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Business Studies: Competition, Controlling Imports and Exports
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Business Studies: Competition, Controlling Imports and Exports

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Business Studies: Competition, Controlling Imports and Exports

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:30:13+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Aiding and influencing the businesses: Competition, Controlling Imports and Exports

The government has a lot of incentives to control and regulate the operation of businesses
Control and regulation can be achieved in a number of ways
In this topic we will look at economic policies of the government
These include:
Regulating competition

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Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:16:40+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Human beings are social animals. Image credit madamenoire.com ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

In attempting to explain the concept of motivation Abraham Maslow came up with
The Hierarchy Of Needs

Maslow's hierarchy of [...]
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Non Financial Motivation: Job Enrichment

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:35:33+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Job enrichment is a non-financial method to motivate workers. Image credit unieducar.org.br ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Non Financial Motivation: Job Enrichment

is a management concept that involves redesigning jobs so that they are more challenging to the […]

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Barriers to effective communication
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Barriers to effective communication

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Barriers to effective communication

By garikaib|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
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Problems of high labour turnover

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Problems of high labour turnover

By garikaib|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

Problems of high […]

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The Product Life Cycle
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The Product Life Cycle

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The Product Life Cycle

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:03:46+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Marketing: The Product Life Cycle

The term product life cycle is used to describe the phases through which a product passes from its introduction to decline
It is a basic fact in business that all products introduced go through a number of phases from their introduction to their eventual elimination
Generally a product […]

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Price Variations
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Price Variations

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Price Variations

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:20:15+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Marketing:Price Variations

In addition to employing varies pricing strategies firms can also make use of price variations
This is when prices are adjusted depending on a variety of factors
This is usually achieved by using discounts
There are therefore a number of discounts
Discounts for bulk purchases
Discounts for prompt payments
Purchases […]

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Business Studies:The profit and loss account
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Business Studies:The profit and loss account

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Business Studies:The profit and loss account

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:41:12+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Business Finance and Accounting: The profit and loss account

Organisations that operate on a profit basis traditionally prepare what used to be known as a trading and profit and loss account
Nowadays it is more generally known as an Income Statement
In strict financial accounting parlance it is called a Statement of Comprehensive […]

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Business Studies: Government and location of businesses
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Business Studies: Government and location of businesses

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Business Studies: Government and location of businesses

By garikaib|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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