Professional Documents
Culture Documents
in business
Unit 1 Chapter 1
Learning Intentions
By the end of class students should be able to:
4. Producers/ Suppliers
Producers- businesses that make products to sell to customers.
Example- Jacobs produce biscuits
5. Employers
As soon as entrepreneurs recruit people to work for them
they become employers
Employers employ staff to perform different tasks.
6. Employees
Employees work for their employers and carry out the tasks
given to them in return for a wage.
7. Service Trader or Service Provider
Firms that offer service required by entrepreneurs e.g.
- Financial Services e.g. Banks
- Distributions Services e.g. retailers
- Info Services e.g. market research firms
- Legal Services e.g. Solicitors
8. Interest groups
Interest groups are organisations representing people who
share a common interest/goal.
Also known as pressure groups
Role: influence decisions made by organisations by
1. Boycotting firms
2. Encourage consumers not to support certain firms
3. Lobbying- influencing decision makers by promoting a
particular point of view
Stakeholders