Pancyprian TS Bus. Org. study plan

Define planning, organising, leading and controlling, and classify 12 given managerial actions under the correct function without error.

Distinguish between strategic, tactical and operational planning, then write one example of each for a small Cypriot retail or tourism business.

Draw a functional, a divisional and a matrix organisation chart for the same hypothetical firm and label the reporting lines.

Explain span of control, centralisation versus decentralisation, and chain of command, and state one advantage and one disadvantage of each for a growing SME.

Describe how a manager's controlling role closes the planning loop, using a simple monthly budget-variance example.

Apply the marketing mix (product, price, place, promotion) to a named local business and justify each element in two sentences.

Segment a market using at least three bases (demographic, geographic, behavioural) and select one target segment with reasons.

Outline the marketing research process from problem definition to reporting, and design five unbiased survey questions for a small firm.

Explain the difference between needs, wants and demand, and between customer satisfaction and customer loyalty, with one business example each.

Identify four elements of the business environment (economic, legal, technological, social) and state how each could affect a Cyprus-based hotel or retailer.

Compare sole trader, partnership, private limited company and public limited company on liability, capital raising, taxation and continuity, in a four-row table.

Explain the legal steps and documents needed to register a private company in Cyprus at a general level, noting the role of the Registrar of Companies.

Classify ten given business transactions into assets, liabilities, equity, income and expenses.

Prepare a simple income statement and statement of financial position from a list of balances, and check that assets equal equity plus liabilities.

Compute and interpret gross profit margin, net profit margin and current ratio from prepared figures.

Write a job description and a person specification for one real vacancy, separating essential from desirable criteria.

Design a five-stage recruitment and selection process and justify each stage against cost and reliability.

Compare Maslow, Herzberg and one process theory of motivation, and apply each to a workplace scenario to predict employee behaviour.

Distinguish financial from non-financial motivators and propose four low-cost motivation measures for a small firm.

Identify three causes of conflict or resistance to change in a restructuring scenario and propose a management response to each.

Distinguish job, batch, mass and continuous production, and match each to an appropriate industry example.

Explain the trade-off between quality, cost and speed, and describe one quality-management approach such as total quality management or quality control inspection.

Calculate simple break-even output and margin of safety from given fixed costs, variable cost per unit and selling price.

Identify four stakeholder groups and state one conflicting interest between two of them in a given decision scenario.

Evaluate one sustainability measure (for example waste reduction or energy efficiency) using cost, benefit and reputational impact.

Explain the difference between an entrepreneur and an intrapreneur, and list four personal characteristics associated with successful entrepreneurs.

Draft the structure of a business plan, naming each section and stating in one sentence what a lender or investor expects from it.

Carry out a basic SWOT and PESTLE analysis for a business idea and convert two weaknesses into concrete actions.

Estimate start-up costs and first-year revenue for a simple idea, and identify two sources of finance suited to it.

Describe how the business environment and government policy can create or close entrepreneurial opportunities.

Answer at least 60 mixed practice questions across all ten domains under timed conditions and record the score per domain.

Re-teach the two weakest domains by writing a one-page summary of each from memory and checking it against notes.

Redo every previously incorrect calculation question (break-even, ratios, financial statements) until each is correct without notes.

Build a one-page formula and definitions sheet covering ratios, break-even, marketing mix, motivation theories and organisation structures.

Complete two full timed mock papers and keep the second score above the first.

Practise five extended-answer questions on management functions, marketing and finance, writing structured answers with definitions, application and evaluation.

Review the formula sheet and recall every item on it from memory in under ten minutes.

List the three most frequent error types from all mocks and write a specific correction rule for each.