GLENCOE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT RealWorld Applications Connections Section 1

GLENCOE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Real-World Applications & Connections Section 1. 1 Entrepreneurship The Importance of Business Management In this section: Professional managers are paid to manage companies, but they don’t own them. Businesses are started and run by entrepreneurs. This section discusses: • What Is an Entrepreneur? • Entrepreneurs in Large and Medium-Sized Businesses • The Importance of Small Businesses Copyright © Glencoe/Mc. Graw-Hill Slide 1 of 15

GLENCOE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Real-World Applications & Connections Section 1. 1 The Importance of Business Management What You’ll Learn • What entrepreneurs do. • The difference between managers and entrepreneurs. • The need for entrepreneurship and innovation in large and medium-size companies. • The importance of small businesses. Copyright © Glencoe/Mc. Graw-Hill Slide 2 of 15

GLENCOE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Real-World Applications & Connections Why It’s Important Section 1. 1 The Importance of Business Management Knowing what is involved in starting and running a business will help you decide whether you want to start your own company some day. Copyright © Glencoe/Mc. Graw-Hill Slide 3 of 15

GLENCOE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Real-World Applications & Connections Section 1. 1 The Importance of Business Management Key Terms • professional manager • entrepreneur • small business Copyright © Glencoe/Mc. Graw-Hill Slide 4 of 15

GLENCOE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT What Real-World Applications & Connections Section Is an Entrepreneur? 1. 1 The Importance of Business Management • • Entrepreneurs are people who launch and run their own businesses. Being an entrepreneur is much riskier than being a professional manager. They can lose all the money invested in their business if the business fails. Entrepreneurs tend to be more independent than managers and may have less formal education. They start with an idea for creating or modifying a product or service that they believe in. Copyright © Glencoe/Mc. Graw-Hill Slide 5 of 15

GLENCOE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Real-World Applications & Connections The Importance of Small Businesses Section 1. 1 • A small business is aof company that is. Management independently The Importance Business owned and operated. • According to the Small Business Administration, a small business has fewer than 100 employees. • Owners of small businesses often perform all management tasks. • More that 98 percent of the businesses in the United States are small businesses. Copyright © Glencoe/Mc. Graw-Hill Slide 6 of 15

GLENCOE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Real-World Applications The Importance of Small Business& Connections Section 1. 1 The Importance of Business Management • They play an important role in the U. S. economy because they employ millions of workers and sell billions of dollars of products and services. • Small businesses tend to produce more innovations than larger businesses. Copyright © Glencoe/Mc. Graw-Hill Slide 7 of 15

GLENCOE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Real-World. Fact Applications Connections and Idea & Review Section 1. 1 The of Businessshared Management List. Importance three personal characteristics by many entrepreneurs. 2. Being an entrepreneur is easier than being a professional manager—true or false? Explain. 3. Describe two things companies can do to encourage their managers to think more like entrepreneurs. 4. Name two important roles small business play in the economy. Copyright © Glencoe/Mc. Graw-Hill Slide 8 of 15