business in action 7e bovée/thill. developing a business mindset chapter 1

Business in Business in Action 7e Action 7e Bovée/ThillBovée/Thill

Business in Business in Action 7e Action 7e Bovée/ThillBovée/Thill

Developing a Developing a Business MindsetBusiness Mindset

Chapter 1Chapter 1

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Learning Objectives

1. Explain the concept of adding value in a business and identify the major types of businesses

2. List three steps you can take to help make the leap from a consumer to a business professional

3. Discuss the five major environments in which every business operates

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Learning Objectives (cont.)

4. Explain the purpose of the six major functional areas in a business enterprise

5. Summarize seven of the most important business professions

6. Identify seven components of professionalism

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Understanding What Businesses Do

• Business Any profit-seeking organization that provides

goods and services designed to satisfy the customers’ needs

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Adding Value: the Business of Business

• Revenue Money that a company brings in through the

sale of goods and services

• Business model A concise description of how a business

intends to generate revenue

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Adding Value: the Business of Business (cont.)

• Profit Money left over after all the costs involved in

doing business have been deducted from the revenue

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Competing to Attract and Satisfy Customers

• Competitive advantage Some aspect of a product or company that

makes it more appealing to its target customers. Determine what resources your business has that outshines others competitors in the business.

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Identifying Major Types of Businesses

• Not-for-profit organizations Organizations that provide goods and

services without having a profit motive, these are also called nonprofit organizations

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Identifying Major Types of Businesses (cont.)

• Goods-producing businesses Companies that

create value by making “things,” most of which are tangible

• Service businesses Companies that

create value by performing activities that deliver some benefit to customers

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Exhibit 1.2 Risk and Reward

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Exhibit 1.2 Risk and Reward (cont.)

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Seeing Business from the Inside Out

• Business mindset A view of business that considers the many

decisions that must be made and the many problems that must be overcome before companies can deliver the products that satisfy customer needs

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Exhibit 1.3 The Business Mindset

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Exhibit 1.3 The Business Mindset (cont.)

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Exhibit 1.4 Positive and Negative Effects of Business

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Recognizing the Multiple Environments of Business

• Social environment Trends and forces in society at large

• Stakeholders Internal and external groups affected by a

company’s decisions and activities

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Recognizing the Multiple Environments of Business (cont.)

• Technological environment Forces resulting from the practical application

of science to innovations, products, and processes

• Disruptive technologies Those that fundamentally change the nature

of an industry Can be powerful enough to create or destroy

entire companies.

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Recognizing the Multiple Environments of Business (cont.)

• Economic environment The conditions and forces that affect the cost

and availability of goods, services, and labor and thereby shape the behavior of buyers and sellers

• Legal and regulatory environment Laws and regulations at local, state, national,

and even international levels

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• Market environment A company’s target customers, the buying

influences that shape the behavior of those customers, and competitors that market similar products to those customers

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Recognizing the Multiple Environments of Business (cont.)

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Identifying the Major Functional Areas in a Business Enterprise

• Research and development (R&D) Functional area responsible for conceiving

and designing new products

• Information technology (IT) Systems that promote communication and

information usage through the company or that allow companies to offer new services to their customers

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Identifying the Major Functional Areas in a Business Enterprise (cont.)

• Marketing charged with identifying opportunities in the

marketplace working with R&D to develop the products to

address those opportunities creating branding and advertising strategies

to communicate with potential customers, and setting prices

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Identifying the Major Functional Areas in a Business Enterprise (cont.)

• Finance and accounting responsible for virtually every aspect of a

firm’s finances ensuring that the company has the funds it

needs to operate monitoring and controlling how those funds

are spent drafting reports for company management

and outside audiences such as investors and government regulators

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Identifying the Major Functional Areas in a Business Enterprise (cont.)

• Human resources (HR) responsible for recruiting, hiring, developing,

and supporting employees

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Identifying the Major Functional Areas in a Business Enterprise (cont.)

• Business Services exist to help companies with specific needs in

law, banking, real estate, and other areas

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Exploring Careers in Business

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Achieving Professionalism

• Professionalism The quality of performing at a high level and

conducting oneself with purpose and pride

Make a mindset decision that you are a “Professional” in your field and display it with confidence.

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Exhibit 1.7 *STUDY – The 7 Elements of Professionalism

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Being a Team Player

• Professionals know that they are contributors to a larger cause

• Great team players know how to make those around them more effective

• Being a team player also means showing loyalty to your organization and protecting your employer’s reputation

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Communicating Effectively

• Listen actively• Provide practical information• Give facts rather than vague impressions• Don’t present opinions as facts• Present information in a concise and efficient

manner• Clarify expectations and responsibilities• Offer compelling, persuasive arguments, and

recommendations

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Demonstrating Etiquette

• Etiquette The expected norms of behavior in any

particular situation. Respecting the employees with whom you are working with.

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Maintaining a Confident, Positive Outlook

• Successful people are optimistic

• Successful people buckle-down and get the job done despite obstacles

• Energy, either positive or negative, is contagious

• One negative personality can make an office miserable

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