Business and Enterprise so far

What are we learning?

We are learning to produce a product for sale, run a profitable business, to work collaboratively, and to be a good entrepreneur.

How am I progressing with my learning?

Produce a product for sale: I think I am progressing with "producing a product for sale" because our group paperwork has been done, we have promoted our products with a digital advert, we have kept financial records, and we haven't gone over the budget we were given. We don't have anything else to do on our paperwork because everyone has worked hard to finish our groups paperwork. With our paperwork finished in a short amount of time, it gives my group plenty of time to work on our products.

To work collaboratively: I am progressing with "working collaboratively" because I have listened to ideas, people in my group have had a lot of ideas and I have listened to all of them. I gave them an advice for their ideas, and some of them we're putting to action. I took responsibility with the many tasks I was told to do, and all of them I have completed. People in my group gave me advice on how to do the tasks I was to do, and I have listened to them. Listening to these advice helped me with completing my tasks. I have been a positive person in my company, I haven't gotten on anyone's nerve, and whenever someones in a bad mood, I would tell the 2 other people in my group to give the certain person some time alone. When something went wrong in my company I didn't give up and tried to find a way to solve it.

What have my company done so far?

My company has finished all of the things we needed to finish in our paperwork, finishing our paperwork gave us plenty of time to start making our products. In our group we needed to make a lot of packaging, business cards and decorations, but we have finished all of this. 

What does your company need to do next?

Our company next steps are to make our product, to package them and serve them. I think that are team can do it because we have been very organised.

What do you expect on Market Day?

On market day I expect that people will come rushing to our stall, my team mates all working together, and that we take turns on buying things. I also expect other companies having a good time and selling their products.

Persuasive Writing

Hornby High School

180 Waterloo Road

Hornby

Christchurch 8042

16th June 2017

Dear Mrs Elley,

I am writing to persuade you about why I think leather shoes are better to wear than sport shoes during school hours. I disagree to wearing sport shoes during school hours, and this is the reason why.

Leather shoes are better than sport shoes because they help protect you. Let’s say you were in a science room, of course a science room has dangerous chemicals and objects contained in them. Leather shoes can protect you from the dangerous objects because if they fall onto your foot it wouldn’t hurt as much.

Leather shoes are also fashionable. It makes you look like you belong in high fashion. As a matter of fact wearing leather shoes smartens up your overall style. To add to this, leather shoes will fit to the shape of your feet, giving you comfort, and support.

These shoes are easy to clean and eco-friendly. Compared to other clothing made from fake resources that can be harmful to the environment, leather shoes use natural materials. Since leather shoes feature natural qualities, you can speed your way through the cleaning process.

Although some people might disagree with me but I strongly agree that leather shoes are better than sport shoes because, they are easier to clean, they’re fashionable, they protect you and of course they’re eco-friendly. Of course we want to be as eco-friendly as possible. Also leather shoes are the typical school shoes, in some schools they let their students wear sport shoes during school hours.

Advertising

Define:
Ethos
Pathos
Logos

Definitions:

Ethos- Credible, Ethical
We tend to believe people who we believe. Peoples goal in advertising using "ethos" is to convince people using someone. Someone who people respect, or who people like and trust.

Pathos- Emotional
Persuading people by appealing to the audience's emotions. Language choices can affect peoples emotional response.

Logos- Logical
Advertisers persuade people by reasoning with them, they use statistics, they focus on facts, recorded evidence, and historical data, they can also mention studies and surveys.

Advertisements:

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I think this ad shows ethos because they've used Richie Mccaw to advertise their product. People trust Richie Mccaw and seeing him in this ad will convince people into thinking that Fonterra Milk is healthy for their children. 

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I think this ad shows pathos because they've used something that people care about. It's like the feeling people get when they find out an animal is endangered. If people found out the backstory of this ad then you'll get emotional, and people will likely try to do anything to save the whales, meaning that the ad worked.

I think this ad shows logos because they've used recorded evidence. But I think this ad shows pathos too, I think the story behind it is we consume too much milk, which is affecting cows. Seeing the dead cow inside the glass makes me sad, other people might get sad too. Calves are getting taken away from their parents. Animals are like humans, they deserve to live a happy life without being separated from their parents, and of course without getting killed. If we stopped consuming too much milk then we could save calves. But of course it might not just be calves getting killed, it could be older cows, so if we stop consuming too much milk then we could save the cow. 

Business through Gaming

What are we learning?

We are learning to produce a product for Sale, to run a profitable business and to explain the roles that business and enterprise has within society. 

What games did you play?

For business and enterprise we were able to play games to expand our understanding of running a business. 

The games we were able to play were, Trading Around the World, Gumption and Small Business Game.

What did you enjoy/not enjoy about them?

For Trading Around the World, I enjoyed how you can ask for a discount and if someone is buying from you, you can ask for a certain amount of money. I think the rules and instructions for this game were easy to obey.

For me I enjoyed Gumption the most because we were able to play with other people (e.g group of friends, classmates). The rules were easy to understand and the instructions were easy to obey. Something I didn't like about it was that other people can take your resources, and they can send you to court. 

The Small Business Game was something I didn't enjoy the most because I couldn't really understand the rules/instructions. So I couldn't really figured out how to play. Something I enjoyed about it was that you felt like you were really running a business. 

What challenges did you face in each game?

The challenge I faced in Trading Around the World, was that if the things you sell ran out you couldn't sell anything anymore and you wouldn't be able to get money. 

For Gumption, the challenge I faced was that I was about to run out of money. Almost running out of money wasn't fun.

For the Small Business Game the challenge I faced was I was not able to play it properly because I couldn't understand the rules/instructions. 

What have you learnt about running businesses and trade?

I learnt that running a business is really difficult, cause you have to take care of a lot of things like taxes, staffs, salary and a lot more. Running a business is not like what we thought when we were children. 

What are you wondering?

How hard is it running an online business?

Business & Enterprise Vocabulary

Hints:

1. Money you don't have _________
2. Money you make __________
3. Making less money that you used _________
4. Something you produce __________
5. A much larger amount that is needed _________
6. The act of selling something _________
7. The careful use of money, resources, and means of production ___________
8. A plan for using money ___________
9. A public promotion of some product or service _________
10. A person who buys and uses up goods __________
11. Handling a large amount of money _____________
12. Morally right and good. Or following accepted rules or behaviours ________
13. Money that you make ________
14. Money that you own a person/people in a certain amount of time _________
15. A person, country or organisation that owes money _________
16. A person or company to who money is owing ___________
17. The cost you spent in which you need _________
18. Paying someone everyday or week __________
19. Paying someone every month ___________
20. The money you use to start a business _________