Finance and accounting strategy

Analyse the likely opportunities and threats to SA arising from the forecast economic changes in Appendix 1.

March 2017

Evaluate the significance of business planning for PY's future success.

March 2019

Analyse the likely effect of changes in interest rates on FE.

March 2020

Evaluate how the appreciation of country K’s exchange rate affects CD.

March 2024

Analyse two ways to improve IPA’s liquidity.

March 2025

Refer to lines 70–75. Evaluate the most likely impact on IPA of the fiscal and monetary policy changes.

March 2025

Discuss whether the Sandson brothers made the correct decision to sell their business to CCP for $35m.

Summer 2016

Evaluate the significance for CCP of failing to carry out strategic analysis before deciding to take over SEL.

Summer 2016

Discuss whether the methods set out in Appendix 1 are enough to enable the directors to make the strategic choice between Option A and Option B.

Summer 2018

Assume AC’s directors choose Option A. Evaluate the significance of business planning for the successful implementation of this strategy.

Summer 2019

Analyse the benefits and drawbacks to PAC of country X’s exchange rate appreciating against other currencies (lines 12 to 17).

Summer 2020

Analyse the advantages that PGC could gain from using enterprise resource planning (ERP).

Summer 2021

Evaluate the significance of corporate planning in reducing risk as Inolla continues to grow.

Summer 2021

Analyse how TT might be affected by an increase in interest rates in the Eurozone.

Summer 2021

Evaluate whether introducing Just in Time (JIT) will be enough to resolve the inventory problems at TK.

Summer 2022

Evaluate the importance to TK of contingency planning when it is implementing strategies to diversify the activities of the business.

Summer 2022

Evaluate the impact on LT of giving some tour guides an employment contract that guarantees a set number of tours each month.

Summer 2023

Evaluate whether LH's decision to take over PS was strategically correct.

Summer 2023

Advise Nala on which elements matter most in a corporate plan for the future of the city Z branch.

Summer 2024

Analyse two ways that enterprise resource planning (ERP) could make WS more efficient.

Summer 2025

Evaluate the most effective method WS could adopt to improve investor return.

Summer 2025

Analyse the possible disadvantages that KKS could face if it takes over VantoU.

Winter 2017

Analyse the limitations to ADP of using budgets and variance analysis in deciding the future of factory Q. Refer to Appendix 1 in your answer.

Winter 2017

Discuss the significance to DLR’s future profitability of business planning.

Winter 2018

Analyse how the proposed changes in the fiscal policy of the Government in country X could affect BKC.

Winter 2018

Discuss the likely effects on QH of the macroeconomic policy changes announced by the Finance Minister of Country Z.

Winter 2019

Refer to Table 1. Calculate the change in labour turnover between 2017 and 2018.

Winter 2019

Evaluate how important business planning is for AEV’s future profitability.

Winter 2019

Evaluate the advantages to GR of using budgets.

Winter 2020

Analyse one opportunity and one threat to WSC arising from the appreciation of its currency ($) against the other major currencies (lines 19–22).

Winter 2021

Evaluate the importance to WSC of effective corporate planning if Option A is chosen.

Winter 2021

Analyse two possible disadvantages for AP of a merger with SC.

Winter 2022

Evaluate the importance to Muka of workforce planning as she aims to cut MAA’s total labour costs.

Winter 2022

Evaluate the extent to which introducing total quality management (TQM) could reduce costs for TC.

Winter 2024

Advise Idir on which accounting information he ought to use to support the development of a new business strategy for PI as it enters pet insurance.

Winter 2024

Evaluate the effect of FB’s finance and accounting strategy on its performance from 2016 to 2022.

Winter 2024

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Winter 2024