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close this bookTraining Programme for Women Entrepreneurs in the Food-processing Industry - Volume I (UNIDO, 1985, 356 p.)
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View the documentProposed Time Schedule

Proposed Time Schedule

It is proposed to divide a day into four sessions; for example:

1. session: 8.30 to 10.00

3. session: 14.00 to 15.30

2. session: 10.30 to 12.30

4. session: 16.00 to 17.30

Week

Day

Session

Content

1

1

1 + 2

· Opening of the course



3

· Introduction to the course



4

· Enterprise Experience: Generating the Idea and the people


2

1

· Women and business



2a

· Enterprise Experience: Report Back



2b

· Enterprise Experience: Proposal Preparation



3

· Entrepreneurial Characteristics



4

· Entrepreneurial Role Model


3


Technology Choice:



1 + 2

· Characteristics of foods



3 + 4

· Spoilage & Preservation


4

1 + 2

· Hygiene



3 + 4

· Facilities & Equipment


5

1 + 2

· Effects of Processing on Food Quality



3 + 4

· Nutrition & Diet


6

1 - 4

· Food Processing for Income Generation Compared to Home Preservation

2

1

1 - 3

· Small Scale Processes for Income Generation



4

· Summary of Technology Choice sessions


2

1 + 2

· Enterprise Experience: Presentation of Proposals



3

· Finding out about the Market



4

· Counselling: Your Business and You


3

1

· The Marketing Mix



2 - 4

· Costing and Pricing



Evening

· Counselling: Entrepreneurial Self-Rating


4

1

· Personal Selling



2

· Marketing Simulation Exercise



3 + 4

· Product Promotion


5

1 + 2

· Product Distribution



3

· Enterprise Experience: Lessons learned



4

· Counselling: Marketing your product

3

1

1 - 4

· Basic Business Records


2

1 - 3

· Cash Flow



4

· Counselling: Book-keeping and Your Business


3

1

· The Profit and Loss Account



2

· The Break-Even Point



3 + 4

· The Balance Sheet


4

1

Sources and Uses of Money



2 - 4

Efficiency and the Envelope Game


5

1 + 2

· Enterprise Experience: The Final Results



3 + 4

· Introduction into Business Plan


6

1 - 4

· Preparation for Field Study and Individual Counselling

Field Study



Field Study

4

1

1 + 2

· Field Study Follow-up




Technology Skills



3 + 4

· Overview of Product Selection


2

1 - 4

· Raw Material Selection and Preparation


3

1 - 4

· Processing


4

1 + 2

· Processing


3 + 4

· Packaging


5

1 + 2

· Packaging



3 + 4

· Production


6

1 - 4

· Production

5

1

1 + 2

· Business Plan Preparation



3 + 4

· Individual Preparation of Business Plans


2

1 - 4

· Individual Preparation of Business Plans


3

1 - 4

· Individual Preparation of Business Plans


4

1 + 2

· Individual Preparation of Business Plans



3 + 4

· Business Plan Presentation


5

1 + 2

· Presentation of Business Plans to a Panel


3 + 4

· Closing Ceremony