QUESTION $1$What do we mean by the term mergers and acquisitions $($or $"$M&A$")?$

The term is in common parlours and has been for $20$ or $30$ years, and

you hear this term in the business news almost daily. But what does

this term actually refer to$?$ Essentially, M&A is the combination of

companies or business assets. And when you put two of these two

things together, you get either a merger or an acquisition.

With reference to the above statement, answer the following questions:

Fully explain the two concepts $($mergers and acquisitions$)$ and provide relevant

example of each.

Identify any existing South African company that have implemented one of the above

activities and a brief history about the company.

Give $5$ reasons for the M&A activity, the advantages, disadvantages the above

company experienced due to the above activity.

$(30$ MARKS$)$

The Rational Interaction and Moral Sensitivity model $($RIMS$),$ is a model which is

used to help in making decisions between issues that may morally contradict each

other particularly if the right choice is not so obvious.

With reference to the above statement, Identify and explain any $5$ assumptions behind

the RIMS Strategy

QUESTION $2$

$(20$ marks$)$

Affirmative actions ensures that qualified people from designated $($black people,

women and people with disabilities$)$ groups have equal opportunities in the

workplace. This applies to: Employers with $50$ or more workers, or whose annual

income is more than the amount specifies in Schedules $4$ of the Act.

In light of the above extract, fully discuss the objectives to affirmative actions $(20)$