Subtle changes, significant consequences

November 9, 2015
At first glance the new programme guide for Business Management contained no major changes. There was a name change with the ‘and’ removed, and there were reductions in SL content, particularly in operations management. Other aspects seemed very familiar: the tasks...

VW’s smoke and mirrors

September 30, 2015
The German car giant Volkswagen (VW) is in crisis. In a scandal labelled “diesel dupe”, the world’s largest automaker has admitted that it rigged diesel vehicles in the US to pass emissions tests in the lab. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),...

Important changes to the new BM programme (updated 5th October 2015)

September 28, 2015
The IB coordinator notes for September contain some significant alterations to the new Business Management guide (first assessment 2016) that affect the Standard Level internal assessment, Paper 1 (the pre-seen case study) and Paper 2, section A. An updated version of...

Taking a Learner Profile Selfie

September 9, 2015
The IB learner profile is at the centre of the teaching and learning philosophy for the IB Mission. It is considered as the IB mission statement translated into a set of learning outcomes for the 21st century.  The ten IB learner profile attributes are aspirational...

Google in the Alphabet soup

September 4, 2015
At the beginning of August, Google announced that it planned to create a new public holding company: Alphabet Inc. to reflect its new operating structure. In an official Google blog, its CEO Larry Page said the business is proposing a structure in which the business...