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Week 4 | Day 1 to Day 3

Organization and
Management
Quarter 1 – Module 4:
The Firm and Its Environment:
Phases of Economic
Development and
Forms of Business Organizations

SELF-LEARNING MODULE

DIVISION OF GENERAL SANTOS CITY

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SELF-LEARNING MODULE

DIVISION OF GENERAL SANTOS CITY

Subject Area – Organization and Management - Grade 11
Self-Learning Module (SLM)
Quarter 1 – Module 4: The Firm and Its Environment: Phases of Economic
Development and Forms of Business Organizations
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Week 4 | Day 1 to Day 3

Organization and
Management
Quarter 1 – Module 4:
The Firm and Its Environment:
Phases of Economic
Development and
Forms of Business Organizations

SELF-LEARNING MODULE

DIVISION OF GENERAL SANTOS CITY

Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to the Organization and Management – Grade 11 Self-Learning Module

(SLM) on The Firm and Its Environment: Phases of Economic Development
and Forms of Business Organizations!

This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators

both from public and private institutions to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in
helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while
overcoming their personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.

This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help
learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration
their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of
the module:

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This contains helpful tips or strategies
that will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module.
You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist
the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

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For the learner:

Welcome to the Organization and Management – Grade 11 Self-Learning Module

(SLM) on The Firm and Its Environment: Phases of Economic Development
and Forms of Business Organizations!

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depict skill, action and purpose. Through our hands we may learn, create and
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This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities
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the module.

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Key at the end of the module.

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 What I Can Do This section provides an activity which will
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We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning
and gain deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!

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 What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you
master The Firm and Its Environment: Phases of Economic Development and
Forms of Business Organizations. The scope of this module permits it to be used in
many different learning situations. The language used recognizes the diverse
vocabulary level of students. The lessons are arranged to follow the standard
sequence of the course. But the order in which you read them can be changed to
correspond with the textbook you are now using.

The module is divided into two lessons, namely:

• Lesson 3 – Phases of Economic Development
• Lesson 4 – Forms of Business Organizations

After going through this module, you are expected to: Differentiate the phases of
economic development and its impact to business environment and Analyze
the forms and economic roles of business organizations (ABM_AOM11Ia-b-3)

Specifically, you should be able to:

1. Discuss the different phases of economic development, and
2. Differentiate the various forms of business organizations.

What I Know

Hello everyone! You have learned from your previous lesson about the different
forces/elements of the firm’s environment.
Pretest will be conducted to assess your prior knowledge about the firm and its
environment by answering the following questions. So, are you ready?

Let’s answer this!

Pre-test (15 items)

Instruction: Choose the letter of your best answer. Encircle the letter of the
chosen answer.

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1. It is a total process which includes not only economic growth or the
increase in the given amount of goods and services produced by the
country’s economy, but also considers the social, political, cultural, and
spiritual aspects of country’s growth.
a. economic growth
b. economic development
c. economic development factors
d. economic development phases
2. It increases in the given amount of goods and services produced by the
country’s earning.
a. economic growth
b. economic development
c. economic development factors
d. economic development phases
3. These are distinct stages involved in the total process of economic
development in a particular country.
a. economic growth
b. economic development
c. economic development factors
d. economic development phases
4. NEDA means _______
a. National Economic and Development Authority
b. National Economic and Divisional Authority
c. National Environmental and Development Association
d. National Economist and Development Authority
5. He is the first development economist.
a. W. Edwards Deming
b. Joseph M. Juran
c. Henry Fayol
d. Adam Smith
6. Growth that is rapid enough to matter, given the country’s large
population, geographical differences, and social complexity.
a. ecological growth
b. exclusive growth
c. inclusive growth
d. economic growth
7. World leaders gathered for the Millennium Summit and adopted the United
Nations (UN) Millennium Declaration.
a. September 2000
b. October 2000
c. January 2000
d. June 2000
8. It is a collection of people working together to achieve a common purpose.
a. organizational culture
b. organization
c. business organization
d. simple business

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9. It is a collection of people working together to achieve a common purpose in
relation to their organization’s mission, vision, goals, and objectives,
sharing a common organizational culture.
a. organization
b. simple business
c. organizational culture
d. business organization

