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Principles of Business

Pick a unit, work through the activities, then test yourself. The bars show how often each unit turns up in past papers, so you know where your time pays off.

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Organisational principles

The nature of business

From barter to mobile money, the forms a business can take, economic systems, stakeholders and business ethics.

0 of 4 done · 80 min
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Organisational principles

Inside an organisation

What managers do, organisational charts, leadership styles, conflict, motivation, teamwork and communication.

0 of 2 done · 35 min
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Organisational principles

Establishing a business

The entrepreneur, the steps to starting a business, the business plan, location and raising capital.

0 of 2 done · 41 min
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Organisational principles

Legal aspects of business

Contracts and how they end, business documents, and the principles and types of insurance.

0 of 1 done · 15 min
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Promotion and logistics

Production

Factors of production, productivity, types and levels of production, small businesses and how firms grow.

0 of 5 done · 91 min
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Promotion and logistics

Marketing

Markets and marketing, the marketing mix, promotion and selling, terms of sale, and protecting consumers.

0 of 2 done · 38 min
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Promotion and logistics

Logistics and the supply chain

Logistics and the supply chain, the chain of distribution, transport and its documents, and fixing distribution problems.

0 of 1 done · 19 min
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Finance, government and technology

Business finance

Banks, credit unions and their regulators, managing personal income, savings and investment, and financing a business.

0 of 2 done · 40 min
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Finance, government and technology

Government and the economy

What government does in an economy: protecting the environment, taxes, help for businesses and social services.

0 of 2 done · 37 min
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Finance, government and technology

Technology and global business

Technology in business, e-commerce, living standards and national income, trade, CARICOM and the region’s economic problems.

0 of 3 done · 61 min

0 of 24 topics done across the guide. Paper 1 bars show how many of a paper’s 60 questions each unit gets on average, across 23 past Paper 1s; the longest bar is the unit asked most. Last 5 bars count only the five most recent Paper 1s (2023–2026), on the same scale. Unit names and order follow the CSEC Principles of Business syllabus.