Business A-Level
internal conflict
What internal conflict means in Business A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of internal conflict
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Reference: AQA
The trade-off where functions get pulled in opposite directions by the same plan, since marketing wants a wider range while operations wants fewer variants and longer production runs.
Topics that use internal conflict
Related terms
- Ansoff's Matrix
- balanced scorecard
- conflicting objectives
- Corporate Objective
- corporate objectives
- diversification
- external environment
- Functional Coherence
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