Introduction to Business Activity - Final Task and Extension Work
Final Task
Choose five businesses. Create five different files in one folder called 'My Businesses' and save the files. You will be doing more work on these businesses in later resources so make sure they are businesses you find interesting! Try to choose businesses from different sectors and which are different sizes.Answer the following questions about your businesses and ensure you save your answers in the appropriate files in your folder.
- What does the business do?
- Is the business in the primary, secondary or tertiary sector?
- Is the business in the public or the private sector?
- What do you think are the main aims and objectives of the business?
Extension Work
The references below take you to a site offering advice on starting up a business. The two references give the top ten reasons why people want to start up a business and the other a series of case studies on people who have taken this step.
- Ten reasons to start a business (http://www.startups.co.uk/YffPoaQ.html)
- Case studies (http://www.startups.co.uk/dGbghaZoS63Ijg.html)
Have a look at them both - they will help to give you some additional information about business activity.