Introduction

Organizations and businesses are increasingly using advanced computer tech, such as cloud computing, artificial neural networks and artificial intelligence. These types of innovations present various risks and benefits, as well as ethical challenges. It's important to be aware of these issues in a modern business environment.


Course curriculum

  • 1

    Course Information & Support

    • 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.

    • Fact Sheet Packet Of Class Policies- Please Scroll Through And Review Again

    • How Well Are You Demonstrating The IB Learner Characteristics? Which Is Your Super Power & Which Presents The Greatest Challenge?

    • Infographic: IB BM Consists Of 5 Units With 40 Total Chapters ("Courses")

    • Welcome IB Business Management Student

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

    • Handout: Business Careers List

    • Here Is The Master Plan...

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

    • Please Don't Disrupt Our 40 Minute Work Cycle. Leave For The Bathroom During The LAST 5 MINUTES Of Class.

    • Your Quarter Grade

  • 2

    Your Notebook Is Your Most Important Weekly Grade & Prepares You For The May Exams

    • New Textbook Chapter 5.9 = 15 Headings

    • Read The Rules For Your Notebook Before Every Grading Day. This Paper Must Be Stapled Onto The Inside Cover Of Each Composition Notebook

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

    • How To Draw A Spider Map

    • LOOK: Page-By-Page Visual Instructions For Earning a 100% On Every Notebook Chapter. (NEW For 2024)

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

    • This Is How Your Notebook Pages Will Be Graded

    • 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.

  • 3

    "RESOURCE BANK" = Topic Lessons (31) Begin Below this Point:

    • What is the Resource Bank?

    • Take Good Notes - These Posts Contain The Content You Want To Write On The IB Exams

    • RB = 6 Sections & 31 Posts: This Includes Posts In The CCES Section (= 2 RB Days + HW)

    • Key Objectives: What You Should Be Able To Do By The End Of This 5.9 Chapter

  • 4

    Key Terms

    • Video: What Is E-Commerce? Write Down The 4 Categories + Advantages & Disadvantages

    • Video: 4 Types Of Loyalty Programs With 10 Examples

    • Video: What Is The Internet Of Things (IoT)?

    • Video: What Is Cloud Computing? (How Is It Related To CREATIVITY?)

  • 5

    Critical Infrastructures

    • What Is Infrastructure?

    • What Are Critical Infrastructures At The National Level?

    • Video: How Can A Business Protect Its Critical Infrastructures?

  • 6

    Data

    • Text: What Is An Information System?

    • Video: What Does "Management Information Systems" (MIS) Mean?

    • Video: What Is The Definition Of "Data"?

    • Video: Why Is Data Important For A Business?

    • Video: What Is "Big Data"? (Just Watch The First 2 Minutes)

    • Video: What Is A Database? (Just Watch The First 55 Seconds)

    • Video: What Is A Data Center?

    • Video: Take A Tour Of A Google Data Center

    • Video: What Is Data Mining? (Just Watch Up To 3:25)

    • Video: (T2U) How Is Data Mining Used In A Business? (Say This On The May Exams)

    • Video: What Is Data Analytics?

    • Video: Why Is Cybersecurity Important For A Business?

  • 7

    "Taylorism"

    • Video: The History Of Taylorism

    • Video: Taylor's Scientific Management Model Is Based On Data Collection

    • How To Discuss "Digital Taylorism" On Your IB Exam & In A College Business Class

  • 8

    Artificial Intelligence

    • Video: What Is Machine Learning?

    • Video: What Is An Artificial Neural Network (ANN)?

    • Infographic: 10 Ways Artificial Intelligence Can Help Your Business (Read & List In Your Notebook)

    • Video: How Can AI Be Used In A Business?

    • Video: How Can VR, AR & MR Be Used In Commercial IndustrIes?

  • 9

    Management Information Systems & The CCES Concepts (Creativity-Change-Ethics-Sustainability)

    • Required Video: Is Productivity Surveillance ETHICAL?

    • Required Video: The Gig Economy Is A CHANGE In The Business World

    • Required Video: Types Of Product/Service Systems = SUSTAINABILITY

    • Required Video: How To Choose The Best Business Model For A Circular Economy (+Pros & Cons) = SUSTAINABILITY

    • Read These CCES Definitions. If You Write Them On Your May Exams You Get Credit For Clear Evidence of "Synthesis & Evaluation"

    • CCES Assignment: Write 4 CCES Impact Statements For This Chapter Following The Given Model

    • Finished Early? Don't Pack Up! Do This ... (+ Write Out The Answers To The End Of Chapter Review Questions)

  • 10

    For Fun: You Can Contribute To Machine Learning & AI

    • Help Train Google's Doodle AI By Playing "Quick Draw"

    • Have You Tried ChatGPT? Here's How...

    • 20 Fun Things To Do With ChatGPT

    • Help Train Google's AI On Crowd Source

  • 11

    Let's Do Some Case Studies

    • Visual Of Case Study Day 1 Process

    • Day 1 Participation Requirements During Sharing

    • Instructions for Analyzing Case Studies

    • New Command Terms Definitions List (2024+) Exams = Rules for Answering Test Questions

    • Old Command Terms List = Rules for Answering Test Questions

    • STORIES: 5.9 Has Only Two Case Studies. Two Teams Will Share One.

    • QUESTIONS: 5.9 Case Study Questions. Team 1 Answers A, B, C, D & Team 4 Answers E and F For Steppe Cargo. Team 2 Answers A, B, C, D, E, F & Team 3 Answers G, H, and I For Albin's.

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

    • You Only Need To Copy The Examiners' Notes For Your Team's Assigned Questions.

    • Visual Of Case Study Day 2 Process (Read Your Presentation- Don't Show It- Give Command Term Definitions)

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

  • 12

    Review Activities

    • WATCH: Chapter 5.9 Chapter Review

    • Instruction Sheet for Review Assignment

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

    • New 5.9 Review Worksheets With 3 Tasks 1-10 M/C (Title The Top Of A New Page. Then Label The Tasks And Write The Answers In Your Composition Notebook)

    • Put Away Your Pen & Pencil On Review Day- Only Have A Color Pen On Your Desk

    • Test Yourself! Use The Review Questions Listed At The End Of The Textbook Chapter

    • Have You Achieved the 5.9 Key Learning Outcomes?

    • Online Students: You Are Almost Finished!

    • Don't Forget The Last Piece!

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

  • 13

    Quiz 5.9 Scheduled

    • Come Here On Quiz Day If You Are In The Classroom - Makeups Are On The Day You Return

    • Visual: Quiz Day Schedule Of Activities

    • 5.1 Quizlet

    • 5.2 Quizlet

What's Next?

What can you do to prepare for the May exams? Check out your BM Exam Prep course.