EXAMINATION PILOT PAPER (NOVEMBER 2013) CORPORATE AND BUSINESS STRATEGY (CBS) SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS ISCA PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATION 2013 Term 2 Corporate and Business Strategy – Pilot Paper for Nov 2013 ISCA PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATION CORPORATE AND BUSINESS STRATEGY (CBS) 15 NOV 2013 SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS I. True or False questions (Q1 to Q10) (Total: 10 marks) 1. (F) High volume/low cost different from upward differentiation. 2. (F) Also depends on settling operations in low labor cost
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The Business Strategy Game was something new to me. I have never used a similar product and was surprised by the amount of information that was necessary to fully function in the game. Having four co-managers was challenging at times‚ but at other times made the decision processes easier. Reflecting on the different pieces of this games will show what I learned‚ what strategies were successful and why‚ my discovery on working with other members‚ how my team organized meetings and the workload
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evaluation and selection Analyse possible alternative strategies relating to substantive growth‚ limited growth‚ and Market entry strategies‚ and disinvestment strategies IKEA has marketed its products well and has dealt with all the problems easily. But there have been some constraints that came in the way of IKEA and alternative strategies have to be developed for them. These strategies are as follows: Substantive growth: In any business strategy growth is the most important factor. To achieve substantive
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BCS outcome 2 points Q1 Indicate that candidates know what organizational culture is (although an explicit definition such as “the way we do things around here “is not required) Make it clear that candidates know what shared values and taken for granted assumptions 默认的 are (shared values are the norms of behavior which run throughout the company – they can been seen as high profile symbols and may be deliberately fostered by senior management; taken-for-granted assumptions are more informal
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MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (MDI) NMP-XIII CORPORATE FINANCE FOR ENHANCING VALUE (First Quiz) (Open book) Time Allowed: 10 minutes MM: 6 Note: Attempt all the questions. All questions carry equal marks. Correct answers should be marked by darkening the circles in the answer sheet provided. 1. The primary goal of a publicly-owned firm interested in serving its stockholders should be to: a. Maximize expected total corporate
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Nonconsequentialists like Ross believe that Answer Selected Answer: we have no obligation to promote general welfare. Correct Answer: morality permits each of us a sphere in which to pursue our own plans and goals. Question 2 0 out of 5 points Incorrect Utilitarians believe that Answer Selected Answer: an action can’t be right if the people who are made happy by it are outnumbered by the people who are made unhappy by it. Correct Answer: an action that leads to unhappiness
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A+ quiz When you are discussing the memory capacity of a memory module‚ the capacity is specified in C.Bytes Explanation Memory module capacities are typically specified in an a-by-b format. Under this format‚ the capacity of the device (in bytes) is derived by multiplying the two numbers and then dividing by eight (or nine for memory modules with parity chips). How many devices can a single USB hub support? C.127(Missed) Explanation The universal serial bus (USB) is a high-speed serial interface
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successfully developed an 800hp single phase DC motor that is more energy efficient. The company has also decided to market and sell their motors directly to machine manufactures rather than going through traditional distributor channels. As a result‚ business has skyrocketed and the company has now expanded to five factories that are located in Malaysia and the Philippines. Headquartered in Portland‚ OR‚ UMUC also has two new small R&D facilities where research is conducted to increase the hp of the single
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Business GameServiceSim: Strategy During the month of January‚ Downtown Motors faced several problems. They had too much inventory‚ customer complaints‚ overtime‚ cost of emergency orders‚ … Keeping that in mind as service managers‚ we came up with following strategy to create a sustainable business. High quality and service at correct price Our customers will become our top priority. We already have a quite high customer satisfaction level but we would like to raise it up to at least 90 percent
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Business strategy game | Extreme Kicks | Year 12 Report | | | | Authors: Brandon Morgado‚ Manufacturing Khalid Mahmoud‚ Finance Nick Stott‚ Marketing Michelle Poirier‚ Human Resource Administrator: Judith BirzeDecember 1‚ 2011 | Devin Noble‚ Accounting Table of Contents I Executive Summary II Finance Situation Analysis: Past financial results globally Past financial results by region Objectives Strategies III Marketing Situation Analysis: Global
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