[BUSS3] AQA Business Unit 3 anyone? [Friday 10th of June 2011]

What did you get for question 4 ?

what marks do you think we will get for the calculations, in june/jan 2010 to ARR answer was worth 8marks and 2 for writing about the results. do you think this one as there was 2 equations will be about 10-12 for the answers then 6-8 for analysing?

As the calculations count as application, calculating both correctly would probably fall under "good application" giving 7 marks. Writing a statement about them would push it to "good application AND limited analysis" hitting L4, approx 10 marks, and giving a slightly more in-depth analysis, would score "both good," L5, 13 marks. Being an 18 marker, evaluation was needed for the final 5. Hope that helps somewhat.

Hey everyone ,I'm new here.Im stressing so much guys because you lot are getting different answers to what I got...can someone please rensure me of weather any of my answers are right...
For Q1.The two possible reasons I gave for decentralization was that sound vision had many stores so therefore decentralization would allow managers to make decisions on what local consumers want.This would reduce stock cost because they wouldn't be holding unnecessary product that is not needed by the local market.
Another reason is that having profit centers would encourage managers to generate high profits because the bonuses offered by sound vision would encourage the work force to be efficient in the way they generate profit..

Q2.I dont know what the eff I did :?But I think I got the right calculation for the NPV.But I didnt total it so therefore do I lose marks?
I evaluated it saying that NPV isn't really realistic,because it relies on the prediction of cash flow and also other factors such as the economic growth and for the payback I multiplied eachyears cash flow with three years but I forgot to divide the Intial Investment with the profit I got which was 26.3 m I think :/ & I randomly got an answer of 2.8months??
But I evaluted it So do I lose any marks??
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The third Q..I dont know what I was doing,but I attempted it by saying:Marketing budget was needed for reasearch and development of the online store and also I talked about how the amount spent on research developments is lower than industrial average so they need to spen more on there marketing,and for a weird reason I talked about how finiace is not the only department that needs finaicing to meet the objectives ,HR also needs it because they need to recurit.

WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK ? AS I'M DOING ALL MY BUISNESS A-LEVELS IN JUST ONE YEAR (so dont laugh at my crappy answers)

Well actually the mark scheme for june 10 when it was a 10 marker for AAR was " L5 Correct calculation expressed as a percentage, 9 marks, for just that one calculation Then for the final mark it was just, state: the ARR meets the Directorís requirements of an ARR of at least 12%.

Yeah, so the calculations probably would hit full application and analysis in that case, still, seeing that the question was "To what extent do you believe these to be reasonable" Im sure the evaluation is still needed.

i hate how this exam forces you to rush and panic!

What is so wrong with giving us 2 hours and allowing us to breath and plan answers effectively, so we dont tend towards rushing answers and missing stuff from the case study.

thats what i hate most about these exams!

is it only my computer thats taking forever to open these?

for question 4 i worked out ARR just as an extra calculation which turned out to be 20%. I said its a fairly good annual return on investment so that was one of my 'for the arguement' ... reckon that would be in the mark scheme or did i waste valuable time?

for question 4 as part of my evaluation i talked about how it depended on how much of the profits the mobile leader would want in exchange for their expertise , would this reduce their competitivness blah . do you think that is valid ??

For question 4 i wrote for my advantages that they would benefit from economies of scale. Then for my second point i said that the proposed move will see a reduction in wages, and analyzed to say it would decrease there costs and profit margins will increase in what is a competitive market. Then for my disadvantages i said that there current acid test ratio was poor so they should sort this out and not move at the moment, particularly as it was getting worse. Then for my other point i said they should not go ahead with it because they would need to shut 150 book stores, which were still competitive and in a stable market. Is that right, as I am a little unsure about what i wrote?

For question 4 i wrote for my advantages that they would benefit from economies of scale. Then for my second point i said that the proposed move will see a reduction in wages, and analyzed to say it would decrease there costs and profit margins will increase in what is a competitive market. Then for my disadvantages i said that there current acid test ratio was poor so they should sort this out and not move at the moment, particularly as it was getting worse. Then for my other point i said they should not go ahead with it because they would need to shut 150 book stores, which were still competitive and in a stable market. Is that right, as I am a little unsure about what i wrote?