resource constraints
What resource constraints means in Business A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definitions of resource constraints
Exam boards and our study guides word this term in slightly different ways. Learn the version your board uses.
Check what you remember
Read the wording for your board, then hide it and explain resource constraints in your own words. Rough notes are fine. This is a self-check, with no mark or grade.
Reference: AQA
Hard obstacles such as no cash for the investment, a structure too rigid to rearrange, a culture built on doing it the old way, and skills the workforce does not yet have.
These decide what is possible this month, and the binding one is usually cash, spare capacity or a skill nobody in the building has.
Topics that use resource constraints
- Managing change (AQA A-Level)
- Understanding management decision making (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- business ethics
- decision trees
- delayering
- expected value and net gain
- external change
- external environment
- Flexible employment contracts
- knowledge
Using resource constraints in the exam
Check the command word and mark scheme for your exact question. After comparing your explanation with the reference, use the term in an answer on the linked topic. This practice does not predict an exam mark.
Practise Business questions
Create a free account to answer exam-style questions on this topic and get feedback on your answers.
A week of Premium from your first lesson · Then the free plan continues · No card, no charge