2010 EXAM THOUGHTS

[_avO]

I said autocratic,

and I talked about vertical (bureaucratic) and horizontal (flat) and said a flatter structure was better

[mba]

Does anyone have a spare copy of the exam they can upload?

[_avO]

20 MARKS ON THEORIES/MOTIVATION/HRM??
20 MARKS ON OPERATIONS
10 ON CHANGE WTF NO KOTTER GTFO
10 ON OTHER SHIT WTF IS THIS CRAP

this did not even reflect the new study design, nothing on kotter, nothing on ER,
/rant

EDIT: now that i've calmed down it was more like
4 on stakeholders
6 on management structures
5 marks on KPI's
15-20ish for operations management (6 marks on ESM, about 10 on strategies)
5 on the selection process.. er okay?
10 on change management (still no kotter )
15 on motivation theories/human resource management
0 on employee relations (centralised and decentralised.. wow the most unexpected thing ever)
5 on management styles

I fully agree man. It was a grossly imbalanced exam. Nothing on Kotter, ER, management skills or roles etc

oh wow nothing on POLC too that was just ridiculous

[sajib_mostofa]

Yeah I was torn between the two

I'm sure if you backed up your chosen style well they'll give you marks.

[kevinmaau]

Yeah, autocratic due to the urgency of the matter? :S

[xharax]

yeah that could be one way of appraoching it, for consultative i said that the manager must organise meeting to discuss the issue of the poisioning which could be due to the fact of job dissatisfaction and low monitoring of quality~~~but the manager must also retain ultimate control over the final decision and make the best quality decision overall

[sajib_mostofa]

Yeah, autocratic due to the urgency of the matter? :S

That was my reasoning

[_avO]

i sorta had to repeat what I said for two of the questions. it was the 2nd part of Locke's theory and the question after that (reward management and other benefits of locke's theory)

i said autocratic because there was no reason for discussion as it is not only a matter of reputation but it can result to the business being sued for poor quality and poisonous toys

[xharax]

the management structure was only referring geographical, product based and functional right>?because i didnt write anyfin on whether the structure was centralised or decentralised ..OMG

[_avO]

I had no idea I tossed up between discussing about geo/divisional/functional but it wasn't easy to compare and contrast that so I decided to talk about centralised/decentralised

[sajib_mostofa]

Did anyone have trouble completing the exam? I only half did the structure Q

[xharax]

but the case study said that the business was going to expand to a new market..therefore wouldnt it be more right to discuss about the horizontal structure..?~~not sure= =

[sajib_mostofa]

Am I the only one who didnt talk bout kotter in the last Q? wasnt sure whether it was actually relevant..

[flametree]

this may seem like a really stupid question but what's a management function? i just could not remember ever learning it

[xharax]

er...it didnt really say to include kotter so i didnt say anything on that , sigh~~have no idea  where the 10 mark is going in the last question sniffT.T