*** December 2021 ACCA SBL exam – Instant Poll and comments ***

No I didn’t really look at numbers cause I am not good at it so I focused on reports lol. But I don’t think it will be enough as the first question is 34 marks I think. And I not done anything for it.

Hey man I feel like you have cited all my answers, around 95% of exact match!!! I noticed a lot of people here didn’t pay attention to the fact that not only BS/P&L performance was asked in the Q1, but also operational performance. Answered the same about divisional structure & centralized procurement. As well, motioned about the fact that their operational efficiency, high skilled staff are key success factors.

In the last question I gave a birth to the idea that they have to establish their own franchise and develop further their brand internationally by expanding with the franchise worldwide. Didn’t try to tie my responses to Baldridge, but showed more connection to the scenario, possible developments in future.

In Q2 when explaining OD and FD proposals I mention those in the light of Porters market penetration, new market exploration. The only thing I’m hesitating now is whether I had to discuss more about positive sides of OD/FD proposals. Around 90% was concentrated on hesitation/negative possible scenarios/obstacles. Not sure here. Finally also selected option 4 with the same arguments provided.

In regards to Q3, do you remember what was the exact requirement for part (b), cause I responded in the general awareness, not applying it to food case exactly or to Food risk Manager actions. Not sure if I was expected to. Don’t know what they expected. Btw, also used defense levels without mentioning them but in a little bit another way:
– risk KPI to be introduced for management
– risk KPI to be introduced for employees
– clients have to be informed about potential risks via leaflets etc.
– audit committee/ Board topics frequent review

How your timing looked like? I had 10 minutes left and managed to review some points. Last 2 minutes was coloring cells In P&L/BS 😉

mykolah wrote:Hey man I feel like you have cited all my answers, around 95% of exact match!!! I noticed a lot of people here didn’t pay attention to the fact that not only BS/P&L performance was asked in the Q1, but also operational performance. Answered the same about divisional structure & centralized procurement. As well, motioned about the fact that their operational efficiency, high skilled staff are key success factors.

Hi – not sure who you’re replying to – but I spent the last sec of the exam writing answers.
Spent longer than expected trying to figure out what some questions are after & how the exhibits ties in. In practice runs generally used 40min for reading the requirements & exhibits + 2min per mark. In reality no time to review, but believe did manage to get most of the formatting of reports right.

Cheers,