Introduction
Location refers to the geographical position of a business; meaning, where it is situated. The location decision will depend on many factors such as the nature of the business, the nature of the product and the nature of human resources. The relocation decision occurs when managers need to consider moving to alternative premises. The location decision is one of the most important that any manager has to take.
Course curriculum
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Course Information & Support
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Please Check Now That Your Phone Is In Your Bag. Please Stay For 40 Minutes Of Learning & Sign Out For The Bathrrom During The Last 5 Minutes of Class.
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Please Get Ready To Learn: Get Your Materials, Sit Down & Please Be Quiet So The Teacher Can Start Class
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How Well Are You Demonstrating The IB Learner Characteristics? Which Is Your Super Power & Which Presents The Greatest Challenge?
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Fact Sheet Packet Of Class Policies- Please Scroll Through And Review Again
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Welcome IB Business Management Student
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The New 5th Edition Of Our Entire Textbook Can Be Accessed In Schoology
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Chapter Work Cycle- Same 7 Day Format For Each Chapter. You Always Know What We Are Doing In Class & What Is Assigned For Homework.
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Finished Early? Don't Pack Up! Do This ...
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Please Don't Disrupt Our 40 Minute Work Cycle. Leave For The Bathroom During The LAST 5 MINUTES Of Class.
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Your Quarter Grade
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Your Notebook Is Your Most Important Weekly Grade & Prepares You For The May Exams
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New Textbook 5.4 Chapter = 22 Headings
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Read The Rules For Your Notebook Before Every Grading Day. This Paper Must Be Stapled Onto The Inside Cover Of Each Composition Notebook
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Video: Watch A Spider Map Being Created (Best Study Tool)
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How To Draw A Spider Map
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LOOK: Page-By-Page Visual Instructions For Earning a 100% On Every Notebook Chapter. (NEW For 2024)
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Video: Take A Tour Of A Business Management Composition Notebook
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This Is How Your Notebook Pages Will Be Graded
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Notebook Checklist & Reflection Sheet- Print, Complete, And Staple Onto The Last Page Of Your Chapter Notes BEFORE Scoring Day. It's Best To Pick Up This Blue Color Checklist In Class After We Finish The Chapter Review.
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"RESOURCE BANK" = Topic Lessons (36) Begin Below this Point:
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What is the Resource Bank?
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Take Good Notes - These Posts Contain The Content You Want To Write On The IB Exams
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RB = 5 Sections & 36 Posts (= 2 RB Day + HW)
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Key Objectives: What You Should Be Able To Do By The End Of This 5.4 Chapter
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Making Location Decisions
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Handout: Basics Of Making Location Decisions
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Video: Example Of Enterprise Zones In Wales (Capital = Cardiff = IB Testing Headquarters)
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Video Key Term: Infrastructure
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Video: Locations For Bulk-Reducing Industries
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Video: Locations For Bulk-Increasing Industries
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Video: Business Location Considerations = RECIPE
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Handout: Qualitative Vs. Quantitative Factors In Location Decisions
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Video: Advantages Of Having A Downtown Location
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Handout: Disadvantages Of Suboptimal Locations
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Exam Review: Factors That Impact Location Decisions For Production
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Handout: 3 Examples Of Clustering
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Handout: How To Calculate Location Decisions With IB BM Tools
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International Locations
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Handout: Advantages & Disadvantages Of International Locations
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Infographic: Rankings For Best Business Countries
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Handout: 10 Best Countries For Opening A Business
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Handout: The Worst Countries To Start A Business In
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Infographic: Best Business Languages
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Outsourcing, Offshoring, Reshoring
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Video: Outsourcing
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Video Humor From The Onion: Americans Outsourcing Their Own Work (Just Watch- No Title & No Notes)
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Video: An Example Of Insourcing (Read The Added Notes)
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Video: Offshoring
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Video Case Study: Offshoring From Australia To New Zealand
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Video: Reshoring
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Exam Prep: Advantages & Disadvantages Of Reorganizing Production:
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Video: Why Chinese Manufacturing Wins (2017)
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Optional 2016 Video Documentary: Death By China (1 hour, 20 minutes)
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Force Field Analysis (New Location In Syllabus For August 2024)
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Video: Introduction to Driving and Restraining Forces in an FFA
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Video: Specific Examples of Driving Forces
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Video: Specific Examples of Restraining Forces
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The Four Forces in an FFA
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Video: Understand the Key Terms and the Main Idea Behind Lewin's Force Field Analysis Tool (no calculations)
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Exam Prep: Draw The Diagram To Remember The Facts About Kurt Lewin & His FFA
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Video: The Full Story of Lewin's Force Field Analysis for Implementing Change
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Video: Watch A Simple Force Field Analysis Calculation
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Gantt Charts for Visualizing Delegated Project Tasks (New Syllabus Location For August 2024)
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Video: Quick Clarification of What a Gantt Chart is (Pros and Cons)
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Pros and Cons of Gantt Charts
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Video: How to Hand Draw Your Gantt Chart
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Online Gantt Chart Makers (Write Down The Full URLs For Links That Work)
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Optional Video (No Notes): How to Make Your Gantt Chart in Google Sheets (version A)
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Optional Video (No Notes): How to Make Your Gantt Chart in Google Sheets (version B)
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Location & The CCES Concepts (Creativity-Change-Ethics-Sustainability)
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Read These CCES Definitions. If You Write Them On Your May Exams You Get Credit For Clear Evidence of "Synthesis & Evaluation"
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CCES Assignment: Write 4 CCES Impact Statements For This Chapter Following The Given Model
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Let's Do Some Case Studies
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Visual Of Case Study Day 1 Process
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Day 1 Participation Requirements During Sharing
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Instructions For Case Studies Days
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New Command Terms Definitions List (2024+) Exams = Rules for Answering Test Questions
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Old Command Terms List = Rules for Answering Test Questions
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Paper 2 Timing
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Exam Practice: Practice Working Faster (Still With A Team For Support)
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Here Are This Chapter's 5.4 Case Studies For You To Analyze. (2 Per Team- Complete One Before Starting The Second- Work Faster As Practice For May Exam)
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Show Your Teacher Your Completed Case Studies Then ...
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Visual Of Case Study Day 2 Process
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Finished Early? Don't Pack Up! Do This ...
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Review Activities
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WATCH: 5.4 Chapter Review
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Video: Mr. B's Review of Location
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Instruction Sheet for Review Assignment
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What Should You Do If You Get Stuck On A Question? Don't Skip It! Do This...
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New 5.4 Review Worksheets With 4 Tasks 1-15 M/C (Title The Top Of A New Page. Then Label The Tasks And Write The Answers In Your Composition Notebook)
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Put Away Your Pen & Pencil On Review Day- Only Have A Color Pen On Your Desk
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5.4 Quizlet
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Have You Achieved the 5.4 Key Learning Outcomes?
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Test Yourself! Use The Review Questions Listed At The End Of The Textbook Chapter
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Optional 5.4 Active Recall Flip Grid Assignment (Objective = Score A 7 For Business Management On Your IB Diploma )
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Online Students: You Are Almost Finished!
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Don't Forget The Last Piece!
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Visual: Quiz Day Schedule Of Activities
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Quiz 5.4 Scheduled
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Come Here On Quiz Day If You Are In The Classroom - Makeups Are On The Day You Return
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Visual: Quiz Day Schedule Of Activities
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