Business GCSE
Aim
What Aim means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
Definitions of Aim
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Reference: AQA
The long-term overall purpose of a business, the broad direction it wants to move in, such as survival, growth or providing a service to the community.
The overall, long-term goal of a business (e.g., to survive, to maximize profit, to grow).
A long-term, general goal that sets the overall direction for a business.
Topics that use Aim
- Setting business aims and objectives (AQA GCSE)
- Business aims and objectives (OCR GCSE)
- Business planning (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Objective
- Survival
- Social Enterprise
- Adaptation to change
- Business aim
- Business aims
- Business context and contingency
- Business objective
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