The AQA A-Level Business specification covers a broad range of topics, including the Core Principles of Business, Marketing Campaigns, Business Finance, Managing People and Operations, and the Environment Businesses Operate in. This guide breaks down the specification by theme and topic, linking each area to relevant revision guides, articles, podcasts, and videos to support effective revision. Use the tables below as a revision checklist to track your progress, identify gaps in your knowledge, and access resources tailored specifically to Pearson Edexcel BTEC Business students.
| 1 | What is Business? Managing Marketing and Finance | ||
| 1.1 | Business and Objectives | ||
| 1.1.1 | Entrepreneurs | ||
| 1.1.2 | Business Planning and Decisions | ||
| 1.1.3 | Business Objectives | ||
| 1.2 | Forms of Business and Stakeholders | ||
| 1.2.1 | Different Forms of Business | ||
| 1.2.2 | Stakeholders | ||
| 1.3 | Marketing Management | ||
| 1.3.1 | Identifying, Anticipating and Understanding Customer Needs | ||
| 1.3.2 | Markets and Marketing Data | ||
| 1.3.3 | Demand | ||
| 1.3.4 | Target Market | ||
| 1.3.5 | Marketing Objectives and Planning | ||
| 1.3.6 | Marketing Mix: Product | ||
| 1.3.7 | Marketing Mix: Price | ||
| 1.3.8 | Marketing Mix: Distribution | ||
| 1.3.9 | Marketing Mix: Promotional Mix | ||
| 1.3.10 | Digital Technology and Marketing | ||
| 1.3.11 | International Marketing | ||
| 1.3.12 | Ethical Issues in Marketing | ||
| 1.4 | Financial Management | ||
| 1.4.1 | Managing Finance | ||
| 1.4.2 | Internal and External Sources of Finance | ||
| 1.4.3 | Break-Even | ||
| 1.4.4 | Profit | ||
| 1.4.5 | Budgets | ||
| 1.4.6 | Cash Flow and Liquidity | ||
| 1.4.7 | Financial Reporting | ||
| 1.4.8 | Assessing Financial Position and Performance | ||
| 1.4.9 | Ethics in Finance | ||
| 2 | Managing People and Operations | ||
| 2.1 | People Management | ||
| 2.1.1 | Human Resource Objectives and Planning | ||
| 2.1.2 | Human Resource Data | ||
| 2.1.3 | Organisational Design | ||
| 2.1.4 | Leadership | ||
| 2.1.5 | Developing People | ||
| 2.1.6 | Teamwork | ||
| 2.1.7 | Motivation | ||
| 2.1.8 | Methods of Rewarding People | ||
| 2.1.9 | Employee Wellbeing | ||
| 2.1.10 | Employer and Employee Relations | ||
| 2.1.11 | Ethics in HR | ||
| 2.2 | Operations Management | ||
| 2.2.1 | Managing Operations | ||
| 2.2.2 | Operations Data: Objectives and Key Performance Indicators | ||
| 2.2.3 | Efficiency | ||
| 2.2.4 | Quality | ||
| 2.2.5 | Environmental Impact of Operations | ||
| 2.2.6 | Matching Output to Demand | ||
| 2.2.7 | Supply Chain Management | ||
| 2.2.8 | Inventory Management | ||
| 2.2.9 | Innovation | ||
| 2.2.10 | Project Management | ||
| 2.2.11 | Scale of Operations | ||
| 2.2.12 | Impact of Technology on Operations | ||
| 2.2.13 | Ethics in Operations | ||
| 2.3 | Managing Business Culture | ||
| 2.3.1 | Business Value and Culture | ||
| 3 | Business and Society, Business and the External Environment, and Business Strategy | ||
| 3.1 | Business and Society | ||
| 3.1.1 | Sustainability | ||
| 3.1.2 | Corporate Social Responsibility | ||
| 3.1.3 | Environmental, Social and Governance | ||
| 3.2 | Business and the External Environment | ||
| 3.2.1 | Competitive Environment | ||
| 3.2.2 | Political and Legal Environment | ||
| 3.2.3 | Economic Environment | ||
| 3.2.4 | Social Environment | ||
| 3.2.5 | Technological Change | ||
| 3.3 | Strategy | ||
| 3.3.1 | Strategy and Planning | ||
| 3.3.2 | Influences on Strategy | ||
| 3.3.3 | Selecting a Strategy | ||
| 3.3.4 | Implementation of Strategic Decisions | ||
| 3.3.5 | Strategic Investment Decisions | ||
| 3.3.6 | Business Growth | ||
| 3.3.7 | Global Strategy | ||
| 3.3.8 | Digital Strategy | ||
| 3.4 | Change | ||
| 3.4.1 | Change | ||
| 3.4.2 | Risk and Uncertainty |
