PLANNING AN IMPORTANT TOOL TO MANAGEMENT OF SMALL SCALE BUSINESS A CASE STUDY OF PETER VENTURE AWADA, ONITSHA -ANAMBRA STATE)

INTRODUCTION1.1GENERAL BACKGROUND TO THE SUBJECT MATTERThis project introduces planning as an important tool to management of small-scale business with a case study of PETER VENTURE.It is located at No. 6 Isiokpo Awada Layout, Onitsha – Anambra State.This venture deals on production of plastics of various kinds. Emphasis is placed on planning as important tools to the management of small-scale business. Upon completing this project one should be able to describe the importance of planning and why it is needed in a small-scale business and should understand managerial task in planning.Planning, being one of the functions is very necessary to the survival of any business. Planning includes the forecasting and selecting of Objectives with policies, programme and procedures for achieving their business goals. It involves making decision, it helps small-scale business to grow, it embraces all the activities which a company undertakes to determine the type of products it will produce/market. It is normally undertaken to determine the present and further requirement of customers, which involves goods and services for their satisfaction (customers).  Tools used in planning involve collection of data by coding, tabulating, charting and discussing them in an orderly manner in other to bring out their meaning clearly by analyzing data collected.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Title page i Approval pageii Dedicationiii Acknowledgementiv Table of contentsv
CHAPTER ONE 1.0Introduction1 1.1General Background To The Subject matter 1 1.2Problem(s) Associated with subject matter2 1.3Problems that the study will be concerned with3 1.4The importance of the studying the area6 1.5Definition of important terms7 References11
CHAPTER TWO 2.0Literature Review12 2.1The origin of the subject matter12 2.2.Schools of thought with the subject area13 2.3The school of thought relevant to the problem study15 2.4Different methods of studying of the problem16 2.5Summary18 References20
CHAPTER THREE 3.0Conclusionand recommendation21 3.1Data presentation (Highlight of the Study)21 3.2Analysis of the Data22 3.3Recommendation26 3.4Conclusions28 References30