1. Why General Business Education? 30 min

2. The Nature of Business 30 min

3. What is Business? 30 min Because business satisfies human needs and wants.

4. Needs 25 min

5. Wants 30 min

6. Business Provides Goods and Services 30 min

7. Shopping Goods 25 min

8. Producers 30 min

9. Producer Goods 30 min

10. Capital Items 25 min

11. Services 30 min

12. Importance of Business enterprises 30 min

13. Business intends to make private profit 30 min

14. Business Serves as an Agent of Exchange 30 min

15. As an Agent of Exchange 20 min

16. Business is the source of income 25 min

17. TYPES OF TAXES 20 min

18. Corporate Income Tax 25 min

19. Value-Added Tax /VAT/ 25 min

20. Tariffs 25 min

21. Other Taxes 35 min

22. Business Serves as an Agent of Technological Advancement 35 min

23. Kinds of Business 20 min

24. Trends in Production Enterprises 20 min

25. Distribution Enterprises 25 min

26. Distribution of channels 30 min

27. Airplanes 15 min

28. Service Enterprises 30 min

29. Business Environment 25 min

30. The Global Economy 30 min

31. Legal Environment 30 min

32. Law of Sales 25 min

33. The Law of Trademarks, Copyrights and Patents 25 min

34. Physical Environment 25 min

35. Technological Environment 25 min

36. The Internal Business Environment 30 min

37. Summary of The Nature of Business

38. Summary of The Nature of Business

39. Summary

40. Business Ownership

41. Common forms of business ownership 25 min

42. Advantages of Sole Proprietorship 25 min

43. II-Advantages of Sole Proprietorship 25 min

44. Partnership 25 min

45. Belay and Rahma supermarket articles of partnership 35 min

46. General partnership 30 min

47. Advantages of G/partnership 59 min

48. Corporation 25 min

49. How is a Corporation Managed 30 min

50. Management of corporations 30 min

51. Other forms of business ownerships

52. Management of corporations Disadvantages

53. Franchise

54. Financial effects of operations

55. Summary on forms of Business Ownership

56. Financing Business Organization

57. Money and Its Importance

58. Functions of Money

59. Functions of Money (cont'd)

60. Characteristics of Money

61. History of Forms of Money in the Globe & in Ethiopia in Particular

62. Money Supply

63. Source of Capital for Investment

64. Equity Financing

65. Credit Associations

66. Commercial Bank Loans

67. Bonds and Stock

68. General Features of Bonds

69. Treasury Bill/T-Bill (Yegemjabet Sened)

70. The Banking System

71. Banks Transfer Money Payments Made by Cheque

72. Credit Management

73. The 5C's Principles in Credit Management

74. The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia

75. Brief History of Banking in Ethiopia

76. Risk and Insurance

77. Risk Management

78. Essential Requirements for Insurance

79. Principle of Insurance

80. Classifications of Insurance

81. Classification of Insurance: Motor Insurance

82. Employer’s Liability Insurance (Workmen’s Compensation Insurance)

83. The Practice of Insurace In Ethiopia

84. Investment Policies in Ethiopia

85. Areas Reserved for Join Venture with the Government

86. Summary on Financing Business Organizations

87. Production

88. Production Process

89. Production Function

90. Factors of Production

91. The 4 Factors of production

92. Definition of an Entrepreneur

93. The Task of an Entrepreneur

94. The Task of an Entrepreneur * Continuation*

95. Entrepreneurial Traits

96. Entrepreneurial Traits *Continuation*

97. Entrepreneurial traits (Cont’d)

98. Entrepreneurial Traits *Cont’d*

99. Entrepreneurial Traits *continuation*

100. Motivation for Starting Business

101. Motivation for Starting Business

102. Success Factors for Entrepreneurs

103. Success Factors for Entrepreneurs (Cont’d)

104. Success Factors for Entrepreneurs (Cont’d)

105. Kinds of Entrepreneurs

106. Economic Resources

107. Production/Operation Management

108. Location of Facilities and Infrastructure for Production Process

109. Break-Even Analysis

110. Summary of Production Of Goods and services