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E3 Strategic Management Questions 81–88 (page: 12)

Updated On: 4-Aug-2026

PQR is a software design company. The Board of PQR has always openly encouraged partnerships with a wide range of designers and other Organizations in its industry, to continually develop and enhance the services it offers and to utilise the expertise and knowledge of a range of individuals and Organizations. PQR's staff have also been highly creative and innovative in the design services they provide.  PQR regularly analyses and keeps up to date with changes in the environment in which it operates. PQR operates a sophisticated website to promote its services and keep in touch with its service users.
Which TWO of the following attributes of a change adept Organization, as defined by Kanter, has PQR demonstrated?

  1. Environmental awareness
  2. Openness to collaborate
  3. Sophisticated systems
  4. Imagination to innovate
  5. Continual service development

Answer(s): B,D



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

  1. Identifying new opportunities for close liaison with an Organization's key suppliers and key customers, supported through the effective use of IT.
  2. Anticipating and responding to the increasing legal, consumer and ethical demands being made on an Organization's supply chain.
  3. Effective supply chain management plays an important role in contributing to the Organization's overall success.
  4. A senior member of the management team has oversight and responsibility for supply chain activities within the business.
  5. Recognising product liability is easily transferred from the manufacturer to the retailer.
  6. Industry consolidation has no impact on an Organization's position within its supply chain.

Answer(s): A,B,C,D



A fresh-food packaging manufacturer has recently changed the design of its packaging in order to reduce the amount of non-recyclable material. Its immediate customer, a large fresh-food wholesaler, does not see the need for this re-design as it believes that it will adversely affect the storage of the fresh food. However, the final customer, a large supermaket chain, has expressed strong interest in the new packaging design, as the supermarket chain has strict Corporate Social Responsibility targets to achieve.
Which of the following statements most appropriately describes the situation outlined above, from the perspective of the fresh-food packaging manufacturer?

  1. Value Chain management
  2. Upstream supply chain management
  3. Downstream supply chain management
  4. Pull supply chain management

Answer(s): C



A grocery store has analysed its recent sales and identified that customers who purchased fresh strawberries also purchased ice cream at the same time in 65% of transactions.
Which of the following best describes the results identified in the analysis carried out by the grocery store?

  1. Sequencing
  2. Association
  3. Clustering
  4. Classification

Answer(s): B



As a CIMA qualified Management Accountant working within a manufacturing company, you are subject to both CIMA's Code of Ethics and your company's Code of Business Conduct.
Which of the following statements are TRUE?
Select ALL that apply.

  1. Where there is a difference between CIMA's Code of Ethics and the company's Code of Business Conduct, CIMA's Code of Ethics takes priority.
  2. Both CIMA's Code of Ethics and the company's Code of Business Conduct include references to Confidentiality. Disclosure on public interest grounds is therefore prohibited.
  3. Both CIMA's Code of Ethics and the company's Code of Business Conduct must be based on a set of basic principles.
  4. Where there is a difference between CIMA's Code of Ethics and the company's Code of Business Conduct, the company's Code of Business Conduct takes priority.
  5. As a CIMA qualified Management Accountant you must follow CIMA's Code of Ethics.
  6. A company's Code of Business Conduct can be rules based.

Answer(s): E,F



BBB is a global manufacturer of organic fertilizers, used by farmers all over the world to improve resistance to disease and to increase crop yield. BBB uses data from past crop yield results, international weather prediction data and predictive models relating to population growth and movement statistics to identify and predict the fertilizers it will need to produce for its customers many years in advance.
Which of the following best describes the activities outlined above? 

  1. Big Data analysis
  2. Data Mining
  3. Knowledge Management
  4. Data Warehousing

Answer(s): A



Which THREE of the following are classified as business operating systems measures within the Performance Pyramid?

  1. Flexibility
  2. Customer satisfaction
  3. Quality
  4. Productivity
  5. Cycle time

Answer(s): A,B,D



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?

  1. Identification of the information needs of LLL's customers and key stakeholders.
  2. Identification of management responsibilities and processes within LLL.
  3. Identification of what information is needed by LLL to enable it to achieve its overall business strategy.
  4. Identification of the hardware and software required to manage all of the information within LLL.

Answer(s): C



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