IB Business & Management 2013 Internal Assessment Standard Level Guidelines booklet Mark Lewis Jan 2013 Page 1 of 77 IB Business & Management Internal Assessment Guidelines Standard Level – 2013 Index Page • Templates • IB Commentary on report structure • IB SL IA criteria and mark bands from syllabus • IB general commentary on SL IA from syllabus • Sample IA’s with marks (IB sourced) • General guide comments (IB Sourced) • Recent IA questions at Carey • General guide comments (IB Sourced) • Subject reports summary 3 11 13 20 23 73 74 75 77 Business & Management Internal Assessment – Standard Level Issue Choose an issue or problem for investigation Determine title in the form of a question Teacher to approve question before …show more content…
Page 8 of 77 IB Business and Management Internal Assessment 2009 Standard Level Name Criteria Details Out of Mark A Supporting documents 4 B Choice and application of business tools techniques and theory 6 C Use, analysis and synthesis of data 6 D Conclusions 3 E Evaluation and critical thinking 3 Page 9 of 77 F Presentation 3 Page 10 of 77 Business and management teacher support material Business and management teacher support material General guidance Assessed student work Appendices SL written commentary Written commentary—details Title The title question must be clear and focused, allowing the student to answer it by carrying out a limited amount of research, supported by chosen documents. If sufficient sources are not available for the research to be carried out, the question should be replaced. The following are examples of suitable questions. Is including a line for male customers a profitable decision for company X? Is an increase in wages an effective way to increase productivity and motivation in company Y? Is company Z’s decision to increase productive capacity by building a new plant a sound financial decision? Introduction A brief and focused introduction should explain the purpose of the commentary and the methodology used to investigate the problem or issue. Business tools, techniques and theory should be included to present the commentary in appropriate business format and to support the analysis
| The customers would be influenced because if the company are financially struggling the customers are there only hope to stay profiting. If the company was to go bust it means customers will no longer be able to shop there. The customers would be an external stakeholder, they can get information by advertisements and even check their annual report on the businesses website.
Describe the rules and legal requirements surrounding copyright and plagiarism and explain the need for referencing and give details of the two different types and referencing. For this task I have chosen the topic of stokes. I will discuss the four ways researching
Take in and implement better technologies immediately as soon as they have availability, regardless of whether or not there are organisations using them beforehand
1. Identify four main points that would be included in a contract of employment. If possible, use an example contract to support your answer (feel free to obscure any confidential information).
Telephone – A telephone maintains a few different features rather than just receiving and making calls. At work the phones that we use are often different to
You need to be knowledgeable and efficient and show the company in a good light. A good call could be the difference between keeping that customers business or losing it. You should use each call, whether making or receiving as an opportunity to offer great customer service.
1. Explain why change happens in a business environment. You should include at least three reasons in your answer.
The focus of EEC’s investment of the purchasing of the supplier is to cut down on
Non- electronic communication involves the distribution of a message usually in the form of: Reports, Letters, Flow Charts, Invoices and even Verbal Communication amongst employees. This form of communicating is not as popular as it once was, but it provides businesses with other avenues to communicate instead of electronic communication. Furthermore, different types of communication suit contrasting businesses in addition to, the preference of people involved within a business.
In the following, the learning team will revise the Business Research Project. The team will collect all the individual papers from week 5 and will incorporate the best elements into one team inferential statistics and findings paper and spreadsheet. The team will also note the strengths and weaknesses of their statistical findings. They will collaborate if there are any differences to find the best approach. The team will combine all the papers from
How can PICO Agriculture increase the motivation of the employees by changing their managerial style?
Open-ended questions such as these will generate energy in the class, though the instructor should take care to limit the amount of time spent in this phase of the class, since students will find it easy to offer observations about the firm’s apparent strategy and financial performance. By letting the students assess the problems of this company in a nondirective fashion, the instructor can gauge students’ abilities and build students’ “ownership” of the analysis. The next three questions are a directive approach to problem assessment and could supplement this question or be used in place of it.
This case study is located in the Assignment Section of your Blackboard. You are to analyze:
Changes witnessed over the last few years on mode of packaging and its economic impact.
2) Discuss the prospects of the company in terms of options thinking? What is the company’s dilemma now, and how can it be structured in terms of options?