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1.3/1.4/1.5 Flashcards

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4 ps

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Product
Promotion
Pricing
Place

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Different ways to advertise

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Sales promotions
Direct marketing e.g via post
Direct selling
Sponsorship
Public relations

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Benefit of strong branding

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Adds value
Less price elastic
Perceives a higher quality product
Repeated purchases

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Factors affecting pricing

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Set to cover the cost to make the product
Acceptable for consumers
Be in line with business objectives
Level of competition
Strong USP

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Price skimming

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Where new and innovative products are sold at a high price when they first enter the market.

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Penetration pricing

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Launching product at a low price in order to attract custom and gain market share.

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Mark up (eq)

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Unit cost + (unit cost / 100 X mark- up

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Predatory pricing

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Business deliberately lowers prices to force another business out of market.

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Competitive pricing

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When a business monitor their competitors pricing that ensure their prices are equal or lower level.

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Channel of distribution

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Is the route a product takes from a manufacturer or producer to the consumer.

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Direct selling (distribution channel)

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Manufacturer to the consumer

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Indirect selling (Distribution channel)

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Manufacturer to retailer to consumer

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Indirect selling (4 stages)

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Manufacturer to wholesaler to retailer to consumer

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Online distribution

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Is the streaming or downloading of media content

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5 stages of product lifecycle

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Development, introduction, growth, maturity, decline

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Development stage of product life cycle

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R and D
Market research
Costs are high
High failure rate

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Introduction

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Launch of product
Heavy promotion
Initial price may be high to cover development costs

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Growth stage of product life cycle

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New and repeat customers
Competition rises
Product is improved or developed

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Maturity stage of product life cycle

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Peak of sales
Market saturation
Competition fierce sales may fall

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Decline stage of product life cycle

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Product loses appeal
May stay profitable with reduced promotional costs
Product may be withdrawn

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Product portfolio

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Combination of all the product lines a business produces

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Question mark

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Small market share, high market growth
Require heavy marketing

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Cash cows

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high market share, low market growth.
Maturity phase
Low advertising, high sales

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Stars

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High growth and high market share
However will need to spend a lot on advertising as competitors are trying to maximise growth as well.

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Dogs
Low market share low growth No longer making profit may consider extension strategies
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advantages of seeing staff as an asset
- skills and abilities can add value to the product e.g high quality -helps to keep staff motivated and increase productivity
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wage
paid to worker on how much work they have done e.g amount of hours
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dismissed and redundancy
D- breached contract of employment R- their job is no longer needed
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ways of staff working
- full or part time more beneficial as have more people to cover absenteeism -Zero hour means employees has no minimum hours and don't have to accept work so can be hard to find workers at busy times -permanent or fixed contracts -shift work -home working -flexible working- employees come in at hours that suit them -outsourcing
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benefits and drawbacks of a flexible multi skilled workforce
+ can employ fewer workers +lower recruitment costs +absent staff easily covered as workers can switch tasks +increase motivation as more variety to the job - additional training costs -expect higher pay
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recruitment def
process of finding and hiring someone for the job role that needs filling
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ways of assessing candidates
- interviews -assessment days -in-tray exercises (scenario planning)
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pros and cons of internal recruitment
+ candidates already know the business +short and cheap +motivates workers to go for promotion -leaves a vacancy in another department -can cause resentment in colleagues who are't elected
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pros and cons of external recruitment
+new ideas +experience from rivals/ others + larger number of applicants -long and expensive -need a longer induction process - have no knowledge of what candidate will be like to work with
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pros and cons of on the job training
+ easy to organise +lower costs +job specific -not fully productive -bad practises are passed on -no new ideas
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pros and cons of off the job training
+ trainers are specialists +new ideas are brought to the business +no distractions -expensive -no benefit to business whilst training -not specific
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tall structures one pro and con
long chain of command - long time to communication through the levels + opportunities for promotion
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flat structures one pro and con
- horizontal communication can be slow due top large numbers of people +people given more freedom and responsibility
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span of control
number of people who report directly to the manager
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pro and cons of delayering
+ lower costs + improves efficiency and communication - new staff may have to be re-trained which can cost -redundancy pay - managers can become stressed if too much delayering as over worked with huge spans of control
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centralised and decentralised structures
Centralised - decisions made by people at the top decentralised - decisions made by lower managers or team leaders
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pros and cons of centralised structure
+ leaders have experience in making business decisions +managers get more of an overview improves consistency of decisions + no bias towards a department -demotivating to exclude lower down employees -react slower as mangers aren't so in touch with consumer trends
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pros and cons of a decentralised structure
+ employees involvement in decision making helps motivation +quick decisions + expert knowledge in specific sector - lack experience -inconsistent in each sector - fail to see overal situation
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matrix structure
project based
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Taylor theory of motivation
- money main motivation -pay workers on quantity they produced to increase productivity ( lead to a reduction in quality and supervisors needed)
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Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Basic physical needs- food Safety- job security Social needs- friendship/teamwork self-esteem - achievement self-actualisation- meeting potential
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Herzbergs 2 factor theory
Hygiene factors: good company policy, supervision, good working conditions, pay, relations. Don't motivate as much but if aren't good workers get dissatisfied Motivating factors: interesting work, personal achievement, recognition- motivating factors
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Mayo's human relations theory of motivation
- tests showed that change improved productivity -meet social needs of employees to increase motivation - e.g social clubs
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3 methods of non financial motivation
job enlargement- greater range of work job enrichment- more challenging work to give employee more responsibility job rotation- move from one task to another
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3 methods of financial incentives
piece work- paid per unit commission- paid for completing tasks, often a bonus on their salary profit sharing
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Leader
often have a vision, drive that they share with others think long term on ways to improve and innovate
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managers
make decisions on a day to day running of the business.
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paternalistic leadership style
softer form of autocratic focus more on employee well being and motivation
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entrepreneur
person who sets up a business take risks
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barriers to entrepreneurship
lack of money lack of confidence- fear of failure lack training/ knowledge lack ability to seek to grow
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financial and non financial motives for an entrepreneur
financial -profit maximisation -profit satisficing- making enough but not maximising non financial -independence -flexibility - solving social and ethical issues
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aim
broad target, long term
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objective
specific target, short term
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pros and cons of sole trader
+ freedom +profit -long hours -unlimited liability
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pros and cons of partnership
+more capital put into business with 2 people +shared decision making + faster growth -conflict may arise -shared profits
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pros and cons of limited liability
+ can sell shares to gain capital + financial protection of being limited -publish accounts -more owners which means less profit
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franchise
an agreement which allows an entrepreneur to use a business name, logo and reputation of an established business
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trade off
one thing is reduced or given up in order to increase or gain another.
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opportunity cost
the benefit that's given up in order to do something else

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