Michael Porter identified four determinants of national competitive advantage, one of which is Factor conditions.
A company has the following 4 factor conditions. According to Porter, which will give the company a sustainable competetive advantage?
GG, the new CEO in an organisation, was surprised to find out that the company does not undertake competitor analysis. He was told that, as the organisation operates in a very dynamic market, things change too quickly to make analysis worthwhile.
Choose from the following the option that presents why competitor analysis is important.
Project management software packages may offer the automatic recalculation of a task duration if the resources allocated to the task are changed by the project manager. The software considers the amount of work already defined and recalculates the duration of the task based on the changed resources.
Consider the following Task which has two Technical Authors assigned full-time for the entire 30 day duration of the task.
If a third Technical Author is now allocated full-time to the Documentation task, the planned duration of the task could be recalculated as days.
Kotter and Schlesinger devised a theoretical framework which set out six inter-related approaches to deal with resistance to organisational change.
One approach involves management taking a simplistic and authoritarian approach by instructing staff to comply with changes. This compulsory method is derived from the formal authority that senior management possesses. Senior managers often have the right to do this based on employment laws and regulations.
Select this type of approach as identified by Kotter and Schlesinger.
A company has a number of Strategic Business Units (SBUs), one of which operates in a market that is experiencing high growth. The SBU has only been in operation for a short while and therefore its market share relative to its competitors is small.
Which of the following is the most appropriate term for the SBU according to the Boston Consulting Group model?
A company is considering introducing a new product into the market but has been advised to undertake some qualitative research prior to doing this. The marketing manager is uncertain as to what information it will get from this type of research.
Which of the following can be identified by carrying out qualitative research?
A number of managers in an organisation approach change using a variety of techniques. Manager A focuses on staff training. Manager B provides large bonuses for effective project management. Manager C
restructures his team to reduce headcount. Manager D lays out the financial problems in the business and why change is unavoidable. Manager E calls his team together to openly discuss the issues. Manager F calls
for ideas from his team to make the change happen.
Based on Beer and Nohria's change theory, which of these managers can be described as Theory 0 managers?
Select ALL that apply.
KK manufactures mobile phones and it possesses an inimitable resource in the mobile phone market in which it currently competes.
Which of the following best describes this type of resource?
The Finance Director in an organisation has suffered from some criticism in her management approach, in particular her poor communication methods. For example, using finance jargon in her emails and sending messages out of normal office working hours.
This has lead to some of the members of staff being demotivated.
Which of the following possible recommendations would improve the communication situation present in this organisaion?
Select ALL that apply.
TESTED 22 Feb 2025
