Role of Business
Factors of Production
Functional Areas
Shareholders
External Forces
100

Tangile items such as cars, televisions or soda

Goods

100
Land, Plants, Livestock, Wind, Sun, Water, etc. are known as what? 

Natural Resources 

100

This department's or person's role is to supervise other people's performance. Know to also be responsible for - Planning, Organizing, Controlling and Leading. 

Management

100

Is an individual or group that has a legitimate interest in a company, organization, or business. 

Stakeholder 

100
What external force or environment does regulations, laws and liabilities that companies must cope with to stay in business? 

Legal Environment

200

Are known as haircuts, hotel stays, or roller-coaster rides

Services

200

Anything that is manufactured in order to be used in the production of goods and services (for example, equipment) is called what? 


Capital 

200

This department is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day business operations, which can include ordering raw materials or scheduling employees to produce tangible goods. 

Operations


200

Groups or people who work directly within the business are what kind of stakeholders? 

Internal

200

What external force or environment encompasses the values, attitudes, beliefs, wants and desires of the consuming public? 

Social Environment

300

Business generates what from the sales of goods and services? 

Profits

300

The ability to recognize a profit opportunity, organize the other factors of production, and accept risk is called what? 

Entrepreneurship

300

This department identifies customers' needs and designs products and service to meet those needs. 

Marketing

300

Groups outside the business or people who do not work inside the business but are affected in some way by the decision of the business are what kind of stakeholder? 

External 

300

What external force or environment develops new technologies, the opening of foreign markets, and the rise of consumer expectations? 

Competitive 

400

If the expense of a business exceeds the revenue/income generated from their operation, then the business will suffer what? 

Loss

400

Any human service - physical or intellectual 

Labor

400

This department answers questions about how funds should be raised, the long-term cost of borrowing funds, and the implications of financing decisions for the long-term health of the business. 

Finance


400

Customers, Shareholders, Creditors, Local Community, etc. are examples of what kind of Stakeholder? 

External 

400

This external force or environment has allowed goods and services to flow across internal borders more efficiently and cheaply. 

Global 
500

What is the activity called that provides goods or services to consumers for the purpose of making a profit? 

Business
500

Resources are also called what? 

Factors of Production


500

This department provide the organization with knowledge and ideas to keep up and ahead of the competition. 

Reseach and Development

500

Managers, Employees and Owners are what kind of Stakeholders? 

Internal

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