Meaning/Definition of Business Studies | Components of Business Studies | Career Opportunities in Business Studies JSS 1 (Basic 9) – Business Studies

BUSINESS STUDIES

FIRST TERM

WEEK 1

JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL (JSS 1)

THEME: OVERVIEW OF BUSINESS STUDIES 

PREVIOUS LESSON – 

TOPIC – INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS STUDIES 

LEARNING AREA

1. Introduction

2. Meaning/Definition of Business Studies

3. Components of Business Studies

4. Career Opportunities in Business Studies

5. Lesson Evaluation and Weekly Assessment (Test)

 

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES 

By the end of the lesson, most of the students should have attained the following objectives –

1. explain the meaning of business studies.

2. state the importance of business studies.

3. identify the components of business studies.

4. list career/employment opportunities in business studies.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

The students can identify basic business opportunities in their locality.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

1. Charts

2. Diagrams of various business enterprises.

3. Photographs of people doing different jobs in business.

METHOD OF TEACHING

Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

1. Scheme of Work

2. National Curriculum for SSS Classes

3. Course Book

4. All Relevant Material

5. Online Information

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

MEANING/DEFINITION OF BUSINESS STUDIES

Business Studies is a subject which provides us with the necessary knowledge, understanding and skills needed to be productive.

Business studies can also be defined as the study of the methods and techniques for setting up and running a profitable business.

IMPORTANCE OF BUSINESS STUDIES

1. Business Studies prepares you for office work or business activities.

2. It creates opportunity for self reliance.

3. It equips you with the basic skills to establish and run a smooth and successful business. 

4. It gives you opportunities to demonstrate and maximize your potential in any business environment/organizations.

5. It teaches you how to minimize costs and maximize profits.

6. It prepares you for higher education.

COMPONENTS OF BUSINESS STUDIES

1. Office Practice

Office practice deals with the study of the principles and procedures of running an office.

It deals with activities carried out on a day-to-day basis within an organization.

2. Commerce

Commerce is that part of business activities that deals with trade and aids to trade.

It covers the buying and selling of goods and services along with those activities that facilitate this exchange to take place.

3. Book keeping

she needs to record them in the books of account. This all is called Book-keeping

4. Keyboarding

Keyboarding in the techniques of using the computer or typewriter keyboard to produce printed information. 5. Type writing

Type writing is the act of writing something using a typewriter.

6. Short hand

Short hand is an act of using symbols, abbreviations, or phrases to represent spoken words and sounds.

 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

1. Clerical officers

Clerical officers are who keep general office records.

2. Typist

Typist is the career of those who type official and unofficial documents.

3. Computer Operations 

Computer operation is  the career of those who use computer to process and produce office records.

4. Book Keeping and Account Clerk 

Book Keeping and account clerk are the career of those who keep records of business.

5. Sales Representative 

Salesmen is the career of those who sell goods in supermarkets and stores.

6. Receptionist 

Receptionist is the career of those who receive and attend to visitors and make telephone calls in an office.

7. Stenography

Stenography is the career of those who take dictations in shorthand in offices.

8. Self employment 

Self employed are those who establish and run their own business activities.

9. Accountancy 

Accountancy is the career those who practice of recording, classifying, and reporting on business transactions for a business.

10. Personnel Management 

Personnel management is the career of those who employ and take care of the worker welfare.

11. Business administration

12. Marketing

13. Insurance, etc.

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the students some questions; then, the teacher –

2. Explains the meaning of business studies.

Student’s Activities – State the meaning of business studies.

3. Leads students to identify the components of business studies.

Students Activities – Give examples of components of business studies.

4. Guides discussion on the importance of and career opportunities in business studies.

Student’s Activities –

• Participate in class discussion on the importance of business studies.

• Participate in listing examples of career opportunities in business studies.

5. Summarizes the lesson on the board.

Student’s Activities – Copy as the teacher writes.

CONCLUSION

To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

NEXT LESSON

LESSON EVALUATION 

Ask students to:

1. give the meaning of business studies.

2. state three importance of business studies.

3. Identify the four components of business studies.

4. write down three career opportunities in business studies.