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Online Business Studies tutoring with every topic taught step by step by GradesPal tutors. Every Grade 12 Business Studies topic, taught step by step: legislation, human rights and the environment, business strategies, insurance and investment, forms of ownership, human resources, quality, teams, ethics, leadership and presentations, with real past-paper questions and essays with memos and an exam preparatio
What this subject covers
The GradesPal Grade 12 Business Studies subject follows the CAPS annual teaching plan across the four examination themes: Business Environments, Business Ventures, Business Roles and Business Operations. Each module explains the topic from first principles with clear tables and examples, shows how the examiners word their questions, and gives you worked examples, a quiz and real questions and 40-mark essays from the National Senior Certificate papers on GradesPal with the official memos. The last module teaches you how to plan and write the essay, the data-response and the short questions that earn full marks.
- Modules
- 15
- Lessons
- 127
- Study time
- 93h 50m
- Learners
- 0
- Explain the labour, consumer, credit and BBBEE legislation that affects businesses
- Describe business strategies, insurance, investment and the forms of company ownership
- Explain human resources, quality management, teamwork, ethics and leadership
- Write 40-mark essays with an introduction, body, conclusion and insight that earn the marks
- Practise on real past-paper questions and mark yourself against the official memos
Subject content
01Module 1 · Labour Legislation
Business Environments40 min · Free preview The Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 75 of 1997Business Environments50 min The Employment Equity Act, 55 of 1998Business Environments40 min Quiz: Labour LegislationBusiness Environments20 min Past-paper questions: labour legislation (set 1 of 3)Business Environments45 min Past-paper questions: labour legislation (set 2 of 3)Business Environments45 min Past-paper questions: labour legislation (set 3 of 3)Business Environments45 min Essay practice: labour legislationBusiness Environments60 min
02Module 2 · Other Legislation
Business Environments50 min · Free preview The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, 53 of 2003Business Environments40 min The Consumer Protection Act and the National Credit ActBusiness Environments45 min Quiz: Other LegislationBusiness Environments20 min Past-paper questions: other legislation (set 1 of 4)Business Environments45 min Past-paper questions: other legislation (set 2 of 4)Business Environments45 min Past-paper questions: other legislation (set 3 of 4)Business Environments45 min Past-paper questions: other legislation (set 4 of 4)Business Environments45 min Essay practice: legislationBusiness Environments60 min
03Module 3 · Business Strategies
Business Environments40 min · Free preview Strategic management, PESTLE and Porter's Five ForcesBusiness Environments50 min Types of business strategiesBusiness Environments50 min Quiz: Business strategiesBusiness Environments20 min Past-paper questions: business strategies (set 1 of 4)Business Environments45 min Past-paper questions: business strategies (set 2 of 4)Business Environments45 min Past-paper questions: business strategies (set 3 of 4)Business Environments45 min Past-paper questions: business strategies (set 4 of 4)Business Environments45 min Essay practice: business strategiesBusiness Environments60 min
04Module 4 · Human Resources
Business Operations50 min · Free preview Employment contracts, salary determination and benefitsBusiness Operations45 min Training, performance appraisal, remuneration and disciplineBusiness Operations55 min Quiz: Human resourcesBusiness Operations20 min Past-paper questions: human resources (set 1 of 5)Business Operations45 min Past-paper questions: human resources (set 2 of 5)Business Operations45 min Past-paper questions: human resources (set 3 of 5)Business Operations45 min Past-paper questions: human resources (set 4 of 5)Business Operations45 min Past-paper questions: human resources (set 5 of 5)Business Operations45 min Essay practice: the human resources function (set 1 of 2)Business Operations60 min Essay practice: the human resources function (set 2 of 2)Business Operations60 min
05Module 5 · Quality of Performance
Business Operations50 min · Free preview TQM elements, the PDCA cycle and the size of the businessBusiness Operations50 min Quality of performance of the business functionsBusiness Operations45 min Quiz: Quality of performanceBusiness Operations20 min Past-paper questions: quality of performance (set 1 of 4)Business Operations45 min Past-paper questions: quality of performance (set 2 of 4)Business Operations45 min Past-paper questions: quality of performance (set 3 of 4)Business Operations45 min Past-paper questions: quality of performance (set 4 of 4)Business Operations45 min Essay practice: quality of performance (set 1 of 2)Business Operations60 min Essay practice: quality of performance (set 2 of 2)Business Operations60 min
06Module 6 · Management and Leadership
Business Ventures50 min · Free preview Quiz: Management and leadershipBusiness Ventures20 min Past-paper questions: management and leadership (set 1 of 4)Business Ventures45 min Past-paper questions: management and leadership (set 2 of 4)Business Ventures45 min Past-paper questions: management and leadership (set 3 of 4)Business Ventures45 min Past-paper questions: management and leadership (set 4 of 4)Business Ventures45 min Essay practice: management and leadershipBusiness Ventures60 min
07Module 7 · Investment
