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Why start a business?
- Challenge: Some people will become restless working for someone else, want more of a challenge
- Profit: Setting up the business offers the chance of earning profits
- New Ideas/Inventions:
- Circumstances: People can be forced to set up their business due to unforeseeable circumstances e.g A redundant worker with a sum of money
Problems in setting up a business:
- Right Product: getting the right product that will satisfy the needs for the customer fully e.g. Value for money
- Cash Flow: new starts ups often fail because cash flow issues i.e. run out of cash
- Premises: finding the... (More)
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Communication: involves the exchange of information
Importance of Good Communication:
- Gets work done: It would be impossible to run a business without communication. E.g Workers need to communicate in order to complete tasks and assignments
- Improves coordination: Managers rely on effective communication to co-ordinate tasks around the world.
- Benefits Industrial Relations: Need to discuss issues with employees before they escalate. If minor problems are left unresolved, they may develop into major ones.
- Avoids costly mistakes: May cause Financial or Reputational (Bad PR)
- Reflects a changing work-environment: Modern workplaces = More Teamwork. Communication is key in empowering workers. It’s a... (More)
The straight answer is its OK to use pencil .Rumors of its ability to fade are greatly overstated. Many people like to use pencil as they "tidy as they go" just make sure that the pencil is not too feint. Much easier to a rub out a wrong figure written in pencil than to use tip-ex for a mistake written using a biro. End of the day it's what you think is the best.
