In the HL IA most information comes from primary sources. SL IA information comes entirely (or almost entirely) from secondary sources. SL students are limited
The SL Business IA is worth 25% of your final mark in SL Business Management class. Conveniently, it's also out of 25 marks, so every point you score on your
Your job is to choose an interesting business question and then use 3 to 5 documents (for data) and 3 or 4 course tools (for analysis) to answer it. Your IA can
Acknowledgments
You’re allowed to have an Acknowledgments section, where you thank people like your teacher and anyone else (i.e. a Librarian) who helped you with your IA.
It’s customary in Business IAs.
It’s not mandatory though.
Appendices
Include copies of all of your 3-5 supporting documents.
Label them clearly, with labels like “Supporting document 1”, “Supporting document 2” and so on.
This will help with referring to them in the.
Conclusion
The conclusion should not introduce facts or arguments that have not been discussed previously, in the JAM sections of your analysis.
Contents Page
Include (with corresponding page numbers):.
1) Acknowledgments.
2) Introduction.
3) Methodology.
4) Analysis and Discussion.
5) Conclusion.
6) Works Cited.
7) Appendices
Introduction
The IB says they want the introduction to “set the scene”..
1) State the company name and clearly explain what the company does.
2) State and briefly explain your research question.
3) Explain why this topic (your research question) is important for the company to understand.
Methodology
Overall this is where you can begin to convince us that you chose your sources thoughtfully and that they give a range of viewpoints/perspectives, which aided your analysis.
1) Mention the parts of the course (chapters and tools) that you're going to use to explore the issue and why you chose these. (Watch this YouTube clipif you aren't sure about .
Title Page
Include:.
1) Your Research Question.
2) Intended Audience (i.e.
To Company X).
3) The IB Number (Something in the format "abc123" (i.e. fjk932).
4) Session (i.e.
May 2022).
5) IA word count. (Note that if you include an Acknowledgments section, that part isn’t included in your word count.
More word count tips to come). 6. (Also, notice that the student’.
What are the aims of the business management course?
The aims of the business management course at HL and SL are to:
empower students to think critically and strategically about individual and organizational behaviour promote the importance of exploring business issues from different cultural perspectives . What is a Business Management SL IA?
The Business Management SL IA is a written commentary investigating a real-life business issue or problem.
Throughout your IA, you’ll need to demonstrate the application of business tools, techniques, and theories.
Despite not being the most business-minded person, I enjoyed writing my IA and ultimately achieved a Level 7.
Works Cited
Include:.
1) All of the 3-5 sources, using MLA. (Do this, even though you’ve attached the sources in your appendix).
2) Any additional sources you used for minor additional information (i.e. definitions or additional facts).
