Hint | Answer |
The right to command and make decisions | |
A market for shares in PLCs | |
The number of people a person is directly responsible for in a business | |
Trade in services | |
Training that takes place away from the work area | |
Measures designed to restrict trade | |
Production involving the conversion of raw materials into finished and semi-finished goods | |
An employee's take home pay, after deductions such as income tax and pension contributions | |
The different methods by which information can be sent | |
A document used by a job seeker which lists personal details, qualifications, work experience, referees and other details | |
The difference between visible exports and visible imports | |
Where the business has a separate legal identity from that of its owners | |
A physical limit on the quantity of imports allowed into a country | |
Goods and services bought from overseas | |
Non-physical products | |
Trade between nations that is completely without government restrictions | |
Specialisation in specific tasks or skills by an individual | |
A business owned by between 2 and 20 people | |
A payment based on the value of sales, usually a percentage of sales made | |
Favouring one person over another on the grounds of race, gender, age or disability | |
The use of non-approved channels when communicating | |
Where workers are given a share of the profits, usually as part of their pay | |
Communication between the business and those outside such as customers, investors or the authorities | |
Goods and services produced by one business for another | |
A brief summary of a firm's aims and objectives | |
Measures used by the government to attract businesses to 'deprived' areas | |
The production of services in the economy | |
The sending and receiving of messages | |
The decline in manufacuring | |
The stock of manmade resources, such as machines and tools, used to help make goods and services | |
Where two or more companies share the cost, responsibility and profits from a business venture | |
A payment system where workers receive an amount of money for each unit produced | |
A rate of pay above the normal rate to compensate employees for working extra hours | |
Where a business allows another operator to trade under their name | |
Production methods that make more use of labour relative to machinery | |
The price of borrowed money | |
The transformation of resources into goods and services | |
A payment system designed for non-manual workers where pay increases are given if performance targets are met | |
A section in a business where all employees have similar skills and specialise in particular activities | |
Areas of land, usually on the outskirts of towns and cities, where businesses develop for the first time | |
The basic needs of humans for their survival | |
The idea that people should satisfy their basic needs and enjoy improved living standards without compromising the quality of life of future generations | |
Trade in physical goods | |
Production involving the extraction of raw materials from the earth | |
Pay, usually to non-manual workers, expressed as a yearly figure but paid monthly | |
Obstacles that make it difficult for new firms to enter a market | |
According to Herzberg, things at work that result in satisfaction | |
Allowing workers to change jobs from time to time | |
Business organisations owned by individuals or groups of individuals | |
Areas that are designated by the UK or EU as having economic problems and are eligible for support | |
A court which deals with cases involving disputes between employers and employees | |
Appointing workers from inside the business | |
A business organisation which has a separate legal identity from that of its owners | |
An organisation which provides goods and services | |
Making workers' jobs more challenging by giving them opportunities to be creative and take on responsibility | |
A written agreement between an employer and an employee in which each has certain obligations | |
A partnership where all partners have limited liability | |
The pleasure, enjoyment or sense of achievement that employees get from their work | |
Where a multinational returns the profits from an overseas venture to the country where it is based | |
Things that get in the way of communication | |
Goods and services sold to ordinary people rather than businesses | |
The need of humans to communicate, develop friendships and belong | |