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McGregor’s Theory of X and Y

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

A theory Y worker is self-driven. Image credit bloomberg.com ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: McGregor’s Theory of X and Y

According to McGregor managers have two distinct general assumptions about their employees
Each assumption comes with its own sets of assumptions […]

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Power,Authority, Responsibility and span of control

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:34:24+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Mugabe and military officers. image credit insiderzim.com

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Organisational Charts

These are concepts that are related with how business organisations operate and are organised
Power- is the ability or capacity to influence others
For example charismatic leaders like Adolf […]

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Laissez-faire leadership style

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:13:21+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Laissez Faire means to let go. Image credit slate.com

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Laissez-faire leadership style

Is also known as the free-reign style
It comes from a French phrase which means to let go
The free reign leader sets goals for subordinates and
sets the parameters within which […]

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A list of known Mhondoros/Svikiros in the Mutapa Kingdom

By Karen Mukungurutse|2025-02-12T08:55:44+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Nyakasikana the last known medium of Nehanda.

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The Mutapa Kingdom: A list of known Mhondoros/Svikiros in the Mutapa Kingdom

Mhondoros were the national spirit mediums/ancestral spirits in the Mutapa state
They were usually made up of royal ancestral spirits
The word svikiro comes from a Shona verb (infinitive) kusvika which […]

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Political Organisation of the Great Zimbabwe State

By Karen Mukungurutse|2025-02-12T09:12:00+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

A view inside the Great Enclosure. Image credit zarnet.ac.zw

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Great Zimbabwe state (Kingdom): Political Organisation of the Great Zimbabwe State

The king ruled the state and was helped to rule by his relatives,
the Great wives and others selected for exhibiting high levels of allegiance and loyalty

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The effects of migration

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:22:28+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Migration leads to pressure on resources in receiving areas. Image credit MediaWiki

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Migration: The effects of migration

The movement of people from one area to another has both positive and negative effects in both the area of origin and receiving areas.
These effects can be social, economic […]

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Social Organisation of the Zulu State

By Karen Mukungurutse|2025-02-12T09:37:37+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Zulu women dancing. Image credit zululandobserver.co.za

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The Zulu State: Social Organisation of the Zulu State

There was division of labour in the Zulu state, that is men did cattle rearing whist women did agriculture
Boys were taught to be aggressive whilst girls were taught to be submissive

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Successes and Failures of Missionaries

By Karen Mukungurutse|2025-02-12T08:56:21+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Anglican Cathedral near the Zimbabwean Parliament

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Missionaries in Zimbabwe:Successes and Failures of Missionaries

Missionaries taught people how to read and write
They facilitated the colonization of Zimbabwe
They encouraged trade between foreigners and locals
Established schools and mission stations
They introduced western education
They translated, printed and […]

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Solutions to the Problems Caused by Nomadism

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:11:32+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Sedentarization is a possible solution. Image credit aljazeera.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa:Solutions to the Problems Caused by Nomadism

The problem caused by nomads are a cause for concern for settled farmers and governments in Africa, as well as international organisation such as the United Nations.
As a result, […]

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