Business A-Level
Communication
What Communication means in Business A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Communication
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Reference: AQA
A one-way process of 'telling' stakeholders about decisions already made, using channels like annual reports, the company website, or press briefings, and it is relatively fast and cheap.
Topics that use Communication
- Understanding the role and importance of stakeholders (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Competing stakeholder claims
- Consultation
- Consultation cost and speed
- Decision specific mapping
- Distribution of profit
- Managing resistance to change
- Short run against long run alignment
- Stakeholder power and interest
Using Communication in the exam
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