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Introduction To Business Flashcards

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1
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What is an organisation?

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Social arrangement
Pursuing collective goals
Controlling own performance
Boundary from environment

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What are the main elements of an organisation?

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Social arrangements - purpose
Collective goals - organisational objectives
Controlled performance - measured
Boundary - physical (buildings, fences) & social (rules, ethics)

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What are the differences between organisations?

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Ownership
Control
Activity
Profit/not-for-profit
Size
Legal status
Access to finance
Technology

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What is a business?

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Profit orientated
Objective to maximise owner wealth

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What is NFP?

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Organisation with primary objective to maximise benefits to beneficiaries e.g. charities
Provide goods or services

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What is a stakeholder?

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A person or group of people who has a stake in the organisation.
Stakeholders are virtually everybody who is anything to do with the business 

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What are primary stakeholders?

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Shareholders or owners

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Who are secondary stakeholders?

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Management
Employees.
Customers
Suppliers
Lenders
Government
Analysts.
Society
Environment

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What are the businesses objectives?

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Primary objectives - maximise, shareholder wealth (profit), maximise benefit the target stakeholder (NFP)
Secondary objectives - Market, standing, innovation, productivity, staff, development, corporate responsibility 

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What are the hierarchy of objectives?

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After striving to maximise wealth, other objectives are :
Profit satisficing
Revenue maximisation?
Multiple objectives.
Business constraints.
ESG 

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What is a mission?

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Purpose - Why does the organisation exist?
Strategy – what gives the company a competitive advantage?
Policies - what standards and behaviours are adopted?
Values – what beliefs do managers and employees share? 

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What is vision?

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How does the organisation see itself in the future?

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What are goals?

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A desired end result

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What are aims?

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Qualitative non-operational goals

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What are objectives?

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Quantitive operational goals

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What are plans?

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What needs to be done to achieve objectives

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What are standards and targets?

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The desired level of performance

18
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In objectives, what does Smart stand for?

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Specific – easy to understand.
Measurable – quantified
Achievable
Relevant – appropriate to the mission and stakeholders.
Timed- have a time period for achievement 

19
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What are standards and targets?

A

Specifics of the desired level of performance

20
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What are the three types of standards?

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Physical
Cost
Quality

21
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What is sustainability?

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Meeting the needs of the current generation without affecting the future generations

22
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What are the three Ps with regards to sustainability?

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People
Planet
Profit 

23
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What is a tangible resource?

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Natural capital, e.g. soil, water
Benefits, people through ecosystem services and abiotic services

24
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What are intangible resources?

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Human capital and stakeholder relationships

25
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What are the two ways in which organisations can view sustainability?

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Impacts – impact on sustainability.
Dependencies – impact to sustainability has an organisation

26
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What is the SEE framework? 

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Social impact on people and communities.
Environmental - impact on planet Earth climate?
Economic-impact on profit and return to stakeholders.

27
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When was the triple bottom line ( TBL) created?

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1990s

28
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What is the TBL reporting based on?

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3 Ps

People, e.g. fair, wages
Planet, e.g. reduce fossil fuels.
Profit, e.g. achieving an acceptable profit after tax

29
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What is the ESG?

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Environmental, social and governance framework

30
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How does the ESG work?

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Alternative framework which considers the internal approach taken by an organisation to manage sustainability.
Environmental – achieve environmental sustainability. (Planet)
Social – achieve social sustainability. (People)
Governance – how the organisation is managed overall

31
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What does the ESG framework aim to do?

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Focus the attention of management on
Enterprise value - Value of business based on future cash flow
Social value - Desire to generate long-term positive impacts on the community, environment, etc

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What is climate change?

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Long-term shifts in temperature and weather patterns, primarily due to burning fossil fuels

33
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Went on zero targets due to be reached?

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2050

34
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What Is the GHG protocol, corporate, accounting and reporting standard?

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A guide which uses scope 1, 2 and 3 categorisation to define the scale of greenhouse gas emissions, which of course is directly or indirectly by an organisation.
Scope 1 - GHG emissions made directly by organisation, e.g. company vehicles
Scope 2 - GHG emissions made indirectly by organisation, e.g. electricity purchase.
Scope 3 - GHG Emissions made indirectly through value chain e.g. by suppliers 

35
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What are upstream GHG emissions? 

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Emissions from manufacture of raw materials e.g. car factory energy consumption

36
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What are downstream GHG emissions?

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From use and disposal of products e.g. fuel from driving vehicles

37
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When did the UN create the 17 SDGs?
What are the overarching aims?

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2015
End poverty
Fight inequality
Stop climate change

38
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What are the SDG goals that affect business?

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Decent work and economic growth
Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Responsible consumption and production

39
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What are the 4Rs of recycling?

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Replace
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle

40
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What are the mitigation hierarchies?

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Eliminate negative impact.
Reduce waste
Substitute energy sources.
Compensate those affected

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