Unit 1- Business Fundamentals Flashcards
What are the three types of businesses?
Service
Retail
Manufacturing
What is a not for profit organization?
A business with a purpose of something other than profit for themselves.
What is a business?
An organization that produces or sells goods or services to satisfy the needs, wants and demands of consumers.
What is manufacturing?
A business that makes profit from raw materials and then sells them
Profit= ?
Profit= Revenue-costs-expenses
What is a profit?
What is left after costs and expenses are paid
What are expenses?
The cost of running a business
What are costs?
The amount of money required to make the product.
What are the factors of production?
Natural Resources
Human Resources
Capital Ressources
Entrepreneurship
What are natural resources?
Material supplied by nature
Ex. Soil, Trees, Wildfire
What are Human Resources?
The people who work to create the goods and services.
What are capital resources?
The buildings, equipment, and tools used
What is entrepreneurship?
A person who combines other factors of production to earn a profit.
What are the stages of Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs?
Physiological Needs Safety Needs Love and Belonging Needs Esteem Needs Self-Actualization
What are the factors that influence consumption?
- Income and Price
- Status
- Current Trends
- Customs and Habits
- Safety
- Promotion
- Situational Influences
- Time
- Physical and Social Surroundings (where)
- Terms and Conditions of Purchase
- Objective of Purchase (why)
- States and Moods