- Terms and Concepts related to Business
- Instruments of Exchange
- Reasons Businesses are Established
- Forms of Business Organizations
- Economic Systems
- Stakeholders and their Role in Business Activities
- Functions of a Business
- Role of a Business within a Community
Internal Organizational Environment
- Functional Areas of Business
- Functions of Management
- Responsibilities of Management
- Organizational Charts
- Types of Organizational Charts
- Characteristics of a Good Leader
- Leadership Styles
- Sources of Conflict within an Organization
- Methods used to gain an upper hand during Periods of Conflict
- Strategies used to resolve Conflicts
- Guidelines: Good Management & Staff Relations
- Role of Teamwork
- Strategies for Effective Communication
- Management Information System
- Personal Needs Satisfied Through Employment
- Role of an Entrepreneur
- Reasons Persons Establish their own Businesses
- Steps in Establishing a Business
- Functional Areas in the Operation of Businesses
- Sources of Research in Establishing a Business
- Process between Planning and the Operation of a Business
- Regulatory Practices Instituted by Governments
- Advantages & Disadvantages:Types of Businesses
- Sources of Capital in Setting up a Business
- Features of a Business Plan
- Purpose of a Feasibility Study
- Ethical and Legal Issues
- Consequences of Unethical and Illegal Practices
- Concept of a Contract
- Characteristics of a Simple Contract
- Differences between a Simple & a Speciality Contract
- Difference between an Offer & an Invitation to Treat
- Conditions under which Offer and Acceptance are Communicated
- Ways in which Contracts may be Terminated
- Validity of Contracts
- Why Documentation is Necessary in Business Transactions
- Business Documents for Various Purposes
- Information on Transport Documents
- Instruments of Payment
- Insurance and Assurance
- Insurance Principles
- Types of Insurance Policies
- Importance of Insurance to Businesses
- Factors of Production
- Industries Developed from Natural Resources in the Caribbean
- Difference between Production and Productivity
- Effects of Migration
- Role of the Entrepreneur : Decision Making Process
- Role of Capital in Production
- Levels of Production
- Types of Production
- Cottage Industry
- Linkgae Industries
- Factors that determine Business Location
- Functions of a Small Business
- Effects of Growth on a Business
- Economical and Social Implications of Technological Development
- Difference between Market and Marketing
- Marketing Activities
- The Marketing Mix
- Market Research
- Factors that Influence Consumer Behaviour
- Types of Market Structures
- How Price is Determined
- Packaging and Presentation of Goods
- Copyright, Patent & Trademark
- Methods of Promoting Sales
- Techniques of Selling
- Terms of Sale
- Consumer Organizations
- Links in the Distribution Chain
- Methods of Retailing
- Forms of Transportation
- Problems of Distribution
- Role of Commercial Banks
- Functions of the Central Bank
- Relationship between the Central Bank and Commercial Banks
- Strategies to Manage Personal Income
- Sources of Short & Long Term Financing
- Savings and Investments
- Stock Market
Role of Government in an Economy
- Responsibilities of a Government in an Economy
- Ways in which Businesses Protect the Environment
- Ways By which Government Regulates Business Activities
- Purpose of Taxation
- Direct and Indirect Taxes
- Regressive, Progressive and Proportional taxation
- Government Assistance Offered to Businesses
- Social Services Provided by Governments