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AQA BUSS 4 - Corporate Culture Discussion

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I talked about fast changing markets... Think I messed it up :s-smilie:

no you didnt, thats relevent too some people in my class also talked about competition.

Think about it look how many pointa there are there listed prevous mark scheme , 8/9 so dont be harsh on your self

Reply 1541

Carlbb

I did questions 2 and 4, used John Lewis, Apple, Barclays, Google, RIM, Nike and Primark. Found the questions to be really open, especially 02. 04 on regulation wasn't too bad either.

Did 02 on John Lewis' long term partnership philosophy (long term), Barclays need for change after its short term corporate objectives and Google only needing to change to meet consumer demand, RIM and their severe market share loss, made sure to comment and evaluate on the INEVITABILITY of change.

Based the 04 question around the banks and their high risks, mergers and acquisitions (competition commission), Apple with positive CSR moving out of China (therefore no need of regulation in some cases) and a quick point on environment with Primark and Nike.

Evaluated using the DISCO-M technique someone shared last night, thanks btw!

Think my Analysis was pretty weak though.

Please share your answers with mine.

Reply 1542

nadster

Original post by iggyDash

Thank you, you're too kind

Reply 1543

linabina94

Ffs I didn't do enough mocks so I messed up on my time management .. How many marks do I lose if I didn't mention google? And I only used 3 points for section a :frown:

also my conclusions were both **** so I think I'm going to have to retake this exam next summer because I was hoping to get an A 😥

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Reply 1544

iggyDash

Original post by nadster

Thank you, you're too kind

Lol dont know if that was sarcastic but you welcome :biggrin:

Reply 1545

mfiddy23

Survived a major catastrophe, did question 1 and 3 but accident wrote number 2 instead of 3. Realised, went back and got it changed thank god!!

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Reply 1546

butterflyy

For both my answers I did 2 points for and 1 against then an evaluation. Is that okay or is it a must to do 2 for and 2 against in order to get a high grade ? :/

Reply 1547

Jacobb95

i answered questions 1 + 5.

question 1 i talked about google, nokia, john lewis and apple. relating how similar succsesfull business's cultures are in relation to innovation and having a 'people culture' explaining why it is important for each. so my conclusion was probably different to most as i said most cultures are similar in profitable business. with exeptions such as ryan air etc etc...

question 5 ( the one about continued growth in 20 years) i talked about ikea, tata, and rbs talking about globalisation and risk taking. although i was rushed for evaluation time here so i rushed quite a lot. but said for a business to continue growing there isnt just one factor then i explained all relevent factors.

NEED A B :frown:

Reply 1548

Jacobb95

Original post by butterflyy

For both my answers I did 2 points for and 1 against then an evaluation. Is that okay or is it a must to do 2 for and 2 against in order to get a high grade ? :/

usually 2 for 2 is standard but examiners realised you are rushed for team. as long as the quality is there and relevent you should get the grades :biggrin:

Reply 1549

nadster

Original post by butterflyy

For both my answers I did 2 points for and 1 against then an evaluation. Is that okay or is it a must to do 2 for and 2 against in order to get a high grade ? :/

You're fine... I ran out of time and only only made two points in total for my section B essay

Reply 1550

Jacobb95

Original post by linabina94

Ffs I didn't do enough mocks so I messed up on my time management .. How many marks do I lose if I didn't mention google? And I only used 3 points for section a :frown:

also my conclusions were both **** so I think I'm going to have to retake this exam next summer because I was hoping to get an A ��

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if you didnt mention google you cannot score higher than a D ive been told

Reply 1551

pjohn

I thought question 2 was alright

Points for culture inevitably changing:

Poor performance (Nokia)
Unacceptable ethical practices (Nestle) (Barclays)
Market changing.. e.g. technological change ( Kodak)

Points against

Sometimes the culture doesnt need to change as they're performing really well (Google)
Changing culture could be worse.. (Sony - changing to howard stringer)

What do you guys think? any good? any ideas?

Reply 1552

username818763

Did question 2 and 5. Went good-ish I guess :redface:

Reply 1553

iggyDash

how many times did people refer to google case study?

used them for a long paragraph is that enough?

Reply 1554

nadster

Original post by iggyDash

how many times did people refer to google case study?

used them for a long paragraph is that enough?

I wrote a side comparing google to apple and inoccent smoothies and also referred to them a further two times in the conclusion.
As long as you've referred to google twice or more, you're sorted

Reply 1555

iggyDash

Original post by nadster

I wrote a side comparing google to apple and inoccent smoothies and also referred to them a further two times in the conclusion.
As long as you've referred to google twice or more, you're sorted