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Business
Unit 1 & Unit 2
Term | Definition |
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stakeholders | these are people who play a part in the operation of the business e.g entrepeneur |
risk | is something that entrepeneurs take when investing in a business and if it should failthey bare the loss |
entrepeneur | someone who uses initiative to bring together all the resources needed to set up a business and bears the risk of loss if it should fail e.g cully & sully |
producer | is someone that turns raw materials into finished products e.g glanbia turns milk into yoghurt |
supplier | provides raw materials needed for producers. they compete for contracts |
service provider | people or an organisation that provide support services to the public or business e.g oz |
employer | is a person or organisation who hires people to work in return for a wage e.g mccan and byrne |
employee | employees are hired to do work needed to produce and sell goods e.g worker in mccan & byrne |
offer | one party makes an offer to another party. it may be oral or written or by conduct . The offer is legally binding if accepted by the offeree |
consent to contract | each party must give real agreement to the contract. pressure cannot be put on a person to enter a contract |
negotiation | this is a non legitative method of resolving conflict between stakeholders . both sides enter a series of discussions with offers and counter offers until they reach an agreement acceptable to both |
conciliation | a non legislative method of resolving conflict between stakeholders. a 3rd party is invited to investigate and listen to both sides of the story. helps both party with a solution e.g factory worker & employer in conflict might ask politician to conciliati |