Governance for sustainable development Samenvattingen, Aantekeningen en Examens

1.1 Background of Corporate Governance in South Africa INTRODUCTION The Industrial Revolution began in Britain in the 18th century from 1760 to 1840 and from there spread to other parts of the world ( Industrial Revolution businesses grew from entities owned and managed by the same person into large organisations in which the owners (shareholders) and management (executive directors) were separate parties. Currently in most countries, the shareholders appoint the directors in a compan...

LCP4805 EXAM PACK 2023 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. What was the nature and implications of the ruling in South Africa‟s first climate change case? (10) [20] South Africa’s First Climate Change Case Earthlife Africa Johannesburg v. The Minister of Environmental Affairs and others In this case the High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division, Pretoria ruled in favour of Earthlife Africa Johannesburg on the basis that when granting an environmental authorisation (EA) to the Thabametsi Power Pr...

MNG3701-Strategic Planning IIIA STUDY SUMMARY NOTES & EXAM PREP 2022. 1.1 SSTRATEGY Strategy can be defined as the direction provided by the actions and decisions of strategists in pursuit of organisational goals . It encompasses a set of actions an organisation takes to create competitive advantage. It is the longterm direction of the organisation – the things the business does, the paths it follows and the decisions it takes in order to reach certain goals. It provides members of the org...

Activity-Based costing (ABC) Ans: A method of cost accounting designed to identify streams of activity and then to allocate costs across particular business processes according to the mount of time employees devote to particular activities Adapters Ans: Companies that take the current industry structure and its evolution as givens, and choose where to compete. Adverse impact Ans: When a seemingly neutral employment practice has a disproportionately negative effect on a protected group. Ad...

Which of the following is a governance issue? A. Tax transparency B. Health and safety C. Working conditions - Answer A is correct because "[e]xamples of the definition and scope of ESG issues can be illustrated by the two widely-referenced organisations...Tax Transparency [falls under the umbrella of] Governance". B is incorrect because "[e]xamples of the definition and scope of ESG issues can be illustrated by the two widely-referenced organisations...Health & Safety [falls under th...

CAIA Level I Exam 2023 5th percentile vs 25th percentile performance - CORRECT ANSWER-5th percentile managers outperform in every comparison BUT 25th percentile managers' performance is more volatile --> even if 25th percentile managers outperform they tend to mean revert --> demonstrates the perils of choosing managers based on historical performance alternative asset performance evaluation - CORRECT ANSWER-unlike in traditional assets, alpha is difficult to define in alterna...

Seven Core Competencies of the Lean Enterprise - Team and Technical Agility Agile Product Delivery Enterprise Solution Delivery Lean Portfolio Management Organizational Agility Continuous Learning Culture Lean Agile Leadership Spanning Palette - Not an artifact per se; rather, it comprises various roles and artifacts that may be applicable at any level of the framework. It is used to customize the framework implementation to a specific context. For a more complete discussion, see ...

SAFe for Lean Enterprises - ANSWER-A knowledge base of proven, integrated principles, practices, and competencies for achieving Business Agility by implementing Lean, Agile, and DevOps at scale. Critical ART success factors - ANSWER-1) SAFe Lean-Agile Principles 2) Real Agile Teams and Trains 3) Cadence and Synchronization 4) PI Planning 5) Customer Centricity, DevOps and Release on Demand 6) System Demo 7) Inspect & Adapt 8) IP Iteration 9) Architectural Runway 10) Lean-Agi...

This document entails all the obliged literature as noted in the Course Guide of this course (ENR-20306) teached at the Wageningen University year 2022-2023. Books: • Hanley, Nick, Jason Shogren, and Ben White (2019), Introduction to environmental economics. Oxford University Press, 3rd edition, 2019 (ch. 1–3,5,8,12,15) • Fisher, Naidoo, and Ricketts (2014) A field guide to economics for conservationists. WH Freeman, Cheltenham, UK., chapter: 2 • Van Koppen & Spaargaren, Environmen...

Business and Society: Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy 17e 17th Edition by Anne Lawrence, James Weber, Vanessa D. Hill and David M. Wasieleski. Full Chapters test bank included PART ONE: Business in Society  Chapter 1: The Corporation and Its Stakeholders  Chapter 2: Managing Public Issues and Stakeholder Relationships  Chapter 3: Corporate Social Responsibility and Global Citizenship  Chapter 4: Business in a Globalized World  PART TWO: Business and Ethics  Chapter 5: Ethics and ...