10. It is the set of beliefs and values shared by organization members which
guide them as they work together to achieve their common purpose.
a. business organization
b. organizational culture
c. organization
d. simple business
11. It is where the organization as a whole is made up of work teams (small,
but focused) that work together to achieve the organization’s purpose;
popular in collectivist culture.
a. team structures
b. matrix business organizations
c. project business structure
d. boundaryless business organization
12. It is a business owned by one person only.
a. sole/single proprietorship
b. partnership
c. corporation
d. cooperative
13. It is a business formed when two or more partners formally agree to be joint
owners of a business.
a. sole/single proprietorship
b. partnership
c. corporation
d. cooperative
14. It is a business entity involving five or more persons owning it.
a. sole/single proprietorship
b. partnership
c. corporation
d. cooperative
15. This pertains to business organizations that group together those with
similar or related specialized duties that introduce the concept of delegation
of authority to functional managers.
a. simple business organizations
b. functional business organizations
c. divisional business organizations
d. profit business organizations

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 Lesson The Firm and Its
Environment: Phases of
3 Economic Development
Welcome to managements’ firm and its environment! It is important for you to
know the organizations’ internal and external environment before planning
anything.

This module would assist you as Senior High School learner to differentiate the
phases of economic development and its impact to business environment.

What’s In

You learned about the lesson on business environment in your previous topic. Now
you had already known how to distinguish or describe each environment. Let’s
review some important points in your previous lesson.

Let’s take a look!

Business
Environment

Internal External
Environment Environment

Illustration done by the writer

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Activity 1. Guide Questions

Instruction: Analyze carefully the given illustration and answer the following
questions on the space provided:

1. What is the difference between the terms “external business environment”

and “internal business environment”?

Answer:
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2. Which of the two has greater influence on business organizations? Explain

your answer.

Answer:
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Notes to the Teacher

Teacher facilitates an activity that enables learner to use
previously taught lesson.

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 What’s New

Let’s have fun with this activity!

You have finally gauged your knowledge about business environment. Now, let’s
continue our next activity.

Instruction: Take a look in the crossword puzzle and shade with your pencil/pen
the word or group of words inside the box. There are 10 word/s for you to find. So,
enjoy finding words…

Activity 2. “Crossword Puzzle”

A C N O Y X F G H K W T Y
E T R A N S I T I O N R O
C G R N A K A S J E O A L
O H B T G L P Z M E R A F
N N W A M R K P H K T S Y
O J D G C T O T M I H I I
M O F O F L S W P L G T U
I N L L E U T A T B A I S
C R S V H Y C B H H M O A
E L E T P N R N X J I N F
A D L B A I D L Q O K K D
B A V M P H A S E S L W G
M Z U P O P U L A T I O N
A H G O V E R N M E N T T
D E M O G R A P H I C K E

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 What Is It

Good Job! Now that you have completed the activity, let’s proceed on other set of
activities.
Let’s reflect!

Activity 3

Instruction: Write your answer on the space provided below.

1. What can you say about our previous activity? What is your learning with
regards to the activity done?

Answer:
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2. Could you identify the different phases of economic development based on

the given crossword puzzle?

Answer:
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3. Is the term “economic development” synonymous with “economic growth”?

Explain your answer.

Answer:
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THE FIRM AND ITS ENVIRONMENT: Phases of Economic Development

Economic development is a total process which includes not only economic

growth or the increase in the given amount of goods and a service produced by the
country’s economy, but also considers the social, political, cultural, and spiritual
aspects of the country’s growth.

Economic development phases are the distinct stages involved in the total
process of economic development in a particular country. These include economic
growth, improvement of the Human Development Index (HDI), availability of
benefits provided by science and technology, and the societal improvement of the
opportunities and general welfare of its members.

Economic growth is the increase in the given amount of goods and services
produced by the country’s earning.

Adam Smith was the first “development economist.” His work, The Wealth of
Nations, was published in 1776. The scientific study of the processes and
problems of society in Asia, Africa, and North America has emerged only over the
past 50 years.

Inclusive growth means, first of all, growth that is rapid enough to matter, given
the country’s large population, geographical differences, and social complexity. It
is a sustained growth that creates jobs, draws the majority into the economic and
social mainstream, and continuously reduces mass poverty.

Sustainable economic development ensures that the present needs of a particular

generation are fully met without endangering the ability of future generations to
also fully meet their own needs. Business managers must be conscious of their
decisions to avoid the abuse of ecological elements – air, water, and soil – as this
will threaten sustainable economic development.

