Setting objectives
What Setting objectives means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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A reason for planning because it turns aims into measurable targets such as sales, profit or market share.
Objectives are the specific, measurable targets a business sets to achieve its aims.
Topics that use Setting objectives
- Business planning (AQA GCSE)
- Setting business aims and objectives (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Accuracy and limitations of forecasting
- Adaptation to change
- Aim
- Break-even
- Business aim
- Business aims
- Business context and contingency
- Business objective
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