Course curriculum

  • 1

    Thinking About Doing An Extended Essay For Business Management?

    • Video: What You Should Be Aware Of Before Starting Your BM EE

    • Read These BM EE Titles To See What Yours Should Sound Like

    • Extra Help Getting Started With Your EE Research Question (RQ)

    • The IB EE BM Scoring Rubric - Read Each Section - Make The Examiners Happy

    • How To Write Strong RQs With Google Scholar (And Have An Impressive Bibliography)

    • Read Our Textbook Chapter About The EE (General Guidance)

    • New For 2027-The IB EE Business Management Guide

    • New For 2027- The Complete IB EE Guide (For Other Subjects)

  • 2

    Here Are "Old" Sample EEs That Earned An 'A'. There's Even A Template To Help You Write The First Draft (Remember To Use Different Words)

    • The EE Is A RESEARCH Paper

    • Our Tesla EE That Scored An A (You May Not Choose The Same Company Or The Same Research Question)

    • Our IKEA EE That Scored An A (You May Not Choose The Same Company Or The Same Research Question)

    • Another Of Our EEs That Scored an A (Your EE May Not Use The Same Company Or the Same RQ)

    • Take A Look Through Dr. Bogard's BM EE Draft Template (please do not share or circulate-it is not an official IB resource)

    • Download The Draft Template Here...

  • 3

    How To Design Your Best RQ

    • Not Sure Which Company To Choose For Your BM EE? (Junior Year's February Task)

    • Option 1: Find A Company With A Recent Crisis (Watch This Boeing Example)

    • Option 2: Find A Company Being Successful (Zipline Example)

    • Focus Your RQ On The BM Key Term Not The Company

    • Past, Present Or Future? IA vs EE

    • Video: How To Do Research Using Scholarly Business Journals (Ask The Media Specialist In The Library Which Databases Are Available)

    • List Of Business Websites For Finding For Your BM Tools (February Task)

    • Which IB BM Key Term Fits For A Human Resource Topic At A Non-Profit

    • MUST READ: Final Tour Of Your EE Thinking & Writing Process

    • Tesla Article Used As Example In Article Above.

    • IB's Guide On How You Cite & Build Your References Page At The End Of Your EE (Published 2022)

    • EE Planning Worksheet Assignment (complete & discuss in March or April of Junior year)

  • 4

    The Content Of Your IB BM Syllabus

    • IB BM Syllabus (Anchor Your RQ In A Chapter Topic & Use Key Terms in Your RQ.

    • IB BM Key Terms A-Z

    • IB BM Tool Kit- You Must Use At Least Three Of These With The Data From Your Research Sources

    • Visual Outline Assignment: Print A Copy & Complete It. Upload Your Completed Picture In ManageBac. You May Turn This In To The IB Office As Your "Outline"

  • 5

    Reflections

    • Requirement: Write Your First Reflection In MB At The End Of The First EE Meeting With The Teacher

    • IB's Main Objective = ATL (Approaches To Learning) Talk About These 5 Skills In Your Reflections- They Are Scored By Examiners!

    • Use These Questions To Develop Meaningful EE Reflections- Examiners Will Score What You Write In ManageBac.

  • 6

    IB Examiner Advice

    • Examiners' Overall Scoring Comments About Submitted BM EEs

    • Examiner Comments About Student Reflections

    • Here Is What IB Wants You To Do When Writing Your Reflections

  • 7

    Tools, Techniques, Theories

    • How The Tools Fit Into The Structure of the EE

    • Dr. Bogard's IB BM Seniors Have An Entire Course Called "The Tool Kit"

    • The IB BM Tool Kit- You Must Use At Least Three Of These With The Data From Your Research Sources

    • OLD- List Of Most Popular Analysis Tools

    • OLD- Complete List of Tools, Techniques and Theories from the IB BM Syllabus

  • 8

    This Is How Your EE Is Scored

    • The IB EE BM Scoring Rubric - Read Each Section - Make The Examiners Happy

    • Here Are The Details For Each Criterion Used To Access Your Paper

    • A Close Up Look At Criterion A

  • 9

    Your EE Affects Your IB Diploma

    • A Great EE Can Earn You Bonus Points On Your IB Diploma

    • Know The IB Rules For Earning Your IB Diploma

  • 10

    How To Read Your Company's Financial Reports

    • Video: How To Read An Annual Report In 60 Minutes (The 2017 Sample Used In These Videos Can Be Downloaded Here)

    • Video: What Is An Income Statement (Also Called A Profit & Loss Account)? It's Inside The Annual Report

    • Video: An Example Of How To Read And Understand An Income Statement For A Specific Company

    • Video: How To Read A Cash Flow Statement (It's Also Inside The Company's Annual Report)

    • Video: An Example Of Reading A Cash Flow Statement Using Tesla (It's In Their Annual Report, Of Course)

    • Video: How To Read A Balance Sheet (It's Inside The Annual Report As Well)

    • Annual Report: When Investigating An Acquisition...

  • 11

    How To Start Writing

    • Article 1 - How To Start Your BM EE (Late February / Early March Work Of Junior Year)

    • Article 2 - Three Easy Steps To Master Your BM EE (Summer Work Before Senior Year)

    • Article 3 - How To Write An Analysis That Supports Your Findings (Summer Work)

    • Article 4 - How To Make Your Good EE Great (Late Summer Work)

    • Article 5 - Dr. Bogard Explains What It Means To Analyze

    • Article 6 - What Is An Evaluative Statement? (You Must Include These In Your EE)

  • 12

    Write Like a Professional - Use APA Style

    • Understand What Plagiarism Is So You Don't Do It By Accident

    • Humor: Check & Verify What You See & Hear From Your Sources

    • You Must Use A Quote That Ends With An APA Citation In Every Paragraph (Every Source On Your "References Page" Must Be Quoted At Least Once!)

    • Handout: 4-Page APA Booklet With Examples

    • Handout: APA Quick Guide

    • Your Complete Guide To Using APA Style With Complete Examples

    • Use These 3 Writing Methods To Avoid Plagiarizing

    • Must Read: The IB Citation Rule Book

    • How To Cite AI Tools (AI Sources Are Not Reliable & May Not Be Appropriate For Any Part Of Your EE)

  • 13

    Your Finished EE

    • Time To Make Some Vocabulary Adjustments

    • How To Shorten Your Final EE Draft

    • The Final EE A-Z Checklist (You Must Write Each Letter On Your Hard Copy)

    • After Getting Your Draft Back- Follow These Steps To A Final Paper

    • How To Replace Your Descriptive Sentences With Analytical Sentences (Look At The Second Page)

  • 14

    Viva Voce

    • Video: What Is The Purpose of the Viva Voce?

    • Viva Voce Due Dates

    • How To Confirm Your Viva Voce

    • Viva Voce Presentation Handout

    • 2027+ New Form: IB Requires This Completed RPPF Form In IBIS (You Can't Earn The Diploma Without This)