1. An Effective franchise support system
Concept of Franchise in India is now growing at a fast pace. Considering the fact that there are more than 5000 Brands offering their franchise opportunities, we thought of defining critical requirements for creating a successful franchise company and ensuring a robust Franchise Support system in place. We have seen franchisors adding franchisees with no or little organized training and support mechanism.
Let us understand the types of support needed by the Franchisee in order to make a successful business. This can be broadly divided into 2 stages viz Pre-Opening and Post Opening support.
A) Pre-Opening Support:
This starts from the moment Franchisor signs an LOI/ Agreement and receives fee from the franchisee. Essentially Franchisor and his team must ensure the following activities in pre-opening support (not in order):
- Assistance in locating suitable site for the franchise business
- Feasibility Study & Market analysis for the proposed site
- Providing standard Design for franchisee as per set standards viz architecture, Sign-boards, interior and exteriors, furniture/ fixture, etc
- List of all necessary equipment, tools, inventory, raw material etc along with their respective vendor list
- Assistance in negotiations wherever needed viz. Leasing, procurement, vendor management etc
- Assistance in recruitment of staff for franchisee
- Training of Franchisee and its staff on all aspect of running a profitable business including Operations, Marketing, Accounting, Customer handling, grievance redressal etc
- List of all legal licenses required for setting up and management of business along with their application procedure
- Assistance in launching the franchise business
B) Post-Opening Support:
It includes day to day monitoring and support to overcome challenges facing new business. Franchisee needs stronger support in the initial 6-12 months, sometimes complete handholding and if it manages to sustain this period, the chances of success of business grows high. Hence the initial stage support is very important. This includes:
- A designated franchise support manager to assist franchisee in managing day to day operations
- Assistance and monitoring of compliance with Company’s Operations Manual
- Regular assistance in stock audit, inventory management, supply chain management, vendor management etc
- Provision for all branding, marketing, merchandising, feedback forms, stationary, uniform etc
- Corporate level marketing and branding support
- Ongoing assistance in acquiring and retaining customers
- Advance software and MIS support
- Encouragement and Moral support from Top level Management to the Franchisee
- Regular innovations, introduction of new offerings, sales promotion schemes, loyalty program, and other customer engagement programs
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2. School Strategic Plans
Education is the key to our future. It doesn’t determine who we are or who we become, but it does help shape its students into becoming better leaders, mentors, team players, and responsible members of a community. This is why many schools aim to provide the best possible learning experience for its students to grow before they set foot into the real world.
Any learning institution with a mission to succeed in the best educational interest of its students must have a well-defined plan to achieve this, namely a strategic plan.
The Purpose of Strategic Planning
A strategic plan should not be confused with a business plan, as the two each possess distinctive characteristics that differentiates one from the other. A business plan involves setting short- or mid-term goals for the organization to prosper in a fast-changing market, along with the steps needed to get there. A strategic plan, on the other hand, focuses on the mid- to long-term goals set by the organization and it defines the basic strategies for attaining them.
The purpose of a strategic plan is pretty simple. It is done to set overall professional goals for the organization and to design a plan to obtain them. To do so, one must take a step back from their day-to-day operations to assess where the business or department is headed and what its main priorities should be.
Making the decision to grow your organization also means opening doors to potential risks the come with the growth. Taking the time to identify where you want to take your organization—and how you ought to get there—should help you control these risks and take charge of the development process.
And as your business becomes larger and more complex than when you first began, more time, research, and resources must be committed into formulating your strategy. This is done by collecting and analysing a wider scope of your organization, specifically about how it runs and about how conditions are gradually changing in your current and prospective markets.
When operating an academic institution such as a high school, your key mission is to develop outstanding graduations and to create new knowledge that will leave a significant impact on society. Each day spent in your institution should center on the wellness and growth of each student through various learning activities which focus on cooperation, camaraderie, and leadership
Ultimately, the primary purpose of strategic planning is to provide the organization and its staff a sense of direction of where it wants to go, as well as to engage members in a discussion surrounding this thought.
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3. Annual Pedagogical Plan for Leading Learning
As a tool pedagogical plan offers a meaningful insight of the school community and it creates a vision for new ways of performing modern and effective education.
Pedagogical plan provides a description of the schools’ pedagogical outlines, school activities, the working culture and the central types of shared values, behavior or models is emphasized. It can also describe the design and special needs for multi-functional learning environments indoor and outdoor spaces.
The creation process of a pedagogical plan is launched by the school principal who is mainly responsible for conducting the document. There are also usually a separate team established with the provision of school teachers and other experts such as school architects or designers who can contribute in developing the framework for the new school building and environment. To ensure the successful impact of the project it is important to collaborate closely with the students, school employees and parents to find out the current situation and how it can be improved in future. The plan can be formed locally for an individual school or for a few schools, or it can be even produced regionally for several schools. It’s updated every few years especially if some progress is being made. The document follows closely both the national and local curriculum, where it generates a bridge between the schools’ goals and how the school culture can be shaped to be used in action. Here we have outlined the most essential components for making a pedagogical plan.