Business Studies Paper 2 November 2010 (Without Answers)
ZIMBABWE SCHOOL EXAMINATION COUNCIL
General Certificate of Education Advanced Level
BUSINESS STUDIES […]
February 2025
Motivation and Motivational Theories
Construction workers. Image credit biznetafrica.com ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Motivation and Motivational Theories
- 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 […]
Centralisation and decentralization
Decentralisation vs Centralisation. Image pixabay.com
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 […]
Conflict and ways of resolving conflict
ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Managing Human Resources: Trade Unions and Businesses: Conflict and ways of resolving conflict
The Market Introduction
ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Marketing: Introduction to markets
- A market is an actual or nominal place where buyers and sellers interact directly or through intermediaries to trade goods, services, instruments, contracts in exchange for money or other mediums of value
- Markets can be physical or infrastructural buildings that can actual be observed in the real world for […]
Benefits and drawbacks of advertising
ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Marketing: Benefits and drawbacks of advertising
- Not all advertising is successful
- In fact advertising does have its advantages and disadvantages
Advantages of advertising
- It informs the customer
- It is part of the competitive process and fights off the competition
- It allows consumers/customers to make an informed choice
- I can act as a guarantee of […]
Job Production
ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Production: Job Production
- Production is the creation of goods and services
- Job production is a production method when:
- items are made individually
- Each item is completed before the next one is started
- Each item is unique
- Usually the product is custom made to the customer’s specifications or requirements
- Examples of items made […]
Business Studies: Gearing ratios
ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Business Finance and Accounting: Ratio Analysis:Gearing ratios
- Gearing refers to the extent to which a business’s assets are financed using debt capital versus equity capital
- Remember the balance sheet equation:
- Assets = Capital (Equity) + Liabilities (Debt)
- What this means is that all assets are purchased using either equity or debt finance
- Equity […]
AS A Level Business: Introduction To Shares
Cambridge AS A Level Business Studies/ ZIMSEC Advanced Level Business Studies/ Business Enterprise Skills Notes: Types of businesses: Introduction To Shares
- It has already been said that the capital of limited liability companies is divided into units
- These units are known as shares
- Investors in these companies are known as shareholders i.e. they own/hold shares […]
Business Studies Paper 2 November 2012 (Without Answers)
ZIMSEC SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
General Certificate of Education Advanced Level
BUSINESS STUDIES […]