Grassroot Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Just got the case study from my teacher this morning.....Overall it seems so different from the previous ones.Let us discuss possible concepts that may appear in exams!PS: Dont know if it is appropirate, if not.. please delete this thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim luffy Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 The case is really different. We got it last week as well and this year they were really late in releasing it. There are a lot of concepts. If you have the business and management book by paul hoang (pg number 16(roman numeral), they're some questions our teacher told us to do that will help with preparation for it. Discussing the concepts would be of a lot of help Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philematology Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 We still haven't gotten it yet. Probably have to ask our teacher about it soon - it's the first year of b&m at our school and he doesn't really seem to know what he's doing.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassroot Posted December 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 The case is really different. We got it last week as well and this year they were really late in releasing it. There are a lot of concepts. If you have the business and management book by paul hoang (pg number 16(roman numeral), they're some questions our teacher told us to do that will help with preparation for it. Discussing the concepts would be of a lot of help True.... but from my point of view the most challenging part is actually lack of consistancy between the final option and the whole story though... Concepts will be solved anyway but the issue is the level-4 Qs I will say Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilo Abulashvili Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 I am studying with Paul Hoang. DO you have cases which we can use for revision or do you have any useful material?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim luffy Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 The case is really different. We got it last week as well and this year they were really late in releasing it. There are a lot of concepts. If you have the business and management book by paul hoang (pg number 16(roman numeral), they're some questions our teacher told us to do that will help with preparation for it. Discussing the concepts would be of a lot of help True.... but from my point of view the most challenging part is actually lack of consistancy between the final option and the whole story though... Concepts will be solved anyway but the issue is the level-4 Qs I will say yeah that's true. The concepts are easy ^^ lol it's just that there are TOO MANY! Personally, i think the guy in the case study is an idiot the whole way through when i was reading it, idiot just kept on popping into my mind. I'm not sure of what decision they should take as of yet, but from the data they gave us it somehow seems obvious. I don't know. Have you guys discussed it in class yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
uusinjsh Posted December 16, 2011 Report Share Posted December 16, 2011 When I read the first few sentences I was like - dude, really? An imaginative country Loyka? WPO? Peace mission? After civil war?There are so many different details! Organisational structure, employee motivation, change of leadership, investment decision, mission and vision, cell production and many more... However, I most certainly enjoy this Case Study more than the previous, which was about charity. Even though once again it's a non-profit organisation, the whole thing seems more clear this year.We had a mock exam on this Case Study and the questions I remember (written by teacher) were:Identify 2 external and 2 internal stakeholders of this mission and describe their interest in WPOCompare and contrast objectives of NGO's and other business organisationsUse any of decision making tools to evaluate which option the mission should chooseWith references to this mission explain why mission and vision statements are important for business organisationEvaluate the decision to use cell production in potential hospital buildingEvaluate how appropriate autocratic leader in this mission isDescribe the benefits of focus groupsThere were some more, but I can't really remember them all..As for decision making, it doesn't look that straightforward. I used force field analysis in my mock exam and the university was the winner for me. Surely they had risks of social uneasiness (freedom of speech etc), however, there was something similar for hospital (male doctors iirc), plus I marked the governor support quite highly in this analysis thus came up with 1 or 2 point lead for university. Then again, I am not really sure about this and it seems pretty individual at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aman Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 v guyz r 2 studying with paul hoangprobably has the best practice case studies Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparsh Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 http://huijiabusiness.wikispaces.com/file/view/case+study+2012.pdf people here is the like to the case study.....hope it helps and by the way i think that the case study is not in a flow it certainly has some ups and downs....this years case study not satisfied! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 The case study for BM May 2012.case study 2012.pdf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aman Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 d worst part is dat it ends talkin abt kos!!! a guy whu was nt evn mentioned upto d 2nd last pagevery cnfusing and unrelevant data...specially the ending Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
