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What is a business?
… is any organisation that makes
   goods or provides services.
Needs and wants
• YOUR NEEDS –>goods or services essential
  for living. (things you think are necessary for
  living).
• YOUR WANTS -> goods or services that
  people would like to have, but are not
  essential for living. (things you would like to
  be able to buy and own).
• Goods and services are tangible and
  intangible goods that are produced and
  purchased in order to fulfill the needs and
  desires of consumers.
GOODS
• Goods are simply any physical or tangible products
  that can be seen and touched. Some goods are
  quickly consumed and must be replaced by like or
  similar products on a regular basis.
• Food is one example of goods that are quickly
  consumed and must be acquired repeatedly. Other
  forms of goods are more long-term in nature, and
  may last for years or even decades.
  Furniture, cutlery, and houses are examples of
  durable goods that are intended to satisfy consumers
  for extended periods of time.
SERVICES
Services are intangible support that is provided to
the consumer in some manner.
Example:
A physician provides healthcare support or
services. Telephone companies provide
communications services such as local calling
ability, long distance calling, and other features
that enhance the electronic communication
process. Banks provide a range of financial services
to customers, ranging from basic and checking
accounts to investment opportunities.
Work in pairs -
                                Revision
What is a business? Definition
Needs or Wants ?
___________ -> goods or services that people
  would like to have
__________ -> goods or services essential for
  living.
Services and Goods. List some characteristics and
  provide examples.
Factors of production
• Factors of production are those resources
  needed to produce goods or services.
• These fators are limited in supply
Factors of production
• Land
• Labour
• Capital
• Enterprise
• Land -> covers all the natural resources provided by
  nature and includes fields and forests, oil, gas, metals
  and other mineral resources.
• Labour -> efforts of people needed to make
  products.
• Capital -> the finance, the machinery and equipment
  needed for the manufacture of goods.
• Enterprise -> the skill and risk taking ability of the
  person who brings the other resources together to
  produce a good or service. Eg. The owner of a
  business is called entrepreneurs.
Levels of business activity -> There are
millions of businesses around us. Business
can be categorised in three broad
categories or stages.
Levels of business activity -> There are millions of businesses around us. Business can
be categorised in three broad categories or stages.

Primary Sector
   All those businesses which are related with
   extraction of raw material from Mother
   Nature such as mining, fishing, farming, and
   logging are known as Primary Sector
   businesses.
Secondary Sector
 All businesses which manufacture and process
 the raw materials which can be used by the
 end consumers are known as Secondary
 Sector businesses. These include building,
 construction, compute assembly, shoes
 factories, textile factories etc.
Tertiary Sector
  Whereas all the businesses which provide
  services and assist both the primary and
  secondary sector businesses can be classified
  as Tertiary sector businesses. These include
  transportation, insurance, hospitals,
  educational institutes, showrooms etc.
Example -> British Petroleum



 A business may exist in all the three sectors
 also. For example. British Petroleum has its
 own Oil wells and it extracts raw oil, this is
 _____________________, this oil is converted
 into petroleum and other by products. This is
 _____________________. After processing
 the oil into useable product BP sells it to end
 consumers through its network of Petrol
 pumps. This comes under
 _____________________.
What is a business

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What is a business

  • 1. What is a business?
  • 2. … is any organisation that makes goods or provides services.
  • 3. Needs and wants • YOUR NEEDS –>goods or services essential for living. (things you think are necessary for living). • YOUR WANTS -> goods or services that people would like to have, but are not essential for living. (things you would like to be able to buy and own).
  • 4. • Goods and services are tangible and intangible goods that are produced and purchased in order to fulfill the needs and desires of consumers.
  • 5. GOODS • Goods are simply any physical or tangible products that can be seen and touched. Some goods are quickly consumed and must be replaced by like or similar products on a regular basis. • Food is one example of goods that are quickly consumed and must be acquired repeatedly. Other forms of goods are more long-term in nature, and may last for years or even decades. Furniture, cutlery, and houses are examples of durable goods that are intended to satisfy consumers for extended periods of time.
  • 6. SERVICES Services are intangible support that is provided to the consumer in some manner. Example: A physician provides healthcare support or services. Telephone companies provide communications services such as local calling ability, long distance calling, and other features that enhance the electronic communication process. Banks provide a range of financial services to customers, ranging from basic and checking accounts to investment opportunities.
  • 7. Work in pairs - Revision What is a business? Definition Needs or Wants ? ___________ -> goods or services that people would like to have __________ -> goods or services essential for living. Services and Goods. List some characteristics and provide examples.
  • 8. Factors of production • Factors of production are those resources needed to produce goods or services. • These fators are limited in supply Factors of production • Land • Labour • Capital • Enterprise
  • 9.
  • 10.
  • 11. • Land -> covers all the natural resources provided by nature and includes fields and forests, oil, gas, metals and other mineral resources. • Labour -> efforts of people needed to make products. • Capital -> the finance, the machinery and equipment needed for the manufacture of goods. • Enterprise -> the skill and risk taking ability of the person who brings the other resources together to produce a good or service. Eg. The owner of a business is called entrepreneurs.
  • 12. Levels of business activity -> There are millions of businesses around us. Business can be categorised in three broad categories or stages.
  • 13.
  • 14. Levels of business activity -> There are millions of businesses around us. Business can be categorised in three broad categories or stages. Primary Sector All those businesses which are related with extraction of raw material from Mother Nature such as mining, fishing, farming, and logging are known as Primary Sector businesses.
  • 15. Secondary Sector All businesses which manufacture and process the raw materials which can be used by the end consumers are known as Secondary Sector businesses. These include building, construction, compute assembly, shoes factories, textile factories etc.
  • 16. Tertiary Sector Whereas all the businesses which provide services and assist both the primary and secondary sector businesses can be classified as Tertiary sector businesses. These include transportation, insurance, hospitals, educational institutes, showrooms etc.
  • 17. Example -> British Petroleum A business may exist in all the three sectors also. For example. British Petroleum has its own Oil wells and it extracts raw oil, this is _____________________, this oil is converted into petroleum and other by products. This is _____________________. After processing the oil into useable product BP sells it to end consumers through its network of Petrol pumps. This comes under _____________________.