Resource Capabilities inc Franco Florenzi Case video QAA 4

Objective:

  • Develop a strategy for accessing the key resources and capabilities needed to launch the business idea.
  • Understand the different techniques required for identifying and accessing the key resources and capabilities required to launch or run a small business.

Resources And Capabilities:

Looking Inward:

  • An internal analysis of your start-up
  • Paired with an analysis of the external environment (and market research), gives a holistic picture of your situation and potential.
  • Enables an entrepreneur to asses what the start-up has and what it can do with what it has.
  • It can be thought of as a realistic look at the strengths and weaknesses.
  • Using this analysis, it is possible to determine how to fill any gaps in resources and capabilities.

Activity:

1. The session starts with slides which instruct the learner on the learning outcomes of the session and the core knowledge required

  • Slide 2 Learning Objectives
  • Side 3 – Resources And Capabilities: Looking Inward
  • Slide 4 - Resources: What Do You Have?
  • Slide 5- Capabilities and focusing on your strengths
  • Slide 6 - The value of your network
  • Slide 7 - Dealing with operational and resources constraints

2. Class/group Discussion on resourcing

  • Slide 8 Discussion

Questions 3. Introduction to case study

  • Slide 9-11 - Case Study: Franco Florenzi

4. Play the case study video

Play Video

5. Class/group Discussion on resourcing used in Video

  • Slide 13

Session Material:

Play Video

Skill Development:

Key Takeaways

  • Social capital is an important resource when starting a business
  • A business which sells online needs different resources and capabilities.
  • Is youth an advantage in starting a online business?

Resources:

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Author / Attribution

This guide was produced by Dr David Bozward (Senior Lecturer, University of Worcester Business School).