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Ch 4 1.5 Growth and evolution: complete notes
Neat, exam-ready notebook-style notes for Ch 4 1.5 Growth and evolution, following the IB Diploma syllabus, SL and HL. This chapter is part of the complete Business Management Notes for IB Diploma Students (SL and HL): All 36 Topics.
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Topics in this chapter
- What you must be able to do
- Economies and diseconomies of scale AO2
- Diseconomies, external economies and growth AO2
- Why diseconomies matter for growth
- Internal and external growth AO2 · AO3
- Reasons to grow
- Reasons to stay small
- Tool: the Ansoff matrix AO2 · AO4
- External growth methods AO3
- Types of integration
- External growth in numbers AO2 · AO3
- Choosing a growth method AO3
- Business management tools in this topic
“I can” checklist: what you must be able to do
- I can explain internal and external economies and diseconomies of scale and interpret average cost.
- I can distinguish internal from external growth and explain reasons for growth and for staying small.
- I can evaluate mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, joint ventures, strategic alliances and franchising.
- I can calculate average cost, compound growth, royalty income and the cost of a takeover.
- I can use the Ansoff matrix and expected value to compare growth options.
- I can choose and justify a growth method for a given business, stating its risks and limits.
- HL: I can apply Porter's generic strategies to a growth decision.
What is inside the full chapter notes
- Concept notes with 9 worked examples (all numbers computed)
- Diagrams: average cost curve, Ansoff matrix, Porter's strategies
- 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 (Pellam Pizza), mark scheme and 10-mark question
- Paper 2 style data question (Ridgeway Tiles) with mark scheme
- Quick reference and "I can" checklist
What you get in the pack
- 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
- Colour PDF and a black and white copy of every chapter for printing
- Independent notes for IB Diploma students; not endorsed by or affiliated with the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO)
All chapters in this pack
- Ch 1 1.1-1.2 The nature of business and types of business entity
- Ch 2 1.3 Business objectives
- Ch 3 1.4 Stakeholders
- Ch 4 1.5 Growth and evolution
- Ch 5 1.6 Multinational companies (MNCs)
- Ch 6 2.1 Introduction to human resource management
- Ch 7 2.2 Organizational structure
- Ch 8 2.3 Leadership and management
- Ch 9 2.4 Motivation and demotivation
- Ch 10 2.5 Organizational (corporate) culture (HL)
- Ch 11 2.6 Communication
- Ch 12 2.7 Industrial and employee relations (HL)
- Ch 13 3.1 Introduction to finance
- Ch 14 3.2 Sources of finance
- Ch 15 3.3 Costs and revenues
- Ch 16 3.4 Final accounts
- Ch 17 3.5 Profitability and liquidity ratio analysis
- Ch 18 3.6 Efficiency ratio analysis (HL)
- Ch 19 3.7 Cash flow
- Ch 20 3.8 Investment appraisal
- Ch 21 3.9 Budgets (HL)
- Ch 22 4.1 Introduction to marketing
- Ch 23 4.2 Marketing planning
- Ch 24 4.3 Sales forecasting (HL)
- Ch 25 4.4 Market research
- Ch 26 4.5 The seven Ps of the marketing mix
- Ch 27 4.6 International marketing (HL)
- Ch 28 5.1 Introduction to operations management
- Ch 29 5.2 Operations methods
- Ch 30 5.3 Lean production and quality management (HL)
- Ch 31 5.4 Location
- Ch 32 5.5 Break-even analysis
- Ch 33 5.6 Production planning (HL)
- Ch 34 5.7 Crisis management and contingency planning (HL)
- Ch 35 5.8 Research and development (HL)
- Ch 36 5.9 Management information systems (HL)