February 2025

Barriers to effective communication

By |2025-02-12T09:05:56+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

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ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Managing Human Resources: Communication in Business: Barriers to effective communication

  • A communication barrier is an obstacle that prevents the flow of communication within the organisation
  • Communication barriers lead to communication failure
  • Barriers can be found at each level during the communication process
  • That is they can be found during […]
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Problems of high labour turnover

By |2025-02-12T09:25:56+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:Problems of high labour turnover

  • Labour turnover is essential for the health of the organisation:
    1. It prevents stagnation in the workplace through the infusion of new blood and ideas
    2. It allows the organisation to adapt to changing demands
    3. It allows the organisation to replace ageing workforce

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Marketing: Branding

By |2025-02-12T09:05:15+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Marketing: Branding

  • A brand is a unique name, term, symbol or design which is intended to signify the goods and services of one seller or group of sellers and to differentiate them from competitors’
  • The main purpose of a brand is to give identity and differentiate products for example Colgate and Aquafresh are […]
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Place: Introduction

By |2025-02-12T09:21:15+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Marketing: Place

  • When used in the context of the marketing mix place refers to how and where the product is sold to the consumer
  • During the process of determining place the business has to decide:
    1. How the product reaches the consumer i.e. the channel of distribution
    2. The actual geographical location where the product […]
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Business Studies: The balance sheet

By |2025-02-12T09:43:21+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Business Finance and Accounting: The balance sheet

  • The entire financial accounting function rests on the premise that there are two aspects to every transaction
  • A debit and a credit
  • For every transaction a debit and credit is recorded
  • For example in a cash sale the asset of cash increases and is therefore credited […]
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Business Studies: Government and location of businesses

By |2025-02-12T09:31:50+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Aiding and influencing the business:Government and location of businesses

  • We have already looked at factors that affect where a business chooses to locate
  • One of the principal factors to consider is the government’s policies,laws and regulations
  • The government might pass laws prohibiting certain businesses from certain areas
  • For example heavy industries cannot […]
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Motivation and Motivational Theories

By |2025-02-12T09:22:12+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

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  • People work for any number of reasons
  • Most people work because they want to earn money and survive while others work voluntarily
  • Others work because they find meaning and fulfillment in […]
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Centralisation and decentralization

By |2025-02-12T09:38:34+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

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ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Centralisation and decentralization

  • An organisation’s structure can be centralised or decentralised
  • Centralisation-is when power, authority and decision making are concentrated at the top of the organisation’s hierarchy
  • This means activities such as planning and decision making are […]
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