Congratulations! Today is the day we use our business knowledge to help a real business!
You're hired!
You are business consultants who must look at a real issue facing a real business and come up with potential solutions or answer a research question.
You must use the key concepts (creativity, ethics, sustainability, change), knowledge, tools and theories you’ve learned in business class.
The internal assessment is an opportunity to research an organisation and topic in which you are interested and connecting it to the business syllabus
Recommended completion time: 20 Hours
Step 1: Find a company
Step 2: Research Question (Aug 18)
Step 3: Research Proposal (Sep 1)
Step 4: Draft (Nov 29)
Step 5: Reflection
Step 6: Final (Jan 29)
Write a 1800-word (maximum) commentary
Headings and subheadings included in word count.
HL 20% of total IB Mark
Maximum 25 marks
Recommended time: 20 hours
Research a real problem or issue facing a real business organization (forward or backward looking)
Must refer to a single business, but can consider the impacts of industry wide issues on a single business
Select an appropriate business management concept to frame the problem or issue
Change, Creativity, Sustainability, Ethics
Select appropriate business management theories and tools to analyse the issue
Select & attach 3-5 main supporting documents (sources) for analysis
Bibliography referencing all supporting documents and sources
IA Marking Criteria Marks
A. Integration of a key concept (5 marks)
B. Supporting Documents (4 marks)
C. Selection and application of tools and theories (4 marks)
D. Analysis and evaluation (5 marks)
E. Conclusions (3 marks)
F. Structure (2 marks)
G. Presentation (2 marks)
Total (25 marks)
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IA workshop presented at IB Workshop
IA Workshop for ISP Students 2023