Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Business Management
- Mrs. Shaw's work
- Business Cycle
- A business sells goods/a service for money
- Uses the money to pay others
- Other spend money on the business
- Businesses have more money to spend on goods
- Factors of Production
- Capital
- Anything man-made including machinery and money
- Enterprise
- Ideas, risk-taking, decision making etc
- Labour
- Human workers who are paid wages
- Land
- Resources from the land that are part of raw materials
- Added Value
- Farmer harvests some wheat
- A baker buys the grain and makes bread
- Baker then sells the grain to the consumer for a higher price so that he gains a profit
- Types of business
- Sole Traders
- A Sole Trader is run by one person
- It is usually a small business
- It has unlimited liability
- Partnerships
- A Partnership is run by 2-20 people
- It has unlimited liability
- It is usually a small company
- Limited Companies
- Public Limited
- Public Funded organistaions
- These are usually funded by the Government
- They are run by multiple people
- Charities
- Run by multiple people
- Employees are not payed
- Product Portfolio
- I.e. when a business has a number of products on the market
- This is when brand loyalty has been gained
- When a product has been released, the busines may use that logo for their next product, e.g., coca-cola > diet coke
- Product Line Extension
- This happens when a product has reached saturation or decline
- The product is then introduced to do somthing new or have a new label etc
- Product Endorsement
- This is when a celebrity is used to advertise the product
- Research
- Desk
- Desk research is finding information on what product/service consumers want through second hand information
- For example, newspapers, the internet, the radio, etc
- Field
- Field research is finding information on what product/serviceconsumers want through first hand information
- For example, surveys, intervies, focus groups, etc.
- Branding and Own Label Branding
- Branding
- High cost advertising
- Manufacturer and Retailer are different companies
- More attractive packaging
- Advantages
- Brand Loyalty
- Higher price means more money earned per product sold
- Own Label Branding
- Low cost advertising
- Manufacturer and Retailer are the same company
- Less attractive packaging
- Advantages
- Loyal customers may also be loyal to brand
- Lower price = more customers
- Expensive
- Cheap
- Production
- Job
- Job production is when a product is produced using labour (and sometimes minor machinery) usually made by hand
- Batch
- Batch production is when a product is produced
by an equal split of machinery and labour
- Flow
- Flow production is when a product is produced using machinery (and sometimes minor labour) 24/7
- Intensive production
- Capital
- Advantages
- Can work 24/7
- Can do things a person can't
- Disadvantegs
- Initial cost high
- IT expert required
- Labour
- Advantages
- Can do things Machinery can't
- Disadvantages
- Has to be paid with a wage/salary
- Staff Moral
- Keeping excess stock
- The cost for storge space
- No space for new stock