A-Level Business

1.1.1 Enterprise and adding value 1.1.2 Entrepreneurs, plans and sectors 1.2 Business structure 1.3.1 Size and growth of business 1.3.2 Economies and diseconomies of scale 1.4 Business objectives 1.5 Stakeholders in a business

2.1.1 Human resource management 2.1.2 Training and the workforce 2.2.1 Motivation theories 2.2.2 Financial and non-financial motivators 2.3 Management

3.1.1 The nature of marketing 3.1.2 Demand, supply and elasticity 3.2 Market research 3.3.1 The marketing mix and product 3.3.2 Price, place and promotion

4.1.1 The nature of operations 4.1.2 Methods of production and technology 4.2 Inventory management 4.3 Capacity utilisation and outsourcing

5.1 Business finance 5.2 Sources of finance 5.3 Forecasting and managing cash flows 5.4.1 Costs 5.4.2 Break-even analysis 5.5 Budgets

6.1.1 Economic external influences 6.1.2 Tax, unemployment and PESTLE 6.2 Business strategy

7.1.1 Organisational structure 7.1.2 Delegation, delayering and matrix 7.2 Business communication 7.3 Leadership 7.4 Human resource management strategy

8.1.1 Sales forecasting and time-series 8.1.2 Correlation and elasticity 8.2.1 Marketing strategy and Ansoff 8.2.2 International markets

9.1 Location and scale 9.2 Quality management 9.3.1 Operations strategy and lean production 9.3.2 Critical path analysis

10.1.1 Financial statements 10.1.2 Depreciation and stakeholders 10.2.1 Profitability and liquidity ratios 10.2.2 Efficiency, gearing and limitations 10.3 Investment appraisal 10.4 Finance and accounting strategy