Different countries have different management strategies to encourage ecological

respect and prevent damage to the environment. Common environmental and
ecological problems that have to be dealt with by business managers include
destruction of natural habitats, depletion of clean water resources, urban,
industrial, and agricultural pollution and many more.

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In September 2000, world leaders gathered for the Millennium Summit, and thus
adopted the United Nations (UN) Millennium Declaration. By doing so, they had
committed their nations to a global partnership toward the reduction of extreme
poverty and the pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG).

Picture captured by the writer (from DepEd Book)

Figure 2.3
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) reported that in 2012 almost all
countries improved their human development status. This figure identifies the 40
countries from the south with notable improvements since 1990.
Note: Countries have the 45 degree line had a higher HDI value in 2012 than in
1990. Black and gray markers indicate countries with significantly larger than
predicted increases in HDI value between 1990 and 2012given their HDI value in
1990. These countries were identified based on residuals obtained from a
regression of the change in log of HDI between 2012 and 1990 on the log in 1990.
Countries that are labelled are a selected group of rapid HDI improvers.
Source: HRDO calculations

The MDGs, according to the UN, are “the world’s time-bound and quantified targets
for addressing extreme poverty, hunger, disease, lack of adequate shelter, and
exclusion ̶ while promoting gender equality, education, and environmental
stability.” The deadline for the fulfilment of the MDGs was set for 2015. The
following are the MDGs:
1. Eradicate extreme hunger and poverty
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child morality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop a global partnership for development

Meanwhile, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has laid out
the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2011 – 2016, which “adopts a framework of

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inclusive growth, which is high growth that is sustained, generates mass
employment, and reduces poverty.” The PDP is focused on the following areas:
1. Pursuit of Inclusive Growth
2. Macroeconomic Policy
3. Competitive Industry and Services Sectors
4. Competitive and Sustainable Agriculture and Fisheries Sector
5. Accelerating Infrastructure Development
6. Resilient and Inclusive Financial Sector
7. Good Governance and the Rule of Law
8. Social Development
9. Peace and Security
10. Conservation, Protection, and Rehabilitation of the Environment and
Natural Resources

It is evident from the PDP focused areas that they cover not only the economic and
industrial goals of the Philippines but also the social, environmental, and peace
and security aspects.
The MDG’s and the PDP can help guide the management of businesses in the
Philippine setting. In particular, the PDP must be taken into consideration in order
to deem management as appropriate or country-specific.
Another potential means for economic growth and development is the planned
integration of the 10 Southeast Asian nations in 2015 which include the
Philippines. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic
Community (AEC) could help in the Philippines achieve its goal of inclusive growth
that creates jobs and reduces poverty.

According to a joint study by the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the
Asian Development Bank (ADB) titled “ASEAN Community 2015: Managing
Integration for Better Jobs and Shared Prosperity,” released in October 2014, the
success of the AEC lies in the decisive actions taken by member states regarding
policy recommendations, strengthening regional cooperation that may bring about
structural changes, improvement of business and job opportunities and job quality,
enhancement of skills boosting productivity, better wages, and management of
labor migration. These may ensure that the benefits of equitable growth and
development are shared among member countries and sectors.

Since the AEC is envisioned to become a single common market and production
base for an estimated 600 million people of different nationalities, it means freer
flow of goods, services, investments, and labor. The study concluded that “new
opportunities for growth and prosperity may emerge, but the challenge is to ensure
that growth is inclusive and prosperity is shared.”
Obviously, managers of business here in the Philippines must be concerned about
the findings of the study, as these are new challenges for them. The improvement
of management style and the skills training and education of their human
resources are needed in order to cope with the possible changes that will be
brought about by the ASEAN integration 2015.

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Activity 4. Exercise

Now, let’s check your understanding based on the discussion about the phases of
economic development. Answer the exercises below.

1. Interview two of your Economics teachers and connect through their

mobile phones. Ask them why economic development is important in the
study of business management. Compare and contrast their answers.

Teacher 1 Teacher 2

2. Choose another Asian country and discuss how factors in the economic
development differ from those in the Philippines.

Answer:
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 Lesson The Firm and Its
Environment: Forms of
4 Business Organizations

Congratulations you made it!

Now, let’s proceed to our next lesson. We are going to study the different forms of
business organization. This module would assist you as Senior High School
learner to analyse the forms and economic roles of business organizations.

