Categories: All - agriculture - capital - service - enterprise

by Devanney Dean 15 years ago

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mindmap

The economy can be divided into several sectors, each playing a crucial role in the overall structure. The primary sector focuses on extracting and utilizing natural resources, providing raw materials like crops, fish, and minerals.

mindmap

Business Activity

Workers

Managers
Directors
Owners

Sectors of the economy

Quaternary

this is a combination of tertiary businesses associated with information and communication technologies

Tertiary

This is known as the service sector. This is the substantial part of economic growth in economically developed countries. Some firms here would include banking, accountancy, finance, travel and tourism, hairdressing etc.

Secondary

The secondary sector processes the raw materials from the primary sector. (Manufacturing)

Some industries in this sector are food and drink

manufacturing cars, buildings.

Primary

This sector involves changing natural resources into primary sources. Most products from this sector are considered raw materials for other industries. Some business that fall under this sector would include agriculture, agribusiness, fishing, forestry and all mining and quarrying industries.

Business Functions

Human Resources
Employee Relations and Welfare

this is where pay negotiations with employees , disciplinary procedures, considering grievances of employees as well as health and safety, social activities, etc are discussed in the business

Pay
Training
Accounts and Finance
Credit Control

Credit control is the process of collecting debits and managing payments if there is a case where a firm will be owed money by its customers and may owe money to its suppliers.

Cash Flow

the way money moves in and out of the business. We must keep a balance and manage the cas flows because if too much money flows at one time, the firm can easiy become bankrupt

Sources of Finance

decisions are to be made about the most appropriate source of finance for each activity that will occur

Production
Purchasing and Stock Control

Buy all the stocks or raw materials necessary for production.

Distribution
Quality Control

ensurane that quality of the product or service is great is crucial if the reputation of the firm is to be maintained

Production Planning

layout of the facility, the optimum location of production, the method of production, the type of machinery

Research and development (R & D

R&D is usually required for the development of new goods and to design, develop and produce new products.

New product development
Marketing
Marketing mix

This sector of marketing develops the mix of strategies that will help with selling the products. This is where the prices of the product is decided upon, the promotion, the nature of the product and the channels of distribution for the product.

New product development

This section of marketing often works with the production section in order to develop new products and services.

Researching the market

Under this sector of marketing we identify market opportunities, identify the nature of current customers and potential customers, understand the target market for our services or goods, test consumer reaction to potential products, etc.

Output

Goods

Real, visible solid items.

Services

Services are not visible but the results can be

seen.

Input

Factors of Production
Enterprise

this is the whole idea and plans of the business of which th owner or entrepreneur provides. This includes all the planning that help combine the other three factors of production.

Capital

These are the things we need to create the products for selling. These things could include equipment, machineries, money, buildings. Money is capital when it is used to buy equipment.

Labour

This is work we hire employees to do.

Land

This is the land itself on which we work. This also covers the unprocessed raw materials that come from the earth and water.