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IB Business Management SL
Study IB Business Management SL through theories, tools, concepts and real organisations.
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IB Business Management SL at a glance
Follow the live knowledge tree across business functions, concepts and learning objectives.
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What you study in IB Business Management SL
Apply business tools and theories to organisations, contexts and evidence.
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Follow the live knowledge tree across business functions, concepts and learning objectives.
IB Business Management SL exam skills
Practise the command terms, data handling and extended reasoning used across IB assessment.
- Follow command termsMatch the depth and structure of the response to the exact instruction.
- Use data as evidenceRead units and uncertainty, identify patterns and support conclusions with values.
- Build mark-efficient explanationsLink cause, evidence and subject vocabulary without repeating the prompt.
SourceCurrent IB subject guide and assessment objectives.
IB Business Management SL assessment
The SL course combines written examinations with a business research project.
You produce a business research project about a real issue or problem facing a particular organisation using a conceptual lens.
Paper 1 and Paper 2 each contribute 35%, while the business research project contributes 30%.
Paper 2 uses unseen stimulus material and includes a quantitative focus across the SL business course.
Use the SL syllabus tree to connect business functions, tools and case-study decisions to focused practice and concept resources.