https://padlet.com/mokokaunity/86j90q0afjju BUSINESS STUDIES en-us 2018-09-23 13:50:24 UTC 2018-09-25 19:50:12 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/File.png mokokaunity https://padlet.com/mokokaunity/86j90q0afjju/wish/284748162 LEARNER-FRIENDLY: A product that can easily be absorbed by the environment without causing damage to any ecosystem . 

DICTIONARY:  Any material that can be decomposed by biological activity. 

EXAMPLE: Green tax can be used to encourage businesses or manufacturers to produce good that are biodegradable. 

TEACHING STRATEGY:    Syllabication.

bi-o-de-gra-da-ble (6 syllables)

]]> 2018-09-23 14:22:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mokokaunity/86j90q0afjju/wish/284748162 mokokaunity https://padlet.com/mokokaunity/86j90q0afjju/wish/284752158 LEARNER-FRIENDLY: Money or other material benefits given to a person to make up for a loss. 

DICTIONARY: Something which is regarded as an equivalent; something which compensates for loss.

EXAMPLE: A meeting will be held to discuss an increase on employees' compensation.

TEACHING STRATEGY: Synonyms

remuneration, amends or recompense]]> 2018-09-23 14:49:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mokokaunity/86j90q0afjju/wish/284752158 mokokaunity https://padlet.com/mokokaunity/86j90q0afjju/wish/284753363 LEARNER-FRIENDLY: Designed in a way that is best suited to the purpose of an object. 

DICTIONARY:
The science of the design of equipment, especially so as to reduce operator fatigue. 

EXAMPLE: The furniture used in executive offices is ergonomically. 

TEACHING STRATEGY:
Morpheme

ergonomic-ally (suffix), it changes the part of speech from a noun to an adverb. ]]> 2018-09-23 14:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mokokaunity/86j90q0afjju/wish/284753363 mokokaunity https://padlet.com/mokokaunity/86j90q0afjju/wish/284754666 LEARNER-FRIENDLY: When is impossible for two people to get along or work together because they have different demands. 

DICTIONARY: Of two things that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences. 

EXAMPLE:
The new finance manager and the production manager are incompatible. 

TEACHING STRATEGY:
Morpheme

(prefix) in-compatible: the term 'in' refers to 'not' and because of that it changes the word into an antonym. ]]> 2018-09-23 15:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mokokaunity/86j90q0afjju/wish/284754666 mokokaunity https://padlet.com/mokokaunity/86j90q0afjju/wish/284756307 LEARNER-FRIENDLY: The French term  for "let them do it"

DICTIONARY: A policy of non-interference by authority in any competitive process. 

EXAMPLE:
Mrs Mokoka has  'laissez-faire' leader type of leadership skills. 

TEACHING STRATEGY:
Connotations and bias words

Kutlwano is a laissez-faire. Meaning she is lazy and leaves work for others to do/finish. ]]> 2018-09-23 15:22:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mokokaunity/86j90q0afjju/wish/284756307 mokokaunity https://padlet.com/mokokaunity/86j90q0afjju/wish/284757526 LEARNER-FRIENDLY: The ability to withstand pressure and emerge stronger. 

DICTIONARY: The positive ability of a system or company to adapt itself to the consequences of a catastrophic failure caused by power outage. 

EXAMPLE: The Apple company's IT system is resilient. 

TEACHING STRATEGY:
Word walls

resilience -- bendable --flexible -- strong ]]> 2018-09-23 15:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mokokaunity/86j90q0afjju/wish/284757526 mokokaunity https://padlet.com/mokokaunity/86j90q0afjju/wish/284759318 LEARNER-FRIENDLY: A system where a government pays a certain percentage towards the costs which farmers or other businesses have to incur to run their business. 
 
DICTIONARY: Financial support or assistance such as grant. 

EXAMPLE: Manufacturing firms are supported by government subsidies in some countries. 

TEACHING STRATEGY:
Antonyms

tax ]]> 2018-09-23 15:47:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mokokaunity/86j90q0afjju/wish/284759318 mokokaunity https://padlet.com/mokokaunity/86j90q0afjju/wish/284761140 LEARNER-FRIENDLY: To covert assets into cash. 

DICTIONARY: To settle the affairs of a company by using its assets to pay its debts. 

EXAMPLE:
An Auditor advised the manager to liquidate since the company is working on a loss. 

TEACHING STRATEGY:
Polysemous

liquidate assets
liquidate an ice cube]]> 2018-09-23 16:00:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mokokaunity/86j90q0afjju/wish/284761140 mokokaunity https://padlet.com/mokokaunity/86j90q0afjju/wish/284762663 LEARNER-FRIENDLY:
Occurs when work is done for a company by people other than the company's full-time employees.

DICTIONARY:
To transfer the management and/or day-to-day execution of a business function to a third-party service provider.

EXAMPLE:
They decided to outsource the design and manufacture of the system to a vendor.

TEACHING STRATEGY:
Synonyms

farm-out
subcontract

]]> 2018-09-23 16:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mokokaunity/86j90q0afjju/wish/284762663 mokokaunity https://padlet.com/mokokaunity/86j90q0afjju/wish/284764153 LEARNER-FRIENDLY: The process of systematically delegating power and authority throughout the organisation to middle and lower level managers. 

DICTIONARY: To reduce the authority of a governing body by distributing that authority among several bodies. 

EXAMPLE: The education department runs in a decentralization rule. 

TEACHING STRATEGY:
Syllabication

de-cen-tra-li-za-tion

tion (suffix)
zation
lization
tralization
centralization (antonym-to move power to a single, central authority)
(prefix)de-(not)-centralization ]]> 2018-09-23 16:23:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mokokaunity/86j90q0afjju/wish/284764153