Business GCSE
Interdependence of the four functional areas
What Interdependence of the four functional areas means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The four functional areas are operations, finance, human resources and marketing, and they are interdependent, so a change in one area creates a knock-on effect in another.
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