Business Terms Flashcards

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Absenteeism

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  • Employees not attending work
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Accounting and Finance Function

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  • Provides financial information for decision making
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Accounts Payable

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  • The money the business owes to its suppliers or service providers
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Accounts Receivable

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  • The money owed to the business from consumers who have already received their good or service
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Accounts Receivable Turnover Ratio

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  • Sales/Accounts Receivable (Formula)

- Shows the average of how long it takes for customers to pay the business

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Acquisition

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  • Stage in the HR cycle which identifies the staffing needs, recruitment and selection
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Amortisation

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  • The depreciation of intangible assets over time
  • Intangible = Non-physical (E.g Trademarks)
  • Tangible = Physical
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Arbitration

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  • When a commissioner hears both sides of an industrial dispute and makes a decision which is legally binding on both parties
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Audit

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  • A check of financial records

- From an accountant or manager

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Award

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  • A document which states the minimum working conditions
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Bad Debts

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  • Debts that are unlikely to be paid
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Balance Sheet

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  • Shows the Assets and Liabilities and the equity the owner has invested in the business
  • Shows financial stability
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Bankruptcy

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  • A legal declaration that a person or business has more liabilities than assets
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Batch Production

Flow Production

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  • Producing small numbers of the same item

- Producing lots of products at the same time

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Benchmarking

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  • A process of measuring performance that shows a business against its competitors
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Bottlenecks

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  • A point in the production process which limits the speed of the operating process
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BPAY

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  • Paying bills online
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Brand Awareness

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  • The extent to which consumers know a product based on its brand
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Branding

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  • The reputation a product or business has gained over time
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Budget

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  • A tool to evaluate the results of a business with planned results
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Business Life Cycle

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  • The life of a business / Product
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Capitalised Expenses

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  • The cost when financing a non-current asset is added to the cost of the asset
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Cash Flow Management

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  • Management of cash coming in and going out of the business
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Cash Flow Statement

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  • A financial statement which shows the cash going in and out of the business
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Certified Agreement

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  • A wage that is agreed on by an employee and employer
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Collective Bargaining

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  • Negotiations over workplace disputes within a business
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Common Law

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  • Law that derives from court decisions by a Judge
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Competitive Advantage

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  • The features of a business which create an advantage over its competitors
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Competitive Positioning

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  • The process which determines how a business will differentiate itself from its competitors
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Component

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  • A part of a finished good
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CAD (Computer Aided Design)

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  • Computer technology which allows architects/ engineers to create something or adjust designs using a computer
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CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing)

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  • Computer technology which assists with the manufacturing of a product
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Conciliation

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  • Is used when the FWC (fair work commision) offers suggestions when resolving a dispute
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Contract for Service

Contract of Service

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  • Limited time employment with an agreed fee

- Offered work/service from an employee for a set time and fee

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Cost Centres

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  • Centre’s that account for the expenses/ costs incurred by each business functions
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Cost Plus Pricing

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  • The process of identifying the manufacturing cost of a product and adding an additional amount to allow for a ‘profit margin’
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Credit Card

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  • A card which provides a line of credit
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Credit Policy

Credit Rating

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  • The conditions where a business is willing to allow another business to postpone their payment for goods/ services
  • The ability of a business to repay loans
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Creditors

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  • AKA, ‘Accounts Payable’
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CPA (Critical Path Analysis)

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  • Scheduling tool
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Current Assets and Liabilities

Current Ratio (Formula)

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  • The assets and liabilities in the short term (Below 12 months)
  • Current Assets/Current Liabilities (Formula)
  • AKA, ‘Working Capital ratio’
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Debentures

Debtors

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  • A type of long-term debt finance

- The people or businesses that owe money to the business

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Demographic Segmentation

Geographic segmentation

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  • The process of dividing the market into smaller markets based on customers’ age, gender, income, family
  • Same but based on the location (E.g beach wear near a beachm not at the snow)
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Depreciation

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  • Where an asset loses value over time

- Or, a fall in the currency of the nation against another country

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Derivative

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  • A contract where a buyer decides to purchase something from a seller at the same price in the future
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Distribution Channels

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  • The movement of a product from its manufacturer to its user
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Dividend

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  • Income from shares in another company
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Economies of Scale

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  • Producing large amounts of a product in order to save costs and increase efficiency
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Efficiency

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  • The achievement of maximum output with minimal input

- Involves achieving an objective without wasting resources while keeping costs as low as possible

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EFTPOS

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  • Electronic funds transfer at point of scale
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Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

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  • E.g using barcodes to monitor stock
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Entrepreneur

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  • An individual who has business skills to help a business thrive
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Equity

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  • Owner’s financial claim on the assets
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Exchange Rate

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  • Value of a countries money compared to another country
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Factoring

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  • Occurs when a business sells its accounts receivable assets to create cash inflow
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Fixed Cost

Variable Cost

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  • Costs that don’t change (E.g Rent)

- Costs that change (E.g Materials)

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Gantt Chart

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  • Records amount of tasks and the estimated time taken for each
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Gearing

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  • How much debt to equity a business has
  • Lower is better but not too low otherwise the business is not maximising the capital due to not using their liabilities for finance
  • The ratio shows the stability of the business
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Global Web Strategy

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  • Involves sourcing the cheapest materials, getting the cheapest manufacturer, and obtaining finance from a country with the lowest interest rates
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Globalisation

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The integration of different nations economies into a single market to sell, buy or trade goods/ services

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Grievance

Grievance Procedures

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  • A dispute

- The procedures employees and employers must follow to resolve these disputes

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Hedging

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  • A risk management strategy used by reducing/ limiting the probability of loss from fluctuating prices (E.g Qantas use hedging with their jet fuel)