Mr. Landrakis

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Business and Management YEAR 11

 Business and Management YEAR 11

Final exam: Make sure that you start with the two quantitative tools ( BEQ, Cash flow forecast :SL and Certificate students BEQ,cash flow forecast and decision trees:HL students) and chapters 4-10 with special emphasis on the concepts of the business plan, franchising, form of ownership.All students should read very carefully the marketing module and ch 100-104. Higher level students should read ch 110-129, placing emphasis on interest and exhange rates, inflation, unemployment, multinational firms,pressure groups , business ethics , social responsibility, and the 5 forces of Porter while the SL  and Certificate students should focus only on multinational firms, pressure groups, business ethics and social responsibility.finally, HL students should study ch 80-94 with emphasis on the types/methods of production,stock control, location , quality, mergers, and economies of scale,  and SL students should focus on types/methods of production , quality, economies of scale and location. Certificate students do not have to study the production unit.

Date 28/5/2012-1/6/2012 Review for the end of the year exam

Date 21/5/2012-25/5/2012 Chapters 91,92,93 . Prepare for a test on Chapters 80-85 next thursday

Date 14/5/2012-18/5/2012 chapters 89,90 .Prepare for an exam on chapters 28-33 for next Thursday

Date 7/5/2012-11/5/2012 Chapters 87,88

Date 30/4/2012-4/5/2012  Chapters 84,85,86

Welcome back Date 23/4/2012-26/4/2012 Chapter 81,82,83 .Prepare for the exam on chapters 22-28 next week

Happy Easter holidays but remember to do the following: a. Easter homework b. A draft Internal assessment which should include a real firm( for SL students try to think of a problem that a small firm faces and start collecting secondary data and prepare a company profile-MOST , An industry analysis as well as a SWOT analysis and a PEST/PESTEL/PESTG analysis; for Certificate students: select any real company and prepare something similar with the standard level student: HL students should select any small business and prepare a company profile,an industry analysis discussing the market structure (i.e monopoly , oligopoly, elasticities etc), SWOT analysis, PEST/PESTEL/PESTG analysis, c. exam on ch 22, 23, 25,26, 27(HL only).

Date 2/4/2012 -6/4/2012ch 80-81

Date 26/3/2012 -30/3/2012 ch 29-31

Date 19/3/2012-23/3/2012 ch 27-28 exam ch 19-21

Date 12/3/2012-16/3/2012 Exam on chapters 11-18 Ch25,26

Date 5/3/2012 9/3/2012 ch 22,23,24 Review for the marketing exam on cHapters11-18

Date 27/2/2012-2/3/2012 ch  21

Date 20/2/2012-24/2/2012 ch19,20

Date 13/2/2012-17/2/2012 Going over the Mid-year exam; Ch 18

Date 23/1/2012-27/1/2012   For the exam, review the BEQ , and the cash flow forecast. Also , the concepts of business plan, the concepts of franchising, business cycle, unemployment, Vision and Mission Statements.Finally, place a lot of emphasis on the business ethics and social responsibility, including the social and the environmental audit. Note: this list is a guide line only for a good preparation and it does not include all the themes , we have covered in class.Good Luck with your mid-year exams.

Date 16/1/2012-20/1/2012 Ch16,17. For the mid-year exam: Review the material we have covered  so far and place more emphasis on Small businesses, Franchising, forms of ownership( Sole traders, Partnerships, Ltds, Plcs,not for profit, and Public sector ), Stakeholders and Economies of scale for this week

Date 9/1/2012-13/1/2012 Happy new Year full of health , joy , happiness, luck ,love, and personal success. Chapters 14, 15. Review of Break even analysis, cash flow forecast

Christmas holidays: do the case studies and the assignment given

Date 19/12/2011-21/12/2011 Exam on the break even and the cash flow forecast .Chapters 14,Chapter 105(HL)

Date 12/12/2011-16/12/2011 Exam on the external environment, review of the break even concept and the cash flow . Chapters 12,13

Date 5/12/2011-9/12/2011  Chapter 42(HL), 11. Do the end of the cha[pter case study. Review of the external environment  

Date 28/11/2011-2/12/2011 Chapters 40-41(HL) Review Break even analysis and Cash flow forecast

Date 21/11/2011-25/11/2011 Chapters 34,35,36,37,38,39

Date 14/11/2011-18/11/2011 Chapters 106,107.Do the cases at the end of both Chapters.

Date 7/11/2011-11/11/2011 Chapters 102,103,104,105 Do the end of the Chapter cases of all chapters

Date 31/10/2011-4/11/2011 Test on the 8 questions that I have given in class. Chapters 128,129.100,101

Date 24/1 0/2011-28/10/2011 Review on Chapters 121-127 and discussion of  the cases from chapters 121-123

Date17/10/2011-21/10/2011 Test on Chapters 115-120 Read Chapters 124-128. Test on Chapters 121-124 next week.Bring a USB in class

Date 10/10/2011-14/10/2011 Test on Chapters 110-114 Read Chapters120,121,122.Test on Chapters 115-120 next week

Date 3/10/2011-7/10/2011 Test on Chapters 7-10, Read Chapters 117,118,119. Test on Chapters

110-114 next week

Date: 26/9/2011-30/9/2011 Test on  Chapters1-6. Read Chapters 113,114,115, 116. HW assignment : Submit the answers of the cases from Chapters 115 and 116 TYPED. Remember that next week , another test covering Chapters 7,8,9,10 is coming.

