E3 Exam Dumps - E3 Strategic Management

Porter suggests that competitive advantage arises from the implementation of a 'generic strategy'. Which THREE of the following are NOT generic strategies?

An IT project is currently being undertaken by VVV, a large university. The project is to design and install a secure information system network for all academic staff and administrative staff in the university. The Executive Board of VVV has insisted that the key objective of the project team is to track and monitor how the information system is being used by the academic staff and the administrative staff once it is implemented.

 

Which of the following would be an appropriate performance measure for the key objective set by VVV's Executive Board?

T is a management consultant. He was recently contracted by company XYZ to act as an external Change Agent in a program of change being undertaken. T's first task was to assist XYZ in clearly defining the outcomes of the change program and ensure that these were achievable. T also set up a number of change teams and led several workshops and team building exercises. Many of XYZ's staff were resistant to the change program. Therefore, T had to ensure that he created an appropriate vision for the change and was able to resolve any conflict which occurred during the change program.

 

Which THREE of the following are the key skills of a Change Agent demonstrated by T?

Which of the following statements are consistent with an effective strategic approach to supply chain management within a manufacturing Organization?

 

Select ALL that apply.

SSS is a large department store. It operates a chain of stores throughout Country Z. It offers a wide range of products, from cosmetics through to home furnishings.

 

SSS's Value Chain is presented below. 

 

Which of the following generic strategies is being undertaken by SSS?

Information regarding two potential investments, that do not provide initial, valuable positive NPV opportunities, is outlined below:

• Y is a telecoms company, considering paying a premium for a Chinese telecoms company which has exclusive rights to service a large segment of the Chinese market, currently worth $123 billion in total The exclusive rights cover 25% of the market

• Z is a developed market retailer, considering paying a premium for an Indian retail company in the belief that the market is going to continue to be

lucrative and grow by 8% per annum for the foreseeable future The current market is worth $600 billion and the company currently has 12% of the total market.

Which of the following statements regarding sustainable excess returns for the above real options is true1?

BCD is a small private hospital providing elective surgery to patients. Elective surgery is not essential to the patient's health and can be regarded as a luxury.

Match the performance measure to the strategic goal and match the direction of improvement to each measure.

Which of the following techniques is concerned with evaluating the interrelationships between the competitive moves of a set of competing organisations?