Cambridge Past Paper Questions

Analyse the benefits to BSJ of implementing a corporate social responsibility policy for the purchase of raw materials.

Refer to Table 1.

Discuss whether improving internal communication will be enough to ensure BSJ overcomes its quality problems.

Refer to Appendix 1.

Discuss the factors which will influence the method of entry into international markets if Option A is chosen.

Evaluate the usefulness of strategic analysis techniques, other than SWOT analysis, to BSJ's directors as they consider Option A and Option B.

Assume the directors choose Option B. Discuss the importance to BSJ of effective strategic implementation of this option.

Analyse how SWF might benefit from introducing a quality assurance system.

Refer to lines 37–48 and Table 2. Calculate, for the purchase of the automated milking machinery, the:

Assess the likely impact on SWF's profitability of the changing external environment.

Refer to the table in Appendix 1. Calculate:

The Board of Directors is to consider changes to the organisational structure of SWF needed during a period of business growth. Recommend changes t...

Evaluate the usefulness of strategic analysis techniques when making decisions about the future direction of SWF.

Discuss the importance of contingency planning to the future success of SWF.

Analyse the risks to AC of the economic forecasts in [Appendix 2].

Evaluate the importance of the ethical ‘fair trade' principle to the success of the marketing strategy for AC's chocolate powder.

Evaluate the possible impact on AC of more flexible employment contracts.

Discuss the usefulness of strategic choice techniques for the directors of AC, as they decide between Option A and Option B. Option A - Production ...

Assume AC's directors choose Option A. Evaluate the importance of business planning to the successful implementation of this strategy.

Explain the difficulties that a small business start-up might have when trying to obtain finance from an external source.

'Good leaders are more important for business success than good managers.' Discuss the extent to which you agree with this view.

UF is a public limited company selling to an industrial market. It manufactures air conditioning units. UF produces two sizes of air conditioning u...

Hannah started HH six years ago. HH operates in a niche market providing unique bags. The bags are made using job production. As demand grew for th...

1 The Shop (TS) Thomas worked for 30 years as a manager of a factory. Although he was very good at his job he was recently made redundant. Thomas ...

2 Market Solution (MS) MS is a public limited company in the tertiary sector. MS advises businesses on elements of the marketing mix. Most of its c...

Super Heroes (SH) SH is a leisure (theme) park aimed at 10–18 year olds. It is owned by two companies, X and Y, which started SH as a joint venture...

Flight Food (FF) FF is a large secondary sector business that supplies airlines with in-flight meals. Meals are manufactured using batch production...

Analyse the benefits to JGS of outsourcing.

JGS is planning to increase the number of employees. Recommend an appropriate organisational structure for JGS. Justify your recommendation.

Refer to Table 2. Calculate the:

Discuss whether JGS should maintain high standards of corporate social responsibility (CSR).

Evaluate whether the decision tree calculation in Table 3 is sufficient for JGS to make a strategic choice between Option 1 and Option 2.

Evaluate the significance of contingency planning for JGS as it prepares to implement its future strategies.

Analyse the likely impact on HBG's costs and revenues of increasing its focus on corporate social responsibility (CSR).

Discuss whether introducing a decentralised organisational structure will benefit HBG.

Refer to Table 3 and Appendix 1:

Recommend the changes that HBG should make to its marketing strategy to achieve its objectives of increasing membership and visitor numbers. Justif...

Evaluate whether SWOT analysis is sufficient to make sure that HBG's future strategies are the most appropriate ones for the organisation.

Evaluate the importance to HBG of developing a change culture in order to implement Eusebio's four strategic changes (lines 46 to 49).

Refer to Appendix 1 and any other information. Calculate the: