Business: AQA A Level (2023 Specification) revision notes
1 What is Business?
1.1 Nature & Purpose of Business
1.2 Different Business Forms
1.3 Businesses Operate Within an External Environment
2 Managers, Leadership & Decision Making
2.1 Management, Leadership & Decision Making
2.2 Management Decision Making
2.3 Role & Importance of Stakeholders
3 Marketing Management
3.1 Setting Marketing Objectives
3.2 Understanding Markets & Customers
3.3 Segmentation, Targeting, Positioning
3.4 Using the Marketing Mix
4 Operational Management
4.1 Setting Operational Objectives
4.2 Analysing Operational Performance
4.3 Increasing Efficiency & Productivity
4.4 Improving Quality
4.5 Managing Inventory & Supply Chains
4.6 Business & The External Environment
5 Financial Management
5.1 Setting Financial Objectives
5.2 Analysing Financial Performance
5.3 Sources of Finance
5.4 Improving Cash Flow & Profits
6 Human Resource Management
6.1 Setting Human Resource Objectives
6.2 Analysing Human Resource Performance
6.3 Improving Org Design & Human Resource Flow
6.4 Improving Motivation & Engagement
6.5 Improving Employer-Employee Relations
7 Strategic Position of a Business (A Level Only)
7.1 Mission, Objectives, Strategy
7.2 Financial Ratio Analysis
7.3 Assessing Overall Performance
7.4 Assessing Political & Legal Change
7.5 Assessing Economic Change
7.6 Assessing Social & Technological Change
7.7 The Competitive Environment
7.8 Investment Appraisal
8 Choosing Strategic Direction (A Level Only)
8.1 Markets to Compete & Products to Offer
8.2 How to Compete
9 Pursuing Strategies (A Level Only)
9.1 Assessing a Change in Scale
9.2 Assessing Innovation
9.3 Globalisation & Internationalisation
9.4 Greater Use of Digital Technology
10 Managing Strategic Change
10.1 Managing Change
10.2 Managing Organisational Culture
10.3 Managing Strategic Implementation
10.4 Problems with Strategy & Why They Fail
