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unit 2
key words for unit 2 - Business
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Decision making | skill of an entrepreneur |
| enterprise | Involves using your initiative to identify some need and then taking the steps to satisfy that need. |
| Entrepreneur | Someone who sets up a business. |
| Goals | Objectives set for the future to be achieved. |
| initiative | The ability to do something without been told to. |
| Innovation | using something original to meet a new requirement. |
| Networking | Exchanging info or services among individuals groups or services. |
| Planning | The management activity of setting goals for the future and devising strategies to use to achieve them. |
| Proactive | Having an idea and taking the appropriate action to get that idea to get it up and running. |
| Reactive | reacting to change for an entrepreneur |
| Reality preception | The ability to see things as they really are,and not just as you would prefer them to be. |
| Risk Management | taking steps to reduce the risks a business is exposed to. Businesses hire security guards to minimise the risk of theft. |
| SWOT | Strengths weakness Opportunities threats. An analysis of the challenges and opportunities facing a business |
| Time management | Getting all the important jobs done in the time available |
| Creative | developing new ideas. |
| Flexible | The ability to adapt plans as circumstances change. |
| Self-motivated | The ability to push yourself to achieve your goal. |
| Ruthless | The ability to put your business ahead of anything |
| Delegate | Passing some responsibility to reduce your workload |
| Intraprenuer | the employer in a business who comes up with business ideas. e.g Microsoft XBOX |
| skills of an entrepreneur | Future focused. ability to delegate. decision making. |
| Characteristics of an entrepreneur | Creative. Innovative. Risk taker. Confident. Decisive. Determined. Flexible. Resilient. Hard Worker. |