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Question 1
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Mark 1.00 out of 1.00
Which one of the following leadership
styles is, according to the leadership grid,
the one best leadership style for all
situations?
a. Impoverished leadership
b. Produce or perish leadership
c. Country-club leadership
d. Team leader
Question 2
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Mark 1.00 out of 1.00
In the market environment's sub-
environment of competition, _____ refer
to the relative ease with which new
organisations can compete with
established organisations in the same
market.
a. new entrants
b. competitors
c. bargaining power of competitors
d. substitute products
The overall goal of strategic
management for the responsible
organisation is to _____.
a. achieve stakeholder value
maximisation
b. attain moral excellence
c. achieve a coexistence of a
sustained economic
competitive advantage and
responsible competitiveness
d. achieve both pro t and social
value maximisation
Question 4
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Mark 1.00 out of 1.00
_____ plans are developed by _____
management to realise _____ goals
derived from overall goals.
a. Long-term; top; operational
b. Short-term; lower; tactical
c. Intermediate; middle;
tactical
d. Short-term; middle; operational
In 2019 Taste Holdings’ executive team,
with CEO Dylan Pienaar, made a di cult
decision. They announced their exit out
of the food business industry. Taste
Holdings reported that its Starbucks
stores are more expensive to set up and
run compared to their competitors.
Subsequently, they started the process to
sell their food businesses, rebranded as
Luxe, and will only be focussing on their
luxury divisions - NWJ, Arthur Kaplan and
World’s Finest Watches. Dylan Pienaar
would typically make _____ plans, with a
_____term timeframe.
a. strategic, intermediate
b. strategic, long
c. tactical, intermediate
d. tactical, long
Unilever South Africa provides personal
care and foods products. The company
offers products such as soups, sauces,
noodles, meals, ice creams, tea-based
drinks, margarines, oral care, soaps,
washing, deodorants and skin care
products. Their “Brands with Purpose”
(BWP), such as Lifebuoy, Domestos and
Mentadent, create a brighter future for all,
though initiatives such as the National
Schools Hygiene and Sanitation
programme, in partnership with the
Department of Basic Education, which
aims to touch 15,000 public primary
schools and more than one million
learners in the next 5 years. The BWP
initiative is an example of Unilever’s
outreach in communities. Mr. Jack Stone
was appointed by the board of directors
to manage the overall initiative. Each
programme run under the BWP umbrella
is managed by a separate team
instructed and managed by Mr. Stone.
Mr. Sam Rogers is the team leader of the
Joko tea initiative who reports to Mr.
Stone. Mr. Rogers’s department
comprises 24 full-time employees,
managed by four line managers who are
each responsible for ve employees
administering different task to ensure the
initiative is a success.
Mr. Rogers’s department which
comprises 24 full-time employees, and
managed by four individual line
managers, each responsible for ve
employees is an example of the _____
principle of organising.
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