THE CALA: COMPONENT A

LEARNING AREA: BUSINESS ENTERPRISE SKILLS

CALA TYPE: RESEARCH BASED

LEVEL: FORM 4

SYLLABUS TOPIC: SETTING UP A BUSINESS ENTERPRISE

SUB-TOPIC: Causes of business failure

CALA TITLE: CAUSES OF BUSINESS FAILURE

Syllabus page. 16

Competencies/Skills

Business Communication

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Creativity and innovation

Decision making

Background
Many businesses are struggling to survive and stunted growth has been
commonplace.Ultimately closure becomes unavoidable. You are required to
identify factors that causes businesses to struggle and fail.

CALA

The Cala has three parts , A , B and C. You must complete all the parts .

PART A

Carry out a research on organizations identifying factors that causes businesses to

struggle and fail.

In your research,you may include observations,questionnaires, interviews, record

notes and take pictures

PART B

Present your findings on the responses given and observations made.

PART C

Draft a write up on the causes of business failure and the possible solutions.

How you would be assessed:

Facilitator will consider the originality and explanations on motivation.

To assess your presentation, your facilitator will consider your research materials,
explanations about motivation.

Achievement standards specific to this CALA will be provided so that you are
aware of the assessment criteria.

CALA TIPS

As you carry out your research, remember:

Use ICT tools

Take pictures

LEARNER CALA GUIDE

LEARNING AREA: BUSINESS ENTERPRISE SKILLS

LEVEL: FORM 4

CALA TYPE: RESEARCH AND PRESENTATION

CALA TITLE: Causes of business failure

NAME

SCHOOL:

CALA CONTEXT

Many businesses are struggling to survive and stunted growth have been
commonplace.Ultimately closure becomes unavoidable. You are required to
identify factors that causes businesses to struggle and fail.

CALA DESCRIPTION

To develop a good document analyzing reasons why businesses struggle and fail
ultimately.

PartA
Prepare questions that you are going to use in your research (5 marks)

Carry out interviews and make observations in the organization on why they
struggle. (5marks)

PART B

Presentation of findings on the responses given and observations made(10marks)

PART C

Essay writing on the reasons why businesses struggle and ultimately fail.Also
suggest possible solutions (10)

HOW YOU WILL BE ASSESSED

The CALA will be assessed out of 30 marks

The facilitator will assess:

Your questions for the interview

Observations or questionnaires as evidence of research

Data presentation

Your write up.

CALA TIPS

As you carry out your research remember:

To write notes

Use ICT Tools

Take pictures.
TEACHER CALA GUIDE

LEARNING AREA : BUSINESS ENTERPRISE SKILLS

LEVEL : Form 4

CALA TYPE : Research ,Pen and paper

CALA TITLE :Causes of business failure

Topic

Business Communication
Competences
Critical thinking

Problem solving

Creativity and innovation

Decision making

Enterprise development

Technical and innovative

Topic

The questions prepared that are used in the research

Dimensions/
Criteria The evidence provided for questionnaires and observations
to be made in the local community
assessed
(partA)

(PartB) using the information obtained as guidelines to present the data

using statistical methods

identification of factors that causes businesses to struggle and fail

Objectives
to be Applying suggested methods of dealing with business challenges
achieved and failure

CALA Context

Many businesses are struggling to survive and stunted growth have been
commonplace.Ultimately closure becomes unavoidable. You are required to
identify factors that causes businesses to struggle and fail.
The CALA is assessed out of 30 marks.

Assessing the suitability of questions that are used in the research (5)

Assessing the suitability of answers given during questionnaires , interviews and

observations made in the local community (5)

Assessing the suitability of information and the presentation of the data(10)

Assessing the suitability and relevance of the business` failure causes. (10)

Assessment Procedure
 Assessing the questions created

Assessing the questionnaires, interviews and observations made

Assessing the data presentation

Assessing the reasons why businesses struggle and fail.

Awarding of marks

ACHIEVEMENT STANDARDS FOR THE RESEARCH AND PRESENTATION

TITLE: WAYS OF MOTIVATING EMPLOYEES

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DIMENSIONS
/ CRITERIA

Questions 5 4-3 2-1 0

prepared are
appropriate

Excellent Good Satisfactory Could not

drafted drafted 4 drafted draft
atleast 5 questions atleast 3 questions
questions that brought questions that brought
that brought out desired that brought out desired
out desired responses. out desired responses
responses. responses.

carry out 5 4-3 2-1 0

research and
make
observations
in the local
community
(atleast 2 or
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more
questionnaire
s)

Excellent Satisfactory unsatisfactor Could not

interviews interviews y interviews carry out
and and and interviews
observation observation observations and
s made in s made in made in the observation
the the organization s in the
organization organization organization

Presentation 10-8 7-6 5-3 2-1 could

satifactory present less
of the Excellent Good
Presentation information
reasons why Presentatio Presentatio
of reasons with no key
n of the n of the
businesses why or labels
reasons findings on
businesses
struggle and why ways of with
struggle and
fail businesses out key or
fail with
struggle and labelling
limited
fail with a
information
key and well
on the key
labelled
and labeling
diagrams

Essay 10-8 7-6 5-3 2-0

writing
indicating the
reasons why
businesses
struggle and
fail and the
possible
solutions

Excellent Good essay Satisfactory Could only

essay indicating essay indicate 1
indicating three indicating at cause of
the problems I least 2 business
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introduction, in business causes of failure and a

atleast 4 operations business solution
problems/ca and /causes failure and
uses of of failure 2possible
business and solutions
failure and possible
3solutions solutions

TOTALS
MARKING GUIDE
CALA component A

Part A.

Interview guide/ questionnaires

1.Structure of questions *(4)*

2.Responses *2*

3.Relevance of questions & quality *2*

4.Evidence of research - *2*

TOTAL *10*

PART B

1presentation of data on operational challenges faced by a business and reasons

why businesses fail*8*

2. labeling and key *2*

Total *10*

Part C
Essay

1.Introduction *2*

2.explanation of causes of business failure and suggested solutions *8*

Total 10 marks