Management Answers

Suppose you are appointed as a member of a training committee for a transport company in Gauteng. Identify potential barriers to skills development and provide an organisation.

Is corporate responsibility something that can be ignored ‐ by big businesses such as Lonmin in the pursuit of making profits for shareholders, if it makes a substantial contribution to government revenue?

“Nokia has been long the market leader in the mobile phone market and with its

enormous reach and huge customer base, had successfully created significant entry

barriers for any new player as such. Its Symbian OS being the backbone of the whole

success story contributed to a great deal in its higher perceived ease of use. Customers

used to enjoy the features, thanks to highly simplified GUI. It ruled the middle and low

end market for long.

But, Nokia did a blunder and lost its market share.”(Source:

https://www.marketing91.com/nokia-lost-market-share/)

In the context of above case, define the term strategic management, discuss, what are

the three major challenges to strategic management and specifically point out in relation

to Nokia among the three challenges, out of these challenges which challenge hit hard

to the Business Giant.

What are the cyberspace online environment risk

You are the Team Leader with Amazon. A new group of interns has joined the company. You have been given the responsibility of explaining them how to draft business messages. You explain them about, ‘Adapting the message to Your Audience.’ This can be done by -

1. Using the You Attitude;

2. Maintaining Standard of Etiquette;

3. Emphasizing the Positive and

4. Using Bias Free Language.

Explain these giving appropriate examples of each.

Define 3 Distinct Phases According to Slavenski and Buckner

1. Staffing and Orientation

2. Evaluation Phase

3. Development Phase

Define Important Objectives of Career Development

1. Fostering Better Communication in Organization

2. Assisting with Career Decisions

3. Better Use of Employee Skills

4. Setting Realistic Goals

5. Creating a Pool of Talented Employees

6. Feedback

Define Career Development Actions

1. Job Performance

2. Exposure

3. Resignations

4. Change the Job

5. Career Guidance

e first time any BBB-rated Asian company outside of Japan has issued a 40-year dollar bond. In January 2022, Resilience Ltd. raised $1.5 billion in a 10-year issue at a coupon or interest rate of 2.875%, $1.75 billion in a 30-year bond at a 3.625% and $750 million in a 40-year issue at a 3.75% coupon rate. The coupon frequency for the 30-year bond is semi-annual and for the others is annual. You’re required to compute the value of the bonds if their face value is $1,000 and the applicable rate is 6.9 percent. 

Define Distinct Phases According to Slavenski and Buckner