Cambridge A-level Business Year 13 revision

Topic 6: Business and its environment

It builds on what you learned at AS Level in Business and its environment, and takes it further.

There are 14 parts: we start with shareholders and stakeholders, and finish with business ethics in strategic decision-making.

1. 6.1Shareholders and stakeholders: influence and conflict in strategic decisionsFree 33 questions
2. 6.2Political and legal influences on strategyFree 26 questions
3. 6.3Economic influences: growth, inflation, unemployment, interest rates and the business cycle49 questions
4. 6.4Government economic policy: fiscal, monetary and supply-side37 questions
5. 6.5Social and demographic influences30 questions
6. 6.6Technological change and digital disruption26 questions
7. 6.7Environmental influences and sustainability29 questions
8. 6.8Competition policy and the regulation of markets74 questions
9. 6.9Globalisation: causes, growth and impact on businessFree 47 questions
10. 6.10International trade: free trade, protectionism, WTO and trading blocs74 questions
11. 6.11Exchange rates and international trade72 questions
12. 6.12Impact of multinationals on host countries30 questions
13. 6.13Corporate social responsibility and strategy30 questions
14. 6.14Business ethics in strategic decision-making33 questions

Topic 7: Human resource management

It builds on what you learned at AS Level in Human resource management, and takes it further.

There are 2 parts: we start with organisational structure and structural change, and finish with leadership and the management of strategic change.

1. 7.1Organisational structure and structural change28 questions
2. 7.2Leadership and the management of strategic change36 questions

Topic 8: Marketing

It builds on what you learned at AS Level in Marketing, and takes it further.

There are 3 parts: we start with global marketing mix and cultural differences, and finish with sales forecasting.

1. 8.1Global marketing mix and cultural differencesFree 68 questions
2. 8.2Digital technology and e-commerce strategies34 questions
3. 8.3Sales forecasting: time-series analysis, moving averages and extrapolation71 questions

Topic 9: Operations management

It builds on what you learned at AS Level in Operations management, and takes it further.

There are 4 parts: we start with operational strategies, and finish with innovation strategies.

1. 9.1Operational strategies: lean production, outsourcing, offshoring and location39 questions
2. 9.2Changing scale: economies and diseconomies of scaleFree 31 questions
3. 9.3Critical path analysis33 questions
4. 9.4Innovation strategies: R&D, product and process innovation31 questions

Topic 10: Finance and accounting

It builds on what you learned at AS Level in Finance and accounting, and takes it further.

There are 6 parts: we start with profitability and liquidity ratios, and finish with investment appraisal.

1. 10.1Profitability and liquidity ratiosFree 48 questions
2. 10.2Gearing, ROCE and efficiency ratios46 questions
3. 10.3Investor ratios: dividend per share, dividend yield, dividend cover and P/E23 questions
4. 10.4Interpreting published accounts and the limitations of ratio analysis55 questions
5. 10.5Investment appraisal: payback and average rate of returnFree 62 questions
6. 10.6Investment appraisal: net present value and discounting57 questions

Topic 11: Strategic management

There are 17 parts: we start with mission, corporate objectives, strategy and tactics, and finish with managing change and global business.

1. 11.1Mission, corporate objectives, strategy and tactics30 questions
2. 11.2Analysing the strategic positionFree 14 questions
3. 11.3SWOT analysis and assessing the strategic position23 questions
4. 11.4Porter's Five Forces and competitor analysis35 questions
5. 11.5Ansoff's matrix: choosing products and marketsFree 73 questions
6. 11.6Porter's generic strategies31 questions
7. 11.7Organic (internal) growth27 questions
8. 11.8External growth: mergers, takeovers and acquisitions23 questions
9. 11.9Joint ventures, strategic alliances and franchising27 questions
10. 11.10Causes of change: internal and external, planned and unplannedFree 28 questions
11. 11.11Lewin's force field analysis and model of change68 questions
12. 11.12Decision trees and expected values28 questions
13. 11.13Organisational culture: Handy and Hofstede29 questions
14. 11.14Resistance to change and Kotter and Schlesinger20 questions
15. 11.15Strategic implementation, problems with strategy and corporate failure38 questions
16. 11.16Strategic direction and methods14 questions
17. 11.17Managing change and global business52 questions

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