Unit 10 - All notes from this section (A-Level Business Studies)

The notes talk about corporate governance and what it is and who is in charge of corporate governance within a business and also the responsibilities that the people in charge of corporate governance of a company have. Also talks about how a divorce between ownership and control can happen and how y...

Only provides a small extra about why are critical path analysis used. Main document can be found on my page about critical path analysis.

These notes talk about what index numbers are and what an index number reflects.

These notes continue on the previous document about problems with strategy and talk about what are the benefits of strategic planning and also how it might not be beneficial. Also talks about what contingency planning is.

The notes only provide a very small extra of information about float time and what it is on top of the other notes on Critical path analysis.

These notes talk about what strategic drift is and the different phases that a business which is experiencing strategic drift might go through. This being from phase one of incremental change all the way to phase four where wither transformational change happens or the death of the business.

These notes talk about what a strategy is and the difficulties that might be faced with trying to implement a strategy into a business. Also talks about the difference between planned and emergent strategy.

These notes add a little extra on why a business should change its culture and the problems that might be associated with a change in culture in a business.

These notes talk about what Geert Hofstede believed in and what distinguishes different national cultures. These are individualism and collectivism, Power distance, Short-termism and long-termism, masculinity and femininity, uncertainty avoidance and indulgence and restraint.

These notes talk about what organisational culture is within a business and the ways in which the culture of a business will affect how the business operates. It also talks about the importance of organisational culture within the business and also goes on to talk about what Handy's Culture Model a...

These notes talk about the theories of Kotter and Schlesinger and their four reasons to resistance to change and also talk about the six different ways in which you can overcome resistance to change in a business.

These notes talk about what a flexible organisation is and also talks about the type of structure a flexible organisation might choose being either an organic structure or a mechanistic structure.

These notes talk about the value of change that it will bring to a business from embracing change in external environment to taking advantage of opportunities that might arise for a business. It's also talks about the value of a flexible organisation and the different actions that might take place ...

These notes include a graph showing what Lewin's Force Field analysis shows and also includes an example of a company experiencing change and implementing it to the graph.