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Welcome to A Level Business Studies — the complete ZIMSEC Forms 5–6 course.
This course is organised into 7 months (28 weeks). Each week has 4 days of lesson notes and a Day 5 quiz. Every month ends with a comprehensive End of Month Test.
Covers Business & its Environment, ICT in Business, Business Planning & Project Development, Human Resources Management, Business Communication, Marketing, Operations Management, Business Finance & Accounting, International Trade and Business Failure.
Curriculum
- 35 Sections
- 147 Lessons
- 28 Weeks
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- Week 1: Introduction to Business5
- 1.1Week 1 Day 1: Meaning and Scope of Business35 Minutes
- 1.2Week 1 Day 2: Characteristics of Economic Systems — Free, Command and Mixed35 Minutes
- 1.3Week 1 Day 3: Advantages and Disadvantages of Each Economic System35 Minutes
- 1.4Week 1 Day 4: Types of Business Environments — Macro and Micro35 Minutes
- 1.5Week 1 Day 5: Week 1 Quiz — Introduction to Business25 Minutes
- Week 2: Types of Businesses and Stakeholders5
- 2.1Week 2 Day 1: Types of Business Organisations — Sole Trader, Partnership, Companies35 Minutes
- 2.2Week 2 Day 2: Public Sector and Private Sector Businesses35 Minutes
- 2.3Week 2 Day 3: Business Stakeholders and Their Interests35 Minutes
- 2.4Week 2 Day 4: Business Environment Analysis — PESTLE and SWOT35 Minutes
- 2.5Week 2 Day 5: Week 2 Quiz — Types of Businesses25 Minutes
- Week 3: Size and Growth of Business5
- 3.1Week 3 Day 1: Methods of Measuring Size of Business — Capital, Employees, Market Share35 Minutes
- 3.2Week 3 Day 2: Significance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)35 Minutes
- 3.3Week 3 Day 3: Problems Faced by SMEs and Suggested Solutions35 Minutes
- 3.4Week 3 Day 4: Forms of Business Growth — Merger, Takeover, Vertical and Horizontal Integration35 Minutes
- 3.5Week 3 Day 5: Week 3 Quiz — Size and Growth25 Minutes
- Week 4: Business Aims, Objectives and Corporate Social Responsibility5
- 4.1Week 4 Day 1: Business Aims and Objectives — Hierarchy and Characteristics35 Minutes
- 4.2Week 4 Day 2: Types of Business Objectives — Survival, Growth, Profit Maximisation35 Minutes
- 4.3Week 4 Day 3: Business Constraints and Conflict of Business Objectives35 Minutes
- 4.4Week 4 Day 4: Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility and Unhu/Ubuntu/Vumunhu35 Minutes
- 4.5Week 4 Day 5: Week 4 Quiz — Aims, Objectives & CSR25 Minutes
- End of Month 1 Test1
- Week 5: Purpose and Components of a Business Plan5
- 6.1Week 5 Day 1: Purpose and Importance of a Business Plan35 Minutes
- 6.2Week 5 Day 2: Components of a Business Plan — Executive Summary35 Minutes
- 6.3Week 5 Day 3: Organisational Background and Market Analysis35 Minutes
- 6.4Week 5 Day 4: Strategy, Implementation, Management and Financial Plan35 Minutes
- 6.5Week 5 Day 5: Week 5 Quiz — Business Plan Basics25 Minutes
- Week 6: Business Project Identification and Formulation5
- 7.1Week 6 Day 1: Project Identification — Generating Business Ideas35 Minutes
- 7.2Week 6 Day 2: Business Project Proposal — Structure and Content35 Minutes
- 7.3Week 6 Day 3: Project Implementation and Evaluation35 Minutes
- 7.4Week 6 Day 4: Project Management Tools and Techniques35 Minutes
