?What is Business Studies?^ ?Business studies is the study of how businesses are set up, financed, organised and controlled, how people are employed, managed and paid, how goods are developed, produced and sold, how goods and services are priced and how the local, national and international government help or In studying the setting up of a business there are many aspects that Such as the type of business ownership^s whichare suitable for the entrepreneur, where the capital will be comingfrom, what goods or services could be considered to sell and where thebusiness should be located. The extensive amount of research, which iscarried out before the business operates, is also studied.There are many sources of finance open to the entrepreneur, which alsoneed to be studied in depth. The business owner has to set the rightprice for its goods or services ^? a price which is of convenience to theconsumer and which is affordable for the owner. This is possible byusing break-even analysis, and again market research. Owners ofbusinesses need to constantly consider the financial situation of thefirm this may include constructing various balance sheets and amonthly/annually profit and loss account ^? construction of these areimportant in business. Charts and graphs are also constructed so thatthe state of the business can be analysed in depth.Labour in a business involves many aspects. The recruitment of newemployees ^? from the advertising of the post right through to theselection of the most appropriate candidate. It also includestraining/education involved in business and even how to motivate anemployee and the different payment methods they can receive. The mainsections in an organisation chart actually breaks up the sections inbusiness ^? marketing, finance, production and labour. Trade unions arealso a part of labour in business ^? employees can sometimes causepotential harm to the business as well as being a valuable asset, thestages of wh...
