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IB BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
COURSE SYLLABUS
SPRING, 2012
INSTRUCTOR: BRIAN MANNING
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OFFICE HOURS: MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY BY APPOINTMENT
OFFICE PHONE: 617-267-4530 ext. 113
E-MAIL ADDRESS: bmanning@newmanboston.org (school)
CLASS HOURS: 2:10-3:00 MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
CLASS ROOM: Room 42
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A. DESCRIPTION
This course is a two year elective course for students who plan to take either the Standard Level or Higher Level IB Business Management Exam. All students will study the following areas over two years: Accounting and Finance, Marketing, Human Resources, Operations Management, Business Strategy and Business Organization. Students are expected to complete an extensive area of study in all topics. Students will learn to communicate business ideas and information effectively and accurately using appropriate formats and tools taking into account different cultural perspectives and the nature/significance of global change. Also, they will learn to think critically and make business decisions by identifying the issue(s), selecting and interpreting appropriate data, applying proper tools and techniques and recommending suitable solutions for solving problems in the business world.
B. COURSE OBJECTIVES
The IB Business Management course does not provide a step-by-step guide to how to be ‘good at business’. There is no simple set of rules that can be applied at all times which will always be successful. However, by being analytical, rigorous and critical it may be possible to develop skills and approaches which can be useful when making business decisions.
To be successful, the student should learn the material well enough to use it to analyze business situations and reach informed, well supported decisions.
C. COURSE TOPICS
The course will cover the following topics in year 2:
Human Resources
Operations Management
Business Strategy
D. TEXT AND REQUIRED SUPPLIES
Required text: Business Studies, by Hall-Jones-Raffo-Anderton; ISBN 978 1 4058 9231 5
Additional text: Business and Management for the IB Diploma, ISBN 978 0 19 913531 8
E. GRADING PLAN
Coursework will be weighted as follows for the semester:
1. Homework 25%
2. Quizzes 40%
3. Mid term exam 25%
4. Class participation 10%
Mid-term grades will be based on grades to that date and will reflect the relative weighting.
QUIZZES:
There will be many quizzes (probably one for each chapter). Quizzes will relate to current topics. A quiz may be given at any time during any class period -- immediately after a lecture, at the beginning or end of a class, etc.
GENERAL:
Your recorded grades will be available for your review at any convenient time. Do remember to keep all quizzes returned to you so that any discrepancies can be easily and fairly straightened out.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
DATE DAY TOPIC/ACTIVITY
Week JAN 7 – 11 Chapters 80, 81
Week JAN 14-18 Chapters 82, 83, 84
Week JAN 22-25 Chapters 88, 89
Week JAN 28-FEB 1 Chapters 90, 91
Week FEB 4-7 Chapters 92, 93
February 11 Final IA due
Week FEB 11-15 Mock IB exams
Week FEB 20-22 Chapters 94, 95
Week FEB 25-MAR 1 Chapters 97, 52, 54
Week MAR 4-8 Mid term review/exam
Week MAR 25-28 Chapter 98
Week APR 2-5 Business strategy/IB exam review
Week APR 8-12 Business strategy/IB exam review
Week APR 16- 19 Business strategy/IB exam review
Week APR 22-26 IB exam review
Week APR 29-May 3 IB exam review
May 6 –May 24 IB exam review