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Business Studies Information
- Business Studies encompasses business principles, theory and practice that underpin the development of entrepreneurial initiatives, sustainable enterprises and economic growth.
- A learner with creative thinking skills, a critical thinker, analytical skills, good organisational skills and problem solving skills will be an attribute to the subject. However, any learner interested in pursuing starting their own business venture or a career in Commerce. Reading Business newspapers would be an added bonus to know what’s happening in the corporate world.
- Subject covers a large/vast amount of content and a learner must be able to evaluate scenarios/ case studies on business challenges in corporate world.
- TOPICS FOR GRADE 10-12:
- GRADE 10
- Business Environments: Micro, Market and Macro
- Business Sectors
- Socio-economic issues
- Social responsibility
- Entrepreneurial qualities
- Forms of ownership
- Creative thinking and problem solving techniques
- Contracts
- Business opportunity and business location factors
- Presentation of business information
- Business plan
- Self management
- Teamwork
- GRADE 11
- Business environments: influences and challenge
- Socio-economic issues
- Business sectors
- Forms of ownership: Companies
- Creative thinking and problem solving techniques
- Stress and crisis management
- Setting up a business: transforming a business plan to an action plan
- Professionalism and ethics
- Presentation of business information
- Entrepreneurial qualities
- Social responsibility
- Marketing function
- Production function
- Team dynamics and conflict management
- Human resources
- GRADE 12
- Macro environment: labour legislation
- Human resources
- Ethics and professionalism
- Creative thinking
- Management and leadership
- Quality of performance
- Investments
- Insurance
- Forms of ownership
- Presentation of data/business information
- Human rights, inclusivity and environmental issues
- Corporate social responsibility
- Business strategies
- JOB PROSPECTS:
- Careers in Human Resource Management, Business Management, Investments, Insurance industry, Finance Management, Retail Business Management, Operations Management, Banking, Business Analyst, Entrepreneurship, Marketing Management, Public Relations, Labour Relations, etc.
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