Category:A level Business Studies

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Marketing

Market segmentation, Marketing research , Sampling in market research, Small budget market research, Niche versus mass marketing, Product versus market orientation , Objectives and marketing, Marketing plan, Marketing mix , Place , Price , Promotion , Product , Product life cycle , Product portfolio analysis , Boston product matrix , Price elasticity of demand , Income elasticity of demand , Cross elasticity of demand , Price elasticity of supply , Changes in consumer tastes , Asset versus market-led marketing , Extrapolation and correlation , Marketing decision-making , Marketing budget , Sales forecasting , Capital expenditure and revenue expenditure , Adding value ,


Accounting and finance

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


People in organisations

Organisational design, Delegation, Centralistion and decentralisation, Participation and involvement , Span of control , Communication , Management by objectives , Motivation , Job enrichment, Job enlargement, Empowerment, Team working, Financial incentives, Financial incentives , 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 .


Operations management

Economies and diseconomies of scale, Capacity utilisation, Production overview, Productive efficiency , Job, batch and flow production , Division of labour and specialisation, Stock control, Quality control, Cell production, Just in time , Time based management, Kaizen , Research and Development, Critical path analysis , Application of IT within and between organisations , Regional location, International location .

External influences

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


Objectives and strategy

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