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Student's Book  Form Five


               Exercise 2.5                           2.   Business  units  are  classified  in

           1. How co-operatives differ from joint        different ways depending on their,
             ventures?                                   size, ownership, and industry sector.
           2. With vivid examples, explain different   3.   According to size, business units in
             types of co-operatives.                     Tanzania are classified into micro,
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           3. Co-operative organisations have            small, medium, and large enterprise.
             no significant contributions to the      4.   According to ownership structure,
             welfare of their members. Discuss           business units are classified into two
             this statement.                             forms of ownership, that is public
                                                         and private.


            Skills lab activity                       5.   A company is a corporate association
                                                         of  persons  formed  to  carry  out
            Suppose that the majority of the newly       certain specific functions with the
            established businesses in Tanzania           aim of making profit.
            normally fail in the early stages to      6.   Companies can be classified based
            achieve their intended objectives.           on the nature of capital, ownership,
            As a Business Studies student, how           control or holding, access to capital,
            can you help the owners of those             and other basis.
            businesses to re-establish and sustain    7.   Franchising is a business system
            their operations?
                                                         in the form of marketing and
                                                         distribution in which the owner of
             Project work                                a business system (the franchisor)
                                                         grants an individual or group of
            Select and analyse case studies              individuals (the franchisee) the
            of successful and unsuccessful               right to run a business using the
            franchises in the context of Tanzania.       franchisor’s business system.
            Prepare a report about the key factors
            that contributed to the success or        8.   A joint venture is a union between
            failure of those franchises.                 two or more companies that pool
                                                         their resources and expertise to
                                                         pursue a common goal for a specific
                                                         period where the enterprise’s risks
                   Chapter summary                       and rewards are also shared.


           1.   A business unit is an organisation,   9.   Co-operatives are voluntary
              enterprise, or firm that deals with        organisations that are formed by
              the production, distribution, and          individuals to achieve common
              exchange of products for the purpose       goals or for the common interests
              of making profits.                         of their members.




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