Sacramento
State UniversityCenter
For Small Business
| College
of Business Administration | Sacramento
State |
About Us
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About Us |
The Center for Small Business operates in a simple and efficient manner. Small business owners/managers contact the CSB and request management assistance. Their requests are logged by Student Coordinators, and these are routed to the Center's Director for review and distribution to faculty within the College of Business Administration who use these "cases" as part of their course assignments. From this point, faculty members assign these cases to teams of students (from two to five students per case). The students then contact the clients to further define their requests for assistance and begin the consultative process. For the duration of the semester, the student teams develop recommendations for their clients and prepare written reports that are given to both the clients and their instructor. Clients of the CSB range from "mom and pop" operations to those that are quite prominent within the Sacramento community. The types of companies vary from physician groups, acupuncturists, contractors, and law firms to dog groomers and gift shops. Some firms are in their startup stages while others have been in existence for many years. What they all have in common is the need for outside consulting services to assist them in making business assessments and formulating management strategies. Some organizations request assistance because they are having serious difficulties, others simply want to have an outside review of their operations and strategies to ensure that they are doing things right, and still others need assistance in managing their rapid growth. Much of the work provided by the CSB focuses on assisting clients to develop business plans, designing marketing strategies, and making adjustments in internal operations. Requests for assistance have grown significantly over the years. In 1969, the CSB worked with 7 clients, while in 1999 it assisted 133 companies. In recent years, over half of the CSB's clients have been women-owned businesses and approximately 15% to 20% have been minority owned. While the CSB has expanded its operations and tries to honor all requests for assistance, it not always is able to do so. Please apply as early as possible |
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