Commercials
ZIMSEC O-Level Business Enterprise and Skills
Syllabus topics
58 topics and subtopics in the 2015-2022 syllabus, examined from 1 Jan 2018.
- 7.3
Setting up a new enterprise
- 7.3.1 Purpose of business enterprises
- 7.3.2 Unincorporated business enterprises; setting up a sole proprietorship or partnership
- 7.3.3 Incorporated business enterprises
- 7.3.4 Business ethics
- 7.3.5 Causes of business failure
- 7.3.6 Forms of business enterprises
- 7.3.7 Assistance to enterprise start-ups
- 7.3.8 Business size
- 7.3.9 Business growth
- 7.3.10 Risk, ownership and limited liability; formation of a business enterprise
About this syllabus
ZIMSEC O-Level Business Enterprise and Skills (Forms 1-4) develops enterprising skills through eight topics: the business enterprise and the enterpriser, the enterprising environment, setting up a new enterprise, business planning, enterprise finance and securing investors (including financial statements, cash budgets, costs and break-even), people in business enterprises, markets and marketing, and operations management.
How you are assessed
Continuous assessment (theory tests, assignments and two enterprise projects) carries 40%. The examination carries 60%: Paper 1 has six structured short questions (1 hour 45 minutes, 100 marks, 30%) and Paper 2 (2 hours 15 minutes, 100 marks, 30%) has one compulsory case study worth 40 marks in Section A and three essays chosen from six, worth 60 marks, in Section B.
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