Business Ventures55 min · Free preview Simple and compound interest: investment calculationsBusiness Ventures40 min The JSE, share prices and listingBusiness Ventures45 min Quiz: InvestmentBusiness Ventures20 min Past-paper questions: investment (set 1 of 4)Business Ventures45 min Past-paper questions: investment (set 2 of 4)Business Ventures45 min Past-paper questions: investment (set 3 of 4)Business Ventures45 min Past-paper questions: investment (set 4 of 4)Business Ventures45 min Essay practice: investmentBusiness Ventures60 min
08Module 8 · Insurance
Business Ventures50 min · Free preview Compulsory insurance, insurable risks and key policy termsBusiness Ventures45 min Calculating insurance claims and under-insuranceBusiness Ventures35 min Quiz: InsuranceBusiness Ventures20 min Past-paper questions: insurance (set 1 of 4)Business Ventures45 min Past-paper questions: insurance (set 2 of 4)Business Ventures45 min Past-paper questions: insurance (set 3 of 4)Business Ventures45 min Past-paper questions: insurance (set 4 of 4)Business Ventures45 min Essay practice: insuranceBusiness Ventures60 min
09Module 9 · Forms of Ownership
Business Ventures50 min · Free preview Choosing a form of ownership: the six criteriaBusiness Ventures40 min Quiz: Forms of ownershipBusiness Ventures20 min Past-paper questions: forms of ownership (set 1 of 3)Business Ventures45 min Past-paper questions: forms of ownership (set 2 of 3)Business Ventures45 min Past-paper questions: forms of ownership (set 3 of 3)Business Ventures45 min Essay practice: ownership and investmentBusiness Ventures60 min
10Module 10 · Business Presentations
Business Ventures45 min · Free preview Quiz: Business presentationsBusiness Ventures20 min Past-paper questions: business presentations (set 1 of 3)Business Ventures45 min Past-paper questions: business presentations (set 2 of 3)Business Ventures45 min Past-paper questions: business presentations (set 3 of 3)Business Ventures45 min Essay practice: effective business presentationsBusiness Ventures60 min
11Module 11 · Ethics, Professionalism and Social Responsibility
Business Roles45 min · Free preview Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate social investment (CSI)Business Roles40 min Quiz: Ethics and social responsibilityBusiness Roles20 min Past-paper questions: ethics, professionalism and CSR/CSI (set 1 of 4)Business Roles45 min Past-paper questions: ethics, professionalism and CSR/CSI (set 2 of 4)Business Roles45 min Past-paper questions: ethics, professionalism and CSR/CSI (set 3 of 4)Business Roles45 min Past-paper questions: ethics, professionalism and CSR/CSI (set 4 of 4)Business Roles45 min Essay practice: ethics, professionalism and social responsibilityBusiness Roles60 min
12Module 12 · Creative Thinking and Problem Solving
Business Roles40 min · Free preview Problem solving and decision makingBusiness Roles40 min Quiz: Creative thinking and problem solvingBusiness Roles20 min Past-paper questions: creative thinking and problem solving (set 1 of 3)Business Roles45 min Past-paper questions: creative thinking and problem solving (set 2 of 3)Business Roles45 min Past-paper questions: creative thinking and problem solving (set 3 of 3)Business Roles45 min Essay practice: creative thinking and problem solvingBusiness Roles60 min
13Module 13 · Human Rights, Inclusivity and Environmental Issues
Business Roles45 min · Free preview Socio-economic and environmental issuesBusiness Roles45 min Quiz: Human rights and environmental issuesBusiness Roles20 min Past-paper questions: human rights, inclusivity and the environment (set 1 of 3)Business Roles45 min Past-paper questions: human rights, inclusivity and the environment (set 2 of 3)Business Roles45 min Past-paper questions: human rights, inclusivity and the environment (set 3 of 3)Business Roles45 min Essay practice: human rights and diversityBusiness Roles60 min
14Module 14 · Teams, Conflict and Well-being
Business Roles40 min · Free preview Conflict management and employee well-beingBusiness Roles45 min Grievances and difficult personalitiesBusiness Roles40 min Quiz: Teams and conflictBusiness Roles20 min Past-paper questions: teams, conflict and well-being (set 1 of 4)Business Roles45 min Past-paper questions: teams, conflict and well-being (set 2 of 4)Business Roles45 min Past-paper questions: teams, conflict and well-being (set 3 of 4)Business Roles45 min Past-paper questions: teams, conflict and well-being (set 4 of 4)Business Roles45 min Essay practice: team performance and conflict managementBusiness Roles60 min
15Module 15 · Exam Preparation
Business Environments30 min · Free preview The 40-mark essayBusiness Environments45 min Short questions, scenarios and command wordsBusiness Environments45 min Section A: multiple-choice bankBusiness Environments20 min Section A: complete the statements and matching (set 1 of 3)Business Environments45 min Section A: complete the statements and matching (set 2 of 3)Business Environments45 min Section A: complete the statements and matching (set 3 of 3)Business Environments45 min Essay practice: mixed topics (set 1 of 4)Business Environments60 min Essay practice: mixed topics (set 2 of 4)Business Environments60 min Essay practice: mixed topics (set 3 of 4)Business Environments60 min Essay practice: mixed topics (set 4 of 4)Business Environments60 min
Frequently asked questions
Who is my tutor?
When you join you are matched with one of the subject's GradesPal tutors, who guides you through the modules and marks your work.
Are the past-paper questions real?
Yes. The practice sets use actual questions and essays from the National Senior Certificate Business Studies papers on GradesPal, each with the official memorandum. Worked examples and quiz questions are written by GradesPal.
Do I need the textbook as well?
No. Each module is complete on its own, but extra reading from your textbook is always useful for the essays.