2010 EXAM THOUGHTS

[davo__66]

what did people write by what other benifts for the org can be gained by adding locke's theory other then job satisfaction?

[jsher098]

I did:

- Define org change
-define and explain what driving force is
-Define and explain what restraining force is
-Used Toyota's sustainable change, defined sustainability
- Identified two driving forces, specifically linked to toyota and explained how they actually are driving forces (i think thats a key aspect to aswering this question)
- Identified 2 restraining forces, linked them to toyota and explained in detail how they were restraining.

what would this get me, i ended up writing about 2 pages on this - im pretty sure you needed to mention a force field analysis for this question, which most people forgot to do

Force field analysis is no longer on the study design and therefore does not have to be mentioned- its negligible... don't think it makes any difference if you did or didn't given that vcaa cannot expect people to mention things not on the study design

[burbs]

yeah wouldn't have been necessary, but allowed. Its in the Key Concepts book as one of their first defs. in forces.

[jsher098]

someone mentioned earlier for the airline question that management functions they picked were stuff like hr and marketing. i thought functions were polc, i picked planning and controlling, saying they could plan a new ad campaign and introduce a new accounting monitoring system to reduce waste. am i completely off the money?

hmmm well you might gain half marks for the startegies you stated.  I did the add campaign like you however i did that under marketing, which is a function. Your definetley gonna lose marks for picking roles instead of functions, sorry :/

Study design clearly states: 'management functions including marketing, finance, operations, hr and r+d'
Therefore if you discuss POLC (management ROLES) instead of functions you have misinterpreted the question and will therefore receive 0 out of 4 and most likely 0 out of 4 for kpi's question as you wouldn't have discussed an appropriate strategy... also busman there are no consequential marks like methods and further maths

[jsher098]

what did people write by what other benifts for the org can be gained by adding locke's theory other then job satisfaction?

- Productivity... leads to increased level of business competitiveness
-Decreased level of staff turnover- this is beneficial on a financial level as the organization will not have to invest as much in recruitment and constantly training new staff...

[davo__66]

what did people write by what other benifts for the org can be gained by adding locke's theory other then job satisfaction?

- Productivity... leads to increased level of business competitiveness
-Decreased level of staff turnover- this is beneficial on a financial level as the organization will not have to invest as much in recruitment and constantly training new staff...

do you think a more postive and hardworking corprate culture is one?

[davo__66]

someone mentioned earlier for the airline question that management functions they picked were stuff like hr and marketing. i thought functions were polc, i picked planning and controlling, saying they could plan a new ad campaign and introduce a new accounting monitoring system to reduce waste. am i completely off the money?

There were 2 aspects to the question. One mark for outlining a function and one mark for describing a stategy. If he was able to discuss a strategy well enough, then theres no reason why he can not be awarded half  marks.

hmmm well you might gain half marks for the startegies you stated.  I did the add campaign like you however i did that under marketing, which is a function. Your definetley gonna lose marks for picking roles instead of functions, sorry :/

Study design clearly states: 'management functions including marketing, finance, operations, hr and r+d'
Therefore if you discuss POLC (management ROLES) instead of functions you have misinterpreted the question and will therefore receive 0 out of 4 and most likely 0 out of 4 for kpi's question as you wouldn't have discussed an appropriate strategy... also busman there are no consequential marks like methods and further maths

[hs]

i did training and development and increase competitiveness between the graduates

[jsher098]

what did people write by what other benifts for the org can be gained by adding locke's theory other then job satisfaction?

- Productivity... leads to increased level of business competitiveness
-Decreased level of staff turnover- this is beneficial on a financial level as the organization will not have to invest as much in recruitment and constantly training new staff...

do you think a more postive and hardworking corprate culture is one?

Yes.

[accaz]

what did people write by what other benifts for the org can be gained by adding locke's theory other then job satisfaction?

- Productivity... leads to increased level of business competitiveness
-Decreased level of staff turnover- this is beneficial on a financial level as the organization will not have to invest as much in recruitment and constantly training new staff...

do you think a more postive and hardworking corprate culture is one?

I did corporate culture 'willingness to achieve' what ya guys reckon

[caity101]

To be honest I'm just dissapointed in VCAA that was such a useless exam,
and what was it? 5 marks on reward management? and 5 marks on selection strategies? wtf
and talk about strategies for functions...functions don't have strategies -_-
was so looking forward to breaking out the kotter and industrial relations work, shattered

[davo__66]

To be honest I'm just dissapointed in VCAA that was such a useless exam,
and what was it? 5 marks on reward management? and 5 marks on selection strategies? wtf
and talk about strategies for functions...functions don't have strategies -_-
was so looking forward to breaking out the kotter and industrial relations work, shattered

yer, the question went pick a mangment function and an operational strategy? what theeeeeeeee

[some guy]

Umm the question about OM strategies that are ESRM did that specify a stage in the production process? or was it in general? i cant remember

[_avO]

It was in general, but most OM strategies refer to changing inputs which ultimately processes the output more efficiently/better quality/less cost etc.

[davo__66]

would saying a strategy of not using child labour in the process stage  be one?