- 7.5Week 6 Day 5: Week 6 Quiz — Business Project25 Minutes
- Week 7: Tools for Decision Making — Network Analysis5
- 8.1Week 7 Day 1: Introduction to Network Analysis and Critical Path35 Minutes
- 8.2Week 7 Day 2: Constructing Network Diagrams — Nodes, Activities, Dummy Activities35 Minutes
- 8.3Week 7 Day 3: Calculating Earliest Start Time (EST) and Latest Finishing Time (LFT)35 Minutes
- 8.4Week 7 Day 4: Determining Float and Identifying the Critical Path35 Minutes
- 8.5Week 7 Day 5: Week 7 Quiz — Network Analysis25 Minutes
- Week 8: Decision Trees and Investment Appraisal Basics5
- 9.1Week 8 Day 1: Introduction to Decision Trees35 Minutes
- 9.2Week 8 Day 2: Constructing Decision Trees — Decision Nodes and Chance Nodes35 Minutes
- 9.3Week 8 Day 3: Calculating Expected Values35 Minutes
- 9.4Week 8 Day 4: Using Decision Trees to Make Business Decisions35 Minutes
- 9.5Week 8 Day 5: Week 8 Quiz — Decision Trees25 Minutes
- End of Month 2 Test1
- Week 9: Introduction to Human Resources Management5
- 11.1Week 9 Day 1: Meaning and Scope of Human Resources Management (HRM)35 Minutes
- 11.2Week 9 Day 2: Functions of HRM — Planning, Recruitment, Selection35 Minutes
- 11.3Week 9 Day 3: Recruitment and Selection Processes35 Minutes
- 11.4Week 9 Day 4: Human Resources Planning and Forecasting35 Minutes
- 11.5Week 9 Day 5: Week 9 Quiz — Introduction to HRM25 Minutes
- Week 10: Training and Development5
- 12.1Week 10 Day 1: Importance of Training in Business35 Minutes
- 12.2Week 10 Day 2: Training Methods — On-the-Job and Off-the-Job35 Minutes
- 12.3Week 10 Day 3: Evaluating Different Training Methods35 Minutes
- 12.4Week 10 Day 4: Appraisal of Employee Performance35 Minutes
- 12.5Week 10 Day 5: Week 10 Quiz — Training and Development25 Minutes
- Week 11: Motivation and Rewards5
- 13.1Week 11 Day 1: Motivation — Meaning and Importance35 Minutes
- 13.2Week 11 Day 2: Financial Methods of Motivation — Pay, Bonuses, Commission35 Minutes
- 13.3Week 11 Day 3: Non-Financial Methods — Recognition, Job Enrichment, Teamwork35 Minutes
- 13.4Week 11 Day 4: Comparing Financial and Non-Financial Methods of Motivation35 Minutes
- 13.5Week 11 Day 5: Week 11 Quiz — Motivation and Rewards25 Minutes
- Week 12: Health and Safety in the Workplace5
- 14.1Week 12 Day 1: Health and Safety Issues at the Workplace35 Minutes
- 14.2Week 12 Day 2: Role of HRM in Health and Safety — Training and Education35 Minutes
- 14.3Week 12 Day 3: Provision of Facilities and Dealing with Safety Problems35 Minutes
- 14.4Week 12 Day 4: Health and Safety Legislation in Zimbabwe35 Minutes
- 14.5Week 12 Day 5: Week 12 Quiz — Health and Safety25 Minutes
- End of Month 3 Test1
- Week 13: Business Communication — Basics5
- 16.1Week 13 Day 1: Purpose of Business Communication35 Minutes
- 16.2Week 13 Day 2: Communication Process Model35 Minutes
- 16.3Week 13 Day 3: Channels of Communication — Horizontal, Vertical, One-Way, Two-Way35 Minutes
- 16.4Week 13 Day 4: Problems Associated with Different Channels of Communication35 Minutes
- 16.5Week 13 Day 5: Week 13 Quiz — Communication Basics25 Minutes
- Week 14: Methods of Communication and Effective Communication5
- 17.1Week 14 Day 1: Methods of Communication — Written, Oral, Verbal, Visual35 Minutes
- 17.2Week 14 Day 2: Communication Media — Newspapers, Radios, Cell Phones35 Minutes
