February 2025

Organisational Charts

By |2025-02-12T09:33:44+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

A simple organisational chart. A simple organisational chart.

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Organisational Charts

  • It is a diagram that shows the organisation structure of a given organisation
  • It is also defined as a pictorial depiction of an organisation’s structure
  • An organisation’s structure is also known as it’s internal structure
  • […]

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Democratic Leadership style

By |2025-02-12T09:12:55+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

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ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Democratic Leadership style

  • Is also known as participative leadership
  • Under this style the members of the team contribute to the decision making process
  • The leader asks for contribution from team members during the process of […]
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Communication in Business: Teleconferencing/ Video Conferencing

By |2025-02-12T09:09:32+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: Teleconferencing/ Video Conferencing

  • A conference is a meeting between two or more people with a shared business interest
  • A video conference is when such a meeting takes place with the aid of computers
  • Two […]
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Induction Training/Orientation

By |2025-02-12T09:24:13+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: Induction Training/Orientation

  • This is also known as induction training
  • It is a process of introducing a new employee to the organisation and
  • Introducing the organisation to the new employee
  • It is considered a form of training
  • Induction is important as it:
    1. Ensures the employee is integrated as […]
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Power,Authority, Responsibility and span of control

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

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

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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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The need for/importance of effective communication

By |2025-02-12T09:03:01+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Managing Human Resources: Communication in Business: The need for/importance of effective communication

  • Communication is said to be effective when it is received and understood in the manner in which the sender intended
  • Effective communication is essential to the achievement of the organisation’s goals
  • Without communication it would be hard to define the organisation’s […]
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Labour Turnover

By |2025-02-12T09:25:07+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: Labour Turnover

  • It is a statistical measure of the number of people who leave an organisation’s employ versus the number of people who remain in that organisation’s employment in a given year
  • It is expressed as a ratio:
  • \dfrac{\text{Number of people who left}}{\text{Avergage number of people employed}} […]
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