Exam Paper

UNIVER5Iry OF 5UNDERLAND
Foculty of Business ond Low

Poper
Exominotion
A,\odule
Codez
SLl 337
ModuleTitle: Contemporory in ond Monogement
Developments Business

1zthJuly 2O1O
Dote: [Aondoy
Time: 9.3Oom 12.3Opm time]
[UK
Durotion: 3 Hours

Instructions
Port 1:

Answer
(50%)
FIVEout of ten questions

Port 2:

fn relotionto your chosen orgonizotion industry or sectoronswer
ALLguestions
in ONEof the following of questions.
(5O%)
sets

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THE UNIVERSITY's REGULATIONS
CONCERNING
CHEATING,
COLLUSIONAND PLAGIARI5,1,1
APPLY
TO THI5 EXAAAINATION

Port 1
Answer5 out of 10 guestions

(weighting5O%)

1. In relationto your chosenorganizationand/orits industry sectorexplain in general termswhat is meantby the variousPESTLE catesories?
Give organization/industry(10 marks) specificexamples. 2. The main aim of the World TradeOrganizationis to encourage expansionof the international free-trade.How have the activities of the WTO affected vour chosen
(10 marks) organization and/or firms in your chosenindustry sector?

3. How doesyour chosencountry rank in terms of "easeof doing business"and how doesthis affect your chosenorganization and/orfirms in your chosenindustry?
(10 marks)

4. Considera major multinationalenterprise
(MNE) in your chosenindustry. How do its multinationaloperations (10 marks) help the firm to compete?

5. How do differencesof culture betweencountriesor within a country affect the operations ofyour chosenorganization oforganizationsin your chosenindustry or ( 10 marks) sector? 6. How doesyour chosencountry scorein terms of democracyand how doesthis affect your chosenorganizationand/orfirms in your chosenindustry
(10 marks

7. Ifdisputes ariseacrossnationalboundaries aboutthe interpretation and/or implementation contractshow can they be resolved? of (10 marks)

8. Considerthe outcomeof the Copenhagen