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Shaping futures.  \nStrategic Business Leader  \n– Read the mind of an SBL marker  \nContents  \nIntroduction 3  \n> Example script 3  \n> Question requirements 3  \nNotes to accompany the marked answers 5  \n> Question 3 (b) 5  \n> Question 4 (b) 7  \n> Question 5 (a) 9  \nMarked answers 11  \n> Question 3 (b) 11  \n> Question 4 (b) 12  \n> Question 5 (a) 13  \nIntroduction  \nThis article is intended to give you some real insight into the mind of the marker and to understand what they will be looking for when they mark Strategic Business Leader scripts.  \nExample script  \nA candidate who wants to understand what the examiner, and more precisely, what the marker is looking for needs to know what goes through their minds when they are marking a candidate’s script.  \nAt the time of writing, there have been no live exam sittings of Strategic Business Leader. For the purpose of this article, some answers were written, under timed conditions to simulate how a student might answer some of the tasks from Strategic Business specimen exam 2. Follow this link to view the specimen exam click the link here.  \nOne member of the SBL examining team has marked this example of a script and annotated the script with marks, indicating how many and where precisely marks have been awarded and has also provided explanatory notes justifying why the marks were given or withheld as appropriate.  \nThis exercise is designed to give you, the candidate, an insight into the thinking process of the marker, explaining what they are looking for, what they award marks for and giving reasons why marks may not be awarded.  \nWhile the comments made on the following script are fairly specific to this examination and the particular tasks set, the marker of this script also makes general points about exam technique and some specific insights into how a student might demonstrate professionalism in order to gain professional skills marks.  \nIf you have not already done so, you will find it useful to read the examining team’s article on professional skills and how they are marked, [at](at accaglobal.com)[ accaglobal.com](at accaglobal.com)  \nThe SBL script is an example script for a typical candidate attempting Questions 3 (b), 4 (b) and  \n5 (a) of specimen exam 2.  \nQuestion requirements  \nThe requirements for these are given below:  \nQuestion 3  \nYou are the non-executive chairperson of an ad hoc sub-committee constituted by the NCG of the Rail Co board.  \nAs a consequence of the NAA review and the recommendations of the Rail Co Trust Board, the Minister of Transport recommended that the chief executive of Rail Co should be removed from his position. Following the termination of the chief executive’s contract, the position has now been advertised both nationally and internationally and a person specification has been uploaded to the Rail Co website. In the last two weeks, two candidates have been shortlisted for final interview and a summary of their CVs is being reviewed by the nominations and corporate governance (NCG) committee of Rail Co (Exhibit 5) .  \nRequired: Following a review of the suitability of the shortlisted candidates against the outline person specification, you have been asked by the chair of the NCG to do the following:  \n3 (b)  \nPrepare two presentation slides, with accompanying notes, to explain to the NCG, the contribution which the chief executive should be expected to make in terms of talent management, to support the necessary change programme required at Rail Co.  \n(6 marks)  \nProfessional skills marks are available for demonstrating communication skills in conveying relevant information in an appropriate tone to the NCG committee.  \n(2 marks)  \nRead the mind of an SBL marker 3  \nQuestion 4  \nYou are an internal auditor working for the audit and risk committee of Rail Co.  \nThe new chief executive asked the financial controller of Rail Co to produce a spreadsheet which analyses the ticket sales and rail usage by station within the Beeland","cbCair2ZN9L9XVB9","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCair2ZN9L9XVB9","pdf",243216,14,"English","# Introduction\n## Example script\n## Question requirements\n### Question 3 (b)\n### Question 4 (b)\n### Question 5 (a)\n# Notes to accompany the marked answers\n## Question 3 (b)\n## Question 4 (b)\n## Question 5 (a)","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the article for SBL candidates?\",\"answer\":\"It provides real insight into how an SBL marker thinks and what they look for when marking Strategic Business Leader scripts, including why marks are awarded or withheld.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the example script prepared for the marking explanation?\",\"answer\":\"Answers were written under timed conditions to simulate how a student might respond to tasks from Strategic Business specimen exam 2.\"},{\"question\":\"Which professional skills are assessed across the questions shown?\",\"answer\":\"Communication skills support marks in conveying relevant information; commercial acumen supports recommendations to reduce fraud; evaluation skills support assessing the impact on customer relationship management.\"}]","Strategic Business Leader - Read the mind of an SBL marker | PDF",1789139351,35]