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AS Business7131

SpecificationPlanning resourcesTeaching resourcesAssessment resourcesKey dates
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Specification at a glance
3.0 Subject content
3.1 What is business?
3.2 Managers, leadership and decision making
3.3 Marketing management
3.4 Operational management
3.5 Financial management
3.6 Human resource management
4.0 Scheme of assessment
5.0 General administration
Annex: quantitative skills in business
AS and A-level Business Specifications for first teaching in 2023

AS and A-level Business Specifications for first teaching in 2023

13 Jun 2023

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3.2 Managers, leadership and decision making

3.2.1 Understanding management, leadership and decision making

Content

Additional information

The distinction between management and leadership

 

Types of management and leadership styles and influences on these

Leadership styles should include:
  • autocratic
  • paternalistic
  • democratic
  • laissez-faire

Theories of management and leadership should include the Tannenbaum Schmidt continuum.

The effectiveness of different styles of management and leadership

 

3.2.2 Understanding management decision making

Content

Additional information

The value of decision making based on data (scientific decision making) and on intuition

Scientific decision making should include understanding and interpreting decision trees and calculating expected value and net gains.

Decision making to include an understanding of:

  • risks
  • rewards
  • uncertainty
  • opportunity cost
  • the use and value of decision trees in decision making.

Influences on decision making

Influences on decision making to include:
  • mission
  • objectives
  • ethics
  • the external environment including competition
  • resource constraints.

3.2.3 Understanding the role and importance of stakeholders

Content

Additional information

The need to consider stakeholder needs when making decisions

Stakeholder mapping: stakeholder power and interest

Stakeholder needs and the possible overlap and conflict of these needs

 

How to manage the relationship with different stakeholders

Managing the relationship with different stakeholders includes communication and consultation.

3.1 What is business?
3.3 Marketing management
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