Irvine and Martin presented the advantages of Foresight as the 5Cs. Which of the following are correct aspects of the 5Cs as defined by Irvine and Mart in? Select ALL that apply.
Which of the following is NOT included in the Information Systems Strategy (ISS) of Earl's three levels of information strategy?
Place the correct label against each of the descriptors for the main principles of the UK Corporate Governance Code.
LLL is a travel company which has experienced rapid organic growth. It has three divisions and each division is led by a Divisional Director. Each Divisional Director is responsible for their own divisions' investment in Information Technology (IT). However, as LLL has grown, so has its information requirements.
Recently, LLL appointed an IT Manager. She discovered that within LLL's divisions, there are very different standards for IT, resulting in different hardware and software used in the three divisions. Also, the divisions do not use common software packages which causes difficulties in transferring information within LLL. LLL does not have a central IT department.
Which of the following activities would be the primary focus of an Information Systems (IS) Strategy for LLL?
M is a car manufacturer in Country C. Every day, at 09.00, members of M's staff practice meditation and Tai Chi for 30 minutes, before their normal workday commences.
M's staff are paid during this time and M considers the practice to be a benefit both to staff and the company. Staff operate with high levels of efficiency and absenteeism levels are low.
The auditors of M have recommended that M stop these sessions, stating that they consider them to be a waste of time and a drain on resources.
Which of the following aspects of M's culture would the auditors recommendation impact on?
Which of the following statements is NOT a role for Management Accountants involved in the strategy development process?
Which of the following statements would encourage an Organization to use Scenario Planning?
Select ALL that apply.
AB uses Johnson, Scholes and Whittington's criteria of 'Feasibility and Acceptability' to evaluate potential strategies. AB has begun a project to re-engineer its best selling product.
Apply the appropriate criterion to each of the questions below:
Company Y is a global business selling a selection of technological items including phones, laptops and other computer related items. In addition Y sells accessory items, music downloads, apps: digital books and video downloads including films and television series through a cooperative partnership with other companies, designed to create value for the customer.
Which of the following terms best describes what Y has created?
A Porter states that competitive advantage can be gained by following one of three generic strategies.
Place the appropriate generic strategy against each of the statements below.