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Course curriculum

  • 1

    Course Information & Support

    • Class Policies For RHS Students- Please Read Again

    • Welcome IB Business Management Student

    • Here Is The Master Plan...

    • Class Work Cycle For Each Chapter = This Is What We Are Doing In Class & For Homework Every Day

    • Your Business Management Textbook and Assignments

    • Professional Instructions for Outlining a Textbook- from Cornell University (Optional)

    • How To Draw A Spider Map

    • Video: Watch A Spider Map Being Created (Best Study Tool)

    • Read The Rules For Your Notebook Before Every Grading Day

    • Video: Take A Tour Of A Business Management Composition Notebook

    • Take A Long Slow Look At A Perfect Notebook Chapter- Page By Page!

    • How To Do Your Chapter Quick Report (For The Previously Completed Chapter) *Due After Quiz Day

    • Finished Early? Don't Pack Up! Do This ...

    • Your Quarter Grade

  • 2

    "RESOURCE BANK" = Topic Lessons (70) Begin Below this Point:

    • What is the Resource Bank?

    • RB = 7 Sections & 70 Posts (= 4 RB Days + HW)

    • What You Should be Able To Do By The End Of This Chapter

  • 3

    Economies and Diseconomies of Scale

    • Video: Economies of Scale- Quick Definition

    • Key Term: Cost Benefits of Scale

    • Video: Airbus 380

    • Video: You Must Understand the Difference Between Fixed and Variable Costs

    • Video: Economies of Scale- Full Explanation with Calculations

    • Video: Internal Economies of Scale

    • Video: External Economies of Scale

    • Video: Another Giant Company- Cheung Kong Holdings

    • Video: Amazon Buys Whole Foods

    • Video: More About Amazon

    • Things That Kill A Business

    • Key Term: Diseconomies of Scale - Why?

    • Video: Diseconomies of Scale Happen When Optimal Size is Lost

    • Economies and Diseconomies of Scale Study Sheet

    • The Complete Economies of Scale Explanation

  • 4

    Small Versus Large Organizations

    • Small Business versus Large Business: The Pros and Cons

    • Video: The Merits of Being a Small Business

    • Video: The Size and Scale of Various Organizations (also a review of production sectors)

    • Video: What Happens When a Big Store Competitor Moves into a Small Store's Neighborhood?

    • Video: Meet Mars Inc. - a Private, but HUGE Company

    • Video: Mars Inc. - Working for a Large Private Company

    • Video: Bigger Size Does Not Always Mean More Profit

  • 5

    Internal/Organic Growth Strategies versus External Growth Strategies

    • Here are 5 Reasons Why a Business Wants to Grow

    • How Does a Business Know if it's Growing?

    • Question: Should Every Business Choose Growth?

    • Key Term: Organic Growth

    • Video: What's So Great About Using Strategic Alliances to Grow a Business? (use this info on your IB exams, IA and EE)

    • Video: Choosing a Growth Strategy

    • Video: The Economics of Growth (includes examples)

    • Video: Advanced Organic Growth Strategies

    • Video: Step by Step Internal Growth Using the Ansoff Matrix (Advanced Tutorial)

    • Video: Pros and Cons of Organic and External Growth Strategies (1.5 min)

    • Video: Organic/Internal Growth versus External Growth Strategies

    • Summary Sheet: The Nine External Growth Strategies

    • Video: Strategic Alliances (Joint Venture, Consortium, Franchise)

    • Video: Issues in Strategic Alliances

    • Video: What is a Joint Venture?

    • Video: What is a Franchise?

    • Video: Pros and Cons of Purchasing a Franchise

    • Video: Franchises (Exam Material)

    • Video: Benefits & Limitations Of Franchises (Say This On The IB Exam)

    • Video: The Real Origin of the Franchise

  • 6

    Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As)

    • Video: What are Mergers & Acquisitions?

    • Video: Mergers versus Acquisitions (2 min)

    • Video: Business Integration - Vertical, Horizontal, Conglomerate = External Growth

    • Video: Horizontal versus Vertical Integration

    • Video: In Case You Have Never Seen a Mercedes-Maybach (also an example of external growth)

    • Video: Why do M&As Fail?

    • Video: Review of Mergers, Hostile Takeovers, Types of Integration and Retrenchment

    • Video: How Does a Hostile Takeover Happen?

    • Video: Culture Issues to Consider in Mergers & Acquisitions

    • Video: Culture Clash Case Study

    • Video: PepsiCo and Quaker Oats Lateral Merger (EE sample topic)

  • 7

    The Role and Impact of Globalization on Growth

    • Video: Globalization has Consequences World Wide

    • Video: How Globalization Began

    • Video: The History of Globalized Trade

    • Video: Meet a famous Bollywood Actress (= a globalized film industry with 500 million fans world wide)

    • Video: What's the Difference Between Poundland and the Dollar Store? (the 'dollar store' goes global)

  • 8

    The Growth of Multinational Companies

    • Video: Definition of MNC

    • Key Term: Multinational Company

    • Video: Multinational Corporations in Global Politics

    • Video: How Corporations Became so Powerful

    • Video: "No Logo" Book Review

    • Video: "Globalization is Good"

    • Assignment: The 10 Conglomerates that Own Almost Everything We Can Buy

  • 9

    The Impact of Multinational Companies (MNCs) on the Host Countries

    • Video: How MNCs Impact National Economies

    • Video: How Multinational Corporations Affect the World

    • Video: What is "Protectionism"?

    • Global Corporate Control- a possible EE topic for investigation

    • Video: What is the TPP?

    • Video: Australia's Reaction to the TPP

  • 10

    Growth And Evolution & The CUEGIS Concepts

    • CUEGIS Assignment- Write Your Own 6 Impact Statements For This Chapter.

    • Extra Help: Examples Of Completed CUEGIS Assignments

    • Finished Early? Don't Pack Up! Do This ...

  • 11

    Let's Do Some Case Studies

    • Instructions for Analyzing Case Studies

    • What Are Command Terms & Why Are They Important?

    • Command Terms List = Rules for Answering Test Questions

    • Here are Your 8 Case Studies to Analyze.

    • Instructions for Presenting Your Case Study to a Classmate

    • Show Your Teacher Your Completed Case Studies Then ...

    • Answer Keys for the 8 Case Studies (do not download, print, or take screen shots- they are copyrighted by IB)

    • Finished Early? Don't Pack Up! Do This ...

  • 12

    Review Activities

    • Video: Mr. B's 1.6 Review Part 1

    • Video: Mr. B's 1.6 Review Part 2

    • Instruction Sheet for Review Assignment

    • What Should You Do If You Get Stuck On A Question? Don't Skip It! Do This...

    • 1.6 Review Worksheet

    • Quizlet

    • Have You Achieved the Key Learning Outcomes?

    • How Much Is Your Notebook Chapter Worth? Print and Complete This Reflection and Quality Control Checklist (Staple It Onto The Last Page Of Your Chapter Notes)

    • You Are Almost Finished!

    • Don't Forget The Last Piece!

    • Finished Early? Don't Pack Up! Do This ...

    • Visual: Quiz Day Schedule Of Activities

  • 13

    Your Written Paper (aka the "IA")

    • Where in the Business Management IA Process Are You?

    • Your IA Q2 Assignment: Time to Look Ahead at Part 2 (complete this after chapter 1.7)

  • 14

    The Business Management Extended Essay- A Look Ahead

    • It's Never too Early to Start Thinking About Your IB Extended Essay

    • Video: Investigation of the Collapse of Blockbuster Video (= sample Extended Essay investigation)

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