Key Terms Flashcards

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What Is A Market Share?

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The % of a market that a business, service or product has

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what is percentage change in price?

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new price - old price/ old price x 100

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3
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what is added value?

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when you increase the quality of a product to make it sell more

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4
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how is market size measured?

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it is measured by the volume of sales

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5
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what is above the line advertising?

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placing adverts using the media

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6
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what is marketing?

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A process where you identify, anticipating and satisfying consumer requirements

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7
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what is advertising?

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where you try and inform consumers about your goods and services

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what is the marketing mix?

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the 4p’s price, promotion, place, product

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9
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what is aesthetics?

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what a product looks like

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10
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what is a marketing strategy?

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a plan to achieve your market objective.

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what is an agent/broker?

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someone who represents products from a business in a new country.

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12
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what is a mark-up?

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the cost added to the product before sale.

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13
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what are aims?

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what a business tries to achieve

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what is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?

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the order of peoples needs starting with basic human requirements

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what are articles of association?

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a document showing how a business (limited) is running internally

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16
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what is a mass market?

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where goods and services are market to everyone, there is more competition and prices are lower

17
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what is authority?

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the power that someone holds in an organisation

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what is the matrix structure?

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this is a hierarchy design which group s by project and function

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what is a autocratic leadership?

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leader makes all decisions

20
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what is mechanisation?

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when a part of the production process is done by machinery

21
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what is automation?

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method of operating or controlling processes by automatic means using devices. reduces need for human interaction

22
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what is merchandising?

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a promotion specifically at the point of sales of a product

23
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what is below the line promotion?

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any promotion that does not involve using the media

24
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what is memorandum of association?

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A document that sets out the constitution and states key external details about a limited company.

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what is a bonus?
A payment in addition to the basic wage
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what does it mean to be motivated?
the desire to achieve a goal
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what is a brand name?
a name, symbol, term or design that is associated with that company
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what are motivators (Hertzberg) ?
things at work that result in satisfaction
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what is the Boston matrix?
shows the market share and growth rate of cash cows, dogs, stars and problem child
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what is multi skilling?
when you train employees to do more that one job
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what is breaking bulk?
when you divide a large quantity of goods before selling them to customers
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what is mutual organisations?
a business owned by its members, who are customers not shareholders.
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what is business choices?
deciding between alternative uses of resources
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what is a niche market?
a small subsection of a mass market were prices are higher but there is less competition
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what is a certification of incorporation?
a document that declares a business can trade as a limited company
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what is a normal good?
product were an increase in income means an increase in demand