CIMA E2 - Project and Relationship Management

As part of a project to refurbish a large hotel chain, the wiring of the computer network was subcontracted to a specialist IT organisation. In relation to managing risk in the project this approach can be referred to as:

A large medical practice has decided to switch from using hand-written medical records to electronic ones. All 32 staff at the practice use hand-written medical records when performing their jobs and have expressed concerns about switching to the new electronic format. The practice manager has decided to firstly spend time unfreezing the employees' belief that the old way of recording patient records is adequate.

 

The manager will then need to manage the transition by implementing the new electronic recording system. Finally, the manager will need to refreeze the new method of working into the culture of the practice and embed it as the normal way of working.

 

Which analyst developed this three stage approach to change management?

A low cost airline is operating three flights a day between two industrial cities in neighbouring countries. The cities are 300 km apart and the terrain between the two countries is mostly flat grasslands. The two cities are also linked by motorways and a railway line.

 

At first the airline enjoyed first mover advantage and generated healthy profits for three years. But more recently, the airline is experiencing intense competitive pressures, reduced passenger numbers and lower returns. The airline directors are using Porter's Five Forces framework to analyse the nature and severity of the various competitive forces being experienced.

 

In the context of this model which of the following forces would be considered as a threat of a substitute product or service?

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of a good audit system?

X Company is a car manufacturer with significant competition in the market. One of its customers is a large multinational car hire company. Place the correct level of power against the Power of Buyers.

An organisation manufacturing cosmetics was set up five years ago and has since grown considerably.

 

The organisation did not have clear strategies and as such any approaches emerged. The directors feel a new way to strategy setting would be more appropriate; one that could offer a more thorough, intended, deliberate approach.

 

Which of the following is a suitable approach to developing strategy for this organisation?

Which of the following statements are not true based on Stalk, Evans and Schulman's principles of capability-based competition?

Select ALL that apply.

The purpose of PEST analysis is described by which of the following?

Third party consultants, Member rotation, Confrontation, and Super-ordinate goals are examples of which of the following?

The balanced scorecard involves creating a set of measures for which THREE of the following perspectives?