Royal Danish Bearings - Week 9 activities
Let your students have a go at this A-Z Quiz on the Royal Danish Bearings case study...
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Royal Danish Bearings - Week 8 activities
By now, your students should really be getting to grips with the Royal Danish Bearings case study. Get them to watch this short video clip on YouTube to see how ball bearings are made...
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IB B&M Student Revision Workshop 2013, Hong Kong
For the 5th successive year, I'll be running the annual student revision workshops with Level7 Education in Hong Kong, to help students prepare for the May 2013 examinations…
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Royal Danish Bearings - Week 7 Activities
Zondle is a great tool for revising in a fun and engaging way. My students have produced some fantastic quizzes based on the RBD case study...
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RDB Case Study - Week 6 activities
This week's activity is called The Password Game and is a great, fun way to learn key terms from the Royal Danish Bearings case study. The PPTX is attached and you can add/edit key terms as you see fit...
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IB Economics 2013 Workbook
IBID Press has recently launched a 282-page Workbook for the new IB Economics course, first exams May 2013.
For those interested, please read on...
RDB Case Study - Week 5 activities
By now, your students probably know the answers to the following questions:
Who was the visionary at RDB? Who empowered RDB's middle managers? Who adopted TQM, Kaizen and benchmarking at RDB? Who was a lifelong industrialist? Who worked at an investment bank in New York? Do the workers at RDB have job security? Are they proud to work for RDB?
If your students are struggling to answer these, then read on...
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Paper 2 - The 8 marker
With the May exams looming, I have been revising some exam technique with my IB HL Economists this week. We have formulated a strategy after speaking to some other IB Economics teaching colleagues with a guide to attaining full marks in the final question of the new paper 2. I tend to use this guide with some practice questions, data response style. the Blink and Dorton textbook is excellent for this.
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This week's activity is based on Ben10's excellent Give It A Go blog on using Wordle - a free word cloud website...
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RDB Case Study - Week 3 activities
This week's class activity is to get students to create a time line of the events in the RDB case study. Can they work out when Valdemar Holstein and Anna Holstein were born?
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IB Business & Management: Royal Danish Bearings Case Study Toolkit 2013
A superb, comprehensive
teacher and student support pack for the IB Business & Management Case
Study on Royal Danish Bearings for exams in May & November 2013:
The Paper 1 Case Study Pack has been produced by
Paul Hoang to help colleagues and students in their preparations for the
May/November 2013 Paper 1 examination (Royal Danish Bearings).
The comprehensive RDB Case Study Pack resource comprises:
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RDB Case Study - Week 2 activities
Something new that I've tried this year to get the students more involved in their learning of the pre-seen case study is to get them to create a classroom display. Not only can this help to improve the classroom environment, it also means RDB is always on the minds of the students when in the classroom!
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RDB Case Study 2013
Happy New Year!
Over the next few weeks, I will be posting class activities for students (and teachers) to help prepare for the May/Nov 2013 Paper 1 B&M exams based on this year's case study - Royal Danish Bearings.
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B&M Paper 1 Case Study - Royal Danish Bearings
Read 50 questions on the case study here.
FDI - Pupils Create Film
Aid - Rwanda
Gender Inequality – LEDC’s and MEDC’s
Development Economics - MDG’s
•Development Economics -
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Ship breaking and business practices
This article on ship breaking in Bangladesh raises quite a few interesting ethical issues involving various stakeholders and also the overall ethical objectives of businesses. Great to link with TOK as well. Click here for the article ......
The Wonderful World of NAFTA
The Marshall-Lerner Condition
US Debt Clock
Here is a nice link that you can use when discussing exchange rates, international trade and debt of the USA. A great resource to have on the screen behind as you teach a lesson on how debt builds. Could also be used as a compare and contrast when teaching development economics.
IB Diploma Teacher Resource Newsletter
Our IB Diploma Teacher Newsletter provides email updates on tutor2u and other teaching resources of interest to colleagues delivering the IB Diploma. To add yourself as a recipient, please complete the form below and then respond to the confirmation email we send you.
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How much should one think?
How can we make good decisions in a complex world? Read this article to find out what happens when we think too much
read more...»Absolute and Comparative Advantage
Another easy to digest clip I use as a starter/plenary for lesson when teaching International Economics. This clip shows, in an easy to understand way the advatnages of specialization according to absolute advantage and comparative advantage, and the resulting trade patterns. There is a little theory in there but if you supplement this with the Blink and Dorton Text, plus some other websites such as Phil Holden, your students should grasp this concept as quickly as mine.
read more...»Protectionism and Trade Liberalisation
The Luckiest Nut In The World
A classic for any Economics teacher. I use this clip when teaching International Economics for the new 2013 Spec for IB HL Econ. A fun way to help solidify understanding of trade liberalisation and protectionism.
read more...»Lady Gaga and PEST Analysis
Great news item for linking Society (or Culture) with Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Ball Concert, which has hit problems in Jakarta, Indonesia…
Final call - IB B&M Student Revision Workshop, Hong Kong
This is a final call for those interested in attending the final student revision workshop with Level7 Education, in preparation for the upcoming May 2012 examinations…
The Lorenz Curve and Gini Coefficient
The IB specification for 2013 states:
Analyse data on relative income shares of given percentages of the population, including deciles and quintiles.
