Wednesday 11 May 2016

Business Terms:7 C’s Busines Owners Should Be Familiar With.

The dissimilarity concerning the successful and unsuccessful business person is determined by various factors. One key factor is the ability to be rooted and to understand the basic terminologies in business as the jargon will be a tool for actions taken appropriately in business decisions, negotiations as knowledge is correlated with power.


Here are the 7 C’s of business term you should equip yourself with;

Competence /kämpədəns/
It is a skill or ability of an individual to do a job or function well on a task. Firms usually recruit by testing candidates to identify and evaluate their capability in the area specified.
The term “competence” first appeared in an article authored by R.W white in 1959 as a concept of performance motivation.
e.g
The young director proved that she has the competence to run the company’s affair.

Commitment /kəˈmitmənt/
This is a willingness/promise to give your time and energy to something you believed in or to be loyal to a firm, someone or emotionally.
A fund in business can also be committed either to a project or to purchasing an asset by setting-aside the approved amount in response to the purchase or the project implementation.
e.g
The new employee was so committed to his job that he exceeded he’s target.

Capitalism /ˈkapədlˌizəm/
An economic system based on private ownership; that is, things that are produced and transport such as land, labor, capital and factories are owned by individual people and not the government. Capitalism include private property, capital accumulation, wage labor and most importantly price system and competitive markets.

Cash-in-hand
Funds that are immediately available to a business. Money kept for payment of goods and services immediately using cash, rather than by cheque or credit card.
It can also be an amount of cash a company has available after all its costs have been paid.
e.g
The payment for the delivery made today was settled from cash-in-hand.

 Cost /kôst/
An amount incurred or to be paid in order to get/buy something. Cost in business is in monetary value expended to achieve an object.An opportunity forgone in production and delivery of goods and services.
e.g
The cost of doing business in this area is high.

Capital /ˈkapədl/
Money invested in business to generate income. It is usually a form of wealth represented in asset or money. Capital is more durable and it is used to generate wealth through investment.

Consistence /kənˈsistəns/
This is an act of being steady or remain unchanged in a pattern of dealing. A consistent business person behave or make things happen in a similar, especially positive way. It create trust and at large customer loyalty.
Be a business person with vast knowledge in business related terms, this makes you stand-out among others. The above 7 C’s of business terms and more to come up in this Blog will make you the best business person you have ever imagined. 

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Adewale Ogunyale is the co-founder project FixitSme, an entrepreneur, Business and Financial Analyst. Currently seeks a certificate in Digital Marketing @ University of illinois at Urbana-Champaign USA. Via Coursera. Feel free to reach out or connect with me on Twitter and LinkedIn

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