Instructor: Stella Kyriazi

                    skyriazis@isa.edu.gr

IB11 Business and Management

For Monday May 21st: Read Unit 83. Finish proposal. TEST on May 30th Units 23, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 80, 81 and notes on Costs (Unit 35) and Cost and Profit Centres (p. 300-301).

For Monday, May 14th: Complete first draft of Research Proposal for IA. Read Chp. 80 p.476-477, read Chp. 81 and do Knowledge Questions p. 485

For May  9th:  Quiz on Units 28 and 29;  For May 10th: Read Units 30 and 31, Knowledge Questions p. 165 Unit 31, Case Study Coca Cola p. 158 Also start thinking about your research question for Internal Assessment

Happy Easter  Assigned work: Review all material we have covered so far, now is a good time (chapters we`ve covered are outlined below in italics but your notes are very helpful for review as well). We will have a Test on Marketing, Chp. 11-22,  on Wednesday April 25th. Also do case studies p. 105 and 113 for Monday April 23rd.

Overall, the chapters we have covered so far over the year are: 1-10, 100-103, 125, 127, 104-106, 109-116, 121-128, 88-90,  Ansoff, Porter`s Generic Strategies, 11-21.

QUIZ POSTPONED FOR WEDNESDAY MARCH 28th on same chapters.

For Monday, March 26th: Quiz on Chp. 15-17, Answer Case Study questions p. 84, Read Chp. 18.

For Monday March 12th: Chp.11 Answer KQ 1, 3, 4,6,8 on p.53; Chp.12 Answer all KQ. 59, Read Chp. 13 and 14.

TEST on Monday March 4th covering following material: Growth and Evolution of a Business, Economies of Scale, Mergers and Takeovers, Types of Integration, Joint Ventures/Strategic Alliances, Ansoff Matrix, Porter`s Generic Strategies, Multinationals, International FreeTrade and Regional Economic Groups, Globalization. Study all your notes pertaining to these topics and the relevant Chapters/pages from your book. 

For  Jan. 16th: Don`t forget to bring your handout on "Growth and Evolution of Business" (notes) to class.

Review all material over the holidays. List all main concepts and define them. Practice with case studies as well. You will have a Review Test on Thursday Jan. 12th

Midyear Exam (Jan. 30th) will cover all material. Study Guide: Chp. 1-10, 100-103, 125, 127, 104-106, 109. The Pest G chapters are: 110-116, 121-124, 126 and 128. Study all your notes as well.

For Monday, Dec19th: Read Unit 109 and Case Study p.631

For Thursday Dec. 15th: Read Unit 106 and answer Knowledge Questions p. 630

For Thursday, Dec. 8th: Read Unit 104, Case Study p. 622; Read Unit 105, Case Study p.628

For Monday Nov. 28th: Study Handout on PESTG analysis

Project due: Nov. 21st. You will also be presenting it in class. See handout for instructions. 

TEST, Nov. 14th: Units 100, 101, 103, 125 and 127

 For Monday, Nov. 7th: Read Units 125 and 127 on Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility. Also read notes (handout) on PEST-G. Review this week`s note as we

For Monday, Oct. 31st. Read Unit 103. Also Question 2 (Case study) on p. 611. Answer questions a and b.

Oct. 24th:  Quiz on Units 100 and 101 

Oct. 13th:  Read Units 100 and 101

TEST OCT.10th Units 1-10

For Monday, Oct. 3rd: Review notes of the week; Do Case study Unit 7, p. 29;  Read Unit 8 and do Knowledge Questions: 1-10; Read ahead Units 9 and 10. Remember you have a TEST on Oct 10th on Units 1-10. Start reviewing.

For Wednesday, Sept.28th: Read Unit 7

For Monday Sept. 26th: Read Units 4, 5 and 6. Quiz on Units 2 and 3

For Wednesday Sept. 21st:Read Unit 3 and answer questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Review all command words on handout

For Monday Sept. 12th: Read Unit 1. Answer Questions 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 on p. 7 ; Read Unit 2 ; Bring your ring binder and book to class.

Short Quiz on Monday, review your notes.

IB12 Business and Management

Complete Papers 2009, 2010, 2011. Markschemes for these have been sent to your emails. Answer as many questions as you can for Loyka case study. I gave you many handouts. We will review all these over three days after Easter break. I wish you a Happy Easter.

For week of March 26th:  Complete more past papers (I`ve now given you all up to Papers 2008) Also work on finance and other questions from the booklets on Loyka. Please bring booklets to class.

For March 4th: Submit Papers 2003 and 2004 FINAL DEADLINE. Review 2012 case study so that we can do a PEST and SWOT in class along with other questions.

For Feb. 28th Tuesday: Test on Critical Path Analysis. You must also complete Paper 2 (2003) and Papers 1 and 2 (2004) and hand them in. These will be counted as part of your grade.  

Test on Feb.22nd on Decision Tree only

 On Monday Feb. 20th we will go over Paper 2 Mock Exam. If you haven`t done so already please bring Paper 2 ,2003 to class.