So, let’s begin….

The form of a business organization may depend on its purpose, nature of

operations, and resources. However, a business organization’s form may change
with the changing times and the demands they present.

An organization is a collection of people working together to achieve a common

purpose.

Business organization is a collection of people working together to achieve a

common purpose in relation to their organization’s mission, vision, goals, and
objectives, sharing a common organizational culture.

Organizational culture is the set of beliefs and values shared by organization

members which guide them as they work together to achieve their common
purpose.

There are three main types of business organizations:

1. Sole/Single Proprietorship
2. Partnership
3. Corporation
• Sole/Single proprietorship is a business owned by one person only.
• Partnership is a business formed when two or more partners formally
agree to be joint owners of a business.
• Corporation is a business entity involving five or more persons owning it.

Summarizing the advantages and disadvantages of the forms of business

organizations will help potential entrepreneurs/businessman decide which form
to choose. See table 1.

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 Table 1
Forms of Business Organization

Type of Firm Advantages Disadvantages

• creation is simple and • owner is liable to all
Sole/Single low cost risks and losses
Proprietorship • owner gets all the profits • limited capital and other
• decision-making is the resources
sole responsibility of the • solo owner has to do
owner long hours of work

• establishment is easy • business control is

Partnership • equal division of profits limited since it has to be
based on their agreement shared with other
as partners partners
• availability of a pool of • profits are shared
skills, knowledge, and • wrong decisions made by
talents a partner are binding to
other partner/s
• invested property
becomes the joint
property of both all
partners

• less liability of • major decisions cannot

Corporation stockholders be done easily, even if
• capability to attract urgent, without the
larger amount of capital approval of the board of
• transfer of stock directors
ownership is easier • corporate and individual
• large pool of talents, profits are taxed
skills, and knowledge separately, resulting in
• division of profits is fair, double taxation and
depending on number of additional expenses
stock units owned • more rules and
regulations have to be
complied with

Changing Forms of Business Organization

Change is constant and organizations continue to undergo various changes to

ensure effectiveness, efficiency, and relevance in the world of business.

Simple business organizations – these refers to business organizations with few

departments, centralized authority with a wide span of control, and with few formal
rules and regulations. These are easy to manage because of their simple form.
However, change of form follows as the company expands its operation.

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Functional business organizations – these pertain to business organizations that
group together those with similar or related specialized duties that introduce the
concept of delegation of authority to functional managers like the personnel
manager, sales manager, or financial manager but allow CEO’s to retain authority
for strategic decisions.

Divisional business organizations – these are business organizations made up of

separate business units that are semi-autonomous or semi-independent, with
division head responsible for his or her unit’s performance.

Profit business organizations – these are business organizations designed for the
purpose of achieving their organization’s mission, vision, goals, and objectives and
maintaining their organizational stability through income generation and profit-
making activities. Immediate revenues or cost factors account for their success or
failure.

Non-profit organizations – these are business organizations designed for the

purpose of achieving organization’s mission, vision, goals, and objectives, providing
service to clients without expecting monetary gains or financial benefits for their
endeavours. Their success or failure may be measured by the high or low
evaluation scores they obtain.

Open/flexible business organizations – these are formed to meet today’s

changing work environment.

Business organizations affect and are affected by the environment: therefore,

change becomes inevitable. Other forms of business organizations:
1. Team structures – where organizations as a whole is made up of work
teams (small, but focused) that work together to achieve the
organization’s purpose; popular in collectivist culture.
2. Matrix business organizations – those which assign experts or specialist
belonging to different functional departments to work together on one or
more projects; exhibits dual reporting relationships in which managers
report to two superiors – the functional manager and the divisional
manager.
3. Project business structure – a business organizational form with a
flexible design, where the employees continuously work on projects
assigned to them; projects may be short-term or long-term and members
disband when the project is completed.
4. Boundaryless business organization – a business organization whose
design eliminates vertical, horizontal, or external boundaries, and is
described to be flexible and unstructured; there are no barriers to
information flow and, therefore, completion of work is fast.
5. Virtual business organization – made up of a small group of full-time
workers and outside experts who are hired on a temporary basis to work
on assigned projects; members usually communicate online.

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Great job! You have come this far. Now that you have learned so much about the
forms of business organization, it’s time to test and apply what knowledge you
gained from the discussions and activities.

Let’s Do It!

