Business A-Level
control and motivation
What control and motivation means in Business A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of control and motivation
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Reference: AQA
The value of financial objectives lies in coordination, motivation and control, because each target becomes a budget and every budget throws up a variance somebody has to explain.
Topics that use control and motivation
- Setting financial objectives (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- overtrading
- return on investment
- cash flow objectives
- gross profit
- operating profit
- profit for the year
- profit margins
- revenue, cost and profit targets
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