GDE BUSINESS STUDIES GRADE 11 NOTES CHAPTER 4
BUSINESS STUDIES
GRADE 11
TERM ONE
CHAPTER FOUR
BUSINESS SECTORS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TOPICS PAGES
Exam guidelines for business 1
environments
Terms and definitions 2
Meaning of the primary, secondary and tertiary 2-3
sectors.
Relationship between the primary, secondary 4
and tertiary sector
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CONTENT DETAILS FOR TEACHING, LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT
PURPOSES
BUSINESS SECTORS
Learners must be able to:
Explain the meaning of the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors.
Visit any local business enterprise and establish the link/relationship between
these sectors
Discuss/Explain/Describe the link/relationship between the primary, secondary
and tertiary sector.
Terms and Definitions
TERM DEFINITION
Forestry The industry that serves the processing of wood and
related processes including preservation of indigenous
forests.
Mining Extraction of valuable minerals from the earth.
Forward link Enterprises from a sector sells goods to other
enterprises in the same sector or another sectors.
Backward link Enterprises from a sector buys goods from other
enterprises in the same sector or another sectors.
Manufacturing Transformation of raw materials into something useful.
Insurance Two parties sharing a risk in the event of a financial
loss being incurred and where some form of
compensation is paid to the suffering party.
Interdependent Two businesses, sectors or industries that rely on
each other to achieve their best outputs.
Interrelated Two businesses, sectors or industries are connected.
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1 Meaning of business Sectors
Business sectors are sub divisions/subsets of economic activities, e.g. primary,
secondary and tertiary.
1.1 Meaning of the primary sector
The primary sector is responsible for the extraction of raw material from the
nature.
This sector deals with extraction of raw materials and natural resources
Natural resources which are not man made like coal, gold, fish and livestock
are extracted from this sector
The resources that they extract are forwarded to the secondary sector of the
economy for the production of goods.
Examples the primary sector industries; mining, mining, fishing, agriculture,
forestry and farming
1.2 Meaning of the secondary sector
This business sector is responsible for changing the raw materials acquired
from the primary sector into useful products.
It includes the manufacturing factories, construction and energy generation.
The secondary sector will involve the actual manufacturing on the furniture.
This business would buy the raw material (The timber) from the suppliers and
turn them into finished products.
Examples of the secondary sector industries; manufacturing, clothing, food
processing, building and construction are found in this sector.
1.3 Meaning of tertiary sector
This sector renders services to the public and businesses.
Provides services and bring finished products to the final consumer.
It includes services from transport, banking, legal and health.
Examples of the tertiary sector industries; distribution, banking, insurance,
tourism, transportation, entertainment, retail and legal services.
2 The relationship between the primary, secondary and tertiary sector
The primary sector depends on the secondary sector for manufactured goods
such as machinery/equipment/fertilisers e.g. a farmer may require seeds from
another farm
The primary sector is dependent on the tertiary sector for its customer needs.
The secondary sector processes the raw materials obtained from the primary
sector into more useful products.
The secondary sector depends on the primary sector for raw materials and
products.
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The secondary sector depends on other secondary industries e.g. BMW
needs tyre from DUNLOP another secondary sector player
Secondary sector needs the tertiary sector to sell their processed or
manufactured goods and also for services such as banks, insurance,
transport and communication
The tertiary sector depends on the primary sector for raw materials that do not
need processing by the secondary sector.
The tertiary sector depends on the secondary sector for manufactured goods
such as office machines/office furniture/stationery etc.
3 Examples of statement on business sectors.
Primary sector
Duka Mines specialises in the extraction of platinum
Secondary sector
Super Energy Enterprise produces maize meal and instant soft porridge
Tertiary sector
Timothy Distributors has employed four drivers to deliver goods to various
customers.
4 Example of a scenario on the relationship between the business sectors
TENDANI FURNITURES (TF)
Tendani Furnitures sells exclusive launch suits and tables to consumers. Tendani
buys his furniture from Andries Manufacturers who buys his raw material from Kobus
Timbers.
Example of questions that may be asked on the scenario above.
Identify THREE business sectors from the scenario above. Motivate your
answer by quoting from the scenario.
Use the table below as a guide to answer this question.
BUSINESS SECTOR MOTIVATION
1.
2.
3.
Explain the relationship between the business sectors identified from the
scenario above.
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