Business study guides

A deep-dive AQA GCSE Business guide to topic 3.1 Business in the real world. Covers the purpose of business activity, enterprise and entrepreneurship, forms of ownership and liability, aims and objectives, stakeholders, and business location and planning.

A deep-dive AQA GCSE Business guide to topic 3.2 Influences on business. Covers the impact of technology, ethics and the environment, the economic climate (interest rates, inflation and exchange rates), globalisation and tariffs, and the legislation that affects business.

A deep-dive AQA GCSE Business guide to topic 3.3 Business operations. Covers job, batch and flow production and productivity, quality control and assurance, the sales process, customer service and after-sales support, and suppliers, procurement and the supply chain.

A deep-dive AQA GCSE Business guide to topic 3.4 Human resources. Covers organisational structures (tall and flat, chain of command and span of control), recruitment and selection, training and development, and financial and non-financial motivation.

A deep-dive AQA GCSE Business guide to topic 3.5 Marketing. Covers market research (primary and secondary, quantitative and qualitative), market segmentation and the target market, and the four Ps of the marketing mix: product, price, promotion and place.

A deep-dive AQA GCSE Business guide to topic 3.6 Finance. Covers the sources of finance, cash flow and cash-flow forecasts, the key financial calculations (revenue, costs, profit, break-even and margin of safety), and analysing financial performance with profit margins.