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Evolution Of Business
- 1. Evolution of Business By Sabrina Delaney Bus/210
- 2. In The Beginning People lived in small groups Shared resources and profits Bartered for wants and needs
- 4. Pharaohs
- 6. Bargaining and negotiations started Tenant farming began Increased motivation Farmers made small profits
- 7. Feudalism system started failing Conflicts over profits Wars were common Land and resources seized
- 11. Rights to private properties
- 13. Commerce
- 15. The Industrial Revolution Innovation Steam Engine Transporting costs cheaper Mass production
- 16. Revolution in Farming Steam engines increase productivity Workers displaced Common land was taken back Immigration was on the rise
- 17. Money to be Made Aristocrats no longer had power People made their own millions Business is still booming
- 18. References Axia College (2007). The Evolution of Business, Week One, Chapter 2 reading. Retrieved from Axia College, Bus/210 website. Windows XP Clip Art (2010) Retrieved March 26, 2010.
Notas del editor
- Since the Stone Ages, people have used some form of business systems. In the beginning, clans and tribes shared in the work and profits to survive. The most wealthiest became the Monarchs, who gained control of all valuable resources.
- Feudalism is a “business or economic system in which one class of people (aristocrats) control the property rights of all valuable resources, including people.” (Axia College, 2007, p. 40)
- To increase their wealth, Monarchs delegated their authority. Aristocrats controlled the King’s resources and were responsible for increasing productivity and wealth in his name.
- To increase motivation and productivity, aristocrats let the commoners farm their land for a fee, called rent. The farmers were allowed to keep a very small profits. The percentage of the profits were determined by bargaining and negotiating.
- Conflicts over profits started feuds between the farmers and aristocrats. Some aristocrats started wars with each other. Land and valuable resources were taken. The Hundred Year War in England, resulted from the end of Feudalism. Kingdoms increased their wealth by force.
- Trading began across the countries. Merchants borrowed capital from the wealthy, to buy products in large quantities. They sold the products in other parts of the world where the price was higher. Bankers were middlemen for the wealthy. (Axia College, 2007) People could increase their capital by lending it out for a share of the profits it would generate.
- By signing the Magna Carta, King John gave the aristocrats the right to hold properties in their own names. (Axia College, 2007, p. 48). The shifted the balance of power forever. The throne could no longer control one of the most valuable resources, land.
- “Capitalism is the economic, business and political system that allows people to own resources and use them to engage in production, trade, and the distribution of services.” (Axia College, 2007, p. 51).
- Commerce is a process through which products, goods and services flow through the channels of business.
- “More and more people found opportunities to share in the wealth being generated by the combination of all four productive resources—land, labor, capital, and enterprise.” (Axia College, 2007, p. 48).
- With the success of global trading, innovation started to flourish. The invention of the steam engine meant cheaper transportation and distribution costs for merchants. New technologies enabled factories to increase their production and profits steadily increased.
- The steam engine then powered farm equipment, increasing productivity and profits for farmers and merchants. Millions of people were replaced by the new machines. Common land was claimed by property rights and many people lost their homes as a result. Immigration to America was sometimes their only hope to survive.
- The evolution of business has come a long way through out history. Aristocrats no longer had the controlling power they once had. Merchantilism changed the world and the Industrial Revolution enabled Commerce to evolve into the system that we know today. Anyone could enter into the world of business and start their own dynasty.