S2 Core Business Goods and Services. Todays Learning Intention Identify what a Good and a Service is and recognise the difference between both Understand.

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S2 Core Business

Goods and Services

Today’s Learning Intention

Identify what a Good and a Service is and recognise the difference between both

Understand what is meant by the terms Durable and Non-Durable

What is the purpose of a Business?

• A business exists in order to make money and to do this they must decide whether to sell goods, services or both to their customers.

Goods and Services

SERVICEGOOD

Tangible

Is something you can see and touch which makes them…

Is provided for you and you cannot necessarily see or touch it, which makes them…

Intangible

In pairs come up with 2 examples of a Good and 2 examples of a Service

Durable and Non-Durable

• These goods are long lasting

NON-DURABLEDURABLE

• Goods can be durable or non-durable

• These goods only last for a short period of time

In pairs come up with 2 examples of a durable good and 2 examples of a non-durable good

• Now complete Activity 1 in your notes and tasks booklet

• Once finished, complete the extension activity

What do we now know...?

The difference between a Good and a Service

What Durable and Non-Durable means

Today’s Learning Intention

Identifying the differences between Needs and Wants

Needs

What do you REALLY need to survive...?

With your partner, agree on 3 things you

both think you need in order to survive.

Needs

• Wants are unlimited. Each person will have different wants which will change with time.

• For example: I-pad, Sports Car, Holidays

Wants• Needs are items

which people cannot live without.

• These are: Food, Water, Shelter and Clothing

• Now complete Activity 2 in your notes and tasks booklet

• Once finished, complete the extension activity

What do we now know...?

The difference between a Need and a Want

S2 Core Business

Entrepreneurs

Today’s Learning Intention

To highlight factors that make a business successful

Understand what is meant by an Entrepreneur

An Entrepreneur =

• Someone who is a risk taker and has an idea to create a new product/service then turns it into a successful business.

• But how do they do this...?

What makes a Business successful?

• Enough money to start up the business- this is known as Capital

• The idea (Enterprise) from the entrepreneur

• Land/premises for setting up the business. Can also include natural resources used by the business

• A workforce ( Labour) to start-up the business

• Now complete Activity 3 in your notes and tasks booklet

• Now complete Activity 4 & Activity 5 in your notes and tasks booklet

• Once finished complete the extension activity on page 11

What do we now know...?

The factors that make a business successful

What an Entrepreneur is

S2 Core Business

Skills and Qualities

Today’s Learning Intention

To extend our knowledge on knowing what Skills and Qualities are

• Last period we were speaking about entrepreneurs...

• What skills and qualities do you think Simon Cowell has, which have helped him become successful...

• Confident • Creative• Hard Working• Determined• Ambitious• People Skills

Skill

Something that we learn to do and become good at e.g.

Riding a bike

Quality

A word used to describe a person’s personality and characteristics e.g.

• Now complete Activity 6 in your notes and task booklet

• Once finished complete the extension activity on page 13

What do we now know...?

What is meant by a skill and examples of skills

What is meant by a quality and examples of qualities

S2 Core Business

Types of Businesses

Today’s Learning Intention

To extend our knowledge on knowing what different business types are

Private Sector• This is the sector in which businesses

are owned by individuals or groups of people.

• What aims may they have for their businesses…

Aim A.K.A Goal, Target or Objective - something that a business hopes to achieve over a period of time.

Aims of a Private Sector Business

To survive

Maximise sales

Maximise profitTo grow

Provide a good quality product/service

Private SectorSole Trader

Someone who starts up a business on their own is a sole trader.

It is owned, controlled and financed by one person.

Example:

Partnership

This is a business set up and run by 2 or more people.

It is owned, controlled and financed by the partners.

Between 2-20 people can be included in the partnership agreement.

Example:

• Now complete the following activities in your notes and tasks booklet:

Activity 7Activity 8Activity 9

What do we now know…?

• What is meant by the Private Sector

• What the aims of businesses that are within this sector

• The difference between a Sole Trader and a Partnership

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