Key Words Flashcards

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What is a business?

A

a private organisation which converts products and services into a profit by selling them on a market to customers/consumers.

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What are goods?

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Goods are a product that can be touched e.g cars, machineary, mobiles.

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What are services?

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Services are products that can’t be touched. Accountancy, cleaner, hair dresser.

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what is B2B?

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B2B is busness to business, where one sells to snother.

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What is B2C?

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Business to customer, where a business sells to a customer.

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What are factors of production or input?

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items that are used to make goods or services

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Adding/Added value?

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increase in value between buying buying the factors of producution and selling the goods/services to a customer.

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What is a customer?

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someone or business that buys the goods/service

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What is a consumer?

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a member of the public who buys the final finished product.

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What is a market?

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a place where buyers and seller go to exchge goods/services.

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What is a profit?

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reward to the owner for risking their money

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What are Dividends?

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Dividends are the share of profir that is given to the share holders.

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What is a private sector?

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a bsuness owned by a private individual, their main objective is profit.

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What is a public sector?

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and organistaion which is funded by the governement, it benefits the citizens.

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What are consumer wants and needs?

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Consumer needs are things that re essential, such as food and water a want is a luxury item that we can live without.

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16
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What is an Entrepreneur?

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a person who has an idea for a business and risks their own money

17
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What is an SME or SME’s?

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Small-Medium business, small has less than 50 employees, medium has 50-250.

18
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What is a primary sector?

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agriculter, farming, fishing, mining.

19
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What is a secondary sector?

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manufacturing, constructing, supplying electricity.

20
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What is a tertiary sector?

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in the supply of services, such as hotels, catering.

21
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What is marketing?

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the function that understands customer needs and decides on products, costs and promotion

22
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What is Human Resources?

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HR is the function that deals with recruiting and training of emplyees.

23
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What is finance?

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the function which monitors and records cost.

24
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What is operations?

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the function which managers the supply chain from sourcing suppliers.

25
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What is External Environent?

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the factors outside of the business which it needs to respond to, such as law.

26
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Wht is an objective?

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something the business wants to achieve.

27
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What is a strategy?

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How they plan to acheve their objective.