Business Studies Unit 2

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Internal Stakeholders
Those who are directly linked to the business, such as employees and owners
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External Stakeholders
Those indirectly linked to the business, such as the community in which it operates
2 of 61
Private Limited Company
(LTD) A limited liability company with private shareholders
3 of 61
Public Limited Company
(PLC) A limited liability company with shares quoted on the stock market and available to the public
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Shareholders
Those who own shares in a business
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Aims
Long term targets of a business
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Breakeven
Where total costs equal revenue
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Objectives
Short term aims
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Carbon Footprint
The amount of carbon released through an activity
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Environmentally Friendly
Not harming the enviroment
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Social Costs
Costs that affect the whole community, such as pollution
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Ethical aims and objectives
Aiming to do the right thing
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Sustainable aims and objectives
Aiming to be environmentally friendly
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Agents
People employed to act on behalf of a business
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Infrastructure
The framework of services, such as power and transport links, needed by a business
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Extension Strategy
A way to make the life cycle longer
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Product Life Cycle
The way in which a product is born, grows and dies
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Product Portfolio
The range of products offered by a business
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Cost-plus pricing
Adding up all the costs of a product and making sure the price covers this
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Mark-up
The percentage added to the cost plus price for profit
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Pricing Techniques
Different ways to price a product
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Loss Leader
A good priced so low it doesn't cover costs
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Penetration Pricing
An opening low price to gain market share
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Above-the-line
Directly paid for advertising
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Below-the-line
Promotions that increase sales, but are not advertising
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Promotional Strategies
Methods designed to increase awareness and sales of a product
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Channels of distribution
Ways to deliver goods to customers or to where customers can buy them
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Place
Where a product is sold and how the product gets there
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Cold call
A sales telephone call made with no previous contact with the customer
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Asset
Something that a business owns that has value
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External Sources of finance
Finance that comes from outside the business
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Floating a company
Offering shares in the company to the public, via the stock market
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Internal sources of finance
Finance that comes from within the business
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Retained Profit
Profit that is not distributed to owners
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Appropriation account
Shows where the net profit (operating profit) haas gone
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Profit and loss account
The operational record of the business
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Trading account
What the business has sold and what it has cost for these sales
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Liability
Anything a business owes that has a value
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Liquidity Ratio
Whether the business can pay its short-term debts from its assets
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Probability Ratio
How much profit the business is making compared to revenue
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Ratio
One variable measured in terms of another
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Authority
The power to make decisions
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Delegation
The right to pass authority to others
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Organisational Chart
A diagram showing relationships in a business
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Span of Control
The number of people for whom a manager is responsible
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Subordinate
An employee over whom someone has authority
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Custom and Practice
What is accepted as normal in a business
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Induction Training
Training to introduce a worker to a business
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Line Manager
The manager immediately in charge of an employee
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Division of Labour
Dividing work up to specialise on a particular task
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Flow Production
A product being assembled, processed or built as it moves along a production line
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Just-In-Time
A version of lean production here materials arrive just as needed
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Lean Production
Minimising the use of all the inputs necessary for production
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Specialisation
When a worker concentrates on a particular task
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Bulk
A large amount
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Economies of scale
Benefits gained from the growth of a business
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Diseconomies of scale
Drawbacks gained from the growth of a business
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Kaizen
Continuous (often small) improvement
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Kitemark
The logo that shows that the product is BSI tested and approved
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Quality
To a business, a product that is up to standard; to a customer, a product that does what it should
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Total Quality Management
Everyone is responsible for quality
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Card 2

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Those indirectly linked to the business, such as the community in which it operates

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External Stakeholders

Card 3

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(LTD) A limited liability company with private shareholders

Back

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Card 4

Front

(PLC) A limited liability company with shares quoted on the stock market and available to the public

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

Those who own shares in a business

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Preview of the back of card 5
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davidsalter

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This is a set of 61 flash cards covering most of the definitions required for the GCSE. The appropriate unit number varies from board to board but this is suitable for the final GCSE exam. Good for testing yourself or fellow students.

TheBlackPope

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nice

JoshCarey

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Adam__

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Hi JoshCarey :)

caian

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hi Adam_ _  ; )

A.Giff2

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spelling error: slide 35 'haas' : 'has'

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