2026 Grade 10 Business Studies Lesson Plans – Week 1 – Weak 14 – Term 2

It covers the following strands and sub-strands:

• Business and its Environment
  • Types of Business Ownership
    • Meaning and categories of ownership, characteristics and pros/cons of sole proprietorships, partnerships and partnership deeds, private and public limited companies, and comparative analysis of ownership forms.
  • Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Ethics
    • Business responsibilities to employees, customers, government, and the public, and environmental sustainability in business operations.
• Entrepreneurship
  • Entrepreneurial Behavior
    • Types of entrepreneurs (innovators, imitators, etc.), identifying and brainstorming business opportunities, success factors for start-ups, evaluation criteria for opportunities, and finding solutions to entrepreneurial challenges.
• Production
  • Process of Production
    • Definition of production and factors of production (land, labour, capital, entrepreneurship), division of labour, roles of producers and consumers, calculating production costs (fixed, variable, total), product packaging and labeling, and the economic and environmental impacts of production.
• Marketing
  • Consumer Satisfaction
    • Definition of consumer satisfaction, terms of supply and agreements, and designing/conducting consumer satisfaction surveys.
• Public Finance
  • Introduction to Public Finance
    • Government revenue and expenditure, classification of taxes (direct and indirect), analysis of taxation trends in Kenya, the importance of taxation in economic development, and writing informative articles on public finance.
• International Trade
  • Global Trade Concepts
    • Definition and types of international trade, Balance of Trade (BOT), Terms of Trade, benefits and limitations of global integration, and exploring export opportunities for local businesses.