IB skill practice

Interpret cash-flow forecasts and working-capital pressure

Business Management SL practice with original AU/NZ business stimulus evidence, functional-area theory, toolkit or quantitative diagram support, stakeholder impact, and balanced evaluation.

Paper 1 Paper 2 Ia 5 marks Difficulty 3

Business Management practice: Interpret cash-flow forecasts and working-capital pressure

Business Management SL stimulus: Melbourne refill store Koala Jar is forecasting cash before opening a second suburban shop. The forecast shows a negative closing balance of $6150 in month 3, while repeat purchases are rising but weekend staff are already doing overtime. Use the cash-flow diagram before choosing an action. Select the cash-flow issue, cash-flow data, action, and limitation. Then answer this in your own words: how would this route improve the business decision answer for this exact case? AI will analyse your reasoning, stimulus evidence, toolkit or calculation use, recommendation quality, and expression.

Worked practice: build the response

Work through the business response: concept focus, supporting evidence, the decision, then a reasoned judgement.