Welcome to the Learner’s Module of Ordinary Level Business Studies! This course has been designed for learners preparing to write the National Secondary Certicate (NSSC), or similar, Business Studies examination. The Namibian Senior Secondary Certicate (NSSC) Ordinary Level is designed as a two-year course for examination after completion of the Junior Secondary Certicate. Studying Business Studies will help to develop key skills required for success in the 21st century. These skills include: • critical and creative thinking skills • communication skills • information skills • numeracy skills • physical skills • problem solving skills • self-management and competitive skills • social and co-operative skills • work and study skills.