Crafting a Business Plan

Part 3: People in Organizations

Goal of the Exercise

At this point, your business has an identity and you’ve described the factors that will affect your business and how you will operate it. Part 3 of the business plan project asks you to think about your employees, the jobs they will be performing, and the ways in which you can lead and motivate them.

Exercise Background: Part 3 of the Business Plan

To complete this part of the plan, you need to refer back to the organizational chart that you created in Part 2. In this part of the business plan exercise, you’ll take the different job titles you created in the organizational chart and give thought to the skills that employees will need to bring to the job before they ...

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