Case studies and concepts: Lenovo

August 30, 2014

Growth is a topic that can be used as the focus for all 6 business management concepts: Change Culture Ethics Globalisation Innovation Strategy As a result, it will be useful for students to select a case study that relates to growth, as this can satisfy many...

Innovation in the new BM programme

June 29, 2014

There are many favourable aspects of the new BM programme, due for first teaching in September; not least the introduction of a concept based learning. However, it is slightly disappointing that the programme, with a shelf life of 7 years, makes limited references to...

Making the Case

May 31, 2014

Case studies are an increasingly popular form of teaching and have an important role in developing skills and knowledge in students; bridging the gap between theory and practice. Case studies have always been central to Business Management with the pre-seen case study...

OCC – as simple as one, two, three

April 30, 2014

As I struggle through the assessment and moderation period, I am constantly reminded about how easy it is to improve student performance. This post explores the use of the IB’s Online Curriculum Centre (OCC) to boost your students’ grades. There are, of course,...

Approaches to Teaching and Learning in the new BM programme

March 25, 2014

The Business Management programme guide for first examination in 2016, reflects the new emphasis in the Diploma Programme on approaches to teaching and learning, which has been adopted from the Middle Years Programme and is now core to the Diploma model. The BM...

Concept Based Teaching and Learning in Business Management

February 3, 2014

With the increasing emphasis on the IB Learner Profile and with the extension of approaches to teaching and learning to the DP programme model, DP teachers are being encouraged to develop their understanding of the transferable and universal nature of concepts and...