uusinjsh Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 (edited) Well, Kos is a stakeholder and we get a data about his potential decision so we might have to evaluate the options. Not THAT irrelevant Edited December 19, 2011 by uusinjsh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassroot Posted December 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 I personally think that by having many concepts it will be much more easier to prepare........The tricky part might be the decision making ones, level 4 which seems easy but in fact not Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
redthunder Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 This is the first year that my professor has taught this class and has no IB training whatsoever. Could someone please describe what the case study is, what we do with it, and any other information you think may be helpful. Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim luffy Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 (edited) Well, i wrote down the list of key terms that are in this case study and also the definitions. But i'll only post the terms that i found. Please feel free to add more to the list if you found an more terms or delete any, if you think it shouldn't be on the list:Primary sectorSecondary sectorTertiary sectorOrganizational structureTall organization structureCentralizationHierarchySpan of controlOrganizational cultureMotivationLevel of hierarchyForce field analysisA non-profit organisationSituational leadership styleSocial marketingStrategic objectivesPublic relationsOperational objectivesFinancial rewardNon-financial motivational methodsCorporate social responsibilityDelegationChain of commandSole traderCritical path analysisMatrix structureWorkforce planningSocial auditEnvironmental auditPrimary researchFocus groupsCell productionPublic-private partnershipsResearch and developmentEntrepreneurMarketingEconomies of scaleIncomeSources of financeFirst-mover advantageJust-in-timeJust-in-caseStocksBusiness planExpansionRetailersWholesalerSupply chain managementWorking capitalProfitSalaryLoanCollateralOrganizational chartSurveyScale of productionI'm not really sure about the last one. Anyway, those are the ones i found and these case studies are supposed to have up to 80 or more terms :/ So please add anymore if they aren't in the list. Edited December 22, 2011 by kim luffy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassroot Posted December 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 Well, i wrote down the list of key terms that are in this case study and also the definitions. But i'll only post the terms that i found. Please feel free to add more to the list if you found an more terms or delete any, if you think it shouldn't be on the list:Primary sectorSecondary sectorTertiary sectorOrganizational structureTall organization structureCentralizationHierarchySpan of controlOrganizational cultureMotivationLevel of hierarchyForce field analysisA non-profit organisationSituational leadership styleSocial marketingStrategic objectivesPublic relationsOperational objectivesFinancial rewardNon-financial motivational methodsCorporate social responsibilityDelegationChain of commandSole traderCritical path analysisMatrix structureWorkforce planningSocial auditEnvironmental auditPrimary researchFocus groupsCell productionPublic-private partnershipsResearch and developmentEntrepreneurMarketingEconomies of scaleIncomeSources of financeFirst-mover advantageJust-in-timeJust-in-caseStocksBusiness planExpansionRetailersWholesalerSupply chain managementWorking capitalProfitSalaryLoanCollateralOrganizational chartSurveyScale of productionI'm not really sure about the last one. Anyway, those are the ones i found and these case studies are supposed to have up to 80 or more terms :/ So please add anymore if they aren't in the list.The last one should be method of production,according to Paul Hoang's textbookAlso....not quite sure about #40...I understand the meaning but I think it should be market penetration (1.7)I don't think #40 is listed in the textbook Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 Not everything is listed in the textbook.First mover advantage is very simple: http://www.marketingterms.com/dictionary/first_mover_advantage/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassroot Posted December 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 Not everything is listed in the textbook.First mover advantage is very simple: http://www.marketing...over_advantage/I do understand the concept. But I am wondering if they are really going to ask us to define words not listed in the textbook Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 Not everything is listed in the textbook.First mover advantage is very simple: http://www.marketing...over_advantage/I do understand the concept. But I am wondering if they are really going to ask us to define words not listed in the textbookFirstly...IB doesnt ask you to define anything. just apply the knowledge you have.Secondly Paul hoang's book isn't the OFFICIAL text book. There is no ONE textbook. If marketing is there in the syllabus then its there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim luffy Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 Not everything is listed in the textbook.First mover advantage is very simple: http://www.marketing...over_advantage/I do understand the concept. But I am wondering if they are really going to ask us to define words not listed in the textbookActually it is in the paul hoang text book because that's where i got the definition from. And what Ishaan said is true, not one book is used, but many others, like i have 2 other B & M textbooks excluding paul hoang. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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