HUMAN ACTIVITIES

IN WORK AND
BEYOND IT
Prepared by: Neil Bryan L. Lagsub and Rhea Jean De
Dios BTVTE- 2A
HUMAN ACTIVITIES
 Every human being is engaged in one
activity or the other. It maybe studying
in a school, teaching in a college,
working in an office, jogging in the park
and so on.All these activities which
human beings undertake is to satisfy
their needs or wants are called HUMAN
ACTIVITIES.
 However, even if all human activities
satisfy the needs and wants, they differ
among each other in terms of the
purpose for which they are undertaken
and the end result. We can divide this
activities into (2) categories:

 ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
 NON-ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
 activities,
which are performed with an
objectives to earn money. For example,
Farmers grow crops to sell them, a
factory or office employees work and
get wages or salaries, a business person
earns profit through buying and selling
of goods or services and etc.
THERE ARE 3 TYPES OF ECONOMIC
ACTIVITIES:

 Business
 Profession

 Employment
BUSINESS
 Business includes all those economic activities
which are concerned with production and
exchange of goods or services with the object
of earning profits.
 Business is an economic activity because it is
undertaken for earning money and producing
wealth. All organisations which carry on
business, activities are called business
enterprises or ‘business firms’. Similarly the
persons who are engaged in business are
known as ‘businessmen’.
PROFESSION
 The terms profession means an occupation
which involves application of specialised
knowledge and skills to earn a living. The
persons who are engaged in profession are
called professionals.
 They render personal services of a specialised
nature to their clients. The service is based on
professional education, training and
experience. Professionals receive fee for their
services. Chartered Accountancy, medicine,
law, tax consultancy are examples of profes-
sions.
EMPLOYMENT
 Employment means an economic activity,
whereas people work for others in exchange
for some remuneration. The persons who work
for others are called ’employees’. The persons
or organisations which engage others to work
for them are called ’employers’.
NON-ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
 - activities, which are not perform to earn
money but to get some satisfaction. These
activities are performed to discharge social
obligation or for physical fitness or for
recreation and etc. For example, people
visiting church for worship, providing relief to
the victims of flood and earthquake, engaging
in sport activities, listening to radio, watching
television and etc. are few examples of non-
economic activities.
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ECONOMIC
AND NON-ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

BASIS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES NON-ECONOMIC

ACTIVITIES

1. Purpose Earning motive Social and psychological

motives

2. Outcome Lead to creation of weath and Lead to satisfaction and

asset happiness

3. Expectation People expect profits or money People don't expect profits or

income money income

4. Consideration They are guided by rational Motivated by emotional and

consideration as they involved the sentimental reasons. No
use of economic economic consideration is
resources(land,labour,capital) involved.