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Business management: This component knowledge, skills and attitudes acquired
encompasses the principles and practices of from various subjects into business
operating a business effectively. It includes opportunities. The subject develops the
planning, organising, directing, staffi ng
and controlling the business resources to capacity of students to identify opportunities
achieve the business goals. and transfer them into businesses. The
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relationship between Business Studies with
Information technology and e-business: a few selected subjects namely Agriculture,
This component focuses on the role Music, Theatre arts, English language,
of Information and Communication Kiswahili, Arabic, Chinese language,
Technology (ICT) in business operations. It French, and Mathematics is described as
includes e-commerce and digital marketing.
follows:
Business laws and regulations: This
component focuses on understanding legal Business Studies with Agriculture
aspects for effective business operations Students studying Agriculture may learn
such as compliance, employment law and how to cultivate vegetables but may lack
contract, and intellectual property.
skills of making it a business that earns
Risk management: This component focuses money. Thus, Business Studies will
on identifying potential risks that a business equip the students with business skills
may encounter and developing effective which will enable them to turn vegetable
ways to overcome the risks, including cultivation into a profi t-making business.
insurance.

Business Studies with Theatre arts and
Exercise 1.3 Music subjects

Students who are taking Theatre arts
1. Makame is a new Form One student
who is ambitious to become a and music subjects may decide to start
business person. Explain to Makame their own acting schools and production
how Business Studies will help him companies. Business Studies will equip
achieve that goal. them with necessary skills to create

2. Business Studies is a combination a business plan, manage the business
of various fi elds of study. Justify the fi nances and marketing their services.
statement.
Business Studies with Language subjects

Relationship between Business Studies Students who are taking language subjects
and other subjects such as English, Kiswahili, Arabic, Chinese
Business Studies relate with all subjects as and French acquire translation, interpreting
it prepares and allows students to transfer and editing skills. Business Studies will

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