Economic Management Sciences Learning Area - Curriculum ...

Develops and implements a simple
business plan for a trading or service
business that could be operated from
school or from home.
Designs an advertising campaign to
promote a product that will generate a
profit.
Describes how the four elements of the
marketing mix are combined in a simple
business activity.
7.4.6
Runs a business event using one or two
of the ideas or opportunities identified in
a questionnaire that had been designed.
8.4.6
Engages in a business activity that
involves purchasing, production and
marketing (should involve financing of
business with own or borrowed capital -
e.g. bank overdraft).
9.4.6
7.4.7 8.4.7
Differentiates between the forms of
ownership in the informal and formal
sectors (sole proprietor, partnership,
close corporation).
9.4.7
Engages in the business activity planned
and discusses the reasons for choosing a
particular form of ownership.
7.4.8 8.4.8
Evaluates the financial viability of a
business (e.g. start-up costs, production
costs, sales, profit).
9.4.8
7.4.9
Designs posters or other materials to
advertise own business venture.
8.4.9 9.4.9
Conducts a marketing campaign to
promote a product and discusses the
self-selected advertising media.
7.4.10 8.4.10 9.4.10
Researches the role of small, medium
and micro enterprises in wealth and job
creation processes.
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