FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

TEST 1
DUE DATE: 15 March 2024

SUBJECT: Fundamentals of Strategic Planning

CODE: FSP417 MAXIMUM 30

MARKS:

INSTRUCTIONAL Advanced Diploma in INSTRUCTIONAL

PROGRAMME: Human Resources CODES: AD_HRM
Management

ASSESSOR(S): Prof. MN Naong NQF LEVEL: 7

Ms. M. Matsepe
Ms. Nyetanyane
MODERATOR(S): Mr. I. Maseko

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INSTRUCTIONS:

1. This test is based on Learning unit 1 and must be done individually. It is NOT a group
assignment.
2. The test must be 3 pages long including the references.
3. The assignment should have Harvard Referencing, with an Arial 12 and 1 spacing and
all text must be justified at each margin. No written submissions will be accepted.
4. You are allocated 2 full days to complete this Test.
5. The test must be submitted via eThuto under Learning unit 1 on the 15th March 2024
before 18:00. No email or faxed assignments will be accepted.
6. NB: Any form of plagiarism - ‘cut and paste’, is harshly punishable and will account to
a zero mark.
7. You are not allowed to offer your work for sale or to purchase the work of other
students. This includes the use of professional assignment writers and websites, such
as Essay Box/ChatGBT. If this should happen, CUT reserves the right not to accept
future submissions from you and you will be subjected to a disciplinary hearing.
8. All students are encouraged to use their own understanding when answering
questions.
9. Submissions must include your initials and surname, student number, name of the
lecturer, and the name and code of the subject.
10. Add the undermentioned declaration at the beginning of your assignment, after the
cover page.

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DECLARATION OF OWN GROUP WORK: TO BE COMPLETED

I ………………………..………………………… (name of student) ………………………..…

(student number) hereby declare that all the work included in this assignment is my own
work, that none of the work included in the assignment is a copy of the work of any other
current or former student or group from this programme or any other similar programmes
or modules, and that all sources that were eventually consulted and used for completing
this assignment have been properly and completely acknowledged according to generally
accepted principles of referencing (Harvard reference method).

Signed on this day: ………………………………… 2024.

By: __________________ (student’s signature).

LONG QUESTIONS: 30 MARKS

1. In your own words write a brief executive summary of what strategic management is
all about to a manager of an organisation in order to convince him or her of the
necessity for strategic management.
2. Go to the website of any South African organisation and identify how this organisation
applies its strategic management in its day- to-day business operations.

THE END
TOTAL: 50 MARKS

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