Trade mans biting and selling of goods, whereas, aids to trade means all those things which are helpful in trade.
a) Banking
b) Transportation
c) Insurance
d) Warehousing
e) Agents
f) Finance
g) Advertising
h) Communication
(a) Banking
In daily business routine, commercial banks and other financial institutions help the seller and the buyer in receiving and the buyer in receiving and making payments.
(b) Transportation
The goods which are manufactured in mills and factories, reach the consumers by different means of transportation like air, roads, rails, seas etc.
(c) Insurance
The transfer of goods from one place to another is not free from risk of loss. There is a risk of loss due to accident, fire, theft etc. The insurance companies help out the traders with this problem through insurance policy.
(d) Warehousing
The manufacturers today, produce goods in large quantity. Therefore, a need for warehouses arises in order to store the manufactured goods.
(e) Agents
They are the persons who act as the agents of either buyer or seller. They perform these activities for commission.
(f) Finance
A large amount is needed to set up an industry. Financial institutions provide long‐term finance to the producers. The producers alone are unable to manufacture goods without financial help.
(g) Advertising
The consumer may sometimes, not know about the availability of goods in the market. The producer must sell his goods in order to remain in business. Advertisement is an easy way to inform the large number of customers about the goods. This can be done through TV, newspapers, radio etc.
(h) Communication
The producers, wholesalers, retailers, transporters, banks, warehouse‐keepers, advertisers and consumers live at different place. This post office, telephone and other similar media is very useful for promotion of trade and industry.
QUALITIES OF A GOOD BUSINESSMAN
The modern business is very complex. Due to scientific and technological development, changes are taking place very fast in every business field. Following are the basic personal skills or qualities which a good businessman must possess:
1. Ability to Plan
A businessman, if he wants to shine in business, must have the ability to plan and organize it.
2. Activator
He had to activate his workers. If he activates his workers then this is good for business.
3. Bold or Courage
Courage is a great asset of a businessman. A good businessman should be a courageous and bold person. May be his some angry decisions gave him loss in future, so he has to be courageous and be bold.
4. Cooperation
A good businessman should have to cooperate with his workers. With the help of cooperation with his workers he can run his business well.
5. Courtesy
Courtesy is to business what oil is to machinery. It costs nothing but wins a reputation. So businessman has to win the heart of everyone with his polite manners.
6. Decision Making
A good businessman should be a good and quick decision maker. Quick decision of a businessman is an important asset of businessman. And businessman has to know that his quick decision will give him benefit or not.
7. Discipline
A good businessman should have to care about the discipline of the business. If he doesn’t care about the discipline then nobody (who concern to his business) obeys the discipline and business can’t go well.
Other qualities of a good businessman will be in next post.
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