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 +====== Analysis of Potential B203 Exam Topics 2015 ======
  
 +I've got copies of all of the previous past papers for B203, and also some specimen papers too. 
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 +I've read through the papers and tabulated the broad areas of theory that have come up in the last four years. I didn't go any further back because the course director changed in 2011-12 and the 2012 exams have a slightly different format from the previous ones. Also I could see a difference in the types of questions asked. 
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 +The entries below are ordered by the number of times that they've come up, with Part B questions prioritised over the Part A questions (because each question is 25 marks in Part B and only 10 in Part A). Obviously there could be something completely new appear in 2015, so don't restrict yourself to just these topics. 
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 +===== Operations =====
 +  * Lean & TQM (2013 & 2014 Part B questions)
 +  * Location decisions 
 +  * quality control
 +  * new product design 
 +  * Capacity planning 
 +  * performance 
 +  * planning & control 
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 +===== Finance & Accounting =====
 +  * cash flow / balance sheet / income statement
 +  * optimisation / break-even
 +  * Sources of finance 
 +  * types of costs (direct-indirect; full; job) 
 +  * financial vs management accounting 
 +  * use of models in capital investment decisions
 +  * budgeting
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 +===== Information Management =====
 +  * technology components of information systems 
 +  * Information & Process 
 +  * Porter's Five Forces 
 +  * Data, Capta, Information & Knowledge 
 +  * Information systems strategies 
 +  * IM as a function 
 +  * decision support systems
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 +===== Marketing =====
 +  * Customer decision process 
 +  * Marketing communications programme 
 +  * Market segmentation & targetting  
 +  * Marketing Mix (and use to differentiate) 
 +  * Macro-environmental analysis 
 +  * Marketing strategy 
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 +===== Human Resources =====
 +  * recruitment & selection 
 +  * strategic total reward systems 
 +  * theoretical perspectives on HR Management 
 +  * resource based view 
 +  * psychological contract 
 +  * performance & development 
 +  * employee relationship
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