問12
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M&Aに関する記述として, 適切なものはどれか。
平成28年度 秋期 ITパスポート試験 問12
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問 12
Incorrectア
This describes value chain analysis. It is a management-analysis method that examines the flow of operations creating the value of products and services and identifies which activities generate added value; it is a different concept from M&A, which takes in other companies.
Incorrectイ
This describes spinning off subsidiaries or an in-house company system. It is an organizational form that splits a company by business or by region to increase each business's autonomy and speed of decision-making, which is actually the opposite direction from M&A that takes in external companies (splitting vs. taking in).
Incorrectウ
This describes BPR (Business Process Reengineering). It is a business-reform method that fundamentally rethinks business processes and makes full use of IT to improve processing capacity and cost efficiency; it is unrelated to M&A, which involves corporate acquisition.
- エ
正解 The correct answer is エ. M&A stands for Mergers and Acquisitions, meaning integrating management by acquiring or merging with other companies. Rather than building up capabilities from scratch on its own, a company takes in an external company as a whole to obtain the management resources it lacks (functions, technology, sales channels, personnel), thereby speeding up business expansion in a short time. This is the essence of M&A. Choice エ, “Taking in functions that one's own company lacks from other companies through means such as corporate acquisition, in order to speed up business expansion,” correctly describes this and is an appropriate statement.
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- M&A means mergers and acquisitions. By taking in other companies, it is a means to obtain from the outside the management resources one's own company lacks (functions, technology, markets, personnel) and to speed up business expansion.
- Distinguishing from confusing management terms: value chain analysis (analysis of the value chain), spinning off subsidiaries / an in-house company system (splitting businesses to increase autonomy), and BPR (fundamental reform of business processes using IT) are all concepts distinct from M&A.
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