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Owner: The owner of a business has the main aim of making the business successful. They have a huge say in how the aims of the business are decided. Can judge how well the business is performing.
Directors: They manage the day to day affairs of the company and might decide to make higher sales a top priority rather than profit.
Manager: Managers influence the business every day by the decisions that they make. This could include what products and services to offer and who to hire or fire. They implement company policy and formulate strategies which affect the running and profit making ability of the business
Employees: They can influence the success of the organisation by their productivity and efficiency in the job and the duties and tasks that they do each day. They can also resort to industrial action if they disagree with working conditions, pay or company policies. This could take the form of work to rule, bans on overtime, sit-ins or withdrawal.
Customers: Businesses that ignore the concerns of customers find themselves losing sales to rivals
Local businesses:
Suppliers: They can decide whether to raise prices for orders which can affect the firm’s profits. A supplier’s reliability could affect production. If order don’t arrive on time then finished goods may not be ready in time to ship to customers. Suppliers can change credit terms which may have cash flow issues for the company and they could decide whether or not to allows discounts on bulk orders for loyal customers
Governnment: Can influence a firm by

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Staff: This includes people such as teachers, cleaners, cooks and anyone else who works within the school to make it as good as it can be for students. Their influence on the business is important because if they didn’t exist, the school would not be able to run effectively.
Students: The students are an important influence