(c) Discuss TWO limitations of the Boston Consulting Group matrix as a strategic planning tool. (4 marks)
(c) Discuss TWO limitations of the Boston Consulting Group matrix as a strategic planning tool. (4 marks)
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Which of the following factors has historically been the greatest contributor to project failure?A.Planning performed by a planning group.B.Poor financial estimates.C.Lack of sufficient management reserve.D.Lack of management support.E.Not using an automated tracking tool.
● Which of the following factors has historically been the greatest contributor to project failure?A Planning performed by a planning group.B Poor financial estimates.C Lack of sufficient management reserve.D Lack of management support.E Not using an automated tracking tool.
Bonar Paint to date has had no formal strategic planning process.(d) What are the advantages and disadvantages of developing a formal mission statement to guide Bonar Paint’sfuture direction after the buyout? (10 marks)
Susan is aware of benchmarking as a useful input into performance measurement and strategic change.(b) Assess the contribution benchmarking could make to improving the position of the Marlow Fashion Groupand any limitations to its usefulness. (8 marks)
(c) What changes to Churchill’s existing marketing mix will be needed to achieve the three strategic goals?(15 marks)
There is considerable evidence that small firms are reluctant to carry out strategic planning in their businesses.(b) What are the advantages and disadvantages for Gould and King Associates in creating and implementing astrategic plan? (8 marks)
(c) Discuss the ethical and social responsibilities of the Beth Group and whether a change in the ethical andsocial attitudes of the management could improve business performance. (7 marks)Note: requirement (c) includes 2 professional marks for development of the discussion of the ethical and socialresponsibilities of the Beth Group.
(b) Ratio analysis in general can be useful in comparing the performance of two companies, but it has its limitations.Required:State and briefly explain three factors which can cause accounting ratios to be misleading when used forsuch comparison. (6 marks)
(b) Distinguish between strategic and operational risks, and explain why the secrecy option would be a sourceof strategic risk. (10 marks)
(b) Discuss ways in which the traditional budgeting process may be seen as a barrier to the achievement of theaims of EACH of the following models for the implementation of strategic change:(i) benchmarking;(ii) balanced scorecard; and(iii) activity-based models. (12 marks)
(ii) Briefly discuss FOUR non-financial factors which might influence the above decision. (4 marks)
(e) Briefly discuss FOUR initiatives that management might consider in order to further enhance profitability.(4 marks)
2 The Information Technology division (IT) of the RJ Business Consulting Group provides consulting services to itsclients as well as to other divisions within the group. Consultants always work in teams of two on every consultingday. Each consulting day is charged to external clients at ￡750 which represents cost plus 150% profit mark up. Thetotal cost per consulting day has been estimated as being 80% variable and 20% fixed.The director of the Human Resources (HR) division of RJ Business Consulting Group has requested the services oftwo teams of consultants from the IT division on five days per week for a period of 48 weeks, and has suggested thatshe meets with the director of the IT division in order to negotiate a transfer price. The director of the IT division hasresponded by stating that he is aware of the limitations of using negotiated transfer prices and intends to charge theHR division ￡750 per consulting day.The IT division always uses ‘state of the art’ video-conferencing equipment on all internal consultations which wouldreduce the variable costs by ￡50 per consulting day. Note: this equipment can only be used when providing internalconsultations.Required:(a) Calculate and discuss the transfer prices per consulting day at which the IT division should provideconsulting services to the HR division in order to ensure that the profit of the RJ Business Consulting Groupis maximised in each of the following situations:(i) Every pair of consultants in the IT division is 100% utilised during the required 48-week period inproviding consulting services to external clients, i.e. there is no spare capacity.(ii) There is one team of consultants who, being free from other commitments, would be available toundertake the provision of services to the HR division during the required 48-week period. All otherteams of consultants would be 100% utilised in providing consulting services to external clients.(iii) A major client has offered to pay the IT division ￡264,000 for the services of two teams of consultantsduring the required 48-week period.(12 marks)
(ii) Briefly discuss TWO factors which could reduce the rate of return earned by the investment as per theresults in part (a). (4 marks)
