Operating A Small Business: Test 1 Material Flashcards
Criteria of a business
- Quantitative
- Qualitative
Quantitive Criteria: A. Mining/Manufacturing I. 500-1500 employees B. Wholesale Trade I. Only up to 500 employees C. Retail Trade I. 20-100 employees D. Services I. 25-300 employees
Qualitative Criteria:
- Actively managed by it’s owners
- Highly personalized
- Largely local in its area of operations
- Largely dependent on its intend sources of capital to finance its growth
- Business is not a major force in the particular industry (not dominate)
Small Business Administration
PRINCIPLE GOVERNMENT AGENCY
The small business administration by definition is : the principle government agency concerned with the financing, operation, and management of a small business.
Market
A need of want
Market by definition is a group of potential customers possessing purchasing power and unsatisfied needs.
Market Survey
Locating the unsatisfied needs
Market Survey by definition is to process used to determine where potential customers with unsatisfied needs are.
Market Survey Procedures:
A. Demographics ( the statistical study of human populations with respect to their size, density, distribution, composition and income)
B. Economic Base ( wealth produced in or near a community that provides employment and income to the local population)
C. Population Trends
D. Income Trends / Changes
E. Competition
F. Social & Business Climates
Human Resource Management
The Human Resource Management is the determining of personal needs in terms of numbers of individuals and their required skills
Types of Census
Census of Population
Census of Business
Census of Housing
Census of Manufacture
Entrepreneur
One who organizes, manages, and assumes the risk of a business firm.
Competition
Competition is the practice of trying to obtain something that is being sought by others under similar circumstances at the same time.
Legal Forms Of Business
Sole Proprietorship: a business owned and operated by a single person
Partnership: a business owned by two or more persons
Corporation: a legal entity authorized by a state to operate a business under the entity’s character or articles of incorporation, an artificial being indivisible, intangible and existing only in the contemplation of law.
LLC: Limited Liability Company