Don`t forget to bring 2003 paper tomorrow (Feb. 15th) to class.

Review all two year material for Mock Exam. Also revise the 2012 case study, answer possible questions and define terms. 

Students absent for test#1 will take it on Monday, Jan.16th, last two periods. (Jason and Sotiri)

Test on Finance: Dates have been changed to Jan. 11th and 16th.  Topics for Jan.11th: Profit Loss, Balance Sheet, Ratio Analysis, Cashflow Statement. Topics for Jan16th: Depreciation, Investment Appraisal. Profit Loss

You have been given the 2002 Papers 1&2 (to be completed over the holidays) and the 2012 case study. Also work on completing your IA.

Monday Dec. 19th: Read Unit 46, Case Study p. 298

Week of Dec. 5th: Review everything we`ve done on Finance up to now; Read Units 49 and 55; Qustion 1 p. 251 on Depreciation; Past paper Question (Handout)

For Monday Nov. 28th: Read Chp. 44 and answer Knowledge Questions p. 42. Read Chp. 42 and do case study p.228

TEST Monday, Nov. 21st: Units 69, 74, 76, 78, 79, 107

For Monday Nov.14th: Read Units 34, 35 and 39. Case Stuidy p.190 (Unit 35) BRING BOOK TO CLASS.

For Monday Nov.7th: Take notes on Unit 79 and read Unit 107. Kora, Michaela, Jessica, Achilleas, Sotiri...next draft of Internal.

For tomorrow Nov. 2nd we`ll take notes on Unit 79. BRING BOOK. We may also try to cover Unit 107 on Contingency Planning (otherwise on Monday).

NEXT TEST NOV.21st (everything covered since last test)

Monday Oct. 31st: Read ahead Units 76, 78, 79. Also work on your Internal. Submit next draft by Wednesday, Nov. 2nd.

Monday Oct. 23rd we will discuss Chp. 69 and 74 

TEST  Oct. 19th: Units 59, 62, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70

For Monday Oct. 10th. Read over Units.67 and 68; Case Study p. 380, Unit 66

Remember that Thurday, Oct. 6th is the due date for draft of Internal.

For Monday Oct. 3rd: Case study questions (handout); Read Unit 66 and answer Knowledge Questions p. 379; Read ahead Units 68, 69

For Monday Sept. 26: Read Units 59 and 60, Work on Internal

For Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 27 & 28: Read Units 62-65

TEST Wednesday Sept. 21st: Operations Management. Also complete the class exercises.

First draft of Internal should be in this week.

For Monday Sept. 12th: Read Unit 91, Case Study p. 542, Read Unit 98

Sociology

Happy Easter . Over the two weeks start reviewing for Final Exam. Material covered: Mass Media, Gender, Deviance, Social Structure.

For Tuesday, March 27th: Bring to class data collected on Greek crime rates since 2008.

Quiz on Tuesday Feb. 21st, on Mass Media.

For Tuesday, Jan.17th: Conduct Interview, write down all answers and present to class. For interview questions see p. 276. Don`t forget to ask three extra questions besides those listed.

Study Guide for Mid year exam: Chp.1 sections 1, 2, 3; Chp.2 sections 1, 2; Chp.4 sections 1, 2, 3; Chapter 11 sections 1, 2, 3 and all notes. Review over the holidays.

For Tuesday, Dec. 20th: Read Section 3 of Unit 11, p. 271-275

For Tuesday,Dec.6th, Q. 19 p.107 600-700 words.Small TEST on Dec. 8th, Chp. 4 Sections 1, 2, 3

Test on Tuesday Nov. 22nd: Sections 1 and 2 from Culture Unit. You should know everything we reviewed in class.

Marianina, Philip and Angela will be presenting project on Tuesday, Nov. 15th

For  Nov. 8th small project on a culture that interests you. Two pages long. Include references. Electra and Philip need to see movie Desert Flower...essay will be written in class.

Short Quizon Tuesday Oct. 25th, Section 1 Unit 2. Start thinking about project on a culture.

TEST Oct. 11th Sections 1-4. Date now changed to Oct.12th.

For Tuesday Oct. 4th. Discuss the sociological themes demonstrated in the film "American Beauty" (500 words typed). TEST on Oct. 11th on Sections 1-4

For Tuesday, Sept.27th: Read Section 4, small Quiz on Section 3. Also for Wednesday, Sept.28: Find an article on sociological issue, write one paragraph and present in class.

For Tuesday, Sept. 20th: Quiz on Section 2, you should know the early sociologists.For Wednesday, Sept. 21: Read Section 3

For Tuesday, Sept. 13th: Read Section 1 of Unit 1 p. 5-7 and answer Q. 1, 2, 6, 7 on p. 7.

You will also have a small QUIZ on Tuesday on Section 1.

For Wednesday, Sept. 14th: Read Section 2 of Unit 1 p. 9-14