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Cambridge International ExaminationsCambridge International Advanced Level
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BUSINESS 9609/32Paper 3 Case Study October/November 2018 3 hoursCandidates answer on the Question Paper.No Additional Materials are required.
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Section AAnswer all questions.Section BAnswer one question.You are advised to spend no more than 40 minutes on Section B.
Refer to the Insert for the case study for this Paper.
At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
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Section A
Answer all questions in this section.
1 Analyse the benefits to DLR of the elasticity concept when developing the new marketing plan.
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2 (a) Refer to Appendix A and lines 74–79. Produce a forecast Income Statement for the year ending 30 September 2019. Assume no other changes.
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(b) Using your result to 2(a) calculate the forecast gross profit margin for 2019.
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(c) Discuss the usefulness of forecast Income Statements to the directors of DLR.
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3 Recommend changes the Human Resources Director could make to DLR’s human resource strategy. Justify your recommendation.
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4 (a) Refer to Table 1. Calculate for 2018:
(i) capacity utilisation
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(ii) the number of apartments that must be occupied each day for DLR to break even.
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(b) Discuss the importance to DLR of increasing capacity utilisation.
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5 Assess the extent to which any two of the forecast changes in Table 3 could influence DLR’s future decision-making.
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Section B
Answer one question from this section.
6 Discuss the importance to DLR’s future profitability of business planning.
7 Discuss whether DLR’s use of strategic choice techniques can eliminate risk when taking strategic decisions.
Write the question number here: ......................
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