February 2025

Business Studies: Cost Benefit Analysis

By |2025-02-12T09:35:20+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Aiding and Influencing the Business: Cost Benefit Analysis

  • The major objectives of businesses is to provide services profitably and to survive
  • Traditionally profit has been the overriding goal of the owners of the business
  • But often the activities of businesses have an impact on the environment
  • Environment refers to the natural world around […]
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Partnership Business

By |2025-02-12T09:21:11+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes, Principles of Accounts Notes|

Deloitte and Touche are examples of a Partnership Business.

Deloitte and Touche are examples of a Partnership Business.ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Partnership Business

Characteristics/Features

  • A partnership is an unincorporated association of two or more individuals to carry on a business for profit. General partnerships are usually made up of 2-20 partners. Special […]
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Performance Related Pay

By |2025-02-12T09:24:46+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Performance related pay can improve performance. Image credit loophaiti.com Performance related pay can improve performance. Image credit loophaiti.com ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Performance Related Pay

  • A financial reward system for employees where some or all
  • of their monetary compensation is related to how their performance
  • This performance is based […]
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Job description

By |2025-02-12T09:44:33+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

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ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Job description

  • it is a formal account of an employee’s responsibilities
  • is a formal summary of the duties of a position
  • it states the essential responsibilities of the job
  • It often comes in the form of a […]
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Upward, Downward, Horizontal Communication

By |2025-02-12T09:25:52+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

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ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Leadership: Upward, Downward, Horizontal Communication

  • When it comes to direction communication can be classified as horizontal, downward or upward
  • Downward communication follows the chain of command from the topmost levels to the subordinates
  • This can be used […]
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Types of Trade Unions

By |2025-02-12T09:10:57+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Managing Human Resources: Types of Trade Unions

  • Trade Unions can be categorized into different groups
  • Below is a list of various trade unions and their descriptions:

Craft Unions

  • Union representing workers who share the same skill-set or who perform identical tasks,
  • these workers might be working in different industries; for example, electricians and plumbers.

    • […]

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Off the job training

By |2025-02-12T09:30:58+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: Training: Off the job training

  • This is when instruction and training are provided away or outside the work environment
  • There are a number of off the job training methods including:
  • Lessons and lectures-this is the traditional method of training that takes place in Universities, Colleges and schools
  • Case […]
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Choice of Media in Advertising

By |2025-02-12T09:09:16+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Marketing: Choice of Media in Advertising

  • An important factor in advertising is choosing the right media
  • Media refers to the communication channel through which data or information flows
  • Media includes every broadcasting and narrow-casting medium such as:
  • newspapers,
  • magazines,
  • TV, radio,
  • billboards,
  • direct mail,
  • telephone,
  • fax,
  • and internet.
  • Several factors have to be […]
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Production: Introduction

By |2025-02-12T09:25:48+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Production: Introduction

  • Production refers to the process and methods by which inputs i.e. raw materials or semi-finished goods are combined with other factors of production are turned into finished products or semi-finished goods products
  • During the production process the factors of production are combined to make a finished product that can […]
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