Factors of production with descriptions Group leader zameer Ahmed Wassan

2. FACTORS OF PRODUCTION

3. GROUP MEMBERS
1) MAJID ALI (18CH20)
2) MAHTAB ALI (18CH17)
3) ZAMEER AHMED (18CH19)

4. CONTENTS
1) What is Production.
2) What is Factors of Production.
3) Basic Factors of Production.
• Land and its Features.
• Labour and its Features.
• Capital and its Features.
• Entreprenuer and its Features.

5. PRODUCTION
Production is defined as the process
of converting the input (raw
material) into output. Production
may be an activity that generate
income.

6. WHAT ARE FACTORS OF PRODUCTION
Anything that assist production
is termed as factor of
production.
It become a factor of
Production
only when it actually effects or
contributes to production.

8. LAND
1) Land is the original and primary factor of
production.
2) Without land the production process cannot
exceed further.
3) In Economics all the natural resources that
are available –
a) on the surface of the earth
b) below the surface of the earth
c) above the surface of the earth
and which are used in the production
process is called LAND.

10. LABOUR
In economics Labour is defined as- “Economic
activity of man with HEAD and HAND.”
Labour is a resource which is used involved in every
stage of production, either it is manufacturing or
assembling, it affects production directly on
indirectly.
Labourer can be classified as;
1. Mental Labourer
2. Physical Labourer.

12. FEATURES OF LABOUR
1) Labour is a human factor.
2) Active factor.
3) Labour cannot be stored.
4) No two Labours are identical.

13. CAPITAL
1) Capital is a man-made resource of production used to
produce further wealth.
2) It refers to the stock of capital assets such as factories,
machines, tools & equipments, raw material, transport
vehicles etc…
3) In Economics, Capital is that part of wealth which is used
for production.

15. ENTREPRENUER
1) Entreprenuer is a person who brings in land, labour &
capital in one place & uses it for the production process.
2) He is the person who decides;
a)What to produce?
b) How to produce?
c) Where to produce?
3) The person who takes these decisions along with the risk
associated with them is known as ‘Entreprenuer’.

16. FEATURES OF
ENTREPRENUERS
1) He must be a good administrator.
2) He must possess complete knowledge.
3) He must be a person of imagination.
4) He must be a man of action.

17. REFERENCES
Els, G., Ngwenya, L., Oliver, E., & Pretorious,
E. (2012).
Enjoy Economic and management
science Grade 9 Learner’s book.
(M.Bezuidenhout, Ed.) Sandton: Heinemann
Publishers (pty) Ltd.
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