134 Business As Level Revision Notes: READ &WRITE

134 Business As Level Revision Notes: READ &WRITE If an A/A2 Level applicant wants to ace his Business As Level Revision Notes, here is a thorough and well-balanced compilation of all the pertinent areas that must be substantially studied and comprehended. In this environment, we have been able to implement a goal-oriented and narrowly focused method that will help students understand the material as well as help them analyze and assess individual components. This book’s article number is 134. Following topics are covered in this book TABLE OF CONTENTS A Level Business Books UNIT-1 BUSINESS AND ITS ENVIRONMENT Business As Level Revision Notes 1.1 ENTERPRISE 1.2 BUSINESS STRUCTURE 1.2.1 Local, national and multinational business 1.2.2 Multinationals 1.2.3 Privatization 1.3 SIZE OF BUSINESS 1.3.1 External Growth 1.4 BUSINESS OBJECTIVES 1.5 STAKEHOLDERS IN A BUSINESS 1.6 EXTERNAL INFLUENCES ON BUSINESS ACTIVITY 1.6.1 Political and Legal 1.6.2 Economic Constraints and Enablers 1.6.3 Social 1.6.4 Technological (Including the Internet) 1.6.5 Other Businesses 1.6.6 Demographic 1.6.7 Environmental UNIT-2 PEOPLE IN ORGANISATIONS 2.1 MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP 2.2 MOTIVATION 2.3 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (HRM) 2.3.1 Approaches to HRM 2.3.3 Cooperation between Management & Workforce 2.3.4 Workforce Planning 2.3.5 Role of Trade Unions in HRM 2.4 ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE 2.4.1 Relationship Between Business Objectives, People and Organizational Structure 2.4.2 Types of Structure: Functional, Hierarchical (Flat and Narrow), Matrix 2.4.3 Formal and Informal Organizations 2.4.4 Delegation and Accountability 2.4.6 Centralization 2.4.7 Line and Staff 2.5 BUSINESS COMMUNICATION 2.5.1 Purposes of Communication 2.5.2 Methods of Communication 2.5.3 Channels of Communication 2.5.4 Barriers to Communication 2.5.5 The Role of Management in Facilitating Communication Unit-1 Business and Its Environment UNIT-3 MARKETING (A LEVEL) 3.1 WHAT IS MARKETING? 3.2 MARKET RESEARCH 3.3 THE MARKETING MIX 3.4 MARKETING PLANNING 3.4.1 Market Planning 3.4.2 Elasticity 3.4.3 Product Development 3.4.4 Forecasting 3.5 GLOBALISATION AND INTERNATIONAL MARKETING 3.5.1 Globalization UNIT-4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 4.1 THE NATURE OF OPERATIONS 4.2 OPERATIONS PLANNING 4.2.1 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) 4.3 INVENTORY MANAGEMENT 4.4 CAPACITY UTILISATION 4.4.3 Outsourcing 4.5 LEAN PRODUCTION AND QUALITY MANAGEMENT 4.5.1 Lean production: 4.6 PROJECT MANAGEMENT UNIT-5 FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING (A LEVEL) 5.1 THE NEED FOR BUSINESS FINANCE 5.2 SOURCES OF FINANCE 5.3 COSTS 5.3.1 Approaches to costing: full, contribution 5.4 ACCOUNTING FUNDAMENTALS 5.7 CONTENTS OF PUBLISHED ACCOUNTS 5.5 FORECASTING AND MANAGING CASH FLOWS 5.6 BUDGETS 5.7.3 Inventory Valuation 5.7.4 Depreciation 5.8 ANALYSIS OF PUBLISHED ACCOUNTS 5.9 INVESTMENT APPRAISAL UNIT-6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (A LEVEL) 6.1 WHAT IS STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT? 6.2.1 SWOT Analysis 6.2.2 PEST or External Environment Analysis 6.2.3 Business Vision/Mission Statement and Objectives 6.2.4 Boston Matrix 6.2.5 Porter’s Five Forces 6.2.6 Core Competencies 6.2.6 Core Competencies and Strategy 6.3 STRATEGIC CHOICE 6.3.1 The Ansoff Matrix 6.3.2 Force Field Analysis 6.3.3 Decision Trees 6.4 STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION 6.4.1 Business Plan 6.4.2 Corporate Culture and Strategic Implementation 6.4.3 Developing a Change Culture 6.4.4 Managing and Controlling Strategic Change 6.4.5 Contingency Planning and Crisis Management.