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Topics

  1. Introduction
  2. The Levels of production
  3. Forms of production
  4. Division of Labour
  5. Specialisation of Labour
  6. Factors of Production
  7. Value addition and beneficiation of resources:
    1. Benefits of value addition and beneficiation
  8. The Business Environment:
    1. The internal business environment
    2. The external business environment

  1. Transport
  2. Warehousing
  3.  Advertising
  4. Banking
  5. Insurance
  6. Communication

  1. Retailers and their functions
  2. Factors to consider when setting up a retail outlet
  3. Functions of Retailers
  4. Types of Retailers:ns
    1. Small scale Retailers
      1. Advantages of small scale Retailers
    2. Large scale retailers
      1. Supermarket
      2. Hypermarket
      3. Department store
      4. Multiple shop
      5. Variety Chain store
      6. Retail Cooperative society
      7. Mail order firm
      8. Discount stores, Voluntary chain stores and Tied shops
    3. Advantages and disadvantages of large-scale retailing
      1. Trade and Cash discounts
  5. Trends in Retailing:
    1. E-Commerce
    2. Vending Machines and DIY Products and shopping malls
    3. Franchising
    4. Branding
    5. Prepackaging
    6. Self-selection and Self-service
    7. Send a basket
  6. Hire Purchase:
    1. Advantages and Disadvantages to the Buyer
    2. Advantages and Disadvantages to the seller

  1. The purposes of trade
  2. Channels of distribution

  1.  Introduction
  2. Functions of a wholesaler:
    1. To retailers and the consumer
    2. To producers and manufacturers
  3. Types of wholesalers:
    1. Cash and Carry wholesalers
    2. Traditional/General Wholesalers
    3. Specialist wholesalers and Cooperative Wholesale Societies
  4. Reasons for the elimination of wholesalers
  5. Marketing Boards:
    1. The Grain Marketing Board

  1. Introduction to and importance of international trade:
    1. Methods of controlling trade
  2. Differences between Home and International trade
  3. Problems faced by importers and exporters
  4. Visible and Invisible trade
  5. Balance of Payments:
    1. Methods used to correct an unfavourable Balance of Payments
  6. Trading blocs
  7. Functions of Customs and Excise authorities:
    1. Bonded Warehouses in International Trade
  8. Excise Duty
  9. Documents used in International Trade:
    1. Bill of Lading
    2. Indent
    3. Export invoice
    4. Consular invoice
    5. Certificate of origin
    6. Certificate of insurance
    7. Airway bill
    8. Other documents
  10. Middlemen in international trade:
    1. Brokers
    2. Factor Agents
    3. Del Credere agents
    4. Forwarding agents / Freight Forwarders
    5. Export and Import merchants
  11. Payments in International trade:
    1. Telegraphic ( Cable) money transfer
    2. Bill of exchange
    3. Credit Letter
  12. Functions of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair ( ZITF)and Export Processing Zones Authority (EPZA)
  13. Functions of of Zim-Trade ( Government promotion of foreign trade)

  1. Introduction and importance of consumer protection
  2. How consumers are protected:
    1. How the government protects consumers
    2. The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ)
    3. The Hire Purchase Act
    4. The Standards Association of Zimbabwe
    5. Consumer Rights

  1. Introduction:
    1. Shares
    2. Differences between ordinary shares and preference shares
    3. Debentures
    4. Differences between shares and Debentures
    5. Public and Private enterprises
    6. Terms used in business organisations
  2. Private Sector Businesses:
    1. Sole Trader Business
    2. Partnership:
      1. Features of a partnership business
      2. Partnership Deed
      3. Partnership Act
      4. Advantages and Disadvantages
    3. Limited Liability companies:
      1. Private Limited Companies:
        1. Advantages and Disadvantages
      2. Public Limited Companies:
        1. Advantages and Disadvantages
      3. Multi National Companies:
        1. Advantages and Disadvantages
      4. Private Business Corporation
      5. Statement of incorporation
      6. Trade Association
  3. The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange
    1. People at the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange
  4. Cold Storage Company
  5. Dairboard Limited Zimbabwe
  6. Documents used in the formation of companies:
    1. Memorandum of Association
    2. Articles of Association
    3. Certificate of incorporation,Statutory declaration and Certificate of Trading
    4. Prospectus
  7. Public Sector Enterprises:
    1. Public corporations / Parastatals:
      1. Advantages and Disadvantages
    2. Reasons why Parastatals are turned into Public Limited companies (privatised)
    3. Local Authorities

  1. Introduction to Enterprise: Characteristics of an Entrepreneur
    1. Advantages and disadvantages of being an entrepreneur
    2. Importance of entrepreneurship skills to the economy
  2. Management functions:
    1. Planning
    2. Organising
    3. Leading/Commanding
    4. Coordinating
    5. Controlling
  3. Business Ethics
  4. Business Plan
  5. Intellectual property