Activity 5. Exercise

Instruction: Use the graphic organizer to show the different characteristics of the
three types of business organizations.

Business Type How it is How it Advantages Disadvantages

formed? grows?
Sole Proprietorship

Partnership

Corporation

What’s More?

Now, that you are done with the lessons of this module, let us try to answer what
you have learned on the discussion by answering the questions below.
Let’s try this!

Activity 6. True or False

Instruction: Write True if the statement correctly describes the forms of business
organization context. Otherwise, write False. Write your answer on a space
provided before the number.

_______ 1. Economic development is a total process which includes not only

economic growth or the increase in the given amount of goods or a
service produced by the country’s economy, but also considers other
aspects of country’s growth.

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_______ 2. Adam Smith was the third development economist.
_______ 3. The PDP is focused on competitive and sustainable agriculture and
fisheries sector.
_______ 4. NEDA means National Economic and Development Authority
_______ 5. Sustainable economic development ensures that the present needs of a
particular generation are fully met without endangering the ability of
future generations to also fully meet their own needs.
_______ 6. Organization is a collection of companies working together to achieve a
common purpose.
_______ 7. Team structure is where organizations as a whole is made up of work
teams (small, but focused) that work together to achieve the
organization’s purpose; popular in collectivist culture.
_______ 8. Simple business organizations are business organizations made up of
separate business units that are semi-autonomous or semi-
independent, with division head responsible for his or her unit’s
performance.
_______ 9. Nonprofit organizations are formed to meet today’s changing work
environment.
_______ 10. Partnership is a business formed when two or more partners formally
agree to be joint owners of a business.

What I Have Learned

Good Job! You did well in your previous activity. Now, let’s connect your learning
into one.

Activity 7: Sum up!

Instruction: Fill-in the space with word/s to complete your learning for this
module.

1
Economic _______________ phases are the distinct stages involved in the total
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process of __________________ development in a particular country. These include
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economic growth, improvement of the ___________________, availability of benefits
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provided by science and technology, and the _______________________ improvement
5
of the opportunities and general ________________ of its members.
The form of a business organization may depend on its____________, 6
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____________________, and ___________________. However, a business organization’s
form may change with the changing times and the demands they present.

Change is constant and organizations continue to undergo various changes to

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ensure effectiveness, _____________________ 10
and ___________________ in the world of
business.

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 What I Can Do

Are you ready for the next activity? Now, it’s time for you to apply what you have
learned from our lesson.

Let’s have fun!

Activity 8: “What business structure should you adopt?”

Instruction: Read the selection and answer the questions below and write your
answers on the space provided.

Jasper, Justin, and Jovert have been close friends since high school, and even
went to college together. All three boys graduated last year; Jasper with a degree in
Computer Science, Justin with a degree in Graphic Design, and Jovert with a
degree in Business Administration. All three are “computer geeks” and have worked
part-time through high school and college fixing computer problems. Each has
approximately P1,000,000 in savings for this business venture. They have been
talking about starting a computer company (3J’s Computer Solutions) in their local
town to help businesses and individuals with computer problems or those who
need help developing and designing web sites. In doing research, Jasper found that
there are only two other computer companies in their town of 100,000 people, and
neither one will do both web design and computer hardware/software
troubleshooting.

1. Which business organization would you choose?

Answer:
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2. What are the advantages of this choice?

Answer:
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 3. What are the disadvantages of this choice?

Answer:
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Assessment

Congratulations! You are now about to test what you have learned from this
module.

Instruction: Read the statement/s carefully and write the correct letter in the
space provided.

a. Adam Smith h. Organizational Culture

b. Inclusive Growth i. September 2000
c. Economic Development Phases j. Economic Growth
d. Corporation k. Team Structures
e. Business Organization l. Economic Development
f. National Economic and Development m. Sole/Single Proprietorship
Authority n. Organization
g. Partnership
h. Functional business organization

_______ 1. It is a collection of people working together to achieve a common

purpose in relation to their organization’s mission, vision, goals,
and objectives, sharing a common organizational culture.
_______ 2. This pertains to business organizations that group together those
with similar or related specialized duties that introduce the concept
of delegation of authority to functional managers.
_______ 3. It is a collection of people working together to achieve a common
purpose.
_______ 4. It is a business entity involving five or more persons owning it.
_______ 5. World leaders gathered for the Millennium Summit and adopted the
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 United Nations (UN) Millennium Declaration.
_______ 6. NEDA means ____