Draw a Lorenz curve and explain its significance.
Explain how the Gini coefficient is derived and interpreted.
I have used the usual Blink and Dorton(Pages 250-257) to help with this but have also found a few other resources which may be of use.
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IB Economics Revision Workbook
This revision workbook will help students preparing for the upcoming IB Economics exams ensure they are clear about the key theory they need in preparation for their exam. Read on to find out how to download your own copy.
read more...» •Business Economics - •Development Economics - •International Issues - •Macroeconomic Arguments - •Resources and Markets -
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Honeywell International - a great case study for Quality Assurance
Here’s a great case study to teach total quality management, productivity improvements and its impact on job satisfaction of employees. Read the full case study here…....
IB B&M Exam Tip #4 - The STOP principle
With the exams just a few weeks away, here’s this week’s top exam tip to help with evaluation - the STOP principle…
News article - great for UWP case study
A brilliant news article from the New York Times that will have direct relevance to students for the UWP Mission to Loyka case study…
read more...»IB B&M Exam Tip #3
Here’s the next exam tip - this one focuses on evaluation, the essential skill required to get a Level 7…
read more...»IB B&M Exam Tip #2
Here’s the second exam tip for the upcoming IB B&M exams about learning the quantitative methods…
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As the final examination is fast approaching, keep an eye on tutor2u for tips on preparing for the upcoming exams. The first tip in the series is about planning your revision carefully…
read more...»UWP Mission to Loyka – Week 7 activity
How well do you know the UWP case study? Take this week’s comprehension quiz to find out…
UWP Mission to Loyka – Week 6 activity
Create a personnel profile for all known stakeholders in the UWP case study
This week’s activity requires students to dissect the case study and create a personnel profile of Kos Palouk, Michael Donovan, General Meiri, General Pierce, the governor of Beral, and the Olive Hats.
The February Quiz
How many women appear in the Fortune 500 top billionaires in the world? And how many of these are from China? Which computer maker saw profits soar 54% whilst its American rival reported a 44% drop in profits? Take this month’s current affairs quiz to find out…
Green GDP
A new part of the spec for HL IB Econ. Here is an interesting article on Green GDP from Professor Stiglitz (he is a Nobel Laureate and professor of economics at Columbia University)
read more...»How to calculate Gross Domestic Product mathematically
This video explains how to calculate Gross Domestic Product mathematically and goes through a numerical example. It also shows how to calculate the percentage change in GDP from year to year.
read more...»UWP Mission to Loyka – Week 5 activity
Research Task – Theory
This week’s activity follows on from last week’s research task on the context of peacekeeping and the UWP Mission to Loyka case study. This week’s activity requires students to research and present their findings (either as a poster, research presentation, blog etc.) about relevant theory related to the case study. This activity will allow students to write better quality answers by applying relevant B&M tools, concepts and theories of the UWP Mission to Loyka.
read more...»Q&A: What is GDP?
A great clip and subsequent article from the BBC on GDP.
read more...»Greece; the Riots in Athens - A Great Case Study for IB Economics
An excellent 3 minutes clip to highlight the impact of change in government policy in Greece. This amazing footage of Greece shows riots as fire bombs, stones fly in Athens - a reaction of the people to a slash in public spending, reduction of minimum wages and benefit payments. This clip would be a great aid to those students who struggle to evaluate in any ‘effectiveness of policy’ question - Greece is a great Case Study for any IB pupil.
read more...»Stephanie Flanders - Reporting the Eurozone Crisis
An excellent clip [15 mins] from the BBC with Stephanie Flanders Reporting on the Eurozone Crisis.
read more...»Is quantitative easing working?
An interesting article from Channel 4. Thanks to Twitter and Bryn’s Economics Blog for this clip.
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Research Task – Context
This week’s activity is for students (and teachers if they like) to gather background information about the case study (such as peacekeeping). This will allow students to write better quality answers that are in the context of the UWP Mission to Loyka.
read more...»Competitiveness
A useful blog entry for teachers and students of Economics and Business & Management
read more...»UWP Mission to Loyka – Week 3 activity
This week’s activity is for students (and teachers if they like) to create a podcast of the UWP Mission to Loyka case study.
