CIMA E2 - Project and Relationship Management

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.

 

A pharmaceutical organisation, whilst developing a drug for the remedy of a cold, discovered by carrying out research tests that the drug made people feel drowsy.

 

It decided to market this product as a night time cold remedy.

 

Which of the following best describes this organisation's approach to strategy?

A manager is introducing a new bonus scheme into the business that will affect ail employees.

Using Likert's model he follows a benevolent authoritative style of management.

Which of the following best describes the way he introduced the new bonus scheme?

The PRINCE2 project management methodology has consistent principles governing roles, plans, processes and risks. Which TWO of the following statements are correct?

A building project for developing new homes to customers' own specification is behind schedule and will incur penalty payments if the next milestone is not achieved on time.

 

Which of the following strategies would be appropriate in order to get the project back on track and that will not compromise customer satisfaction and could still minimse the overall cost of development?

 

Select All that apply.

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? 

Kumari is about to start her new roie in the secretarial function of a law firm.

Which of the following is likely to be key part of her job?

The functions of mentoring include which THREE of the following?

Harvey Maylor defined four stages in the life cycle of a project. This became known as the 4D model.

Match the correct stage to each activity.

T is a senior manager tasked with planning the move of the company headquarters from a city centre location to a rural estate location. More than 70 staff will be impacted by the move.

 

T feels confident that the practical aspects of the move have been addressed well but is unsure about the reaction from staff, some of whom may have to move house. He has decided to apply a well known model to analyse the situation.

 

Drivers in favour of change and resisting factors to change are all plotted out on a diagram and then analysed in depth. What is the name of this technique?