Bbim602 Enterprise Strategy
BBIM602 Enterprise STRATEGY
Revision Session, 5 April 2013.
WRITTEN EXAM GUIDELINES:
The exam is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 14-16.30.
(Please check with the WBS Registry for any changes to exam schedule).
* The written exam will account for 40% of the final mark. * The exam is closed book. * It consists of four questions each carrying 25 marks * all questions must be answered * question 1 relates to a small case study provided in the exam * questions 2-4 test various theoretical concepts and their application
How to prepare for the exam?
* You must have a clear understanding of ALL the material covered in your module, which includes lectures and seminars * Review past exam papers, which are posted on blackboard * Summer 2012 * Referral 2012 * See list of recommended revision topics.
REVISION TOPICS:
You must have a clear understanding of all the material covered in your module. To help you with revision a list of recommended topics is given below:
* Information Strategy Triangle * Business Strategy models * Five Forces * Three Generic Strategies * Value Chain * Hypercompetition model (DYB) * Organisational Strategy models * The Business Diamond * Managerial Levers * IS Strategy * IS strategy matrix (hardware, software, networking, data) * Resource-based view (RVB) * Comparison of Organizational structures and supporting technology * (hierarchical, flat, matrix and networked) * Virtual Organizations * Understanding of IT technology to support communication and collaboration * E-mail, intranet, IM, VOIP, RSS, FTP, Peer-to-peer * Social networks, blogs, wikis, groupware * Telecommuting and mobile work * Virtual teams * Relation between Strategy, Architecture and Infrastructure * Common IT architecture configurations *
Revision Session, 5 April 2013.
WRITTEN EXAM GUIDELINES:
The exam is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 14-16.30.
(Please check with the WBS Registry for any changes to exam schedule).
* The written exam will account for 40% of the final mark. * The exam is closed book. * It consists of four questions each carrying 25 marks * all questions must be answered * question 1 relates to a small case study provided in the exam * questions 2-4 test various theoretical concepts and their application
How to prepare for the exam?
* You must have a clear understanding of ALL the material covered in your module, which includes lectures and seminars * Review past exam papers, which are posted on blackboard * Summer 2012 * Referral 2012 * See list of recommended revision topics.
REVISION TOPICS:
You must have a clear understanding of all the material covered in your module. To help you with revision a list of recommended topics is given below:
* Information Strategy Triangle * Business Strategy models * Five Forces * Three Generic Strategies * Value Chain * Hypercompetition model (DYB) * Organisational Strategy models * The Business Diamond * Managerial Levers * IS Strategy * IS strategy matrix (hardware, software, networking, data) * Resource-based view (RVB) * Comparison of Organizational structures and supporting technology * (hierarchical, flat, matrix and networked) * Virtual Organizations * Understanding of IT technology to support communication and collaboration * E-mail, intranet, IM, VOIP, RSS, FTP, Peer-to-peer * Social networks, blogs, wikis, groupware * Telecommuting and mobile work * Virtual teams * Relation between Strategy, Architecture and Infrastructure * Common IT architecture configurations *