OCR F297 Strategic Management Case Study Thread 2012

Hmm, I expected this thread to be more popular. I've read through the specification for this exam, and it seems incredibly long. What I usually do is just try to learn everything, but for this exam that seems impossible. Does anyone know of anything we definitely don't need to know?

Hmm, I expected this thread to be more popular. I've read through the specification for this exam, and it seems incredibly long. What I usually do is just try to learn everything, but for this exam that seems impossible. Does anyone know of anything we definitely don't need to know?

My class have gone through the case study briefly and we have looked at background info on how estate agents work etc. the process of buying a house just to get a clear idea how they operate and identifying key words.
My teacher has highlighted CPA, Balance sheets and macro economic influences as very important areas of focus, however these areas haven't been fully elaborated on as of yet because we only just started looking at the case study.... also my teacher picked up on Alistair the Fastidious Vendor in terms of how he operates and his stake in SLSL we also looked at stakeholders of SLSL and the last thing was the unprompted and prompted awareness of SLSL, they have 100% prompted awareness due to marketing costs of £400 every week SLSL INVEST this seems more like a Fixed Cost to the business.

You guys actually get the case study months before the exam? What exactly is the point of CPA and stuff then if you've memorized the obvious questions which are going to come. Fail board.

The case study is 8 pages long, and the spec is ridiculously detailed. I'd probably prefer an unseen case study exam because the spec is generally quite concise, so I can just learn everything. But that doesn't seem an option with this.

Just find it weird because the Case Study in CIE is also about 6 pages long and pretty much just like the pre release one which you have. We've never seen it before the exam day though and our exam time is like 3 hours- longer then yours I think?

My class have gone through the case study briefly and we have looked at background info on how estate agents work etc. the process of buying a house just to get a clear idea how they operate and identifying key words.
My teacher has highlighted CPA, Balance sheets and macro economic influences as very important areas of focus, however these areas haven't been fully elaborated on as of yet because we only just started looking at the case study.... also my teacher picked up on Alistair the Fastidious Vendor in terms of how he operates and his stake in SLSL we also looked at stakeholders of SLSL and the last thing was the unprompted and prompted awareness of SLSL, they have 100% prompted awareness due to marketing costs of £400 every week SLSL INVEST this seems more like a Fixed Cost to the business.

wat does that mean unpromted awarness ?
thanks for the detailed response

I think it means without using promotion. So basically, if none of the estate agents promoted their businesses then SLSL would be the one people were most aware of... I think. But I have literally no idea what relevance that has in terms of the exam.

ok nice one bro
and i think an interest rate question might come up based on houses and stuff
wat u think?

im waiting for apt and tutor 2 u

It could do. I have no idea what sort of questions are likely to come up at the moment. Ahh, my school isn't getting either of those for our exam. Are they useful?

wow man yeh they are
they give model answers on the likely questions

i dont like this case study man sucks big time

I've read through the specification and the case study (again!), and I'm still really confused as to what I actually need to know. I hate this exam...

I figure we don't need to know about international implications, which seem to be in a lot of the bullet points of the spec. But stuff like ethics and environmental factors... do we need to know these? I'm so confused.

Hey, have been looking at this case-study for the past week now, and our teacher has had us looking at estate agencies as businesses and macro-economic factors at the moment. Waiting on APT notes to come out, when are they released does any one know? Anything else the case-study gives particular reference to? Thanks

Gahh, why is everyone getting these notes?! I don't get them