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Business
People in Business
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Business | An organisation that buys and sells goods and services |
| Commercial Business | Provides goods and services with the aim to make a profit |
| Non-commercial Business | Puts people and community first ahead of profit |
| Entrepreneur | A person who spots a gap in the market and comes up with an idea they can turn into a business |
| Investor | People or organisations that provide the entrepreneur with capital |
| Employer | Recruits staff in order to run the business |
| Employee | Works in a business in return for a wage/salary |
| Producer | Takes raw materials and transforms them durning the manufacturing process into finished products |
| Consumer | People who buy goods and services for their personal use |
| Manager | Responsible for the day-to-day running of the business |
| Supplier | Provides raw materials to the business for business to fulfil its orders |
| Service Provider | Provides services needed by business to operate successfully |
| Government | Body of people who govern the country |
| Local community | Consists of individuals, households and organisations |
| Co-operative Relationships | Stakeholders work together towards a common goal win-win scenario |
| Competitive Relationship | Stakeholders work towards different goals win-lose scenario |
| Dependent Relationship | Stakeholders need each other for success, one skate holder is not able to achieve their goal without the other |
| Dynamic Relationship | Stakeholders relationship is constantly changing, at times relationship can be co-operative or dependent at other times it is competitive |