Casharka 1: Introduction to a Business Plan

• Business plan
• Elements of a business plan
• Executive summary
• Marketing plan
• Market analysis
• Marketing mix
• Sales forecast
• Production plan
• Administrative plan
• Financial plan
• The need for a business plan

Casharka 2: Business Startup and Business Ideas

• Introduction to business start-up
• Decisions when starting a business
• Sources of capital
• Business location
• Market entry of the new entrepreneur
• SCAMPER framework
• Successful entry strategies
• Selecting a business idea
• The concept of business ideas
• Characteristics of a good business idea
• Sources of new business ideas
• Business opportunity
• Difference between a business idea and a business opportunity
• Characteristics of a good business opportunity

Casharka 3: Business Communication

• Introduction to communication
• Elements in communication
• Factors affecting communication
• Choosing a communication channel
• Written communication
• The writing process
• Pitfalls to avoid

Casharka 4: The Office

• Meaning of an office
• Functions of an office
• Office planning and layout
• Location of an office
• Office layout
• Types of office layouts
• Open office
• Partitioned office
• Disadvantages of the partitioned office
• Office equipment
• Communication equipment
• Mail-handling equipment
• Accounting equipment
• Reprographic equipment
• Filing equipment
• Lesson 4 questions

Casharka 5: Documents Use in Home Trade

• Meaning of trade
• Importance of trade
• Home trade
• Foreign trade
• Types of foreign trade
• Documents used in home trade
• Importance or needs of trade documents
• Contents of business documents
• Types of trade documents
• Trade documents used in foreign trade
• Cash discount and trade discount
• E & OE (Errors and Omissions Excepted)
• Lesson 5 questions

Casharka 1: Introduction to Marketing

• Introduction to marketing
• Concept marketing management
• Evolution of marketing
• Marketing and sales
• Importance of marketing
• Lesson 1 questions

Casharka 2: Marketing Mix

• Importance of marketing mix
• Product
• Price
• Promotion
• Place
• Lesson 2 questions

Casharka 3: Consumer Behavior

• Importance of Consumer Behavior
• Consumer Behavior Model
• Buyers Personal Characteristics
• Environmental Characteristics
• Buying Decision

Casharka 4: Electronic Marketing

• Importance of E-Marketing
• Electronic Marketing Mix
• The E-product
• E-Pricing
• E-Promotion
• Electronic Promotion Tools
• E-Place

Casharka 1: Public Finance

• Scope and Function of Public Finance
• Public Finance
• Gruber's Four Questions
• Public Sector
• Market Failure
• Stabilization and Redistribution

Casharka 2: National Accounts

• National Accounts and Economic Activity
• National Accounts and Aggregate Values
• Main Characteristics of National Accounts
• Basic Concepts and Variables of National Accounts
• Gross National Income
• Gross Saving, Gross Capital Formation and Net Lending
• Changes in Net Worth

Casharka 3: Money and Banking

• What is Money?
• Functions of Money
• Characteristics of Money
• Types of Money
• Basic History of Money
• Banking Services
• Electronic banking
• Types of money in Somalia
• Cost comparison and cost-benefit analysis
• Money supply
• Calculating future expenses
• The Somali Central Bank
• Monetary policy tools
• Central Bank regulation
• Budget
• Functions of the Central Bank
• Types of banks
• Monetary policy
• Changing discount rate
• Lesson 3 questions

Casharka 4: Evaluation of Money

• Evaluation framework
• Evolution of money
• Barter and its difficulties
• Definition of money
• Modern approach
• Functions of money
• When money ceases to perform its functions
• Essentials of good money
• Value for Money
• Lesson 4 questions

Casharka 1: Adjusted Trial Balance and Financial Statement

• Unit objectives
• Trial balance and adjusted trial balance
• Accounting cycle
• Purpose of preparing the adjusted trial balance
• Financial statements
• Closing the books
• Journalize and post adjusting entries
• Lesson 1 questions

Casharka 2: Income Statement

• Income statement essence
• Components of an income statement
• Purpose of income statement
• Who uses an income statement
• Income statement format
• Preparation of the income statement from the adjusted trial balance
• Lesson 2 questions

Casharka 3: Statement of Change in Equity and Balance Sheet

• Statement of change in equity
• Purpose for statement of changes in equity
• Example of statement of owner's equity
• Statement of financial position
• Assets section
• Liabilities section
• Equity section
• Example of statement of balance sheet
• Lesson 3 questions

Casharka 4: Cash Flow Statement

• Cash flow statement
• Purpose of cash flow statements
• Cash flows from financing activities
• Preparation of cash flow statement
• Lesson 4 questions