It’s the final week of the CIMA November case study exams as the SCS students get to grips with their scenario of ADF.
Here are a few exam tips for the SCS students to think about:
Get some rest – don’t spend the night before the exam studying until the early hours of the morning.
Eat healthy – while it might be tempting to eat a full English breakfast before your exam, it won’t do you any favours.
Be confident – you’ve studied well and prepared yourself for success – be confident walking into the exam hall.
Don’t forget the new unseen material – you might want to churn out all of the pre-seen materials you have been looking at for the last 6 weeks but remember to consider the new material you see on exam day.
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My E2 revision is cranking up a notch this week as I plan to sit the exam before the Christmas period, so with this in mind I will be looking at the management of people and groups – there are plenty of models and different theories to get stuck into – so my thoughts will go up on the blog later this week.
Good Luck to all sitting exams this week and for those who just finished case study exams you can take a well deserved break (for now).
The final round of pre-seen materials for the November 2016 CIMA case study exams were published yesterday and the SCS students will focus on a company called ADF (Anderson Dairy Farming).
This SCS exam signals the end of the CIMA journey for those students who face it next so the next six weeks represents the most important in your CIMA studies!
With this in mind, the pre-seen video analysis provided by Astranti is the perfect starting point for getting to grips with the materials published by CIMA yesterday.
Good Luck!
ADF: Pre-Seen Video Analysis
SCS students will be taking on the role of Senior Manager in the Anderson Dairy Farming Company (ADF). So the tasks and questions you will face will be of a strategic nature as opposed to the more operational and mid-managerial level.
But first, we must get to grips with the pre-seen materials for ADF.
I would recommend going through the materials yourself, make notes and highlight the key information – then watch the pre-seen analysis from Astranti and align your notes accordingly.
Below is a pretty big preview video (57 minutes) of the full pre-seen analysis.
By now, you should know the pattern we are going to take!
The strategic analysis of ADF should be under-taken so you get a firm grip on the strengths and weaknesses of the company and their overall strategy.
What markets are they operating?
What customers are they targeting?
What gives them their competitive advantage?
What are their competitors doing?
The ideal model to use is the SWOT analysis – Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. Anyhow the Strategic Analysis video will give you a great platform for understanding the strategy behind ADF.
You can find the full set of videos (including Strategic Analysis) on the November SCS here.
ADF: Top 10 Issues
Once you have understood the strategic analysis and performed the pre-seen analysis, you should have an idea of the kind of questions that will come up on exam day.
However, this can be very subjective and given the amount of information you need to digest it’s an almost impossible task to identify all of the syllabus areas and likely issues that could come up on exam day.
This is where the Top 10 Issues video gives you a focus and advice from a CIMA tutor on what they believe will come up on exam day regarding the ADF case study. It’s a great way to focus your studies in the lead up to exam day.
You can find the full set of videos (including the Top 10 Issues) on the November SCS here.
Astranti SCS Pass Guarantee
Finally, the full SCS course for the ADF case study covers all of the resources you will need for exam day – ranging from the videos mentioned above to online revision classes with mock exams and tutor feedback and marking.
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