MCG812S - Management Consulting - 1st Opp - Nov 2022


MCG812S - Management Consulting - 1st Opp - Nov 2022



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nAm I BI A un IVE RSITY
OF SCIEn CE TECHn OLOGY
FACULTYOFCOMMERCEH, UMANSCIENCEAS ND EDUCATION
DEPARTMENTOF MANAGEMENT
QUALIFICATION:BACHELOROF MANAGEMENT HONOURS
QUALIFICATIONCODE: 07BBMA
LEVEL:8
COURSECODE: MCG821S
COURSENAME: MANAGEMENT CONSULTING
SESSION:NOVEMBER 2022
DURATION: 3 HOURS
PAPER:1
MARKS: 100
EXAMINER(S)
FIRSTOPPORTUNITYEXAMINATION QUESTIONPAPER
Ms O.N Kangandjo
Dr C van Zyl
MODERATOR: Ms A.J.ETjiueza
THIS QUESTION PAPERCONSISTSOF 2 PAGES(Including this front page)
INSTRUCTIONS
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Answer all questions.
2.
Read all the questions carefully before answering.
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Marks for each question are indicated at the end of each question.
4.
Please ensure that your writing is legible, neat and presentable and start each Section on a
new page.
PERMISSIBLEMATERIALS
1. Examination question paper
2. Examination answer sheet
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Question 1
~ECTION Al
a) Basedon your knowledge of the Management Consulting practices and your experience as an
employee (current or previous or if not imagine you are one), briefly describe what
services/products the organisation/company provides to its customers/society, why (the
reasons for this need) are these services/products provided, and how the services/products
are provided]?where are these services provided/products distributed and when (how often)
are these services/products provided? Briefly describe the context of your workplace (who
works there (demographic overview of the employees). For confidentiality purposes, do not
identify the specific name of your workplace instead, rather provide a fictitious name. (15)
b) Develop a comprehensive SWOT analysis to establish the environment within which your
organisation/company is operating from.
(20)
c) Identify a problem at your workplace which could be improved or corrected using a
management consultant. Justify why you have identified this "gap". Once again, do not
identify the specific name of your workplace for confidentiality reasons.
(5)
d) Assume that you are a management consultant, and that this organisation approaches you
to analyse their problem that is identified in (c) above. You are required to present them
with a proposal for undertaking the project. Be specific, considering the workplace context
you have already described above.
(60)
END OF EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
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