Never has the role of HR been more important to an organization’s success than in these volatile and unpredictable times. As the world recovers from the coronavirus pandemic and takes on additional emerging challenges such as rising inflation, lagging supply chains, or severe talent shortages, HR departments will be the driving force behind any and all necessary changes. In 2021, HR solidified its strategic position […]
Posted: April 24, 2023
Question 1 (Marks: 55) You are an Economics consultant at Economics 4U, a small consulting firm that helps its clients to use Economics knowledge for better business decision-making. You have been approached by a new client, Mr. PD Smith, a product manufacturer, to conduct research on the price elasticity of demand, income elasticity of demand and the price elasticity of supply for his product category. […]
Posted: April 24, 2023
Q.1.1 Other than investors and management, who else would be interested in the financial information of a business? List 4 other users and explain why they would be interested in the financial information. Q.1.2 List 2 questions you think investors would be asking themselves prior to deciding whether or not to invest in a business. Q.1.3 Management accounting is one branch of accounting. In your […]
Posted: April 24, 2023
Task 1: Argument Analysis – Short Essay [Marks: 30] For this task, you will need to use your knowledge of argument structures and analysis, as well as various philosophical approaches you covered in Learning Unit 1 and 2 and apply these to a real-life education scenario in the form of a short essay. You are required to: • Carefully read the news article by Cebelihle […]
Posted: April 20, 2023
POE Activity 1: Knowledge of Content (Marks: 50) South African teachers, in public and a few private schools, are to teach using the CAPS document to ensure that they cover the correct content at the correct time. You, an experienced teacher, have a much newer teacher, Mr Smith, asking you for advice. He has been teaching Grade 4 Mathematics for two years, and school management […]
Posted: April 17, 2023
Starbucks opens a new store in China every 15 hours. This hugely popular global coffee brand generates an annual revenue of over $22 billion thanks to their 25,000 stores located across six continents. How did they achieve this level of success? By focusing on their supply chain. Back in the early 2000s, Starbucks’ business was starting to gain momentum but their supply chain and logistics […]
Posted: April 17, 2023
Scenario Maria is an informal hawker and she sells her baked goods on a busy street in the CBD. She only accepts cash for any item purchased and has not included VAT in her sales. She would like to expand her business and rent a small shop which must be registered as a trading company and registered for Value Added Tax (VAT) with the South […]
Posted: April 15, 2023
The most severe power cuts ever experienced in South Africa are threatening food and water supplies and disrupting the lives of millions of people, including chicken farmers. In the poultry industry, electricity outages have forced factories to pause round-the-clock operations for as long as half a day at a time. As a result, over 10 million birds designated for slaughter are still alive and consuming feed, […]
Posted: April 13, 2023
Q.1.1 On a task to structure a curriculum framework, you are invited as a teaching and learning expert to advise the Department of Basic Education on the following points: Q.1.1.1 What is an experience-based approach to structuring a curriculum framework? (4) Q.1.1.2 Suggest one positive reason for structuring the curriculum in this way. (3) Q.1.1.3 What would be a negative consequence of using an experience-based […]
Posted: April 6, 2023
