Key concepts ‒ lesson 2: What is work and self-employment?

Concept Meaning
Authentic A person who lives purposefully and creates a
entrepreneur meaningful lifestyle
Rakgwebo wa nnete Motho ya nang le sepheo sa ho phela le ya thehang
bophelo bo nang le moelelo
Chronosystem A change in individuals over time and space
Tsamaiso ya nako Phetoho bathong butle-butle le sebakeng
Ecological systems Multiple environmental and external influences
model between an individual, a group and the environment
where transformation occurs between input and
output
Mmotlolo wa Ditshusumetso tse ngata tsa tikoloho le tse ka ntle
tsamaiso ya tikoloho dipakeng tsa motho ka bomong, sehlopha le tikoloho
moo phetoho e bang teng dipakeng tsa kenyelletso le
tlhahiso
Employment Activities performed for others in exchange for pay or
profit
Mosebetsi Mesebetsi e etswang bakeng sa ba bang ka
phapanyetsano ya moputso kapa phaello
Entrepreneur A specialist taking risks and creating industries
Rakgwebo Setsebi se ipehang kotsing le ho theha di-indasteri
Setsebakgwebo
Usomabhizinisi
Entrepreneurial A regional economic development strategy based on
ecosystem creating supportive structures and environments that
support environments that foster self-employment
Tsamaiso ya tikoloho Morero wa ntshetsopele ya moruo wa tikoloho o
ya kgwebo thehilweng hodima ho thehwa ha meralo le ditikoloho
tse tshehetsang ditikoloho o kgothalletsang ho
itshebetsa
Exosystem It includes access to education, finance, housing and
employment; it can exclude some individuals
Tikoloho e sa E kenyelletsa phihlello ya thuto, ditjhelete, bodulo le
kenyelletseng motho mosebetsi; e ka se kenyelletse batho ba bang
empa e mo ama
Formal labour Salaried or waged workers enjoying social protection
Mosebetsi o Basebetsi ba lefshwang kapa ba fuwang moputso ba
molaong nang le monyetlwa wa tshireletso ya setjhaba
Informal labour Workers who are not waged or salaried and do not
have social protection
Mosebetsi o seng Basebetsi ba sa fuweng moputso kapa ba sa lefshweng
molaong mme ba se nang monyetla wa tshireletso ya setjhaba
Macro system Social clubs, professional organisations and institutions
Tsamaiso e kgolo Mekgatlo ya setjhaba, mekgatlo ya ditsebi le ditheo

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Meso system It includes schools, churches and employers; it can
exclude people of different cultures and languages
Tsamaiso ya E kenyelletsa dikolo, dikereke le bahiri; e ka se
nakwana kenyelletse batho ba ditso le dipuo tse fapaneng
Micro system The inner world of the person; it consists of those
people and organisations with whom intimate and
frequent contact exists
Tsamaiso e nyenyane Lefatshe le ka hare la motho; e kenyelletsa batho bao
ho bona le mekgatlo eo ho yona boikopanyo bo haufi
le ba kgafetsa bo leng teng
Von Bertalanffy It connects a system to its environment
model through “intake, conversion and output”
Mmotlolo wa Von O hokela tsamaiso ho tikoloho ya yona ka “batho ba
Bertalanffy kenngwang mokgatlong, ho fetolwa le tlhahiso”
Work A multi-purpose function of organised production
processes of products and services
Mosebetsi Tshebetso ya merero e mengata ya mekgwa e
hlophisitsweng ya tlhahiso ya dihlahiswa le
ditshebeletso