Category:AQA A level Business Studies

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Unit 1 Marketing

Market segmentation, Marketing research , Sampling in market research, Small budget market research, Objectives and marketing, Niche versus mass marketing, Product versus market orientation , Marketing mix , Place , Price , Promotion , Product , Product life cycle , Product portfolio analysis , Boston product matrix , Adding value , Price elasticity of demand , Income elasticity of demand , Cross elasticity of demand , Price elasticity of supply ,


Unit 1 Accounting and Finance

Costs , Revenue , Profit , Contribution , Break-even analysis , Sources of finance , Cash flow management , Budgeting , Cost and profit centres,


Unit 2 People in Organisations

Organisational design, Centralistion and decentralisation, Participation and involvement , Span of control , Management by objectives , Delegation, Job enrichment, Job enlargement, Empowerment, Team working, Financial incentives, Workforce planning, Recruitment and training, Empowerment,


Unit 2 Operations Management

Production overview, Productive efficiency , Economies and diseconomies of scale, Capacity utilisation, Job, batch and flow production , Stock control, Quality control, Division of labour and specialisation, Cell production, Just in time , Time based management, Kaizen ,


Unit 3 External Influences

Market and competition, Business cycle, Interest rates , Exchange rates , Inflation , Unemployment , UK and EU law, Social responsibilities , Business ethics , Technological change ,


Unit 3 Objectives and strategy

Starting a small firm , Identifying an opportunity,Patents , Legal structures , Practical problems of start-ups , Corporate aims and goals, Short versus long-term objectives , Conflicting and common aims of stakeholders , Swot analysis ,


Unit 4 Marketing

Asset versus market-led marketing , Extrapolation and correlation , Marketing decision-making , Marketing plan, Marketing budget , Sales forecasting ,


Unit 4 Accounting and Finance

Capital expenditure and revenue expenditure , Profit and loss accounts , Balance sheets , Working capital , Depreciation provisions , Window dressing , Liquidity , Financial efficiency , Gearing , Profitability , Shareholders’ ratios, Limitations upon the use of ratios, Contribution and Break-even Analysis, Forecasting cash flow, Investment appraisal, Qualitative factors affecting decisions.


Unit 5 People in Organisations

Communication , Employer/employee relations , Employee participation and industrial democracy, The role of trade unions and acas , Principles of employment law , Workforce planning , Methods of remuneration , Measurements of personnel effectiveness .


Unit 5 Operations Management

Research and Development, Critical path analysis , Application of IT within and between organisations , Regional location, International location .


Unit 6 External influences

Business cycle, Interest rates , Exchange rates , Inflation , Unemployment , Labour market , International competitiveness , Economic growth , The European Union and other overseas opportunities , Government policies affecting business , Social responsibilities , Business ethics , Environmental pressures and opportunities , Political change , Pressure group activity , Social auditing.


Unit 6 Objectives and Strategy

Financing growth , Management re-organisation during growth , Problems of transition in size, Change in ownership , Mission and organizational culture, Decision-making to achieve objectives, Decision trees , Corporate plan , Contingency planning .


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