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Business
Unit 1 & Unit 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |