Business study guides
A-LEVEL-OCR Β· A-Level (OCR) Β· aligned to OCR.
- OCR A-Level Business: business objectives and strategy complete overview
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.
π 8 min readH431 - OCR A-Level Business: external environment complete overview
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.
π 8 min readH431 - OCR A-Level Business: finance complete overview
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.
π 8 min readH431 - OCR A-Level Business: global business complete overview
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.
π 8 min readH431 - OCR A-Level Business: human resources complete overview
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.
π 8 min readH431 - OCR A-Level Business: marketing complete overview
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.
π 8 min readH431 - OCR A-Level Business: operations management complete overview
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.
π 8 min readH431