Business A-Level
conflicting objectives
What conflicting objectives means in Business A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of conflicting objectives
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Reference: AQA
Targets that collide, since widening the product range pushes up unit costs and inventory, and a finance target to hold cash blocks the recruitment human resources needs.
Topics that use conflicting objectives
Related terms
- Ansoff's Matrix
- balanced scorecard
- Corporate Objective
- corporate objectives
- diversification
- external environment
- Functional Coherence
- functional objectives
Using conflicting objectives in the exam
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