Dept / Person / Status / Target Date / Operations
Create company letterhead, fax cover sheet & memo
Record outgoing message for voice mail
Set up company email & monitor incoming mail
Create company ID badges
Create vendor and client database
Identify office supply needs
Research cost of materials needed
Set up office space & client space
Create agenda template & weekly agendas for employee/mgr mtgs
Record & distribute weekly meeting minutes
Create company org chart
Submit word-processed section VI (minus personnel & credit policies) for class business plan
Dept / Person / Status / Target Date / Marketing
Create company mission statement
Create company logo
Create business cards
Create a flyer
Write a press release
Create a promotional display in case or on a wall or both
Plan an open house (targeting potential business on campus)
Create a marketing plan (identifying marketing objectives, strategies, media selections/rationale and budget)
Develop social media promotional tools (like Facebook page etc)
Develop, launch and maintain a company website
Submit word-processed section V for the for class business plan
Dept / Person / Status / Target Date / Sales
Conduct a market analysis to determine market potential/customer interest & preferences
Create a feature benefit chart to highlight competitive advantages of our product
Create a customer profile (establishing a primary & secondary market)
Create a sales training program (powerpoint, manual, employee sign-off form)
Create a sales plan (how & when to distribute products)
Submit word-processed section IV for class business plan
Dept / Person / Status / Target Date / Human Resources
Establish company policies (such as dress code, performance expectations, compensation, employee conduct etc.)
Begin creating the employee manual/handbook (see Mrs Raaker for resources or visit www.entrepreneur.com
·  Design cover & print/bind final (edited) draft (& post to the website)
·  Create an employee sign-off form (indicating that employee has read & understands company policies)
Create a PowerPoint presentation for the staff that outlines what is included in the Employee Manual, how management and employees use it, and where to find the full text version (in-office & company web site).
Create job descriptions (templates on website)
Review http://www.entrepreneur.com/formnet/humanresourcesforms.html
Create employee application
Create customized weekly time sheet
Create a record of disciplinary action
Create employee performance evaluation
Create labels for each student to store personnel files
Determine employee availability & create weekly staffing schedule
Report weekly hours from time cards to Finance & keep a record in personnel file
Submit word-processed section for VI (personnel section only) & VII for class business plan
Dept / Person / Status / Target Date / Finance
Set up company account records (showing daily, weekly, monthly revenue & all expenses)
Establish company operating budget (showing start-up costs, sales forecasts, costs, profits)
Develop a cash tracking sheet for daily products sold & revenue brought in
Create profits share plan for org chart
Create a projected income statement
Obtain a record of weekly hours from Operations & allocate employee earnings (payroll)
Create a company check and disperse earnings to each employee (to simulate payroll).
Consult DECA CFO and work together to create a request for payment form to access funds
Submit word-processed section VI (credit policies only), VIII and IX for class business plan
Dept / Person / Status / Target Date / Management
Create business objectives/goals
Monitor all department progress on an on-going basis & report to Mrs Raaker
Submit word-processed section I, II and III for class business plan
Edit the department sections of the business plan into one final, cohesive, detailed plan
GENERAL NOTES
All sections of the class business plan should be emailed to a designated “point person” in the senior management team. Senior Management team is responsible for collecting, editing, printing and assembling the final project
DEPARTMENT NOTES
Operations
Marketing
Sales
Human Resources
Finance