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2. What is the difference between a strong and a weak culture? What can a manager do to create a strong culture?
3. Does a culture exist whether a manager does anything about it or not?
4. How are stories important to building and sustaining a strong culture?
a. Give examples of stories you have heard that helped teach cultural values.
course of business banks face different types of risks which may vary from one bank to
another. a. Which are the major risks banks are exposed to and how they mitigate it? (5 Marks)
b. Suppose the regulator asks one of the losses making Bank XYZ to close a few
branches to reduce cost thereby make the bank more sustainable/profitable. But XYZ
Bank refuses to close its few branches, citing some risk/s involved in the process. What
are the risks XYZ Bank perceives if it closes a few branches. (5 Marks)
hinges on this tool. Any weakness on this front is reflected on the profitability of banks
and it also results in accumulation of stressed assets. BASEL-II has given strong
recommendations to check this menace. Elaborate in details the important
recommendations of this committee. (10 Marks)
these diverse parameters by use of different tools available with it. (10 Marks)
Tshililo is a South African music star who is billed to perform at the Africa Day celebrations on 25 May. As her publicist, develop a schedule of media interviews to generate pre-event publicity. The schedule should have at least four proposed media interviews.
Identify a celebrity and monitor media stories on him or her for a month. Thereafter, write a media monitoring report.
You are a public relations manager at an oil company in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. Explain to the board of directors the difference between internal and external environments and why these factors are important when determining a communication strategy. (3)
Rapula is the financial manager of Plastic Fantastic, a plastic container manufacturer. While doing the financial statements, Rapula will need to calculate the return on owners’ equity (ROE). In addition to net profit, Rapula will also require ___________ in order to calculate this
The following questions are applicable to the same case study/scenario as in Question 1:
The business environment is one of the most crucial variables that influence the planning context
of organisations. In order to plan effectively, organisations need to be able to manage and
analyse the business environment, both internally and externally. Many things influence the
Southern Sun Hotel Corporation and shape it to act and function in a certain way.
Complete the table below by answering the following questions on the business environment
Southern Sun Hotel Corporation finds itself.
3.1 Differentiate between the internal and external business environment by providing
characteristics of each.
(2 × 2 = 4 Marks)
3.2 Research and/or identify examples that will fall under each of the relevant headings of the
SWOT analysis. Take note of the mark allocation to identify the number of examples
required
