BUS516- Business Plan Outline

Business Plan Outline: MONTESSORI PRESCHOOL

1) Opportunity and Product Develop & Operation

Opportunity:

There are many different reasons why parents choose to enroll their children in childcare. The most common being that both parents need to work in order to sustain a household, however, many parents use childcare as a method of spending a little time together without the children. Experts believe that children and parents need some time away from each other in order to form relationships with others.

Product Develop & Operation:


When both parents need to work and they made decision, it is often a heartbreaking decision to put a child in childcare. However there are many benefits to placing using a childcare center both for parents and for children.

If both parents need to work, childcare is the only option that they have to make sure that their child or children are in a safe and secure atmosphere. This give the parents piece of mind knowing that their child is in good hands.

Even if both parents do not work, placing the child or children in childcare a few days a week can give the parent time for his or herself to regroup.

Children benefit from childcare because they are not around one single person everyday and allowed to play with other children. This develops their social skills. Studies have indicated that children who attend childcare on a regular basis tend to adjust better when they are placed in a structured setting such as school.

The social skills that children learn at a very early age will grow with them into adulthood. It is crucial that they learn good social skill early to know what acceptable behavior is and what is not.

a. Problem/pain?

Nowadays, both parents need to work to effort their life. They also need someone who can trust to take cares their child. Since the rate of birth decrease as well, parents more care about the quality of daycare/ school they choose. Since they have to work and they also concern how convinces, budget, time frame to fit their need.

b. Who is the customer?

Parents work and need child care. They can drop off before or after work. The place closes to home or work. Parents look for high quality school for their children’s education.

c. Market

High demand

d. Market context?

Regular daycare/ school

Montessori School

High demand daycare

Multiple languages offer on site

Company provide

Homecare: Many parents choose to use home childcare. They feel that their child will be in a familiar setting and will adjust to the time away easier.

Grandparents

Mother club

Part time/ full time

Close to elder children’s school
2) Solution: Market Search / Analysis

a. How many daycare/ preschool around the neighborhood.

b. What kind of schools customers likes.

c. Distance

d. Traffic

e. Price

f. Program offer options

4) Resource

a. How to apply daycare license in CA

http://www.ccld.ca.gov/PG484.htm

b. Law and regulation in CA

Title 22 Regulations, Evaluator Manual, Health & Safety Code , Chaptered Legislation

http://www.ccld.ca.gov/PG484.htm

5) Risk and Reward
Opening a daycare/preschool looks like an easy job. But starting this kind of business involves some risks at the same time. License, zoning, safety, insurance & health are the things need to look at before in order to risk this business.

BUS600 Week 4 Assignment 1&2 -Organizational Behavior

BUS600 Week 4 

Assignment1: Reading reflection – Organizational Behavior (Day4)

Assignment 2: What kind of leader are you? How other people will characterize you as leader? -“using VCM Model”

Organizational Behavior (OB) is the study and application of knowledge about how people, individuals, and groups act in organizations. It does this by taking a system approach. It interprets people-organization relationships in terms of the whole person, whole group, whole organization, and whole social system. The purpose of Organizational Behavior is to build better relationships by achieving human, organizational, and social objectives. When we understand and see through organizational behavior encompasses a wide range of topics, such as human behavior, change, leadership, teams, etc.
Elements of Organizational Behavior:
The organization's base rests on management's philosophy, values, vision and goals. This in turn drives the organizational culture which is composed of the formal organization, informal organization, and the social environment. The type of leadership, communication style, and group dynamics within the organization that determines the cultural of the organization. The workers perceive this as the quality of work life which directs their degree of motivation. The final outcome is performance, individual satisfaction, and personal growth and development. All these elements combine to build the model or framework that the organization operates from.
 

Type A &Type B personalities:
Type A individuals can be described as impatient, time-conscious, controlling, concerned about their status, highly competitive, ambitious, business-like, aggressive, having difficulty relaxing; and are sometimes disliked by individuals with Type B personalities for the way that they're always rushing. They are often high-achieving workaholics who multi-task, drive themselves with deadlines, and are unhappy about delays. Type a individuals are often described as "stress junkies. Many business and political leaders have Type A personalities.
Type B individuals, in contrast, are described as patient, relaxed, and easy-going, generally lacking an overriding sense of urgency. Because of these characteristics, Type B individuals are often described by Type A as apathetic and disengaged. There is also a Type AB mixed profile for people who cannot be clearly categorized.  

According to the leadership VCM Model, it proposes that three characteristics (Vision, Commitment, Management skills) as part of a leader’s personal profile.

I believed my personality is type A. But my leadership style is from managerial to balance. Sometime, it really depends on what kind of team members you have. At the beginning, when your team members are new and less experience to the job. I normally am managerial to give others a change to learn and get used to the job. Gradually, I give my team members the equal opportunity to handle job duty and grow on their own.

BUS600 Week3 assignment 2

Week 3 Assignment 2: What could you be an ethical dilemma you face in your business? 

A study has shown that among people without any preschool education, 32% were employed at age 19. If 100 people without preschool education are selected, find the probability that 40 or fewer are employed. This is data also indicated the important of early childhood education. On the contrary, people didn’t want to get involve this area. Most of people think, preschool is only a daycare or a place where they can take care their children when they are at work. In addition, preschool teachers got low pay and lack of respect. More and more high education teachers transfer their career to somewhere in order to get better pay and survive their life.  Those preschool teachers who stay with limit education and knowledge. “How to encourage teachers to improve themselves” and “keep high quality teachers in this business” which become the ethical dilemma in early childhood education.