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B 202 Key Terms
Economic Recources
Term | Definition |
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Alternative resource | A resource that can be used in place of another |
Automation | A method of operating or controlling a process in which tasks are completed by automatic means, such as technology, reducing human effort and labor. |
Baby boomers | A term used to refer to individuals who were born between the years 1946 and 1964. |
Capital goods | Manufactured or constructed items that are used to produce goods and services . |
Conserve | To slow down the use of something to make its supply last longer than it would otherwise. |
Consumer goods and services | Products produced for personal consumption. |
Demographics | Information used to describe a population. |
Economic resources | The human and natural resources and capital goods used to produce goods and services; also known as factors of production. |
Employee assistance program | A project organized and sponsored by a company to help its employees. |
Entrepreneurs | People who assume the risks of starting and operating businesses. |
Entreprenuership | Starting and building a business. |
Factors of production | Productive resources; human and natural resources and capital goods; also known as economic resources. |
Financial capital | Money needed to operate a business. |
Flextime | A scheduling procedure in which employees select their own working hours as long as they work the required number of hours. |
Fossil fuels | Nonrenewable, carbon based energy sources formed underground from the fossilized remains of plants and animals. |
Generation X | A term used to refer to individuals who were born between the years 1965 and 1980; also known as Gen X. |
Generation Y | A term used to refer to individuals who were born between the years 1981 and 1995; also know as millennials. |
Human resources | People who work to produce goods and services. |
Inventory | Stock of goods. |
Just-in-time inventory | An inventory method in which goods are ordered so that they arrive when they are needed rather than being stockpiled. |
Natural resources | Items that are found in nature and used to produce goods and services. |
Nonrenewable resources | Natural resources that may become entirely depleted; natural resource that cannot be replenished after use. |
Producers | The people who make or provide goods and services. |
Production | The economic process or activity of producing goods and services. |
Raw materials | Items in their natural slate or condition. |
Resource owners | Those who provide human resources, natural resources, and capital goods in order for production to take place. |
Shared time | When two employees share the responsibility for one full time position. |
Stockpiling | Maintaining a large inventory. |
Technology | Scientific applications to business objectives or the methods used to attain those objectives. |