference

What sets us apart is that we genuinely care about your career development. That’s why flexible study schedules, competitive pricing and exceptional customer and student support are at the heart of what we do. Our comprehensive courses, developed in consultation with industry employers, provide the skills and knowledge necessary for success in your current role or to pursue new opportunities.

Our state-of-the-art eLearning platform means you can study anywhere, anytime. So, enrol today and get the skills and confidence you need to achieve your career dreams, big or small.

Graduation

A Certificate of Attainment and Statement of Results will be issued upon successful completion of this course.

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  • Professional development that is widely recognised and respected;
  • Improve your employment opportunities;
  • Study online, anywhere via our elearning system;
  • High-quality professional development programs written by industry experts;
  • All course materials provided online – no textbooks to buy;
  • Unlimited tutor support via email;
  • We offer twelve (12) months’ access, with extensions available upon application (fees apply);
  • Course may be tax deductible; see your tax advisor.

There are no course or subject pre-requisites for entry into our programs. However, our professional development programs are generally intended for people over the age of 18 with a competent level of English. For those under 18, please complete the Parent/Guardian Consent Form before enrolling.

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This course is delivered online via our easy-to-navigate Learning Management System (LMS), where you will discover interactive online learning/written content, resources and assessment.

No. All courses are delivered online via our LMS and there are no work placement requirements in this course.

Unlimited tutor support is available throughout your studies via email only during business hours Monday to Friday. Our Administrative team are available Monday to Friday via email, live chat and telephone.

Yes! We accept enrolments from individuals both within Australia and internationally; location is no barrier to entry into our programs.

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