Business GCSE
Motivation and decision making
What Motivation and decision making means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Motivation and decision making
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Reference: AQA
Objectives motivate staff when targets are challenging but achievable, and they guide decision making and resource allocation, since money and time can be directed to the activities that matter most.
Topics that use Motivation and decision making
- Setting business aims and objectives (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Adaptation to change
- Aim
- Business aim
- Business aims
- Business context and contingency
- Business objective
- Business sustainability and survival
- Communication and managing uncertainty
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