Cambridge & Pearson Edexcel Past Paper Questions

A hospital requires employees to work long and often unsociable hours. Discuss why and how the hospital should assist its employees to achieve a go...

Analyse the importance of corporate objectives and departmental objectives to the success of a business.

Define the term 'marketing mix'.

Define the term 'induction training'.

Explain the responsibilities employees have to the business that employs them.

Analyse why primary market research could be more useful to a business than secondary market research.

Discuss the view that cash flow forecasts for a new international airport may be of limited use to its senior managers.

Analyse the methods managers might use to help employees satisfy their self-actualisation needs, as identified by Maslow.

Rugged Back Packs (RBP) RBP is a manufacturing business that specialises in producing travel bags and backpacks. The products are sold by many diff...

Car Wash (CW) CW is a national chain of car wash businesses. Each car wash is a franchise of CW and is owned and managed by an entrepreneur who is ...

Occasion Cards (OC) OC is a private limited company that sells greeting cards designed using mass customisation. Customers order their cards on the...

Nearly New (NN) NN sells second-hand computers. NN is owned by Nathan who is a sole trader. Nathan is a fully trained and qualified computer engine...

Jones Sticky Labels (JS) JS is a private limited company that produces sticky labels for the industrial market. JS was set up by Lucy Jones 15 year...

Perfik Plumbing (PP) PP is a plumbing business owned and managed by Navpreet. She set up PP as a sole trader three years ago when she qualified as ...

Analyse the possible disadvantages for KKS of taking over VantoU.

Refer to Appendix 1 and other information. Calculate the gearing ratio after the takeover of VantoU.

Evaluate the usefulness of a marketing plan for successful expansion through Option B.

Refer to Appendix 2. Draw a decision tree using this information.

Discuss whether KKS should introduce the new HR Director's proposed changes (lines 63–67).

Discuss the extent to which the information in Appendix 3 is sufficient strategic analysis to allow KKS to consider entering the market in country Y.

Evaluate how KKS could successfully achieve the strategic implementation of its decision to expand internationally.

Analyse the limitations to ADP of using budgets and variance analysis when deciding the future of factory Q. Refer to Appendix 1 in your answer.

Refer to Table 1 and the information about Asif's plan on lines 14–25. Calculate the forecast 2018 profit for the washing machine factory.

'Long term sales forecasts will be the most important factor in our new marketing plan to break into the USA market.' (Lines 58–59). Do you agree w...

Refer to Table 3. Calculate for 2017:

Evaluate whether the introduction of lean production techniques would be enough to improve ADP's operational efficiency.

Evaluate whether Prahalad and Hamel's concept of Core Competencies and Porter's Five Forces model are likely to be effective frameworks for ADP's f...

Discuss how ADP should strategically manage and plan for crises in ways that minimise their long term impact on the business.

Analyse the benefits to NFP of using critical path analysis when planning the frozen food project. Refer to Appendix 2 in your answer.

Refer to Table 1 and other information provided. Calculate the likely change in NFP's annual profit if the dairy farm is closed.

Evaluate the potential risks and rewards to NFP of market development into country Y.

Refer to Table 3 and Appendix 1. Calculate for the first 6 years of the frozen food project:

Evaluate the extent to which the future success of NFP's operations depends on effective workforce planning.

Evaluate two strategic analysis techniques that NFP should use when considering future strategic options.

Discuss how NFP's senior management could effectively implement its strategy of integrating the VF business into NFP.

Define the term 'unique selling point' (USP).

Define the term 'empowerment'.

Explain how a large manufacturing business could finance investment in new machinery.

Define the term 'value added'.

Analyse how the 4Cs marketing approach is different to the 4Ps marketing approach.

Discuss the extent to which the stakeholders of a large clothing retailer might want the business to become more ethical and socially responsible.

Analyse how the efficiency of the operations of a manufacturing business could be influenced by its human resources department.

Swimming Pools (SP) SP is a public sector organisation. SP operates many swimming pools across country X. The main objective for SP is to provide a...

Katie's Cakes (KC) KC is a partnership, owned by Katie and her son James. KC makes birthday cakes. Each cake is made using job production. A custom...

Thamir is an entrepreneur who built up an international retail business. He is now a multi-millionaire who provides venture capital. Thamir is cur...

WW is a new business set up by Puja. WW will operate in the primary sector. It will take water from a local lake and process it into drinking water...

OT is a taxi business. OT is owned by two brothers who set up the business as a private limited company to benefit from limited liability. The majo...

Min is a sole trader who is the owner and overall manager of FC. Min started the business as a restaurant but FC has grown so that it now operates ...

Analyse the advantages to SU of its workers being in a trade union.

Refer to Table 1. Calculate: