Manage Your Business

Organize and Manage Your Small Business Resources and Activities

Here is a chart of basic small business management functions with some links to related wiki articles to help you get started.

General Management	Operations	Marketing & Sales	Finance & Accounting	Human Resources
Entrepreneurship	Operations Management & Logistics	Market Research	Financial Forecasting & Planning	HR Policy & Planning
Strategic Planning	Product Planning & Development	Marketing Plan	Banking & Financing	Job Descriptions, Duties & Qualifications
Enterprise Resource Planning	Asset Management	Brand Image	Bookkeeping	Recruitment & Onboarding
Project Management	Purchasing	Product, Price, Place, Promotion	Financial Accounting	Performance Management
Business Planning	Inventory Management	Sales	Microeconomics	Training & Development
Administration	Merchandising	Customer & Public Relations	Management Accounting	Contracts & Departures
Information Management	Computers and Software	Referrals & Recommendations	Taxes	Labour Practices

A Typical Function Chart

There is no single right way to organize a business, but there are certain basic functions that need to be completed. Your organization’s functional chart might look something like this regardless of what staff you have. As owner-operator you are directly responsible for all functional roles not filled by employees. Roles such as purchasing and payroll can be managed by either accounting or operations (purchasing) or human resources (payroll). If you have no employees you will not need the human resources function, except for “self-care”, including your continuing education. Many small businesses hire one capable administrator to handle many of these functions.