This document provides instructions for an exam on Contemporary Developments in Business and Management. Students must prepare notes on how module topics relate to a chosen organization or industry sector. Notes are limited to 10 double-sided sheets of A4 paper including a 400-word summary. The open book exam will consist of questions requiring students to apply module concepts to their chosen topic and expand on their prepared notes.

1. Exam brief for SIM337 – January 2013
Contemporary Developments in Business and Management (SIM337)
Examination based on pre-prepared notes (Up to three hours)
Assessment weighted at 100% assessing all module learning
outcomes.
Pre-exam Preparation
1) Choose an organization or industry-sector in a country with which you are
familiar*.
2) Consider all the topics covered in the module pack and prepare notes on how
these topics relate to your chosen organization or industry-sector.
3) In each case consider how the various factors have impacted or could impact
on your chosen organization or industry-sector.
4) Consider in greater depth one of the following themes:
a) Foreign Direct Investment
b) Global political institutions
c) Technological change
5) This is an open book examination. As such you may take into the exam notes
comprising of no more than ten sheets (therefore twenty sides – double sided) of
A4 white paper with handwritten (or typed in font size 8) notes. Your notes must
include a clearly identified summary of your chosen organization or industry sector
(no more than 400 words). You will be able to take these notes into the examination
room and they must be handed in with your examination paper.
6) You are allowed a paper translation dictionary.
*In the case of a large organisation or industry-sector it is permissible to
confine your answers to part of the organisation or industry-sector.
The invigilators will be requested to confiscate any sheets taken into the exam
above this number and the attempt to use additional materials will deemed an
infringement of the examination regulation.
Examination
You will be asked a series of questions based on your studies within the SIM337
module as applied to your chosen organization and/or industry.
You are allowed to take into the examination your own notes (see details above),
and a paper translation dictionary.

2. Exam brief for SIM337 – January 2013
You should refer to your notes but you should not merely copy them as you will
be expected to apply and expand upon them in relation to the questions asked.