- 17.3Week 14 Day 3: Effectiveness and Efficiency of Different Communication Media35 Minutes
- 17.4Week 14 Day 4: Barriers to Effective Communication and Ways to Reduce Them35 Minutes
- 17.5Week 14 Day 5: Week 14 Quiz — Methods & Effectiveness25 Minutes
- Week 15: Marketing — Meaning and Market Analysis5
- 18.1Week 15 Day 1: Meaning of Marketing and Forms of Markets35 Minutes
- 18.2Week 15 Day 2: The Evolution of Marketing and E-Marketing35 Minutes
- 18.3Week 15 Day 3: Marketing vs Other Functional Departments in an Organisation35 Minutes
- 18.4Week 15 Day 4: Market Analysis — Market Size, Market Share, Segmentation35 Minutes
- 18.5Week 15 Day 5: Week 15 Quiz — Marketing Basics25 Minutes
- Week 16: Marketing Mix, Research and ICT in Marketing5
- 19.1Week 16 Day 1: The Marketing Mix — Product, Price, Place, Promotion (4Ps)35 Minutes
- 19.2Week 16 Day 2: Niche and Mass Marketing — Comparison and Evaluation35 Minutes
- 19.3Week 16 Day 3: Marketing Research — Primary and Secondary Data35 Minutes
- 19.4Week 16 Day 4: Impact of ICTs on Marketing and Marketing Strategies35 Minutes
- 19.5Week 16 Day 5: Week 16 Quiz — Marketing Mix & Research25 Minutes
- End of Month 4 Test1
- Week 17: Nature of Operations5
- 21.1Week 17 Day 1: Stages of Production — Primary, Secondary, Tertiary35 Minutes
- 21.2Week 17 Day 2: The Production Function — Inputs, Process, Outputs35 Minutes
- 21.3Week 17 Day 3: Value Addition and Productivity35 Minutes
- 21.4Week 17 Day 4: Labour Productivity vs Capital Productivity35 Minutes
- 21.5Week 17 Day 5: Week 17 Quiz — Nature of Operations25 Minutes
- Week 18: Operations Planning and Production Methods5
- 22.1Week 18 Day 1: Methods of Production — Job, Batch, Flow, Line, Continuous35 Minutes
- 22.2Week 18 Day 2: Choosing a Production Method — Factors and Suitability35 Minutes
- 22.3Week 18 Day 3: Effectiveness, Efficiency and Value Analysis35 Minutes
- 22.4Week 18 Day 4: Organising the Production Function and Kaizen35 Minutes
- 22.5Week 18 Day 5: Week 18 Quiz — Production Methods25 Minutes
- Week 19: Lean Production and Quality Management5
- 23.1Week 19 Day 1: Lean Production — Just in Time (JIT)35 Minutes
- 23.2Week 19 Day 2: Total Quality Management (TQM) and Quality Circles35 Minutes
- 23.3Week 19 Day 3: Quality Control Techniques — Inspection, Sampling, Kaizen Groups35 Minutes
- 23.4Week 19 Day 4: Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement Methods35 Minutes
- 23.5Week 19 Day 5: Week 19 Quiz — Lean Production & Quality25 Minutes
- Week 20: Inventory Management and ICT in Operations5
- 24.1Week 20 Day 1: Inventory Control Methods — Stock Control Charts35 Minutes
- 24.2Week 20 Day 2: Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) and Buffer Stock35 Minutes
- 24.3Week 20 Day 3: Costs and Benefits of Holding Stock35 Minutes
- 24.4Week 20 Day 4: Impact of ICTs on Operations Management and Production35 Minutes
- 24.5Week 20 Day 5: Week 20 Quiz — Inventory & ICT25 Minutes
- End of Month 5 Test1
- Week 21: Accounting — Financial Statements5
- 26.1Week 21 Day 1: Users of Financial Statements and Their Information Needs35 Minutes
- 26.2Week 21 Day 2: Statement of Financial Position (Balance Sheet)35 Minutes
- 26.3Week 21 Day 3: Income Statement (Profit and Loss Account)35 Minutes
- 26.4Week 21 Day 4: Statement of Cash Flows — Direct and Indirect Methods35 Minutes
