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IB Business Management

A live decision-making activity where teams price, finance, hire and negotiate in a competitive market — hands-on material for finance, marketing, operations and people topics.

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What each decision teaches

The decision-by-decision breakdown — map it to your own unit plan.

Guide

Running it in one lesson

Class size, phase timers, what the teacher controls — answered in the FAQ.

How it fits IB teaching

Decision-making, live

Teams weigh evidence, argue trade-offs and commit under time pressure — then defend the outcome.

A concrete case, every lesson

The session itself becomes shared material to analyse: pricing, finance, marketing and people decisions with real consequences.

Fits a lesson

Up to 32 students in 8 teams; you set a timer for each of the three phases.