[athey83]

Did anyone else only get 23 for the goodwill of Sub subsid? As a consequence i only realised 23 of the impairment, did any one else end up in this situation?

[athey83]

P2 Dec12 = train wreck 🙁
Think I may have done well on q1 and q4 part a not sure about part b. Picked q2 and basically just clutched at straws al the way through. Likened green certificates to derivatives, and didn’t includes cash equivalents not in presentation al currency in the cash flow??
Decided subsidiary was now an associate based on test of control but explanation felt rushed

Over all I didn like it, though it tested too many nitty gritty areas of the syllabus for a lot of marks and wasn’t as specific with requirements as past papers.

[athey83]

Hello,

Q1 –
Part A-Evaluated the companies using the financial and non financial info concluding with where the subsid sat in the BGM as the q mentioned ‘portfolio’ as i associate that with bgm

Part B-mentioned the keliodoscope but doubt theres credit for that then mentioned the impact of the factors have on the success of a change linking it back to whether the factor will hinder / help the change and why

Part C- Benchmarking listed why its usefule, why its not, commented on the benchmarks of the IT co. & how reliable they will be given where they came from

Q2
Part A- Used PEST, Mendelow (took 3 stakeholders from the survey) and briefly Strengths & weaknesses but felt this was quite time pressured so i hop brief answers suffice rather than detail on 1 area.
Part B- Went through the 6 I’s best i could but done this one last so was again a touvh brief

Q4
Part A- Felt the decision tree was absolute gift for 10mks, 1 decision and the outcomes are the same (or have i got that wrong (0.4 * 3 * 6) + (0.4 * 0.5 * 6) + (0.2 * (3 * 3) + (.05 * 3)) then deducted the £7m for Amethyst and £8m for Topaz indicating topaz was the best using the decision tree rule.
Then spoke about pro’s and con’s

Part B – Disagreed with Op’s director and listed the non financial benefits of going with Topaz over Amethyst

Part C – Used the risk matrix (coudn’t think of the name) impact v likelyhoof, plotted the 2 risks and why high low impact / likelyhood then offered solutions how risks can be avoided and reduced.

Overall i thought the paper was ok but i think some questions are quite open ended which leaves a bit doubt there.

I’m glad reading the comments on here that my answers are along a v. similar theme which gives me hope 🙂
Just P2 tomorrow now.

Would be nice to get the thoughts of any tutors / potential medal winners out there???

[athey83]

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