Mb lol, I didn't do finance, cos operations seemed easier to me, but wasn't that bad either. It's just that I could remember all the points related for finance strategies and i remembered my operations strategies and csr, which saved me. :)
Gantt Charts provide a better representation of what tasks need to be done simultaneously. And cpa provides order, time and sequence
Could be two answers like few MCQ in previous years since both gantt chart and cpa are accurate representations and they basically do not differ a lot
Kinda cooked for that lol, but marketing could also be the essay since it was marketing and operations last year and hr and finance for report. So wouldn't it be a bit too obvious if they just swap the two around. So I think it will be:
Report = Operations and HR
Essay = Finance or Marketing...
Outsourcing involves transferring the entire responsibility for a function to an external service, while contracting brings in external help to complete specific HR tasks or projects (contractors are not employed by the business)
Hedging is trying of minimising risk by using financial instruments or strategies to protect against a particular issue. For example, currency fluctuations.
Derivatives are the financial instruments. Like forward exchange contract, swap contract and option contract
Equity (if your asking in...
Ngl if you read your notes or other notes and just memorise syllabus dot points it is quite self-explanatory. Probably takes 2 or 3 hours I would say. And if you want to memorise your notes, depends on how long they are but otherwise should probably 4 or 5 hours. But thats beleiving you already...