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2016 WAEC Commerce Theory a) State five features each of the following business units: Cooperative Society; Mail Order Business....

Commerce
WAEC 2016

a) State five features each of the following business units:

  • Cooperative Society;
  • Mail Order Business.

 

b) Explain five ways by which partnership could be brought to an end.

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Explanation

(a)  (i) Features of Cooperative Society:

  • One man one vote no matter the amount contributed/operated on democratic principle;
  • Profits are shared based on patronage;
  • Management is by the elected committee;
  • It has no maximum number of members;
  • It has perpetual existence;
  • It is a legal entity;                              
  • It is privately owned by people with a common interest.

 

(ii)   Features of Mail Order Business:

  • It is a form of large scale trading;
  • It requires no retail outlet but a large warehouse;
  • Goods are sold with the use of catalogue;
  • The post office is used to deliver goods to customers;
  • Goods are sold on cash on delivery or cash with order;
  • It deals on durable goods;
  • It employs few workers.

 

(b)   Ways by which partnership could be brought to an end:

  • By admission of new partners;
  • By the expiration of agreed period/completion of a project;
  • By court order/liquidation/bankruptcy;
  • If the partnership continued to make losses for a long time/insolvency;
  • If the object of the partnership becomes illegal;
  • By mutual agreement of the partners;
  • If any of the partners retires as a result of ill-health or incapacitation/insanity;
  • If any partner dies.

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