As Business Flashcards
Opportunity cost
Benefit of second best option given up
Mixed economy
Economic resources owned by Public+private
Free market economy
Economic resources owned by private with little state intervention
Command economy
Economic resources owned by state
Sole trader
1 person puts permanent finance in business+has full control
Cooperatives
All members contribute to workload/responasibilities+have 1 vote in meetings+profits are equally shared
Share
Certificate that confirms part ownership of company+confirms dividends/shareholder rights to shareholder
Franchise
Business that uses name/logo/trading system of successful business
Holding companies
Business organisation that owns/controls a number of different businesses, but does not unite them into 1
Public corporations
Owned by state+managed with sociale objectives
Corporate aims
Long term goals that give sense of direction+allow success to be measured
Corporate objectives
Ways to acieve aim
market share/CSR/Profit maximisation/growth
Mission statement
Statement of businesses core purpose, phrased in a way to motivate employees+stimulate interest of outside groups
Vision statement
Statement on what the business wants to achieve in the long run
MBO
Method of coordinating staff by dividing overall aim into specific targets for each department
Stakeholder
Person affected/has interest
CSR
Considers society interests beyond legal requirement
Manager
Sets objectives
Organises resources
Motivates staff
Mintzberg (management roles)
- Interpersonal roles (dealing/motivating staff (leader))
- Informational roles (acts as a source/transmitter of information (spokesperson))
- decisional roles (take decisions/allocates resources (negotiator))
Theory X
Managers believe that staff are workers dont like work
Informal leader
No formal authority but has some power over workers
Motivation
stimulates workers towards achieving a goal
McClelland
achievement motivation
affiliation motivation
authority motivation
Vroom
Valence-depth of want
expectancy-degree to which people expect that putting in the work will lead to a given level of performance
instrumentality-confidence that they will get what they want