Types of businesses
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Introduction
Students explore the various categories of businesses that exist in Australia based on their legal structure and size. They use this knowledge to determine the most suitable business structure for different business scenarios.
Australian Curriculum or Syllabus
Topics:
- Types of businesses in Australia
- Factors influencing the choice of legal structures
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Student learning resources
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Explainer
Types of businesses
Worksheet
Types of businesses
Interactive
What type of business is this?
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Suggested activity sequence
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- Explain to students that they will be exploring the different types of businesses that exist in Australia.
- Students read the explainer or read it as a class. Support student understanding of the explainer by having use the Cornell note taking system to record notes.
- Students complete the worksheet.
- Discuss student decisions on which business structure they chose for each business and why.
- Students engage in the What type of business is this? – Interactive.
- Discuss with students what they learned and what they found interesting and why.