Acca paper F1 fia diploma in Accounting and Business Accountant in Business (AB/fab) exam kit

Required: 
Identify the FOUR issues that are most likely to be classified as opportunities for 
POL, based on the above information, by selecting FOUR of the letters from A-H. 
 
 
(0.5 marks each, total = 2 marks) 
 
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P AP E R F 1 ( F A B ) :
AC COU N TAN T IN B US INES S
 
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KA P LA N P UBL I SH IN G 
(b) 
In order to improve margins, POL has decided to undertake a value chain analysis of 
the company’s existing water bottling operations. Below are four activities from the 
value chain model: 
A Operations 
B Outbound 
logistics 
C Service 
D Procurement 
Required: 
Identify the activity above which is associated with each of the following 
descriptions, by writing A, B, C or D. 
(i) 
POL has a small call centre dedicated to dealing with customer complaints. 
(ii) Water is filtered through a four-stage process before being purified and 
bottled. 
(iii) POL’s purchasing department regularly shops around to get the lowest 
possible price for POL’s glass bottles from suppliers. 
(iv) Bottled water is held in large warehouses before being transported to 
retailers across country H. 
(0.5 marks each, total = 2 marks) 
(Total: 4 marks) 
BUSINESS ORGANISATION, STRUCTURE, FUNCTIONS AND 
GOVERNANCE 
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(a) 
Modern structural theory includes ‘boundaryless’ organisations – in particular: 
A Hollow 
B Virtual 
C Modular 
Required:
Classify the following as relating to either A (hollow), B (virtual) or C (modular):