gcse business studies revision notes

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Business Organisation & Objectives	The External Environment
Marketing	Finance
Managing People in a Business	Production and Operations

Business Organisation & Objectives
Aims and objectives of business	Starting a business
Departments in a business	Financing a new business
Growing a business	Sole traders
Partnerships	Limited companies
Franchises	Co-operatives
Span of control	Stakeholders and ethics

The External Environment
Introduction to the external environment	Economic sectors
Role of the government	Europe and business
Exchange rates	Interest rates
Labour market and unemployment	Business and the law
Business and technology

Marketing
What is Marketing	Kinds of market
Marketing orientation	Market segmentation - introduction
Marketing's role in business	Market segments
Marketing strategy - introduction	The marketing mix
How products are distributed	Marketing online - E-commerce
Introduction to products	Brands
Product life cycle	Product portfolio - the Boston Matrix
Promotion - advertising	Promotion - direct marketing
Promotion - sales promotion
Marketing research - introduction	Marketing research - how businesses use research
Marketing research - questionnaires	Marketing research - primary research
Pricing - introduction	Pricing strategies

Finance
Introduction to finance	Why businesses need finance
What is profit?	Business costs
Breakeven	Analysing financial performance
Balance sheet	Profit and Loss account
Sources of finance	Bank loans and overdrafts
Shares as a source of finance	Other external sources of finance
Depreciation

Managing People in a Business
Communication in a business	Effective communication
Management styles
Motivating employees - introduction	Motivation - financial rewards
Motivation - non financial rewards	Motivation - main theories
Recruitment - introduction	Recruitment - methods
Recruitment - interviews	Recruitment - job applications
Recruitment - workforce planning
Groups at work - trade unions
Training - introduction	Training - types of training

Production and Operations
Choosing a business location	Stages of production
Economies of scale	Diseconomies of scale
Production efficiency	Improving business efficiency
The production process	Flow production method
Job production method	Batch production method
Lean production - introduction	Lean production - methods
Quality - introduction	Quality management - methods
Stock control

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