  1. Barter trade and its problems
  2. Money
  3. Financial institutions:
    1. Building societies
    2. Discount Houses and Merchant Banks
    3. Post Office Savings Bank
    4. Commercial Banks:
      1. Bank overdrafts and Bank Loans
      2. Differences between Bank Loans and Bank Overdrafts
      3. Night safes and safeguarding of Customers valuables
      4. Bank Credit Card
      5. Bank Card/Cheque Card
      6. Telebanking
      7. ATMs
      8. Types of bank accounts
    5. Bank Cheques:
      1. Cheque Crossings
      2. The Cheque clearing process
      3. Reasons for dishonouring a cheque
      4. Advantages and Disadvantages of cheque payments
  4. Payments made by banks in Home Trade
  5. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe
  6. Trends in Banking
  7. Personal Finance
  8. Business Finance
  9. Business Taxation
  10. Business Calculations
  11. International Financial Institutions

  1. Introduction and importance of insurance:
    1. Importance of statistics to insurance
    2. Insurance Assessors
    3. Functions of insurance brokers
    4. Functions of insurance underwriters
  2. Principles of insurance:
    1. Insurable interest
    2. Utmost good faith
    3. Indemnity: Subrogation and Contribution
    4. Proximate cause and the Average clause: Under and over insuring
  3. How to take an insurance policy
  4. Documents used in insurance
  5. Steps to be taken when claiming insurance compensation
  6. Types of insurance:
    1. Business insurance
    2. Exports Credit Guarantee Department (ECGD)
    3. Vehicle Insurance
    4. Marine Insurance
    5. Property Insurance
    6. Life assurance
    7. Other forms of insurance: Accident, health,funeral assurance
  7. ICT and Insurance

  1. Introduction and the importance of communication
  2. Postal Communication Services:
    1. Surface and Air Mail
    2. Private Bags and Post Office Boxes
    3. Business Reply services and Post Restante
    4. Registered Mail and Recorded Deliveries
    5. Franking Machine and Free mail
    6. Expedited Mail Service (EMS)
    7. Other services
  3. Telecommunication Services:
    1. Telephone
    2. Cellphone
    3. Telex and Teleconferencing
    4. Fax (Facsimile) and Datel
    5. Email and Internet
    6. Radio paging, tele-messages and Prestel
  4. The Communication Process:
    1. Importance of Communication in business
    2. Effective Communication
    3. Factors to consider when choosing the mode of communication
    4. Informal and formal communication in business
    5. Trends in business communication

  1. Introduction and importance of transport
  2. Modes of transport:
    1. Factors which affect the mode of transport
    2. Road Transport:
      1. The advantages of a trader owning their own fleet of vehicles
    3. Rail Transport
    4. Air Transport:
      1. Air waybill
      2. Functions of an airport authority (CAAZ)
    5. Pipeline
    6. Sea Transport:
      1. Tramps
      2. Liners
      3. Oil Bulk Ore (OBO) Ships
      4. Roll on Roll off (RoRo) Ships
      5. Tankers
      6. Documents used in Shipping:
        1. Charter Party
        2. Bill of lading
      7. Containerisation
      8. Functions of a seaport authority
  3. Trends in transport

  1. Warehouses and importance of warehousing
  2. Types of Warehouses:
    1. Primary producer Warehouses
    2. Manufacturer’s warehouse depot
    3. Wholesale warehouse
    4. Large scale retailer’s warehouse
    5. Public sector warehouses
    6. Bonded Warehouses
    7. Other types of warehouses

  1. Introduction to Marketing concepts
  2. Types of Markets
  3. Market segmentation
  4. Marketing approaches
  5. Marketing Mix
  6. Place
  7. Promotion:
    1. Advertising:
      1. Introduction, Purpose and importance of Advertising:
        1. Disadvantages of advertising
      2. Advertising techniques
      3. Types of advertising:
        1. Informative advertising
        2. Persuasive advertising
        3. Differences between informative and persuasive advertising
        4. Collective/Generic Advertising
      4. Advertising agencies
      5. Types of advertising media:
        1. Radio
        2. Television
        3. Newspaper
        4. Magazines
        5. Trade Journals
        6.  Posters
        7. Flyers/Leaflets and Direct Mail advertising
        8. Other media
      6. The influence of packaging and branding on advertising
      7. Advertising code of conduct
  8. Place
  9. Price

  1. Introduction
  2. Trading and Profit and Loss Account
  3. Profitability and Liquidity
  4. The balance sheet
  5. Trade and Cash discounts

  1. Introduction:
      1. Letter of inquiry
      2. Price List
      3. Quotation
      4. Catalogue
      5. Order note
      6. Proforma invoice and Invoice
      7. Advice Note
      8. Delivery Note
      9. Consignment note
      10. Credit and Debit Notes
      11. Statement of Account
      12. Receipts and Till slips

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