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Ch 3 1.4 Stakeholders: complete notes

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Topics in this chapter

1. What you must be able to do
2. Internal and external stakeholders AO2
3. Who gets what? Interests in numbers AO2 · AO4
4. Influence and importance of stakeholders AO2
5. Conflict between stakeholders AO2
6. Responding to stakeholder conflict AO2
7. Why change can bring conflict
8. Business management tools in this topic

“I can” checklist: what you must be able to do

• I can define stakeholder and distinguish internal from external stakeholders.
• I can explain the interests of, and influence held by, each main stakeholder group.
• I can interpret a pie chart or table that shows how revenue is shared and calculate per-share and per-employee figures.
• I can explain why stakeholder interests conflict and give examples in context.
• I can explain how a business can respond to conflict (consult, compromise, compensate, prioritise).
• I can explain why change can bring conflict among stakeholders.
• I can use SWOT, STEEPLE, pie charts and a power-interest grid to support a judgement.

What is inside the full chapter notes

• Concept notes with 7 worked examples (all numbers computed)
• Diagrams: stakeholder map, pie chart of revenue, power-interest grid
• Applying-it-to-a-case boxes: AO2 explain and AO3 evaluate paragraphs
• Tool boxes, common mistakes and a "How to score" command-term box
• 12 Quick-check questions A-D, explained
• Paper 1 style case (Bramble Bay Ferries), mark scheme and 10-mark question
• Paper 2 style data question (Hollin Bakery) with mark scheme
• Quick reference and "I can" checklist

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• All 36 topics of IB Diploma Business Management for students taking Standard Level or Higher Level (first assessment 2024): what a business is, business entities, objectives, stakeholders, growth, multinationals, human resource management, organizational structure, leadership, motivation, culture, communication, industrial relations, sources of finance, costs and revenues, final accounts, ratio analysis, cash flow, investment appraisal, budgets, marketing planning, sales forecasting, market research, the seven Ps, international marketing, operations methods, lean production, location, break-even analysis, crisis management, research and development, management information systems
• Every syllabus statement covered in order, each marked SL or HL, with clear notes, tables and diagrams drawn for these notes
• Worked examples in every topic: calculations and model answers that show how to earn the marks
• Quick-check multiple-choice questions with explained answers, plus original Paper 1 (case study), Paper 2 (quantitative) and, for HL, Paper 3 (social enterprise) style questions with full mark schemes (no past-paper reprints)
• Common mistakes and a how-to-score command-term guide for every topic
• Quick-reference sheet and an "I can" checklist at the end of every topic
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All chapters in this pack

1. Ch 1 1.1-1.2 The nature of business and types of business entity
2. Ch 2 1.3 Business objectives
3. Ch 3 1.4 Stakeholders
4. Ch 4 1.5 Growth and evolution
5. Ch 5 1.6 Multinational companies (MNCs)
6. Ch 6 2.1 Introduction to human resource management
7. Ch 7 2.2 Organizational structure
8. Ch 8 2.3 Leadership and management
9. Ch 9 2.4 Motivation and demotivation
10. Ch 10 2.5 Organizational (corporate) culture (HL)
11. Ch 11 2.6 Communication
12. Ch 12 2.7 Industrial and employee relations (HL)
13. Ch 13 3.1 Introduction to finance
14. Ch 14 3.2 Sources of finance
15. Ch 15 3.3 Costs and revenues
16. Ch 16 3.4 Final accounts
17. Ch 17 3.5 Profitability and liquidity ratio analysis
18. Ch 18 3.6 Efficiency ratio analysis (HL)
19. Ch 19 3.7 Cash flow
20. Ch 20 3.8 Investment appraisal
21. Ch 21 3.9 Budgets (HL)
22. Ch 22 4.1 Introduction to marketing
23. Ch 23 4.2 Marketing planning
24. Ch 24 4.3 Sales forecasting (HL)
25. Ch 25 4.4 Market research
26. Ch 26 4.5 The seven Ps of the marketing mix
27. Ch 27 4.6 International marketing (HL)
28. Ch 28 5.1 Introduction to operations management
29. Ch 29 5.2 Operations methods
30. Ch 30 5.3 Lean production and quality management (HL)
31. Ch 31 5.4 Location
32. Ch 32 5.5 Break-even analysis
33. Ch 33 5.6 Production planning (HL)
34. Ch 34 5.7 Crisis management and contingency planning (HL)
35. Ch 35 5.8 Research and development (HL)
36. Ch 36 5.9 Management information systems (HL)