Chapter One Intro To Bus Man Flashcards

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What is business

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Is a organisation that provides goods or services to customers in order to make a profit

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What is profit

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When income earned ( revenue ) is greater than the costs of production (costs)

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What is finished goods

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Good that are ready to buy and use

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What is non-for profit

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Not-for-profit organisations operate to provide social, educational, religious or other benefits rather than the soul pursuit or objective to make a profit.

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What is for-profit

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It’s soul purpose is to make a profit

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What is market share

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Refers to the business’s share of total industry sales for a particular product

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What is Multinational

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A compony that branches out to many different country’s

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What is an objective

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A statement of what an organisation expects to achieve over a set period of time

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What is Social objective

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Working with in the community to provide jobs, social justice etc

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What’s a financial objective

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Wanting to make more money by increasing sales, market share and increasing the business.

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What’s personal objectives

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Something a business manager wants to do to make their business in their eyes or improve themselves.

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Economy is

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A system to set up and determine what to produce, how to produce and and whom the production will be distributed to

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Economic growth is

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When the real value of goods and services increases over a set period of time.

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Business environment

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Refers to the surrounding conditions in which the business operates this can be divided in to two parts internal and external

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Internal environment

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These are the factors that the business can control

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External environment

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These are the factors that the business has little control over can be separated into two sectors operating and micro

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Corporate culture is

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Unwritten or informal rules which people are to abide by most of the time.

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Policy is

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The general guide to help employees deal with reoccurring situations.

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Operating environment is

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Is sometimes called task environment refers to the specific outside stakeholders with whom the business interacts in conducting its business

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A stakeholder is

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Any group or individual who has an interest in or is affect by the activities of the group

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Suppliers are

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Supply the the resources that the business needs to conduct its operations

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Competition is

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Rivalry among businesses that seek to satisfy a market

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Competitors are

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Businesses that offer rival products or services

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Interest groups are

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Are groups of people who attempt to directly influence or persuade an organisation to adopt particular polices

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Sustainable competitive advantage is
the ability of a business to develop strategies that ensure it has an edge over its competitors
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Macro environment is
Made up of a board of conditions and trends in the economy and society with in a business operates
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Work place diversity
Means the multitude of individual differences that exist amount people in the workplace
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Business ethics is
The application of moral standards to business behaviour
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Socially responsible management is
Managing an organisation is such away that the broader social welfare of the community is taken into consideration when making business decisions
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Stakeholders are
Individuals or groups with an interest in the success of the business
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Conflict of interest occurs when
A person takes advantage of a situation or piece of information for his or her advantage rather than for the employers interest
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Corruption is
A lack of honestly or integrity, using a position of trust or authority to receive favours, often financial bribes
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Code of conduct is
A set of ethical standards by which managers and employees should abide
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Export is
Sending goods to other places or out of the country
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Import is
Receiving goods from other places or country's