AQA Business AS (7131)Topic Question

What is business?

3.1.1 Understanding the nature and purpose of business

3.1.2 Understanding different business forms

3.1.3 Understanding that businesses operate within an external environment

3.2 Managers, leadership and decision making

3.2.1 Understanding management, leadership and decision making

3.2.2 Understanding management decision making

3.2.3 Understanding the role and importance of stakeholders

3.3 Decision making to improve marketing performance

3.3.1 Setting marketing objectives

3.3.2 Understanding markets and customers

3.3.4 Making marketing decisions: using the marketing mix

3.4 Decision making to improve operational performance

3.4.1 Setting operational objectives

3.4.2 Analysing operational performance

3.4.3 Making operational decisions to improve performance: increasing efficiency and productivity

3.4.4 Making operational decisions to improve performance: improving quality

3.4.5 Making operational decisions to improve performance: managing inventory and supply chains

3.5 Decision making to improve financial performance

3.5.1 Setting financial objectives

3.5.2 Analysing financial performance

3.5.3 Making financial decisions: sources of finance

3.5.4 Making financial decisions: improving cash flow and profits

3.6 Decision making to improve human resource performance

3.6.1 Setting human resource objectives

3.6.2 Analysing human resource performance

3.6.3 Making human resource decisions: improving organisational design and managing the human resource flow

3.6.4 Making human resource decisions: improving motivation and engagement

3.6.5 Making human resource decisions: improving employer-employee relations