pob sba guidelines additional details
POB SBA GUIDELINES – ADDITIONAL DETAILS
1. Conceptualize a business idea and talk about it with friends and families to determine its viability. Think of all the aspects - money, where, what type, good or service, employees, marketing, laws, ethics, technology, etc.
2. Obtain a copy of the actual guidelines in the Syllabus as given by CXC.
3. Pay special attention to the marks allocated to each part, the word limit, the presentation requirements and the deadlines as given by your teacher.
4. Determine whether you are writing the Production, Marketing or Finance aspect of the SBA. Ensure your business idea can lend itself to the aspect chosen. E.g. If you are doing a Production SBA, ensure you are making something. A Finance SBA requires you to give much details about the actual figures and a background in POA can be an asset. Marketing SBAs tend to lend itself to most SBAs.
5. PLAGIARISM IS NOT AN OPTION. BE ORIGINAL. BE CREATIVE. BE REALISTIC.
6. Ensure you start saving and backing up all material written/typed from the get go. Save on your desktops, on your flash drives and most importantly, email it to yourself. You will then have access to it from anywhere and you will not have the unfortunate experience of losing it at the worst possible time. Not to confuse yourself from first drafts to final drafts, save with appropriate names or dates to make it easier.
7. Just get started!!!
8. Once started, use the correct tense throughout the SBA, i.e. future tense, unless writing about an existing business and referring to things done in the past. DO NOT use first person when writing research material but instead use the third person. E.g. the researcher or the entrepreneur no I and me. Present research material in font size 12 and double space all work or font size 14 and use 1.5 spacing. Cover pages must be completed in duplicate and should include: student name, school code, school, subject, registration number and date submitted. All pages should be
1. Conceptualize a business idea and talk about it with friends and families to determine its viability. Think of all the aspects - money, where, what type, good or service, employees, marketing, laws, ethics, technology, etc.
2. Obtain a copy of the actual guidelines in the Syllabus as given by CXC.
3. Pay special attention to the marks allocated to each part, the word limit, the presentation requirements and the deadlines as given by your teacher.
4. Determine whether you are writing the Production, Marketing or Finance aspect of the SBA. Ensure your business idea can lend itself to the aspect chosen. E.g. If you are doing a Production SBA, ensure you are making something. A Finance SBA requires you to give much details about the actual figures and a background in POA can be an asset. Marketing SBAs tend to lend itself to most SBAs.
5. PLAGIARISM IS NOT AN OPTION. BE ORIGINAL. BE CREATIVE. BE REALISTIC.
6. Ensure you start saving and backing up all material written/typed from the get go. Save on your desktops, on your flash drives and most importantly, email it to yourself. You will then have access to it from anywhere and you will not have the unfortunate experience of losing it at the worst possible time. Not to confuse yourself from first drafts to final drafts, save with appropriate names or dates to make it easier.
7. Just get started!!!
8. Once started, use the correct tense throughout the SBA, i.e. future tense, unless writing about an existing business and referring to things done in the past. DO NOT use first person when writing research material but instead use the third person. E.g. the researcher or the entrepreneur no I and me. Present research material in font size 12 and double space all work or font size 14 and use 1.5 spacing. Cover pages must be completed in duplicate and should include: student name, school code, school, subject, registration number and date submitted. All pages should be