Centre Number For Examiner’s Use Candidate Number Surname Other Names Examiner’s Initials Candidate Signature Question General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Examination January 2010 Business Studies Unit 2 Mark 1 2 BUSS2 TOTAL Managing a Business Thursday 21 January 2010 1.30 pm to 3.00 pm For this paper you must have: a calculator. Time allowed 1 hour 30 minutes Instructions Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Fill in the
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The issue of knowledge is definitely an essential part in philosophy. It forces us to question whether we are certain of the things we think we know‚ and whether we can justify the things we know are actually true. This theory or study of knowledge can be referred to as epistemology. All these views on knowledge can vary depending on how we view the world itself. We are able to perceive the world through the application of our senses‚ however‚ our senses alone can be very deceiving. We can never
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Marketing orientation is a concept of an organization which underlines that the company`s success is mainly based on customers` satisfaction. The stress here is put on valuing consumers` needs and wants first of all. “A marketing oriented firm (also called the marketing concept‚ or consumer focus‚ or customer focus) is one that allows the wants and needs of customers and potential customers to drive all the firm ’s strategic decisions. The firm ’s corporate culture is systematically committed
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Question 1 Which role should marketing managers play in helping to formulate business-level (SBU) strategies in a large diversified firm such as General Motor? Visit the company’s South African website at http://www.gmsa.co.za and use the information obtainable from it to formulate your answer. At the business unit level the strategic issues of General Motors are both practical co-ordination of operating units and about developing and sustaining a competitive advantage for the cars and industry
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The main aim of this research is to test the influence of a Supply Management Orientation (SMO) on the suppliers’ operational performance and buyers’ competitive priorities cost‚ quality‚ delivery‚ flexibility. SMO will be explored thoroughly in this research to describe the efforts which the management has deemed necessary in the creation an operating environment where the buyer and supplier interact in a synchronized manner. Practitioners as well as researchers have supported the advantages of
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John Stuart Mill-Enlightenment and the freedom of thought Short biography John Stuart Mill was born in 1806‚ after the Enlightenment and after the American Declaration of Independence‚ but his interpretation of the basic ideas of liberty‚ individual rights‚ women’s rights‚ and other issues contribute to the continuing development of democratic ideas. Mill was a philosopher‚ economist‚ and (like his friend Jeremy Bentham) was a proponent of Utilitarianism. Utilitarians believed that an action
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stage. Thus‚ management must take cognizance of long-term organizational changes to control hazards. Simply trying to persuade employees‚ for instance by poster campaigns‚ to adapt their behavior to unsafe systems of work is unacceptable. ‘Most accidents involve an element of failure in control – in other words failure in management skill. A guiding principle when drawing up arrangements for securing health and safety should be so far as possible work would be adapted to people and not vice versa’
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Models for Change Business Process Reengineering Assess Business Strategy Like many other approaches‚ BPR claims to align organisation change (and IT development) with business strategy. This is important because BPR concentrates of improving processes which are of primary strategic importance. The assumption is that strategy is already determined‚ and that it is externally focussed‚ dealing with customers‚ products‚ suppliers and markets. BPR is quite distinct from strategic planning.
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C. Wright Mills A.L.H C. Wright Mills There are many people who have contributed to the current view of sociology. C. Wright Mills is one theorist that has greatly influenced personal views of sociology all over the world. His theories of “The white collar”‚ “The power elite”‚ “and “The sociological imagination” still apply in today’s social situations because they include situations dealing with the American middle class‚ higher authorities‚ and human behavior‚ which can “help
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good induction will help with an (9) Investment in People application. How do we put together an Induction procedure? A successful induction process has three Goals - 1. Helps new employees settle in; 2. Helps new employees understand their responsibilities and what is expected of them; 3. Ensures the employer receives the benefit of the new employee as quickly as possible. Who should attend an induction process? An induction process is not simply for new
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