Across
- 4. A method of operating or controlling a process in which tasks are completed by automatic means, such as technology, reducing human effort and labor
- 6. goods and services: Products produced for personal consumption
- 9. of production: Productive resources; human and natural resources and capital goods; also known as economic resources
- 10. time: When two employees share the responsibility for one full-time position
- 11. materials: Items in their natural state or condition
- 12. Maintaining a large inventory
- 13. owners: Those who provide human resources, natural resources, and capital goods in order for production to take place
- 15. Information used to describe a population
- 19. People who assume the risks of starting and operating businesses
- 20. resource: A resource that can be used in place of another
- 23. assistance program: A project organized and sponsored by a company to help its employees
- 24. boomers: A term used to refer to individuals who were born between the years 1946 and 1964
- 25. resources: People who work to produce goods and services
- 26. goods: Manufactured or constructed items that are used to produce goods and services
- 27. Scientific applications to business objectives or the methods used to attain those objectives
Down
- 1. The economic process or activity of producing goods and services
- 2. A scheduling procedure in which employees select their own working hours as long as they work the required number of hours
- 3. inventory: An inventory method in which goods are ordered so that they arrive when they are needed rather than being stockpiled
- 5. X: A term used to refer to individuals who were born between the years 1965 and 1980; also known as Gen X
- 6. To slow down the use of something to make its supply last longer than it would otherwise
- 7. Starting and building a business
- 8. fuels: Nonrenewable, carbon-based energy sources formed underground from the fossilized remains of plants and animals
- 9. capital: Money needed to operate a business
- 14. The people who make or provide goods and services
- 16. resources: Items that are found in nature and used to produce goods and services
- 17. Stock of goods
- 18. resources: Natural resources that may become entirely depleted; natural resources that cannot be replenished after use
- 21. resources: The human and natural resources and capital goods used to produce goods and services; also known as factors of production
- 22. Y: A term used to refer to individuals who were born between the years 1981 and 1995; also known as millennials
