is the acca career fair really crowded???
and any thing to share with us

This post has been edited by littlediana: Jun 29 2008, 12:23 AM

anyone knows any changes in p1 last sitting and this coming sitting?

anyone knows?

wow wat kind of employer is tht
i took leave but still fail my p1 and p2

resit

wanna ask one thing

about sunway college do students still need to line up and pay for the notes?
waiting in the line .. wasting time...

i attended f7 last last sitting and studied at sunway...

or is it only f7???

omg for all papers... luckily this time i doing at kdu
as us part-timers busy working and studying quite hard hehe...

i cant wait for the exam tips this sitting ............ p3.........

This post has been edited by littlediana: Oct 24 2008, 10:36 AM

1 more month till exam so scary!!
p3 omg
anyone have any advice or something

tips on p3?

P3

ACCA Exam Tips for December 2008

According to FTC Kaplan following are the topics that are expected to appear in P3 Business Analysis for December 2008 attempt. WARNING:The examiners deliberately try to avoid question spotting. Use the tips as areas to have a good look at, but remember that no-one knows what’s in the exam except the examiner. Your safest bet is to achieve good syllabus coverage in your revision, as the examiner aims to do in the exam.The areas that we would expect to see most regularly in the exam are:

Analysis-type question – PESTEL or on risks.

Product choice use of BCG.

SWOT, Ansoff and change management.

Opportunities and problems of different growth strategies, eg acquisition and organic growth.

CSF and PI – relate to a scenario.

Ethics – business benefits of being socially responsible (short question).

Quality – six sigma linked in with the CMMI model (possibly technical).

Project management – stages of the project with stakeholder mapping of project members.Supply chain management.

IT – general question relating to the benefits of e-commerce. Also use of the internet and development of a niche strategy

p3 question

kotter change model
blur here
wat is the 4 factors that cause resistance to change?
how to deal with resistance to enable driving forces of change?

how is kotter and kurt lewin linked? eeeee blur....

help me pls

tq tq tq ...

This post has been edited by littlediana: Nov 16 2008, 08:44 PM

[quote=Topace111,Nov 16 2008, 10:56 PM]
Lewin touches on 2 theory = 1) Force-field theory & 2) Change process model.

1) Force-field theory
We need to identify the forces that requires company to change & forces restrainging the changes.
Example : You want to eat at 5 star hotel but usually you ate at hawker stall.
Forces requiring change = You want to appear more elegant.
Forces restraining change = You don't have enough money.

2) Change process model
We need to "unfreeze" old way of doing things (make them feel dillusioned about current way).
Then we perform the "change" necessary (on 7S)
The we "refreeze" the new culture (so that they won't revert back to original state).

Next is Kotter (& Schlesinger) on HOW TO Weaken restraining forces :
1) Education & communication = create awareness
2) Participation & involvement = create sense of belonging
3) Facilitation & support = Offer reward & coaching
4) Negotiation = Reach "win-win" situation.
5) Manipulation = Bribe Or appease the informal leader of resistance
6) Coercion = Serve warning / get tough.

Now to answer on your question of how they are linked :

Force field theory & Kotter :
In force field theory we need to identify potential resistance.
Then we need to tak poactive steps to weaken it (hence come Kotter 6 steps).
Finally we implement the changes.

In Change process model
The unfreeze part = we use (education & communication) and (particaption & involvement).
The refreeze part = we use (faciliation & support).

If you have any doubt PM me or if you want reference you can refer to Past year question June 2007, Question no 2. Sayonara

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Added on November 16, 2008, 11:13 pm[quote=karhoe,Nov 16 2008, 08:21 PM]
I guess i'm comfortable with Sunway, why do you guys say that the lecturers are inexperienced? I think the lecturers are very dedicated and I can understand what they teach.

I think the lecturer are fine but there are better lecturers out there (you need some effort to find appropriate one).
Most of the people go to Sunway because they want the "sunway" tag at their resume & dedication of lecturer (facilities are added bonus).
However if you want strictly the best lecturer they are considered "2nd best" in terms of experience, wealth of knowledge & reputation compared to those lecturer recommended at this forum (well most of them ).

Even sunway student take some papers outside (namely audit if i am not mistaken).
I undertand concern of student because they want the best out of everything so they go for "simplicity" mode by taking at the "best" centre.
However if you want the optimal result, you need to practice this motto "I choose lecturer not college".
Remember we are not talking about degree (where you study everything under one roof) but professional qualification where you are "given" option to self study or choose your own lecturer.
Of course you rather to tell your relatives you are studying at sunway than KSA ? (Ha HA me too but that time i am still immatured)

This system will create a "HYPER" competition which breeds efficiency among lecturers. You will ask why if these so famous lecturer never teach at big & classy university but settled on less known centres ?
I will answer these in detail next time but its due to 3 main factors : Low stress, Higher return & flexible period.
Most of these lecturer earn 10 - 20 times more than sunway lecturer (even offer better quality too).
However i vehemently support your "dedication of teaching by sunway lecturers" but they are more concern about your marks (hopefully prize )

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omg so in details thanks alot dear
are u studying p3 now also or u have passed ACCA hehe

anyways thanks alot

er.. one more thing

wat is the 4 factors that cause resistance to change? by kotter one...

omg exams is getting nearer and nearer...

so afraid of p3! hope to pass..

seems like alot to remember dunno which is which so blur....

i wanna ask for p3

where and which area to focus on for People (HR) & IT section?

blur and lack of time...

thanks alot

This post has been edited by littlediana: Dec 3 2008, 03:16 PM

one more question on p3

financial analysis - wat ratios to calculate?

net profit margin, gross profit margin, operating profit margin

wat other?

thanks regards,
diana

p3 hehe ya true now i feel and realised i dunno anything so blur on it ....

good one.... thanks for sharing...

aiya.....

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Added on December 6, 2008, 10:14 pmsure or not blow water...

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Added on December 6, 2008, 10:18 pmsure no need to study or not?

seems like many ppl says easy is it true...hmm.....


This post has been edited by littlediana: Dec 6 2008, 10:18 PM

er ... can i ask something about p3

strategic alliances and joint development same thing?

anyone pls help ... thanks alot

so glad to hear p1 is easy and ok....

good luck in p2...

p3 hope that is easy for me....