Concetti Chiave
- Production involves creating and providing goods and services to meet people's needs and wants, distinguishing between essential needs like food and non-essential wants like cars.
- Goods in production are categorized as non-durable (consumed quickly) and durable (long-lasting, e.g., tourism and education).
- The four factors of production are land (natural resources), labor (human resources), capital (machinery and finance), and enterprise (risk-taking entrepreneurs).
- Production sectors are classified into primary (raw materials extraction), secondary (manufacturing), and tertiary (services like retail and finance).
- Non-profit associations include voluntary organizations and cooperatives, contributing to the economy without seeking profit.
Production is the posers of making and supplying goods and services in order to satisfay people’s needs and wants.
NEEDS: are the things which are essential for existence. The five basic needs are food, water, shelter, clothes and warmth.
WANTS: are things which are not really needed. Nobody really needs a car or a telephone, but life is much easier if you have them.
There are two types of production: goods and services.
GOODS: are physical objects that we can see and touch. They can divided into two categories:
- Non-durable goods: are things consumed son after they are bot, for examples: newspaper, tobacco.
- Durable goods: that last much longer, for example: tourism, education and transport.
CURRICULUM VITAE
CV is a summary of your previous work experience, education and training, skills and competences.
FACTORS PRODUCTION
There are four factors of production: land, labor, capital and enterprise.
LAND: refers to the natural resources used in productions such as water, soil for farming, air, flora and fauna.
LABOR: refers to the human resources of the business, that is the workers and managers available and willing to work.
CAPITAL: refers to the human made goods that are used in production (machinery, building, equipment) and the money available to start a expand a business.
ENTERPRISE: refers to the people who are willing to set up in business despite any risks.
SECTORS OF PRODUCTION
Productions can be divided into three sectors:
PRIMARY: which consists in extraction or productions of raw materials from the land or see: for example mining, fishing, farming, and forestry.
SECONDARY: which consists of manufacturing processing and production of finished goods from raw materials.
TERTIARY: consists of sale support services commercial services such as retailing distribution advising financial, banks-insurance.
NON PROFIT ASSOCIATION: voluntary organizations cooperatives.