Unit 10 Business Strategy
Setting
corporate objectives
Ansoff matrix
Decision trees
Use of time series analysis
Critical path analysis
The business cycle
Interest rates
Exchange rates
Inflation
Unemployment
Analysing the effects of economic variables
Technological change
Social and cultural Demographic changes
Legal
Social change
Political
Environmental External costs.
Contract law
Communication
Types
of communication
Informal and formal networks
Barriers
to effective communication
Difficulties for larger organisations and possible solutions
Budgets
Working capital
Location
Research and development
Ratio analysis
Use of IT
Assessment of employee contribution
Sources of finance
Crisis and contingency planning
Achieving goals
Trade unions
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