On this section students will go over concepts of business growth, global markets and expansion, and how this should be aligned with the strategy selected. Digging deep into efficiency concepts they will understand the benefits and differences of economies of scale, and how multinational companies handle it’s businesses, and how relevant the analysis tools like ANSOFF can become handy to understand, direct and achieve the business goals. Therefore how to grow one business, if it is achieved organically or inorganically, are concepts covered in depth due to its relevance.

Course is oriented to be the first contact of IB’s Business students with the business world, concepts and reality. This material have been proved over more than 8 years teaching it, with the obvious improvement that this time permits, and the results of such content has been second to non. Is structured in a way that alumna have fun learning the everyday complexities of business, as well as the human and sustainability of this economic activity. Special attention need to be underline on the participation of the alumna, so the concepts can be learned via logical discussions and discovery of concepts, more than a memorized process, over this, promoting participation and research, as well as videos of actual relevance is highly recommended.

Here the student will understand the variations and different depths of what the analytical tools at its disposal to understand the external environment, passing from PEST analysis, to PESTLE and STEEPLE, and most importantly how these tools are relevant specially in the global business world of today.

Initiating the last unit of IB Business Management, where the student will learn basic concepts of operation management within today’s modern business culture, where results are an ever growing expectation from C-level managers as well as from investors.

This PPT (71 slides) provides the teacher an aid to assist them during classes when teaching about market failures. Its progression starts with the definition of a market failure, what are externalities (Negative and positive production and consumption externalities) ,policies to correct them, public goods. This PPT was created using as source the Ellie Tragakes IB Economics book. Tragakes, E. (2012), Economics for the IB Diploma second edition ,Cambridge UK, University Printing House

Planning the marketing operations is one of the most important responsibilities in business, has been and will be this way, so in this section the student will be able to understand and learn the concepts and the rationalities behind market segmentation, its methodologies and the execution of today’s marketing planning tasks.

There are in human activity a great deal of psychological factors that influence human resources, when working as a group, and these factor are well depicted by modern theorists, but more importantly are the inner factors as well as external ones, when they are grouped and well used by modern business administrators. the student will benefit form a deep understanding of these elements, when rounded up as a part of the moderns business world.

This unit will give the student a fare and comprehensive knowledge of the concepts behind Human REsources theory and practice. Will give them an overlook over the externalities influencing how people are brought to a job, how the process work, and then the right set of tools available to managers in order to build a working culture that can be proactive over the accomplishment of business goals. Needless to say the importance of these matter in a global and changing world, as is todays business world.

These slides contain the fundamental knowledge to understand and determine the main organization types, and how their missions vary in depth and in scope. Students will be clear on differences over private and public institutions, as ell as the variations of possible combinations on ownership, that most of the globe recognize as legal options to produce and sell goods and services, including the NGO format.

The student will initiate a trip to understand the complications of the human mind, and how modern business science, deals with structuring and manage data pertaining consumer habits, and how actual businesses plan and execute day to day operations accordingly, in order to achieve the business goals.

On these pages the student will be able to understand and have a clear picture of the different productions methods available, and the critical resources interactions on each one. Hence in a ever small world, due to closeness of economies and cultures, this issue is critical to understand how today’s global businesses works, organize and produce services and goods.

Here the student will move forward on knowledge regarding how the INcome Statement is structured, and how pertinent it is for the decision making process in general. This will lead the student to understand better hoe the different sections observed or studied so far are taking the form a structure information template, that is second to non, to every manager in every industry around the business world.

Here the students will overlook the different types of organizations available to businesses planning and of course of business management, and will be able to recognize and value, the different benefits of each one, when confronted to actual business needs, again, rounded to actual cultural organization changes in a very globalized world.

In this set of slides students will be able to understand and differentiate from the array of participants in the business dealings, being this internal or external, their drivers, objectives, etc…

The student will discover the laws of statistics inference, and how to structure a proper market research, with tools and pragmatic approach. Specially important now that the truth is managed with ease, and biased positions are taken as representative of some market segments.

The student will get a grip on the different theories available to understand how leaders work, their motivation, their tool and their values, to overcome the difficulties of actual management needs, either when it comes to actual born leaders as well as the tools that have been developed to fulfill the leader role.

Students will be able to cover from strategy to ethics in the business world, so they will understand fundamentals in how the objectives of an organization are planned, as well as how important are the analysis tools in these processes. They will learn as well, how to have a “forest-type” view of a business perspective, and how to organize it in order to comply with those expectations, and don’t get caught in tactical decisions, different from those that will lead the organization to comply with the strategy.

This section deepens the student knowledge on the Marketing Mix, its components and its relevance on a well planned and executed marketing plan. Since in our business world things, habits and almost everything keeps changing, we an ever growing need to understand an implement marketing according to the times we live on.