_______ 7. It is a business formed when two or more partners formally agree to

be joint owners of a business.
_______ 8. It is a total process which includes not only economic growth or the
increase in the given amount of goods and services produced by the
country’s economy, but also considers the social, political, cultural,
and spiritual of country’s growth.
_______ 9. It is a set of beliefs and values shared by organization members
which guide them as they work together to achieve their common
purpose.
_______ 10. He is the first development economist.
_______ 11. It increases in the given amount of goods and services produced by
the country’s earning.
_______ 12. It is a business owned by one person only.
________ 13. Growth that is rapid enough to matter, given the country’s large
population, geographical differences, and social complexity.
________ 14. These are distinct stages involved in the total process of economic
development in a particular country.
________ 15. It is where the organization as a whole is made up of work teams
(small, but focused) that work together to achieve the organization’s
purpose; popular in collectivist culture.

Additional Activities

Congratulations!!! You are done with this module. Be proud of yourself because
you made it up to the end! Now, for your additional activities, do the following tasks
at home.
Instruction: Write your answers in the space provided.

1. Choose one known manufacturing company. Name at least five work teams
which help the company achieve their mission, vision, goals and objectives.
Answer:
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
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2. If you will become an entrepreneur or be the owner of a business someday,
what legal form of business would you like to set up? Explain your answer.

Answer:
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
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 Rubrics for Essay
Criteria 1 2 3 4 Score
Focus/ Main The essay The essay is The essay is The essay is
Point poorly focused on focused on the focused,
addresses topic topic topic and purposeful, and
and includes and includes includes reflects clear
irrelevant ideas few relevant insight and
loosely related ideas ideas
ideas
Support Provides little or Supports main Supports main Persuasively
no support for point with some point with supports main
the underdeveloped developed point with well
main point reasons and/or reasons and/or developed
examples examples reasons and/or
examples
Organization Little or no Some Organizes ideas Effectively
& Format organization of organization of to build an organizes ideas
ideas to build ideas to build argument to build a
(Paragraphs, an an logical,
Transitions) argument argument coherent
argument

Language Little or no use Some use of Appropriate use Effective and

Use, of elements of of elements of creative use of
Style & elements of style style elements of
Conventions style style
Uses correct to enhance
(Sentence grammar, meaning
structure, Many errors in Contains spelling, and
word grammar, frequent errors punctuation Uses correct
choice, spelling, and in with grammar,
grammar, punctuation, grammar, few errors spelling,
spelling, makes reader’s spelling, and punctuation
punctuation) comprehension punctuation throughout
difficult with very few
errors
Originality No Very little Sufficient Distinctive
experimentation experimentation experimentation experimentation
nor to enhance with language with language
(Expression of enhancement concepts and usage to and usage to
the theme in of concepts enhance enhance
a concepts concepts
creative way) No adherence to Does not
the theme exhibit Applies basic Applies higher
creativity creative skills to order thinking
relay ideas and creative
skills
to relay
complex
ideas

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Assessment What I Have Learned
1. e 1. Development
2. h 2. Economic
3. n 3. Human
4. d Development Index
(HDI)
5. j 4. Societal
6. f 5. Welfare
7. g 6. Purpose
8. m 7. Nature of Operation
9. i 8. Resources
10. a 9. Efficiency
10. Relevance
11. k
12. n
13. b
14. c
15. l
What’s More
What’s New What I Know
1. True
1. Development 1. b
2. False (1st) 2. Economic 2. a
3. True 3. Phases 3. d
4. True 4. Government 4. a
5. True 5. Growth
5. d
6. False (People) 6. Malthus Theory
7. Demographic 6. c
7. True
8. Transition 7. a
8. False (Divisional)
9. Human Capital 8. b
9. False 10. Population 9. d
(Open/Flexible)
10. b
10. True
11. a
12. a
13. b
14. c
15. b
Answer Key
References

Cabrera,H., Altarejos, A. and Benjamin,R. 2016.Organization and

Management.Gregorio Araneta, Manila.Vidal Group, Inc.

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General Santos City with the primary objective of preparing for and
addressing the new normal. Contents of this module were based on DepEd’s
Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC). This is a supplementary
material to be used by all learners in General Santos City in all public
schools beginning SY 2020-2021. The process of LR development was
observed in the production of this module. This is version 1.0. We highly
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