Business Entrep Flashcards
Major Sub (3rd Quarter)
Is an organization or economic system where goods and services are exchanged for one another or for money.
Business
Four (4) Basic Forms of Business Organization
- Sole Proprietorship
- Partnership
- Corporation
- Cooperative
Business can be ____ owned, ____, or ____ owned.
Business can be PRIVATELY OWNED, NOT-FOR-PROFIT or STATE-OWNED.
Basic Classification of Business:
- Service Business
- Merchandising Business
- Manufacturing Business
Provides intangible products (products with no physical form). It offers professional skills, expertise, advice, etc.
Service Business
It buys products with the intention of using them as materials in making a new product.
Manufacturing Business
This type of business buys products at wholesale price and the same at retail price. They are also known as “buy and sell” business.
Merchandising Business
Four (4) subsets of Service Business:
A. Service Business
B. Financial Business
C. Transportation Business
D. Utilities
Three (3) subsets of Manufacturing Business:
A. Agriculture and Mining Business
B. Manufacturers
C. Real-Estate Business
Five (5) Purpose of Establishing a Business Enterprise
- To make money and have financial independence
- To be your own boss
- To create opportunities
- To solve problems
- To move society, to change the world.
Four (4) Core Principles in Business Operations
- Fairness
- Accountability
- Transparency
- Stewardship
It refers to the level of even-handedness in dispensing justice whereby claims are recognized in the order of their legal and contractual priority.
Fairness
The classical philosophies and their implication on business
A. Socrates: The Gad-fly at the Marketplace
B. Plato: The Philosopher-King
C. Aristotle: All or nothing
D. Immanuel Kant: Duty-Based Ethics
E. Jeremy Bentham Utilitarian
A. Socrates: The Gad-fly at the Marketplace
B. Plato: The Philosopher-King