AQA - revision site for teachers of Business Studies (limited number of worksheets) and additional website links*1*UNIT 1 - MARKETING AND ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE*2**4**4*MARKETING*4*Market Segmentation*4*Small budget market research*4*Niche versus mass marketing (worksheet only)*4*Product versus market orientation*4*Marketing mix*4*Place*4*Price*4*Promotion notes*4*  - Promotion PowerPoint Presentation*4*- Controls on advertising PowerPoint Presentation*4* - All is not what it seems PowerPoint Presentation*4*Product*4*Product life cycle*4*Product portfolio analysis*4*Boston product matrix*4*Price elasticity of demand*4*Income elasticity of demand*4*Cross elasticity of demand*4*Price elasticity of supply*4*Changes in consumer tastes*4**4*ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE*4*Costs*4*Revenue*4*Profit*4*Contribution*4*Break-even analysis*4*Cash flow management*4*Budgeting *1*UNIT 2 - PEOPLE AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT*2**4*PEOPLE IN ORGANISATIONS*4*Organisational design *4*Delegation*4*Centralistion and Decentralisation*4*Participation and involvement*4*Span of control*4*Management by objectives (links only)*4*Motivation (links only)*4*Financial incentives (links only)*4**4*OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT*4*Economies and diseconomies of scale*4*Capacity utilisation*4*Production overview*4*Job production*4* Batch production*4*Flow production*4*Stock control*4*Just in Time*4*Kaizen (links only)*1*UNIT 3 - EXTERNAL INFLUENCES AND STRATEGY*2**4*EXTERNAL INFLUENCES*4*The business cycle*4*Interest rates*4*Exchange rates*4* Inflation*4*Unemployment*4*Analysing the effects of economic variables *4**4*OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGY*4*Starting a Small Firm*4*Identifying an opportunity*4*Small budget market research*4*Small budget marketing*4*Patents*4*Cash flow*4* Customer base*4*Changes in consumer tastes*4*Legal structure*4*SWOT analysis*1*UNIT 4 - MARKETING AND ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE*2**4*Interpretation of profit and loss accounts and balance sheets*4*Window dressing (see Interpretation of profit and loss accounts and balance sheets)*4*Liquidity (acid test only)*4*Financial efficiency (asset turnover, stock turnover and debtor days)*4*Gearing (loans: capital employed)*4*Profitability (profit margins and return on capital)*4*Shareholders ratios (dividend per share and dividend yield)*4*Contribution and Break-even Analysis*1*UNIT 5 - PEOPLE AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT*2**4*PEOPLE*4*Communication*4*Types of communication*4*Informal and formal networks*4*Barriers to effective communication*4*Difficulties for larger organisations and possible solutions*4*Employer/Employee Relations*4*Differing approaches to employee relations at the collective and individual level*4*Employee participation and industrial democracy*4*The role of trade unions*4*The role of ACAS*4*Principles of employment law*4**4*OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT*4*Critical path analysis*4*Application of IT*4*Regional location *4* *1*UNIT 6 - EXTERNAL INFLUENCES AND OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGY*2**4*The business cycle and growth*4*Interest rates*4*Exchange rates*4*Inflation*4*Unemployment*4* Analysing the effects of economic variables*4* Measuring competitiveness*4*What is the European Union and other trading blocs *4* The Euro*4*Decision trees*1*AQA BUSINESS STUDIES AS AND A2 SPECIFICATION*2**4*