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PBMF Vocab
| Word | Defintion |
|---|---|
| Producers | businesses which develop products for distribution from raw goods |
| Raw goods | Materials derived from natural resources |
| Processors | business which change raw goods into a more finished form, known as processed goods |
| Manufactures | businesses which raw or processed goods into into finished goods |
| intermediaries | businesses which move finished goods from one business to another bu buying, storing and reselling goods, often referred to as "middle man" |
| service firms | businesses which provide services to consumers and other businesses |
| Non-profit Organization | businesses which provide goods and services to businesses and individuals, but operate on donations, volunteers and philanthropists rather than profit |
| Human resources | department responsible for maintaining the employment process, training and developing staff, and following laws and proper procedures |
| Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs | pyramid expressing the needs of people in levels: basic needs safety, belongings, love, esteem and self-actualization |
| Cooperation | process of effectively working together in group settings |
| Management | process of reaching a company's goals and objectives by utilizing its resources; department responsible for the management process |
| Accounting | process of recording, classifying, summarizing and reporting the financial position of a business |
| Assets | items of value owned by a business |
| Liabilities | debts or obligation of a business |
| Accounting | Assets=liabilities+owner's equity |
| Income Statement | financial statement which reports net income or net loss of a company |
| Balance sheet | financial statement which reports totals in assets, liability and owner's equity accounts |
| Finance | department responsible for managing the use of company funds, obtaining needed funds, and creating a financial plan |
| Marketing | department responsible for creating products which meet consumer needs, guiding product through the product life cycle |
| Marketing mix | four interrelated marketing strategies used to meet consumer needs; consist of product, price, promotion and place |
| Product Life Cycle | marketing theory stating the stages experienced by products and services from their introduction to their decline; consist of four stages : introduction, growth, maturity, decline |
| Production | department responsible for producing goods and services in the most efficient and cost-effective manner |
| Distribution | department responsible for distribution goods and service in the most efficient and cost-effective manner |
| channel or medium | How the message is being sent |
| communication | the interchange of thoughts, opinions or information by speech, writing or signs |
| Either/or fallacy | characterized by presenting an idea with only two choices - either for or against the idea |
| Feed back | a reply or reactions to the message made by the receiver |
| Focusing | keeping attentions on what is being said or read |
| Glittering generalities | Characterized by using important sounding words in a general statement, which have no true meaning and cannot be proved or disproved |
| Hearing | the ability to perceive sound |
| Information source | the source of the information or material that is being communicated |
| Message | the meaning or subject of the information being communicated |
| noise | a distraction that interrupts the message from being understood |
| Paralinguistic | deals with tone, pitch, rhythm, loudness and inflection of voice |
| Primary source | an original, fundamental and authoritative document pertaining to an event or subject of injury; a firsthand or eyewitness account of an event |
| Propaganda | the ideas or fact that are a part of someone's cause; is used to damage the opposing cause |
| Proximity | the distance at which the speaker is from the audience |
| receiver | the person or group for which the information |
| secondary source | any document that describes an event, person, place or thing |
| Ethics | set of standards of conduct that guide decisions and actions based on duties derived from core values |
| Ethical Behavior | action guided by a set of principles if morality |
| Moral Behavior | conduct in accordance with what a person determines is right versus wrong |
| Legal Behavior | Conduct based on or authorized by law, which is established by society to maintain order and protect people and properties from harm |
| False Financial Statement | an organization's financial statement containing untrue data which is used to missed |
| Embezzlement | an entrusted person converts other's assets or properties for his or her own use |
| Ethical Dilemma | complex situation in which contribute to the well-being of society |
| Code of ethics | set of written standards issued by an organization to assists its employees in conducting their actions in conformity with the organization's ethical value |
| Business social Responsibility | duties and obligations of businesses which contribute to the well-being of society |
| Stakeholders | All the parties which interacts with business |
| Business Ethics | Professional standards of conduct based on moral principles and values' guides decision-making processed and actions |
| Confidentiality | occurs when information relating to a company, product, or person is not available or disclosed to unauthorized individuals |
| Ethical/Unethical choices | Choices based on moral priniples and values |
| Legal/illegal choices | choices made according to law |
| Code of Ethics | a set of guidelines which govern behavior |
| Moral principles | the principles of right and wrong accepted by an individual or a social group |
| Values | beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment |
| Disclose | to make known; reveal or uncover |
| Discrimnation | the treatment or consideration of making a distinctions in favor of or against a person or thing based on the group, class or category to which that persons or thing belong rather than on idividual merit |
| Harassment | to disturb persistently; torment or bother continually; persecute |
| Moral | emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness and confidence |
| Colleague | an associate or coworker |
| Consequences | the effect, result or outcome of something occurring |
| implication | a natural result of an action |
| Breach | to break or act contrary to |
| Dilemma | any difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
| Evaluate | to consider the value of |
| Economic system | way a society produces goods and services and provides and distributes these goods and services to its citizens |
| Communism | Economic system in which there is strong governmental control; |
| Socialism | economic system in which there is medium governmental control |
| Capitalism | economic system which derives from the principle of individual rights |
| Traditional Economic | economic system which occur in less developed countries |
| Adam Smith | saw the marketing system acting as an "invisible hand" which leads people to unintentionally promote society's interest while pursuing their own |
| Karl Max | Intellectual father of modern day Marxist economies |
| John Maynard Keyes | his idea about the cause of unemployment revolutionized the macroeconomic theory and profoundly altered the government's involvement in the economy |
| Private enterprise system | synonymous with the market/capitalist economy; emphasizes the private sector |
| Economics | way in which humans allocate scarce resources to produce various commodities |
| Human necessities | goods and services necessary to survivial |
| Human wants | goods and services desired but not necessary for survival |
| Land | natural resources found on earth; includes everything contained in the earth or the seas |
| Capital | monetary resources needed to start and operate a business or goods used in the production process |
| Entrepreneurship | human skill required to start and run a business |
| Resources | materials used to make goods and services; also referred to as factors of production |
| Time Utility | degree to which a product or service is available at a necessary or concen |
| Place utility | degree to which a product or services is available at necessary or convenient location |
| Form Utility | Degree to which a product or service is useful or desirable due to its form(the raw materials or parts it is made of) |
| Possession Utility | degree to which a product or service is easy to purchase or pay for |
| Information Utility | degree to which a product or service is easy learn about, gain information about, and understand |
| Utility | added value marketing adds to a product |
| Mixed Economies | Elements of both market and command systems are found in the economy |
| Market Economies | consumers decide what is produced through the purchases they make |
| command economies | one person or group makes production decisions; one person or group owns all businesses and run all backgrounds |
| Capitalism | Economic system in which businesses are privately owned |
| socialism | economic system in which there is increased government involvement and more social services in order to secure a certain standard of living |