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UNIVER5ITY OF SUNDERLAND

Faculty of Business ond Law

Exominotion Poper

tviodule Codet SIll337

lvlodule Title: Contemporory Developments in Business ond Monogement

Dote: Thursdoy 12th July ?Ol2

Time: 1o:30om to 13:30pm

Durotion: 3 Hours

fnstructions

Assessment weighted of 100% ossessing oll module leorning outcomes

Port 1: Answer FIV€ out of ten guestions (50 morks)

Part 2t Answer ALL THREE guestions in ONE of the sets of questions (50

morks)

Exominotion bosed on pre-prepored notes (Up to threehours)

This is qn open book exominotion. As such you mqy toke into the exom, up to tensheets (therefore twenty sides - double sided) of A4 white poper withhqndwritten (or typed in font size 8) notes.You should refer to your notes but you should not merely copy them os you will

be expected to opply and expond upon them in relotion to the questions osked.

You ore ollowed q poper translotion dictionory.

The invigilotors will be re4uested to confiscote ony sheets fokdn into theexom obove this number qnd the ottempt to use qdditionql moteriols willdeemed on infringement of the exominotion regulation.

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- Answer FfVE out if ten questions (50 marks)

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(weighting 507")Port 1

1. fn refotion to your chosen orgonization dnd/or its indusfry sector briefly explointhe 'buyer power' ond 'supplier power' f arces of Porter's Five Forces Anclysis.ff fustrote your onswer with orgonization/industry-specific exomples. (10 morks)

Politicol ond regulotory liberolizqtion qre o mojor driver of globolizotion. Withref erences to your own chosen orgonizotion ond or industry brief ly explcin howthis is so. (10 marks)

3. Outline the economic system of the main country or countries within which yourchosen orgonizotion and/or firms in your chosen industry operate. (10 morks)

' *' :':4:--€onfracf"low=is"on importont-oreo"of*business=low. 6onsiderr=how fhs=:=,-,*eguirements of controct low affecl your chosen orgonizotion or industry.

(10 marks)

5. Developed countries often suffer from oging populotions. Some developingcountries hove very young populotions with high dependenal. Some developingcountries hove q'6oldilocks' period of o youthful populction with low dependency.Which of these offects your chosen country and how does it or will it offectyour chosen firm ondlor firms in your chosen industry? (10 marks)

6. Whot are diff erences between the Concentrotion Rotio (CR) ond the Herfindqhl-Hirschmonn fndex (HHI) methods of meosuring industry/market concentrotion?How would these different meosures give different results for your chosenindustry? (10 mqrks)

7. Whqt culturol chonges ore toking ploce in your chosen country ond how mightthey affect the operotions of your chosen orgonizotion or of firms in yourchosen industrysector in the future? (10 morks)

8. The finqnciol system hss become increosingly concentrqted ond increasinglyintegroted internotionclly. Whot ore some of the odvantages and disadvantageof these developments? (10 mcrks)

9. In relation to your chosen orgcnizotion ond /or industry sector, whot ore themoin ethicol qnd business orguments in fovour of .'corporote sociolresponsibility'? (10 morks)

!0,.'iltjsi l'ec-hn;logyii a souiCe of oppiiiiliitied dnid"b:f thieafg and chaltehEis-inbusiness."Illustrqte this statement with example ond illustrqtions bosed on yourchosen orgonizotion an/ of industry. (10 morks)

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Part ? - Answer ALL THREE guestions in oNE srit of guestions (80 monks)

(weighting 507dSet 1. Risk ond internotional business

a) Giveon overview explonotion of 'risk'. Whot ore some of fhe main effects onbusiness? rllustrqte your qnswer with o ronge of business exompres.

(20 morks)b) In greater depth. exploin how'risk'affects your chosen organization ond/or

industry ond its operotions? (20 marks)c) criticolly ossess ond evqluqte how your chosen orgonizotion or industry hos

responded to 'risk'. You rnoy olso speculote obout the future. (1o morks)

Set 2. Internotionol business entry strotegies

6ive an overview explonotion of whot qre the moin 'infernotionol business entrystrotegies'. Illustrqte your onswer with'o rqnge of business exomples.

(20 morks)fn greoter depth exploin how the moin 'internotionql business entry strotegies'crerelevqnt to your chosen orgonizotion ond/or industry. (20 morks)

c) Griticol.ly ossess ond evoluotehow your chosen orgonizotion and/or industry hasused one or more of the moin 'internationol business enfry strotegies'.

(10 morks)

Set 3. Ecologicol foctorsd) Give on overview explonotion of whqt ore the moin 'ecologicol factors' affecring

business. Illustrote your onswer with c ronge of business-reloted exomples.(20 marks)

e) In greoter depth and focusing on one or more of the moin 'ecologicol foctors' exploinhow it or they inpoct on your chosen organizotion ond/or industry.

(2O morks)

f) Criticolly ossess ond evqluote how your chosen grgonizotion ondlor industry hosrespondedto and/or should respond to one or more of the moin'ecologicalfqctors'.You moy olso speculote obout future developments. (10 morks)

END OF EXAMINATION

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