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IB Business Management SL and HL

50 lessons at SL. 71 at HL, with every HL-only topic. Five-minute lessons, exam-style questions and timed mock papers.

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Units
6
SL lessons
50
HL lessons
71
Questions
339
Key terms
129
Formulas
46

What you will study

Every lesson follows the current IB guide. Lessons marked HL are in the HL course only. The first unit is free.

Unit 1 · Introduction to business management8 lessons · free
  1. 1.1What is a business?
  2. 1.1Business sectors
  3. 1.1Entrepreneurs and start-ups
  4. 1.2For-profit organizations
  5. 1.2Social enterprises and non-profits
  6. 1.3Vision, mission and objectives
  7. 1.4Stakeholders
  8. 1.5 · 1.6Growth and multinationals
Unit 2 · Human resource management8 SL · 12 HL lessons
  1. 2.1Workforce planning and recruitment
  2. 2.1Training and appraisal
  3. 2.1Dismissal, redundancy and new work patterns
  4. 2.2Organizational structure
  5. 2.2Changing structuresHL
  6. 2.3Leadership and management
  7. 2.4Motivation: Taylor, Maslow, Herzberg
  8. 2.4Motivation: HL theoriesHL
  9. 2.4Financial and non-financial rewards
  10. 2.5Organizational cultureHL
  11. 2.6Communication
  12. 2.7Employee relations and conflictHL
Unit 3 · Finance and accounts11 SL · 14 HL lessons
  1. 3.1Capital and revenue spending
  2. 3.2Sources of finance
  3. 3.3Costs
  4. 3.3Revenue and profit
  5. 3.4The income statement
  6. 3.4Statement of financial position
  7. 3.4Intangible assets
  8. 3.4DepreciationHL
  9. 3.5Profitability ratios
  10. 3.5Liquidity ratios
  11. 3.6Efficiency ratios and gearingHL
  12. 3.7Cash flow
  13. 3.8Investment appraisal
  14. 3.9Budgets and variancesHL
Unit 4 · Marketing8 SL · 10 HL lessons
  1. 4.1What is marketing?
  2. 4.2Target markets and segmentation
  3. 4.2Positioning and USP
  4. 4.3Sales forecastingHL
  5. 4.4Market research
  6. 4.5Product and branding
  7. 4.5Pricing
  8. 4.5Promotion
  9. 4.5Place, people, processes and physical evidence
  10. 4.6International marketingHL
Unit 5 · Operations management4 SL · 12 HL lessons
  1. 5.1Operations and sustainability
  2. 5.2Operations methods
  3. 5.3Lean productionHL
  4. 5.3Quality managementHL
  5. 5.4Location
  6. 5.5Break-even analysis
  7. 5.6Supply chains and stock controlHL
  8. 5.6Capacity, productivity and make or buyHL
  9. 5.6Capital productivity and operating leverageHL
  10. 5.7Crisis management and contingency planningHL
  11. 5.8Research and developmentHL
  12. 5.9Management information systemsHL
Toolkit · Business management tools11 SL · 15 HL lessons
  1. ToolkitSWOT analysis
  2. ToolkitSTEEPLE analysis
  3. ToolkitAnsoff matrix
  4. ToolkitBCG matrix
  5. ToolkitBusiness plan
  6. ToolkitDescriptive statistics
  7. ToolkitCircular business models
  8. ToolkitDecision trees
  9. ToolkitForce field analysis
  10. ToolkitGantt charts
  11. ToolkitPorter’s generic strategies
  12. ToolkitCritical path analysisHL
  13. ToolkitHofstede’s cultural dimensionsHL
  14. ToolkitSimple linear regressionHL
  15. ToolkitContributionHL

Try a question

From “What is a business?”.

Questions are in English, like the exam. Every answer comes with an explanation.

Which of these is an input for a car factory?

  1. AFinished cars
  2. BA customer review
  3. CA sales receipt
  4. DSteel
Show the answer

D. Steel

Steel is a raw material that goes into production, so it is an input. Finished cars are outputs.

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