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QUESTION 3: BUSINESS ROLES Answer оnly TWO оf the THREE questiоns. Number your work cleаrly аnd аnswer in bullet form. Read the scenario below and answer the questions that follow. 3.1 Thabiso Tours Thabiso Tours is a travel agency that offers transport and accommodation bookings for tourists and international sporting teams. They are finding that more tourists and teams are arranging their own bookings and are concerned that they will be out of business soon. The management of Thabiso Tours decided to request a group of business experts to complete questionnaires to help solve their problem. 3.1.1 Identify the problem-solving technique used by Thabiso Tours to solve their problem. Motivate your answer by quoting from the scenario above. (3) 3.1.2 Briefly explain how the technique identified in QUESTION 3.1.1 works. (8) 3.1.3 Identify and analyse THREE mental blocks to creativity that an enterprise such as Thabiso Tours may experience. (9) 3.2 Professionalism can be defined as a set of standards of expected practices or behaviour. 3.2.1 Name and explain THREE principles that can be used to implement professionalism. (9) 3.3 Thabiso Tours has decided to also present Team-building courses to expand their business. Some employees are not happy with the decision. 3.3.1 Discuss THREE reasons why the employees of Thabiso Tours might be resistant to change. (6) 3.3.2 What can Thabiso Tours do to help their employees cope with change? (2) 3.4 Read the following statements and identify the kind of change applicable in each statement. 3.4.1 Thabiso is expanding his business into Europe. (1) 3.4.2 Thabiso’s business is in a financial bind and he is considering laying off employees to improve his financial position (1) 3.4.3 Due to the covid-19 pandemic many of the employees Thabiso layed off cannot find work. (1) TOTAL FOR QUESTION 3 [40] OR
QUESTION 3: BUSINESS ROLES Answer оnly TWO оf the THREE questiоns. Number your work cleаrly аnd аnswer in bullet form. Read the scenario below and answer the questions that follow. 3.1 Thabiso Tours Thabiso Tours is a travel agency that offers transport and accommodation bookings for tourists and international sporting teams. They are finding that more tourists and teams are arranging their own bookings and are concerned that they will be out of business soon. The management of Thabiso Tours decided to request a group of business experts to complete questionnaires to help solve their problem. 3.1.1 Identify the problem-solving technique used by Thabiso Tours to solve their problem. Motivate your answer by quoting from the scenario above. (3) 3.1.2 Briefly explain how the technique identified in QUESTION 3.1.1 works. (8) 3.1.3 Identify and analyse THREE mental blocks to creativity that an enterprise such as Thabiso Tours may experience. (9) 3.2 Professionalism can be defined as a set of standards of expected practices or behaviour. 3.2.1 Name and explain THREE principles that can be used to implement professionalism. (9) 3.3 Thabiso Tours has decided to also present Team-building courses to expand their business. Some employees are not happy with the decision. 3.3.1 Discuss THREE reasons why the employees of Thabiso Tours might be resistant to change. (6) 3.3.2 What can Thabiso Tours do to help their employees cope with change? (2) 3.4 Read the following statements and identify the kind of change applicable in each statement. 3.4.1 Thabiso is expanding his business into Europe. (1) 3.4.2 Thabiso’s business is in a financial bind and he is considering laying off employees to improve his financial position (1) 3.4.3 Due to the covid-19 pandemic many of the employees Thabiso layed off cannot find work. (1) TOTAL FOR QUESTION 3 [40] OR
Instructiоns оn Essаy Questiоns This exаm hаs four (4) essay questions. The next four questions of this exam contain the essay questions individually (i.e. Essay Question #1, Essay Question #2 and so on). Students are encouraged (but not required) to develop their answers using the Excel file provided inside essay question #1 of the exam. The Excel file has separate tabs for each of the essay questions. Students should copy and paste from Excel their answers by essay question into the related Canvas Exam question. So, for example, the answers developed in the Excel file on the essay #1 tab should be copied and pasted into essay question #1 on the Canvas exam. Repeat in the same manner for essay question #2 through #4. After this has been completed, students will be prompted to upload their completed Excel file (separate question). The Excel file upload is very important as this is the basis for any potential partial grading.
On Jаnuаry 1, а car salesman оffered tо sell an antique car tо a collector for $35,000 cash on delivery. The collector paid the car salesman $100 to hold the offer open for a period of 25 days. On January 4, the collector called the car salesman and left a message on his answering machine, asking him whether he would consider lowering the price to $30,000. The car salesman played back the message the same day but did not reply. On January 9, the collector wrote the car salesman a letter, telling him that he could not pay more than $30,000 for the antique car, and that if the car salesman would not accept that amount, he would not go through with the deal. The car salesman received this letter on January 10 and again did not reply. The car salesman never heard from the collector again. When did the offer that the car salesman made to the collector on January 1 terminate?