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Business Functions
These are the pillars or foundations of a business. All businesses use these skills or areas and you need these to start any business.
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Accounting
The numbers behind a business.
Business Information Systems
Many times when people hear of B.I.S they confuse the term with I.T. IT is more what people have in mind that areas covers responsibilities like making sure the computers and phones are working. B.I.S is more like being a technology "Architect" and designing how all the pieces will work together in the big picture to achieve business goals.
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Finance
Just how we as people can go to the bank and get a loan or credit card so can companies and even countries. To really oversimplify things we can say that Finance is about borrowing and lending money.
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Human Resources
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Marketing
Principles of Management
Management is about seeing to it that the company goals are reached on time and on budget. Wether its motivating employees, structuring a schedule, or handling equipment and supplies for the team management goes back to achieving goals set by the execs.
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