This route lists the early chapters of SPM Business in an order that builds step by step. Schools arrange chapters in their own order, so follow your teacher’s scheme and use this page to see how the ideas depend on each other.
After this, the Form 5 route continues with people, resources, finance and planning.
What is the study order?
- Purpose and ownership of business: why businesses exist and who owns them.
- Business environment: what affects a business from inside and outside.
- Vision, mission and objectives: where a business wants to go.
- Functional areas: the work that gets it there.
Each step uses the one before. Objectives only make sense once you know what kind of business it is and what surrounds it.
One business across four chapters
Picture this example. Kopi Sudut is a small cafe owned by one person. The owner wants to keep sales steady.
The ownership tells you who decides and who carries the risk. The environment shows a new rival nearby. The objective may be to keep regular customers, and the functions decide how: marketing offers a loyalty card, and operations keeps service quick.
One cafe has touched every chapter. That is how a case question works.
Who should start where?
If you are new to Business, begin at ownership and move in order. If you already know the terms, test yourself on a case with the case-answer planner.
For a teacher to go through the route with you, see online one-to-one Business tuition.