People, technology, and ethical behavior: Beginning phase of small business administration

Businesses of all sizes can use support. The small business is important to our economy as evidenced by the following statistics:

According to the Department of Commerce, the following are different small business statistics that have been gathered throughout recent years.
*Small businesses are responsible for 39% of GNP.
*Approximately 52% of all sales in the United States are from small businesses.
*Statistics and studies show that small businesses innovate more than larger companies.
*Over 54 million people are employed by a small company.
*A recent one year study showed that larger company employement dropped by 0.6% while employment in small businesses increased by 1.1%.
*Small businesses have increased overall employment by 13 million workers in just a recent one year timespan.Currently, there are over 20 million small businesses in the US.(information from http://www.smallbusinesslawfirms.com/small-business-statistics.cfm).

Learning Design Online's small business administration course stresses the importance of understanding diversity in business, which is not only the diversity of employers and employees, but also includes diversity of business itself.

---Learn key concepts associated with the small business world and how each applies to business in general.
---Strategic alliances and partnerships
---Competing in a global market
---Preparing for change
---Understanding management

Sheri Williams brings a wealth of writing and business experience to this fun and engaging course. Sign up today for Small Business Administration at http://www.learningdesignonline.com