- 26.5Week 21 Day 5: Week 21 Quiz — Financial Statements25 Minutes
- Week 22: Depreciation and Stock Valuation5
- 27.1Week 22 Day 1: Depreciation — Meaning and Causes35 Minutes
- 27.2Week 22 Day 2: Methods of Depreciation — Straight Line and Reducing Balance35 Minutes
- 27.3Week 22 Day 3: Stock Valuation Methods — FIFO, LIFO, AVCO35 Minutes
- 27.4Week 22 Day 4: Advantages and Disadvantages of Each Stock Valuation Method35 Minutes
- 27.5Week 22 Day 5: Week 22 Quiz — Depreciation & Stock Valuation25 Minutes
- Week 23: Ratio Analysis5
- 28.1Week 23 Day 1: Financial Efficiency Ratios — Stock Turnover, Debtor Days35 Minutes
- 28.2Week 23 Day 2: Profitability Ratios — Gross Profit, Net Profit, ROCE35 Minutes
- 28.3Week 23 Day 3: Liquidity Ratios — Current Ratio, Acid Test Ratio35 Minutes
- 28.4Week 23 Day 4: Using Ratios to Make Business Decisions35 Minutes
- 28.5Week 23 Day 5: Week 23 Quiz — Ratio Analysis25 Minutes
- Week 24: Investment Appraisal5
- 29.1Week 24 Day 1: Investment Appraisal — Meaning and Importance35 Minutes
- 29.2Week 24 Day 2: Payback Period and Average Rate of Return (ARR)35 Minutes
- 29.3Week 24 Day 3: Net Present Value (NPV) and Discounted Cash Flows35 Minutes
- 29.4Week 24 Day 4: Factors Influencing Investment Decisions35 Minutes
- 29.5Week 24 Day 5: Week 24 Quiz — Investment Appraisal25 Minutes
- End of Month 6 Test1
- Week 25: International Trade5
- 31.1Week 25 Day 1: Importance of International Trade — Imports and Exports35 Minutes
- 31.2Week 25 Day 2: Balance of Payments — Components and Importance35 Minutes
- 31.3Week 25 Day 3: Regional Economic Integration — SADC, COMESA, ECOWAS35 Minutes
- 31.4Week 25 Day 4: Trade Barriers — Tariffs, Quotas, Embargoes; Effects on Business35 Minutes
- 31.5Week 25 Day 5: Week 25 Quiz — International Trade25 Minutes
- Week 26: Multi-national Companies and Globalisation5
- 32.1Week 26 Day 1: Multinational Companies — Features and Benefits35 Minutes
- 32.2Week 26 Day 2: Challenges Posed by MNCs to Host and Home Countries35 Minutes
- 32.3Week 26 Day 3: Globalisation — Advantages and Disadvantages35 Minutes
- 32.4Week 26 Day 4: Impact of Globalisation on Zimbabwean Businesses35 Minutes
- 32.5Week 26 Day 5: Week 26 Quiz — MNCs & Globalisation25 Minutes
- Week 27: Causes of Business Failure5
- 33.1Week 27 Day 1: Internal Causes of Business Failure — Poor Management, Under-capitalisation35 Minutes
- 33.2Week 27 Day 2: External Causes — Economic Conditions, Competition, Legal Changes35 Minutes
- 33.3Week 27 Day 3: Symptoms of Business Failure and Early Warning Signs35 Minutes
- 33.4Week 27 Day 4: Strategies for Avoiding Business Failure35 Minutes
- 33.5Week 27 Day 5: Week 27 Quiz — Business Failure25 Minutes
- Week 28: ICT in Business and Final Review5
- 34.1Week 28 Day 1: ICT Resources in Business and Their Applications35 Minutes
- 34.2Week 28 Day 2: Role and Usefulness of ICT in Business Functional Areas35 Minutes
- 34.3Week 28 Day 3: Advantages and Disadvantages of ICT in Business35 Minutes
- 34.4Week 28 Day 4: Final Review — Exam Technique and Paper Structure35 Minutes
- 34.5Week 28 Day 5: Week 28 Quiz — Full Syllabus Review25 Minutes
- End of Month 7 Test — Final A-Level Business Studies Exam1
Instructor
Tawanda Nyasha Andrew Chizema
I am a Mechanical Engineer. Self taught Software and IT Specialist in the field of Business.
