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Business Essential
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alternative resource: | A resource thet can be used in place of another . |
| Automation: | A method of operatig or controlling a process in which tasks are completed by automatic means, such as technology, reducing human effort and labor . |
| Baby boomers: | A term used to refer to individuals who were born between the years 1946 and 1964. |
| Capital goods: | Manufactured or constructed items that are used to peoduce gods and services. |
| Conserve: | To slow down the use of something to make its supply last longer than it would otherwise. |
| Consumer goods and services: | Products produced for personal consumption. |
| Demographics: | Information used to describe a population. |
| Economic resources: | The human and natural resources and capital goods used to produce goods and services; also known as factors of production. |
| Employee assistance program: | A project organized and sponsored by a company to help its employees. |
| Etrepreneurs: | People who assume the risks of starting and operating businesses. |
| Entrepreneurship: | Starting and building a business. |
| Factors of production: | Productive resources; human and natural resources and capital goods; also known as economic resources. |
| Financial capital: | Money needed to operate a business. |
| Flextime: | A scheduling procedure in which employees select their own working hours as long as they work the required number of hours. |
| Fossil fuels : | Nonrenewable, carbon-based energy sources formed underground from the fossilized remains of plants and animals. |
| Gerenation X: | A term used to refer to individuals who were born between the years 1965; and 1980; also known as Gen X |
| Generation Y : | A term used to refer to individuals who were born between the years 1981 and 1995; also known as millennials. |
| Human resources: | People who work to produce goods and services . |
| Inventory: | Stock of goods. |
| Just-in-time inventory: | An inventory method in which goods are ordered so that they arrive when they are needed rather than being stockpiled. |
| Natural resources: | Items that are found in nature and used to produce goods and services. |
| Nonrenewable resources: | Natural resources that may become entirely depleted; natural resources that cannot be replenished after use . |
| Producers: | The people who make or provide goods and services. |
| Production: | The economic process or activity of producing goods and services. |
| Raw materials: | Items in their natural state or condition. |
| Resource owners: | Those who provide human resources, natural resources, and capital goods in order for production to take place. |
| Shared time: | When two employees share the responsability for one full-time position . |
| Stockpiling: | Maintaining a large inventory. |
| Technology: | Scientific applications to business objectives or the methods used to attain those objectives. |