Business study guides

A complete overview of the OCR A-Level Business theme business objectives and strategy, covering aims and mission, stakeholders, business planning and risk, the strategic analysis tools (SWOT, PESTLE, Porter's five forces), Porter's generic strategies, the Ansoff matrix, growth, and the quantitative decision techniques.

A complete overview of the OCR A-Level Business external-environment theme, covering markets, competition, demand and supply, the economic cycle and macroeconomic conditions, government fiscal and monetary policy and legislation, and business ethics, CSR and sustainability.

A complete overview of the OCR A-Level Business finance theme, covering financial objectives and sources of finance, costs, revenue, contribution and break-even, cash flow and budgets, financial statements and ratio analysis, and investment appraisal, with the key formulae.

A complete overview of the OCR A-Level Business global business theme, covering globalisation and international trade, protectionism and trading blocs, multinationals and foreign direct investment, global marketing, and assessing a country as a market or production location.

A complete overview of the OCR A-Level Business human-resources theme, covering HR objectives and organisational structure, the workforce metrics, motivation theory and practice, recruitment, selection and training, and leadership styles, culture and employee relations.

A complete overview of the OCR A-Level Business marketing theme, covering marketing objectives and orientation, market research, segmentation, targeting and positioning, market metrics, the product life cycle and Boston matrix, the marketing mix, pricing strategies and elasticity, and digital and international marketing.

A complete overview of the OCR A-Level Business operations management theme, covering operational objectives and methods of production, capacity utilisation and productivity, stock control and lean production, quality management, and technology and innovation in operations.