STUDY GUIDE Flashcards

1
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5 Areas of Business Environment

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-Economic & Legal
-Technological
-Competitve
-Social
-Global Business

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2
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3 types of mergers

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-horizontal
-vertical
-conglomerate

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3
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Person that takes risk to start a business

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Enterpreneur

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4
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Total Sales

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Revenue

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5
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4 Rights of Free Market Capitalism

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1) Right to private property
2) right to own a business
3) Freedom of competition
4) Freedom of choice

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6
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4 Types of Competition

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1) Perfect competition
2) Monopolistic Competition
3) Monopoly
4) Oligopoly

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7
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Invisble Hand Theory

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Self directed gain results in social and economic benefits

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8
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Mixed Economy

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Economic system where resources allocated by both market and government

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9
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Absolute Advantage

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Full advantage over all economies

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10
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Comparative Advantgae

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Advantage

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11
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Balance of Payments

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Exports - Imports + Money Flow

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12
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Protective Tariff

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Raised retail price on an import product

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13
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Protective Tariff

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Raised retail price on an import product

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14
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Import Quota

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Limits the number of products in a certain category a nation can input

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15
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Common Market

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Group of countries that have the same external tariff

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16
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Ethics

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Standard of moral behavior

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17
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Ethics

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Standard of moral behavior

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18
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Whistle blower

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One who works inside of a company and reports illegal or unethical behavior

19
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4 Basic Consumer Rights

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1) Safety
2) Choice
3) To be informed
4) To be heard

20
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3 Responsibility of a company

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1) Employees
2) Environment
3) Society

21
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Sole Prop

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Company managed by one indiviudal

22
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Sole Prop

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Company managed by one indiviudal

23
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Partnership

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Company managed by two or more entities

24
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Corporation

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A legal entity where liability is separate from owners

25
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Vertical Merger

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Two firms joined of related businesses

26
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Horizontal Merger

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Two firms in the same industry that want to diversify their business

27
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Conglomerate

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Unrelated industries come together in order to diversify business operations

28
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Franchise Agreement

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Selling a good idea to a business for the business to use

29
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Intrapreneurs

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An entrepreneur inside of a corporation

30
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Business Plan

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Planning, target market, advantages, nature of business, qualifications met

31
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Business Plan

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Planning, target market, advantages, nature of business, qualifications met

32
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4 Types of Planning

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1) Contigent Planning
2) Strategic Planning
3) Tactical Planning
4) Operational Planning

33
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Mission Statement

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Outlines the fundamental purposes of your business

34
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3 Skills of Management

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1) Technical Skills
2) Human Relationship Skills
3) Conceptual Skills

35
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3 Leadership Styles

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Autocratic
Participative
Free-Reign

36
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Line Organization

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Straight chain of command

37
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Line-Staff Organization

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38
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Span of Control

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Number of employees a manager can supervise

39
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Centralized

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Decisions are made at the top of the organizations

40
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Decentralized

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Decisions are delegated throughout the levels of the ortganziation

41
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Decentralized

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Decision are delegated throughout the organization

42
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Fred Taylor

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Father of Scientific Management

43
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Elton Mayo

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Hawthorne Studies