CCEA • Business studies

A look at what a business plan is, including their advantages and disadvantages.

A look at the advantages and disadvantages of growth, survival and profit maximisation as business objectives.

An example of 9 general recommendations that could be made to a company.

An indepth look at how to structure and approach a report writing test using a previous past paper. Introduction, specific paragraphs and recommendations are included.

A look at CSR, shareholder and stakeholder concept of CSR. Key issues to consider. Social and Environmental Audits.

What is change, what causes it? How a firm can grow? Pace of Change. Why would a firm integrate? Problems with Integration and types of integration.

A summary of the macroeconomic framework and key factors that have an impact on the wider economy.

These notes provide 26 general paragraphs for the report writing paper. These paragraphs can be tailored and applied depending on the case study. As a student, I went through past papers and took all possible paragraphs and did out different scenarios. Topics included are: financial information, change management, exchange rates, human resources, corporate image, employment, globalisation, economic growth, CSR, ethics, economic instruments, stakeholder objectives, e-commerce, business cycles, tr...

A look at the role of the government including, intervention, types of government policy, the government's 5 main objective. A look at fiscal policy specifically expansionary fiscal policy and contractionary fiscal polixy. The impact of different taxes and duty on business. A look at monetary policy, and the impact of rising or falling interest rates and their implications. Supply Side Policy and their impacts.

A look at the chain of command, span of control, organisational structures with diagrams. Advantages and disadvantages of a wide and narrow span of control. Advantages and disadvantages of de-layering. A look at the type of organisational structures: Tall and Flat with advantages and disadvantages. Centralisation and de-centralisation - Advantages and Disadvantages.