strengths and weaknesses
What strengths and weaknesses means in Business A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of strengths and weaknesses
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Reference: AQA
A judgement about a business that needs a trend or a benchmark, because a single year is a fact and none of these measures means anything on its own.
Topics that use strengths and weaknesses
- Analysing the existing internal position of a business to assess strengths and weaknesses: overall performance (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- capacity utilisation and productivity
- core competence
- core rigidity
- measurement limitations
- non-financial performance data
- profit, people and planet
- short termism
- stakeholder perspective
Using strengths and weaknesses in the exam
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