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- December 12, 2011 at 8:39 am #51027
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[polldaddy poll="5751846"]December 12, 2011 at 11:34 am #91764Hi, what comes up this time?
December 12, 2011 at 11:49 am #91765AnonymousInactive- Topics: 0
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Oh, disaster! Hope for a pass though it might be impossible…
December 12, 2011 at 11:54 am #91766AnonymousInactive- Topics: 0
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Cinderella pls brifly discribe the questions. Thanks!
December 12, 2011 at 11:58 am #91767AnonymousInactive- Topics: 0
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The paper was fair. But too many things to write at a very short time. Yes, time management was a BIG issue! Passing the paper is already good enough for me. Amen
December 12, 2011 at 12:05 pm #91768Can u guys give a brief description of the topics coming.
December 12, 2011 at 12:07 pm #91769AnonymousInactive- Topics: 0
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Q1 a) Analyze the current position of the co from internal and external perspective (i used SWOT to answer this)
b) evaluate proposed strategy on acquisition an international co ( i use SFA)
c) CSF & KPIQ2) a) cultural web (correct me if im wrong)
b) Harmon Process Strategy MatrixQ3 Project Management particularly on Reviewing the result (post project review,post implementation review and benefit realisation)
Q4 a) The factor to consider to set up price
b) Business forecasting on Time Series,Linear regression and correlationseems like up to 62 marks are cover in the article written by Ken Garrett
December 12, 2011 at 12:38 pm #91770AnonymousInactive- Topics: 0
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Hope 50%. It was not difficult still it is very hard to answer the questions in so limited time. I managed to complete the first question, I hope, ?get easy marks in the third and half of the fourth one. Marginal although possible pass.
December 12, 2011 at 12:49 pm #91771AnonymousInactive- Topics: 0
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I used pestel + 5 forces for external and Capability Analysis + Strength & Weakness for Internal..wonder if I will gain marks for it instead of using SWOT 🙁
December 12, 2011 at 1:00 pm #91772AnonymousInactive- Topics: 0
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Time wasnt on my side today.
The questions was based on all my revision but only managed to answer 2 questions.
Hopefully can pass with that even the chances is very low.
Miracle please shine upon me.December 12, 2011 at 1:22 pm #91773Topics examined :
1. Position analysis
2. Acquisition evaluation
3. CSF & KPI
4. Culture
5. Process change management
6. Project management – post project review, post implementation review & benefits realisation review & management.
7. pricing strategythese topics seem like keep on repeating but I found not enough time to complete.
Time management really a big issue.December 12, 2011 at 1:42 pm #91775AnonymousInactive- Topics: 1
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i used tows matrix plus five force for the first part.
swot analysis for the proposed strategy.
2a cultural web
b harmon process strategy matrixDecember 12, 2011 at 1:44 pm #91776Damn that was tough! So time pressured and gutted now realising easy points missed out on. Werid exam, past papers not as representative I though especially on the options. Fingers crossed for all
December 12, 2011 at 1:49 pm #91777would it b ok to use pestel and proter forces in first qeustion part a?
December 12, 2011 at 1:51 pm #91778AnonymousInactive- Topics: 0
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@ebullent said:
I used pestel + 5 forces for external and Capability Analysis + Strength & Weakness for Internal..wonder if I will gain marks for it instead of using SWOT 🙁nah its ok my friend.. of course credit will be given to you
and PESTEL, 5 forces, capability and Value chain is part of SWOT too
all your best for your remaining paper or wish you happy enjoy if your exam is over 🙂December 12, 2011 at 1:54 pm #91779AnonymousInactive- Topics: 0
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alright great to hear that 🙂 Thank you!
i think you missed the franchise part on Q1b. We were asked to analyse franchise after acquisition i think ?
December 12, 2011 at 1:55 pm #91780Hi,
I used PESTEL for external and Resource Audit for internal evaluation. Is it ok?
Faisal
December 12, 2011 at 2:01 pm #91781AnonymousInactive- Topics: 0
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faisal i used the same model
December 12, 2011 at 2:02 pm #91782AnonymousInactive- Topics: 0
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Wow , where did the 3 hours go ! q1 I done SWOT and Porters Diamond , q2 was ok knew everything about projects except for those bits asked so a lot of waffle involved , q3 I managed to mention Harmon and gave a few lines , nothing too lengthy ! fingers crossed
December 12, 2011 at 2:11 pm #91783AnonymousInactive- Topics: 0
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Q1 Used PESTEL (external) and SW from SWOT with some OT as part of my external. Used SAF for the next part. CSF and KPI just mentioned some factors and which KPI would be useful to mearure them.
Knew loads about project managment but found that I referred to the scenario alot and not much about theory.
Did the last question as I was running out of time and thought the one on culture would be alot more lengthy.
Managed to use most of the article on pricing about customers, cost, competitors etc. The final part was strange as I thought the regressions had little to do with pricing but mentioned things like correlation coefficient, difficult to extrapolate (better to interpolate). Mentioned the source of the data and also they didnt take into account the external factors such as the future drop in sales.
Hopefully I did enough to pass 🙁 very very time pressured….
December 12, 2011 at 2:12 pm #91784AnonymousInactive- Topics: 0
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December 12, 2011 at 2:14 pm #91785Exam was challenging but quite fair. Scenarios were lengthy as usual which ate into my time (I’m a slow reader). did Q1,Q2 and part a of Q3. Couldn’t finish the paper so lost around 20 marks on Q3. Hopefully I did enough on the first 2 questions to cover it. Good luck everybody!
December 12, 2011 at 2:15 pm #91786AnonymousInactive- Topics: 0
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December 12, 2011 at 2:47 pm #91787Can I ask , If i answer the question with the correct model but if i didn’t explain d point very good (maybe sometime wrong explaination but correct point) , is it will still gain marks or …?
I jz hope i can pass this time T.T
December 12, 2011 at 2:50 pm #91788i think it was an ok exam. my time management let me down. only had 30 min to try and do a second section b question.
i chose q2 and q3. q2 was ok but probably ended up writing way more than required
q3 seemed better than q4, but then when i started doing it realised it was badly worded question.im keeping fingers crossed, but have my doubts i’ve passed
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