IBDP BUSINESS MANAGEMENT NEW SYLLABUS
Concept-based Course Outline
The syllabus has been mapped against the four concepts; Change, Sustainability Creativity,
and Ethics below.
Ethics can be interwoven throughout all of the units. Areas with particularly strong links to Ethics are marked with an asterisk (*).
Unit 1: Creativity
Primary Topics
1.1 What is a business?
1.2 Types of business entities*
4.1 Introduction to marketing
4.5 The seven Ps of the marketing mix*
Optional Topics
4.4 Market research
4.6 International marketing (HL only)
5.8 Research and development (HL only)
5.9 Management information systems (HL only)*
1.2 Types of business entities*
T. Ansoff matrix
1.4 Stakeholders*
T. Descriptive statistics
T. Business plan
T. STEEPLE analysis
Unit 2: Cultural/social Sustainability
Primary Topics
T. Gantt chart (HL only)
T. Boston Consulting Group (BCG) matrix
T. Porter’s generic strategies (HL only)
T. Porter’s generic strategies (HL only)2.3 Leadership and management*
2.4 Motivation and demotivation*
2.5 Organizational (corporate) culture (HL only)
2.6 Communication
Optional Topics
2.7 Industrial/employee relations (HL only)*
3.1 Introduction to finance
Unit 3: Economic/financial Sustainability
Primary Topics
T. Hofstede’s cultural dimensions (HL only)
3.2 Sources of finance
5.6 Production planning (HL only)*
3.3 Costs and revenues
3.5 Profitability and liquidity ratio analysis
3.4 Final accounts*
3.7 Cash flow
3.6 Debt/equity ratio analysis (HL only)
T. Gantt chart (HL only)
5.1 Introduction to operations management
T. Circular business models
3.9 Budgets (HL only)
Optional Topics
5.2 Operations methods
5.9 Management information systems (HL only)*
5.5 Break-even analysis
1.3 Business objectives
1.5 Growth and evolution
1.6 Multinational companies (MNCs)*
4.2 Marketing planning*
T. SWOT analysis
T. Descriptive statistics
3.2 Sources of finance
5.3 Lean production and quality management (HL only)*
T. Circular business models
4.5 The seven Ps of the marketing mix
T. Contribution (HL only)
2.5 Organizational (corporate) culture (HL only)
Unit 4: Environmental Responsibility and Sustainability
Primary Topics
3.8 Investment appraisal
5.6 Production planning (HL only)*
5.4 Location*
5.7 Crisis management and contingency
planning (HL only)T. STEEPLE analysis
T. Business plan
T. Force field analysis (HL only)
Unit 5: Change
1.3 Business objectives
3.5 Profitability and liquidity ratio analysis
1.5 Growth and evolution
3.6 Debt/equity ratio analysis (HL only)
2.1 Introduction to human resource management
3.7 Cash flow
2.2 Organizational structure*
3.9 Budgets (HL only)
3.8 Investment appraisal*
4.5 The seven Ps of the marketing mix
4.2 Marketing planning*
4.3 Sales forecasting (HL only)
4.4 Market research*
4.6 International marketing (HL only)
T. STEEPLE analysis
5.8 Research and development (HL only)
5.7 Crisis management and contingency planning (HL only)*
T. Decision trees
T. Descriptive statistics
T. Force field analysis (HL only)
5.9 Management information systems (HL only)*
T. Critical path analysis (HL only)
T. Porter’s generic strategies (HL only)
T. Simple linear regression (HL only)
T. Hofstede’s cultural dimensions (HL only)
T. Contribution (HL only)