(ii) Briefly explain the extent to which the application of sensitivity analysis might be useful in decidingwhich refrigeration system to purchase and discuss the limitations inherent in its use. (3 marks)
(b) Briefly discuss how stakeholder groups (other than management and employees) may be rewarded for ‘good’performance. (4 marks)
(b) Discuss the statements of the operational manager of Bonlandia and assess their implications for SSH.(4 marks)
3 The Global Hotel Group (GHG) operates hotels in most of the developed countries throughout the world. The directorsof GHG are committed to a policy of achieving ‘growth’ in terms of geographical coverage and are now consideringbuilding and operating another hotel in Tomorrowland. Tomorrowland is a developing country which is situated 3,000kilometres from the country in which GHG’s nearest hotel is located.The managing director of GHG recently attended a seminar on ‘the use of strategic and economic information inplanning organisational performance’.He has called a board meeting to discuss the strategic and economic factors which should be considered before adecision is made to build the hotel in Tomorrowland.Required:(a) Discuss the strategic and economic factors which should be considered before a decision is made to buildthe hotel. (14 marks)
In relation to company law, explain:(a) the limitations on the use of company names; (4 marks)(b) the tort of ‘passing off’; (4 marks)(c) the role of the company names adjudicators under the Companies Act 2006. (2 marks)
(ii) Discuss TWO problems that may be faced in implementing quality control procedures in a small firm ofChartered Certified Accountants, and recommend how these problems may be overcome. (4 marks)
(c) Identify and discuss the implications for the audit report if:(i) the directors refuse to disclose the note; (4 marks)
(b) (i) Discuss the relationship between the concepts of ‘business risk’ and ‘financial statement risk’; and(4 marks)
You need to design an access control strategy for the Contact Info and the Order History folders. What should you do？（）A、Create a domain local group named Customer Relations in the northwindtraders.com domain. Add the Sales group and the Sales Managers groups to the Customer Relations group. Add the Customer Relationships group to the Customer Information folder. Assign the appropriate permissions. Add the accounts for the sales department users in Boston to the Boston Customer Relationship group. Add the Boston Customer Relationships group to the Customer Relations group. Disable inheritance on the Payment folderB、Create a domain local group named Customer Relations in the boston.northwindtraders.com domain. Add the Customer Relations group to the Customer Information folder. Assign the appropriate permissions. Add the Boston Customer Relations group to the Customer Relations group. Disable permission inheritance on the Payment folderC、Create a domain local group named Customer Relations in the boston.northwindtraders.com domain. Add the Customer Relations group to the Order History folder. Assign the appropriate permissions. Add the Boston Customer Relations group to the Customer Relations group. Disable permission inheritance on the Payment folderD、Create a domain local group named Customer Relations in the boston.northwindtraders.com domain. Add the Customer Relations group to the Customer Information folder. Assign the appropriate permissions. Add the Boston Customer Relations group to the Customer **MISSING**
Your company has an Active Directory Domain Services （AD DS） forest with a single domain. Domain controllers are located in the company’s offices in New York and Boston. You deploy a group policy at the domain level that includes security filtering. You discover that Group Policy object（GPO） settings are being applied to computers in the New York office， but not to computers in the Boston office. You need to find out which settings are being applied to computers in the Boston office. What should you do？（）A、Run a Group Policy Modeling report against computers in the Boston office.B、Run a Group Policy Results report against computers in the Boston office.C、Use the GpoTool.exe command-line tool.D、Use the RepAdmin.exe command-line tool.
单选题Your company has an Active Directory Domain Services （AD DS） forest with a single domain. Domain controllers are located in the company’s offices in New York and Boston. You deploy a group policy at the domain level that includes security filtering. You discover that Group Policy object（GPO） settings are being applied to computers in the New York office， but not to computers in the Boston office. You need to find out which settings are being applied to computers in the Boston office. What should you do？（）ARun a Group Policy Modeling report against computers in the Boston office.BRun a Group Policy Results report against computers in the Boston office.CUse the GpoTool.exe command-line tool.DUse the RepAdmin.exe command-line tool.