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Business Management HL Notes

My repository of IB Business Management Notes. My notes were taken primarily from InThinking, but there are a few places where I used this YouTube or Paul Hoang’s YouTube channel.

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These notes are not complete. I would use these notes to quickly find a key term, and supplement it with your textbook. The best place to learn the content is from a good textbook and your teacher.

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For the most functionality, use the search bar in the top right. I didn’t create many backlinks while making this vault (I did not know what Obsidian was…) so your best bet is to search specific topics for more info.

Also note that Units 1 and 3 were taken in Word and not markdown, which is why their formatting is particularly janky. Units 2, 4, 5 are better quality.

Here are some links to get you started:

Unit 1

1.1 - 1.2 intro to business (look at inThinking)

1.3 Business Management Toolkit and Business Plans

1.5 Economies of Scale

1.6 MNCs

Unit 2

2.1 role of HRM

2.2 Organizational structure

2.2 types of organizational charts

2.2 Changes in Organizational Structures

2.3 leadership style

2.3 leadership management

2.3 scientific and intuitive management

2.4 labour turnover

2.4 types of training

2.4 Types of appraisal

2.4 Motivation theories

2.4 Motivation Theories HL

2.4 non financial rewards

2.4 Methods of recruitment

2.4 Methods of recruitment

2.4 internal and external recruitment

Unit 3

3.1 The Role of Finance

3.2 Internal Sources of Finance

3.4 Depreciation

3.4 Finance Accounts

3.6 Efficiency Ratios

3.6 Glossary of key terms

3.6 Efficiency Ratio Analysis

3.6 - Insolvency vs bankruptcy

Unit 4

4.1 Marketing

4.1 Market share

4.1 Market growth

4.1 Product Orientation

4.1 Marketing Orientation

4.1 Market orientation vs Product orientation

4.1 importance of market share and market leadership

4.1 glossary of key terms

4.2 Market Planning

4.2 the role of market planning

4.2 market planning - the role of market planning

4.2 segmentation targeting and positioning

4.2 How organizations differentiate themselves

4.2 vocab

4.3 Sales Forcasting

4.3 Glossary of Key Terms

4.4 Market Research

4.4 Methods of sampling

4.4 Qualitative and Quantitative research

4.4 methods and techniques of primary market research

4.4 Why and how organizations carry out market research

4.4 glossary of key terms (copy pasted from inthinking)

4.4 glossary of key terms

4.5.1 Product

4.5.1 the product life cycle

4.5.2 Price

4.5.2 pricing methods

4.5.3 social media marketing

4.5.4 Place

4.5.4 importance of different distribution

4.5 Marketing Mix - how to make marketing decisions

4.6 International Marketing

4.6 opportunities and threats posed by entry into international markets

4.6 key terms

Unit 5

5.1 Introduction to operations management

5.1 the role of operations management

5.2 Operations Methods

5.3 methods of lean production

5.3 methods of managing quality

5.3 features of lean production

5.3 Quality control and quality assurance

5.3 Lean production and quality management

5.3 Cradle to cradle design and manufacturing

5.4 Location

5.4 Location

5.4 Ways of reorganizing production

5.4 Reasons for a specific location of a product

5.5 Contribution

5.5 Break Even Analysis

5.5 Changes in price and costs

5.5 Aspects of break-even analysis

5.6 Defect Rate

5.6 Production Planning

5.6 Stock control charts

5.6 Capacity utilization rate

5.6 cost to make vs cost to buy

5.6 The difference between JIT & JIC

5.6 the local & global supply chain process

5.7 impact of contingency planning

5.7 Crisis Management & Contingency Planning

5.7 factors that affect effective crisis management

5.8 - Research and development

5.8 creating products for unmet needs

5.8 - intellectual property protection

5.8 incremental and disruptive innovation

5.9 Customer Loyalty Programs

5.9 - management information systems

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