These are my revision notes for Unit 1 of the AQA legacy paper. Updated versions are available to purchase as well for the new specification but these notes provide a good basic outline of many topic areas.

A Level AQA Unit 2 A revision handout that looks at how businesses can increase their profit and also considers the main differences between cash and profit.

A Level AQA Unit 2 A revision handout that considers the role of budgets and budgeting within business.

A Level AQA Unit 2 A revision handout that looks at the role of monopolies, perfect competition and everything inbetween!

A Level AQA Unit 2 A revision handout that considers the role of place in the marketing mix.

A Level AQA Unit 2 This revision handout looks at the financial and non-financial motivational techniques.

A Level AQA Unit 2 A revision handout that considers the role of pricing strategies, tactics and elasticity in the marketing mix.

A Level AQA Unit 2 A revision handout that considers the role and impact of promotion and promotional strategies within the context of the marketing mix.

A Level AQA Unit 2 A revision handout looking at the optimal way of creating a marketing mix for a business.

A revision handout for AQA A Level Business that analyses the role of objectives and strategies within the Accounting and Finance functional area of an organisation.

An AQA A Level Business revision handout that looks at the various operational objectives that face a business.

An AQA A Level Business revision handout that looks at the role and strategic importance of innovation to the success of a business.

An AQA A Level Business revision handout that looks at the various economies and diseconomies of scale operating within large organisations.

An AQA A Level Business revision handout that looks at the key methods that a firm can ensure that their organisational structure is competitive within the market in which they operate.

An AQA A Level Business revision handout that looks at the key location decisions that face larger established organisations. This includes international relocation decisions.

An AQA A Level Business revision handout that looks at the various techniques and implications of implementing a lean production system into an organisation. This handout includes critical path analysis.

NEW AQA 2015 Business Specification A revision sheet that analyses the purpose and role of a manager/leader and how they make decisions. It considers what a manager does and looks at different management and leadership styles and the influences that act upon them. It focuses also upon the Tannenbaum Schimdt Continuum and the Blake Mouton Grid, as well as looking at the relative effectiveness of each management style.

NEW AQA 2015 Business Specification. This revision sheet looks at the purpose of business and business activity. It considers the economic background of the UK and draws upon key concepts like adding value. It then analyses the role of mission statements and corporate objectives (including SMART targets) before concluding with a look at revenue, costs and profits.

NEW AQA 2015 Spec This revision hand out considers the role of marketing and the setting of marketing objectives. It examines the various types of objective set by the marketing function and includes market share, sales growth, market growth and market size calculations. It also looks at some of the key internal and external influences acting upon marketing objectives.

NEW AQA 2015 Business Specification This revision sheet considers the impact of the external environment upon a business. It looks at some of the key elements of PESTLE and then examines in more depth the concepts of competition, income, economic conditions, interest rates, exchange rates, demographics and finally environmental issues and fair trade.