An alternative to starting your own business from scratch is franchising.  Franchising is not a "form" of business, but is a method or system where companies (franchisees) are granted the right to operate a business according to a special contract with a parent organization (franchisors). The franchise system is incorporated under the Franchise Act 1998.

Franchise System

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Franchising ?  Licensing ?  Franchising ?

                         Licensing ?  Franchising ?

There are plenty of options open to the person who is starting a new business. Many people decide that when they start a new business they do not want to enter the business world without the advantage of a name that people know - franchising and licensing are two business options that people can use in order to start out with a popular brand and have a better chance of making strong sales in the beginning, establishing a popular business, and having a relatively high level of continuing business as the company grows.

Franchising and licensing are very different things, however. Each offers different levels of involvement from the company you acquire the franchise or license from. There are up sides and down sides to each possible method of starting a company, so let us look at a few of them and get a sense of what is involved in each.

Can a Job Description guarantee perfect work? Telling someone to 'be good' never guarantees perfection, but if it's clearly written down, at least they know what 'good' looks like. If you don't offer a proper 'road map' you are asking for disappointment. It may start out well, but then usually declines.

A Job Description does many things, and sets out tasks and responsibilities. It shows applicants you're organized and efficient, and it's a guide for new staff on what to do. It's the basis of a productive performance review. It can also be a checklist for discipline and a warning to the lazy. A clear and understandable document sets you apart from your competitors who still rely on verbal direction and yelling.

The fix asset (building, equipment, furniture) are only valuable if they contribute to or facilitate the making of profit, as well as, the staff, food & beverage ingredient and decoration of the outlet are only valuable if they, too, enhanced the restaurant's profit potential. Most of people thought that with enough manpower, less rental cost & well proper of cost control will drive the business to the success. Yes it is, but a lot of restaurant operator will not realize that in fact, systematic well plan "Organization" is a most important element. There are precious few restaurants that can or will survive without excellent organization.

But what is organization means? Here are few examples:

~     Organization charting & structure (Different level of staffing as from rank & file to top management)

~       Company Policies & Procedures

~      Mission statement (Who & How you want to be in this industry)

~       Short term & long term business planning

~       Sales and expense forecasting

~       Financial control implementation

~       Monthly profit & lost statement compilation & analysis

~       Internal control systems

~      Staff job performance evaluation & measurement

~      Commitment to training programme either from internal & external

Doesn't matter your business is big or small, a right begin action is very important. Just to make sure that do the right thing before everything is too late.

Implementation of policies & procedures or rules and regulation is very important too in order to direct your staff to perform their jobs in the proper way. Guidelines must be formalized so that interpretation is minimized. If you are not sure of how to starts this, I'll advise you to know more experience people in this industry to share with you, yet there might be a lot of different ideas given, at the end you as the key person or operator got to decide the suitable systems into your establishment.