11. Sulaiman is a chartered accountant employed as a manager for Crumbles plc. He currently has a team of eight subordinates reporting to him and has complained to his time manager that his span of control is too wise. He has made four statements in support of his argument Which statement indicates that the number of people reporting to Sulaiman should be reduced ? ‘ I have more support from my fellow managers than previously ‘ ‘ My subordinates all do similar tasks and can help each other if required’ ‘ I have no dealings with people outside Crumbles plc’ ‘ I have more-supervisory work to do because of the new project

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11. Sulaiman is a chartered accountant employed as a manager for Crumbles plc. He currently has a team of eight subordinates reporting to him and has complained to his time manager that his span of control is too wise. He has made four statements in support of his argument

Which statement indicates that the number of people reporting to Sulaiman should be reduced ?

  1. ‘ I have more support from my fellow managers than previously ‘
  2. ‘ My subordinates all do similar tasks and can help each other if required’
  3. ‘ I have no dealings with people outside Crumbles plc’
  4. ‘ I have more-supervisory work to do because of the new project

 

12. Pula plc is a retailler of fashionable clothing for 25 to 35 year old men. Its IT function supports its marketing function in tracking photos uploaded to social media by men in its target demographic. Pula plc uses this big data to identify the fashion preferences of individual men and target its marketing accordingly

The type of big data being used by Pula plc is classified as

  1. Open data
  2. Human-resourced data
  3. Processed data
  4. Machine-generated data
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