February 2025

Matrix organisation structure

By |2025-02-12T09:08:33+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

An example of a matrix based organisational structure

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Matrix organisational structure

  • Is an organisational structure where subordinates have more than one reporting line i.e. some individuals report to more than one superior.
  • It is also known as the hybrid organisational structure as it incorporates […]
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Communication in Business: Emails

By |2025-02-12T09:39:04+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Gmail Email. Image credit play.google.com

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Leadership:Communication in Business: Emails

  • Refers to electronic messages send from one computer/smart device to another
  • It takes place on the internet
  • Both the user and the sender have an address in the form of user@example.com
  • The sender can send messages to […]
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Human Resources Management: Introduction

By |2025-02-12T09:16:42+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Managing Human Resources: Human Resources Management: Introduction

  • The process of hiring and developing employees so that they become more valuable to the organization
  • It involves the following activities:
    1. Job Analysis
    2. Anticipating and planning the organisation’s personnel needs
    3. Job Advertising
    4. Recruiting the right people to do the job
    5. Selecting the appropriate candidates from the […]
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Secondary and Primary Research

By |2025-02-12T09:38:00+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Marketing: Secondary and Primary Research

  • Market research can be grouped into two:
  • Primary and
  • Secondary Research

Secondary Research

  • It involves the further investigation and analysis of data collected for another purpose or/and collected by someone else
  • It is also known as desk research
  • The data already exists at the time the research is conducted

    • […]

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Pricing: Introduction

By |2025-02-12T09:13:11+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Marketing: Pricing

  • Price is a given value that will purchase a finite amount of a product or right to use that product
  • It is usually the amount of money expected, required, or given in payment for something although it can be in another form other than money
  • The price of a product is usually […]
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Quality and its importance

By |2025-02-12T09:31:21+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Production: Quality and its importance

  • Quality should not be confused with excellence
  • Quality is defined as fitness for a particular purpose
  • This refers to the product’s features and characteristics and their ability to meet consumer needs and wants
  • It is divided into quality of design and quality of conformance
  • The former refers to […]
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Fixed costs, variable costs, direct costs and indirect cost

By |2025-02-12T09:16:19+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Business Finance and Accounting: Fixed costs, variable costs, direct costs and indirect cost

  • Cost accounting is the accounting function concerned with calculating costs
  • Cost is an amount that has to be paid or given up in order to get something
  • In business costs are expressed in monetary terms
  • In this discussion costs include:
      […]
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The Advantages and Disadvantages of a Private Limited Company

By |2025-02-12T09:04:26+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Lamasat is an example of a Private Limited Company. Image credit topnews.co.zw Lamasat is an example of a Private Limited Company.  ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: The Advantages and Disadvantages of a Private Limited Company

  • A Private Limited Company has several advantages and disadvantages:

Advantages

  • The shareholders have limited liability.
  • There […]
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