SL course

Business Management SL

Business Management SL practice for objectives, stakeholders, toolkit use, HR, finance, marketing, operations, ethics, and evaluation.

Guided practice pathways

Assessment routes built from the live skills in this course. Each pathway moves from the first decision students need to make toward the kind of source use, calculation, writing, or judgement that costs marks in real assessment.

Case-tool route

Business organisation and environment

Read the case, choose the right business tool, apply stakeholder evidence, and qualify the recommendation.

  1. Use business objectives, stakeholders, and case evidence Build · 75 variants · visual · AI feedback
  2. Analyse stakeholder conflict, change, ethics, and sustainability Build · 75 variants · visual · AI feedback
  3. Evaluate business growth, economies of scale, and risk Build · 75 variants · visual · AI feedback
  4. Use external environment evidence in business decisions Build · 75 variants · visual · AI feedback

A complete route produces a conditional recommendation tied to the case.

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Case-tool route

Human resource management

Read the case, choose the right business tool, apply stakeholder evidence, and qualify the recommendation.

  1. Evaluate HR motivation, leadership, training, and culture decisions Build · 75 variants · visual · AI feedback
  2. Analyse organisational structure and communication flow Build · 75 variants · visual · AI feedback
  3. Evaluate leadership style during business change Build · 75 variants · visual · AI feedback
  4. Choose recruitment, training, appraisal, and retention action Build · 75 variants · visual · AI feedback

A complete route produces a conditional recommendation tied to the case.

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Case-tool route

Finance and accounts

Read the case, choose the right business tool, apply stakeholder evidence, and qualify the recommendation.

  1. Interpret finance, cash-flow, break-even, and ratio evidence Build · 75 variants · visual · AI feedback
  2. Calculate and interpret break-even and margin of safety Build · 75 variants · visual · AI feedback
  3. Interpret profitability and liquidity ratios with limitations Build · 75 variants · visual · AI feedback
  4. Evaluate sources of finance and investment appraisal evidence Build · 75 variants · visual · AI feedback

A complete route produces a conditional recommendation tied to the case.

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Case-tool route

Marketing

Read the case, choose the right business tool, apply stakeholder evidence, and qualify the recommendation.

  1. Use market research and marketing mix evidence in decisions Build · 75 variants · visual · AI feedback
  2. Design market research for a business decision Build · 75 variants · visual · AI feedback
  3. Use positioning, branding, and product evidence Build · 75 variants · visual · AI feedback
  4. Evaluate e-commerce and marketing mix decisions Build · 75 variants · visual · AI feedback

A complete route produces a conditional recommendation tied to the case.

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Case-tool route

Operations management

Read the case, choose the right business tool, apply stakeholder evidence, and qualify the recommendation.

  1. Evaluate operations, quality, capacity, stock, and supply decisions Build · 75 variants · visual · AI feedback
  2. Compare production methods and capacity decisions Build · 75 variants · visual · AI feedback
  3. Evaluate location, quality, outsourcing, and supply decisions Build · 75 variants · visual · AI feedback

A complete route produces a conditional recommendation tied to the case.

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Case-tool route

Business toolkit and exam skills

Read the case, choose the right business tool, apply stakeholder evidence, and qualify the recommendation.

  1. Apply Business Management toolkit models to case decisions Build · 75 variants · visual · AI feedback
  2. Build balanced Business Management recommendations from stimulus Build · 75 variants · visual · AI feedback
  3. Build Paper 1, Paper 2, and IA business evaluation Build · 75 variants · visual · AI feedback

A complete route produces a conditional recommendation tied to the case.

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Topics

Choose a topic to see the skills you can practise. Start with the area your class is studying now, or use the list to find weaker topics before a test or exam.

Business organisation and environment Business Management SL topic area with stimulus, toolkit, diagram, stakeholder, quantitative, and evaluation practice. Human resource management Business Management SL topic area with stimulus, toolkit, diagram, stakeholder, quantitative, and evaluation practice. Finance and accounts Business Management SL topic area with stimulus, toolkit, diagram, stakeholder, quantitative, and evaluation practice. Marketing Business Management SL topic area with stimulus, toolkit, diagram, stakeholder, quantitative, and evaluation practice. Operations management Business Management SL topic area with stimulus, toolkit, diagram, stakeholder, quantitative, and evaluation practice. Business toolkit and exam skills Business Management SL topic area with stimulus, toolkit, diagram, stakeholder, quantitative, and evaluation practice.