Date: 19/9/2011-23/9/2011  Read Chapters 8,9,10 and review Chapters 1-10 the Introductory part of the book. Before you come for the exam , you should know IN DEPTH THE CONCEPTS Business plan, Stakeholders, economic and socio-economic model of social responsibility for the first test, forms of ownership in the private and public sector for the second test.

Date : 12/9/2011-16/9/2011     Read Chapters 4,5,6,7 You should  be able to answer all questions at the end of each chapter

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Date:   5/9/2011-9/9/2011        Read Chapters 1,2,3,4    From Ch1 select any 4 questions and do the case study Cumbrian Seafood : From Ch 2 select any 4 questions and do the case study Annabel Karmel Group:From Ch 3 select any 4 questions and do the case study business ideas: From Ch4 select any 4 questions and do the case study AKC Home Support

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 Business and Management  Year 12

Business and Management Year 12

Welcome back Final review before the final exams. For certificate students: study the Human resources units with special emphasis on Recruitment, leadership, motivation including financial and non-financial motivation techniques, on the job and off the job training, the selection process , job analysis including job description and person specification,SWOT analysis and Management by objectives. For the quantitative part of the exam study the following: Break even analysis, cash flow forecast, trading , profit and loss accounts , balance sheet accounts and ratio analysis including comments on your findings. For both the Certificate and IB Business and management students: I wish you good luck and let your dreams come true.

Happy Easter holidays Review the case study and go over the preparatory analysis of the case study;study hard for the upcoming IB Exams. Gather questions and come back to discuss them.

Date 2/4/2012-6/4/2012 Review of module 5 and Strategy

Date 26/3/2012-30/3/2012 Review of module 4,5

Date 19/3/2012-23/3/2012 Review of module 3,4

Date 12/3/2012-16/3/2012 Review of module 2,3

Date 5-3/2012-9/3/2012 Review of module 1

Date 27/2/2012-2/3/2012 Review of part 2 Final date for the submission of your IA

Date 20/2/2012-24/2/2012 Review of part 1 Please bring in your IA

Date 13/2/2012-17/2/2012 Going over the mock exam; Expect Your IA

Date 16/1/2012-20/1/2012 Review of the case study with emphasis on human resources management, motivation, communication, stakeholders, and economies of scale,Remember to review the Break even analysis and the cash flow forecast.

Date 9/1/2012-13/1/2012 . Happy new year full of health, happiness, joy, luck, love and personal success.Revision of the case study ;preparation of revision questions with their answers, including definition of the terms .

Christmas Holidays Prepare a booklet with the definitions of all terms of the May 2012 case study and prepare a list of possible questions that you believe you could be asked at the May 2012 exam. Do the papers m00P1,P2 and m01 P1,P2

Date 19/12/2011-21/12/2011 Past papers m98p2,m99p1,p2

Date : 12/12/2011-16/12/2011 Past papers M97 P1,P2 and M98 P1

Date: 5/12/2011-9/12/2011 Review using past IB  papers. Remember to bring in class the required paper.

Date: 28/11/2011-2/12/2011 Review on Break even analysis and Cash flow forecast. Review using IB  past papers. Remember to bring in class the required paper.

Date:21/11/2011-25/11/2011 Exam on accounting . Review starts

Date:14/11/2011-18/11/2011 Review on ratio analysis Questions and answers session on the whole material .

Date: 7/11/2011-11/11/2011  Chapter 54 (Part), Chapter 55, 56. Do the end of the Chapter case studies, only the SL Part.

Date: 31/10/2011-4/11/2011 Test on the preparation of a trading, profit and loss and Balance sheet account Chapters 50,51

Date: 24/10/2011-28/10/2011 Chapters 48,49. Do the end cases from chapters 45,47

Date: 17/10/2011-21/10/2011 Read Chapters 44, 45, 47.Homework Assignment: Case study Winters Timber Ltd page 243, Question 1 page 246, Case study: LED Ltd and Hopes Ltd Page 261.

Date :10/10/2011-14/10/2011 Read Chapters 38,39, 40 Test on BEQ, Cash flow forecasts, sources of Finance . Review Chapters 34-40

Date: 3/10/2011-7/10/2011 Read Chapters 79,34,35,36,37. Review the Break even analysis notes that I have distributed.Remember the first draft of the internal assessment.

Date: 26/9/2011-30/9/2011 Test on the chapters that I have mentioned in class. Read Chapters 76, 77,78, 79. Also , I expect the first draft of your internal assessment.

Date: 19/9/2011-23/9/2011 Read Chapters 68,69,70,71,72,73,74

Date : 12/9/2011-16/9/2011Read chapters 63,64,65,66,67 and you should be able to answer all the questions at the end of each chapter

Date : 5/9/2011-9/9/2011       Read Chapters 59,60,61,62  From Ch 59 select any 4 questions and do the case study Avalance: From  Ch 60  select any 4 questions and do the case study StarCars : From Ch 61select any 4 questions and  do the case study Supermarkets` labour turnover and absenteeism : From Ch 62 select any 4 questions and do the case study Using online information in recruitment and selection.

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