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Business Strategy

Oxford College of London
Module Leaders: Dr. Thava/Dr. Murad Unit No: 07 Title of Module: Business Strategy Word Limit: none Written Exam of 02 Hours (11.00 – 13.00 Hours) You are the Executive Director for McNutty Ltd, a business strategy consultancy company. You are requested to suggest and advise the new junior consultants of your company. Your task is to share your thoughts on your consultancy experience with Oxford College of London. Objectives: (Outcomes) • To examine approaches to strategy evaluation and selection- 3 • To analyse how strategy implementation is realised -4 You are required to answer both following tasks: (assessment criteria) 3. i. Critically evaluate the possible alternative strategies Oxford College intend pursuing for its prospective operations in the next three years. ii. Rationalise your ideas for a particular strategy that Oxford College should adopt. 4. i. Compare the Roles and Responsibilities of strategy implementation for following TWO organisation a. Oxford College of London (A Private Sector) b. An Adult Education Centre (A Public Sector) Identify and evaluate resource requirements to implement the new strategy, “Focus on student success rate” at Oxford College. Please propose targets and time scales for achievement of “student success rate” strategy at Oxford College. (How to monitor effectiveness of strategy implementation.) Academic Year: January 2009 Assessment Period: Semester 2 Assessment No: 02-07 Assessment Date: 20 November 2009

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Assessment format: • This assessment is a written exam, to assess spontaneous knowledge content. • You should answer both tasks. • The introduction, conclusion and appendixes are excluded from assessment. • Student should use appropriate referencing systems: Harvard Referencing Systems. (Details available at www.uwe.ac.uk/bbs/studyskills in core context.) Assessment Criteria: Assessment Grading: As prescribed by HND – H2 Unit 07. As provided by HND – H2 Unit 07

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