Business Managment Flashcards
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What is the role of a business in a society
A business is an organisation that makes, buys or sells goods or provides a service. All businesses aim to satisfy consumer needs and wants.
What is a need
Needs are the basic requirements that are essential for survival such as food, water, clothing, shelter and warmth.
what is a want
Wants are things we would like to have but don’t need to survive. These include luxuries such as mobile phones or holidays.
What is a good
Goods are products that you can see and touch such as laptops, clothes or food.
What is a service
Services are products that you cannot hold or touch such as public transport, a haircut or a visit to the cinema.
What are the 4 Factors of production
Land,Labour Capital and Enterprise
The first factor of production is Land, what does this mean
Are all the natural resources/raw materials such as water, farmland or fields.
The second Factor if production is Labour what does this mean
The workforce used to produce a product or provide a service such as builders, teachers or plumbers
The
The man-made resources used to produce a product or provide a service such as machinery, tools, money or delivery trucks