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These notes are intended for the IB HL Business Management course and contain key information and details for Unit 1: Business Organization and Environment and made specific to 1.1 syllabus objectives. These notes also contain the syllabus objective for Unit 1.1 which is linked to each information....

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1.1 Introduction to Business
Management
Explain the role of businesses in combining human, physical and financial resources
to create goods and services? (AO2)
The Role of a business: a business aims to meet the needs and wants of individuals or
organisations through creating a product and providing a service to make a profit.
Definition of Business: decision making organization involved in the process of using
inputs to product goods and to provide services to make a profit.
Difference between customers and consumers:
 Customers are people or an organization that actually buys the product
 Consumer actually uses the product.
Difference between consumer goods and capital/producer goods:
 Consumer goods = products sold to the general public rather
 Capital goods or producer goods = products bought by business to then
produce other goods or services.


Comment on business functions and their roles (AO2)
Main functions of a business:
 Human resources = the department responsible for managing the personnel’s
of the organization or business.
 Finance and accounts = the department that is in charge of managing the
organizations money.
 Marketing = the department that is responsible for identifying and satisfying
the needs and wants of customers.
 Operations Management = is responsible for the process of converting raw
materials and components into finished goods, ready for sale


Analyse primary, secondary and tertiary and quaternary sectors (AO2)
Business sectors:
 Primary sector = business involved with the extraction, harvesting and
conversion of natural resources.

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