QCE BusinessPractice Examination 4

This paper covers

• Unit 4 Topic 1 — Repositioning: exit options (sale, merger, acquisition, voluntary administration, deregistration)
• Porter's Five Forces applied to agribusiness/cooperative sector
• SWOT analysis in the context of business decline
• Unit 3 — Business Diversification: STEEPLE/PEST macro-environmental analysis
• Business criteria: competitiveness, effectiveness, efficiency, stakeholder satisfaction
• Exit strategy evaluation and justification
• Cooperative business structure and governance in Queensland agricultural context
• Climate change as a macro-environmental driver of decline
• M&A as a repositioning strategy
• CSR and ethical obligations in exit/transformation decisions

Students are permitted to bring into the examination the materials normally allowed for this subject. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

This is an ATARMAxxing practice paper. It is not an official examination and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by the VCAA, NESA or the QCAA.