IB Diploma - Business And Management

Course Outline

Standard Level

Topic 1: Business organization and environment
1.1 Nature of business activity
1.2 Types of organization
1.3 Organizational objectives
1.4 Stakeholders
1.5 External environment
1.6 Organizational planning tools
1.7 Growth and evolution
1.8 Change and the management of change
1.9 Globalization
Topic 2: Human resources
2.1 Human resource planning
2.2 Organizational structure
2.3 Communication
2.4 Leadership and management
2.5 Motivation
2.6 Organizational and corporate cultures
2.7 Employer and employee relations
2.8 Crisis management and contingency planning
Topic 3: Accounts and finance
3.1 Sources of finance
3.2 Investment appraisal
3.3 Working capital
3.4 Budgeting
3.5 Final accounts
3.6 Ratio analysis
Topic 4: Marketing
4.1 The role of marketing
4.2 Marketing planning
4.3 Product
4.4 Price
4.5 Promotion
4.6 Place (distribution)
4.7 International marketing
4.8 E-commerce
Topic 5: Operations management
5.1 Production methods
5.2 Costs and revenues
5.3 Break-even analysis
5.4 Quality assurance
5.5 Location
5.7 Production planning

Assessment

The course is assessed both externally and internally in order to arrive at an overall level of 1 to 7 for the subject.

(i) External assessment - The External Examination papers are as follows:

Standard level (SL)

 

External assessment

Internal assessment

Syllabus content

All five topics

All five topics

Any topic from the HL/SL core syllabus

Assessment objectives

1–6

1–6

1–6

Method

Based on a case study issued in advance.
Section A (HL/SL)
Students answer two of three structured questions. (30 marks)
Section B (HL/SL)
Students answer one compulsory structured question including evaluative skills. (20 marks)
Section A and section B are common to both HL and SL students. SL students do not have a section C.

描述: http://xmltwo.ibo.org/publications/images/SLicon_screen-en.pngSection A
Students answer one of two structured questions based on stimulus material with a quantitative element. (20 marks)
描述: http://xmltwo.ibo.org/publications/images/SLicon_screen-en.pngSection B
Students answer two of three structured questions based on stimulus material. (40 marks)

Written commentary
Written commentary based on three to five supporting documents about a real issue or problem facing a particular organization. (Maximum 1,500 words) (25 marks)

Total marks

50 marks

60 marks

25 marks

Component time

1¼ hours

1¾ hours

15 hours

Weighting

35%

40%

25%

 

 

 

 

(ii) Internal assessment –
There are four major internal assessment points during the course:


Year 11

May

Year 11 Internal Examination

 

May

Business Report presentation

Year 12

December

Hand in IA

 

February

Mock Examinations

All students have to complete a 1,500 word written commentary on an ongoing business decision currently taking place in a real world situation.

The project may also be a research issue involving the company.
This counts for 25% of the Diploma mark.

For further information please download the Diploma Subject Guide