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May 2012 extended essay reports
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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Overall grade boundaries
Grade: E D C B A
Mark range: 0 - 7 8 - 15 16 - 22 23 - 28 29 - 36
The range and suitability of the work submitted
It was pleasing to see that an increasing number of students f ollowed the requirements set up
for the May 2009 examinations and produced excellent or very good extended essays. These
students produced essays that were well researched in terms of the use of varied secondary
sources, the application of relevant models for this subject and the research question. The
use of critical thinking /evaluative skills was often combined with well substantiated
conclusions and recommendations.
Still, the range and suitability varied considerably both between centres and within centres.
While some student s were awarded the top 34 -36 marks, some earned very few marks
overall, 7 marks or under which could well be contributing to a candidate failing the IB
Diploma.
Although a relatively wide range in performance is somewhat expected, there were some
noticeable reasons for candidates not performing perhaps as well as they should have done.
The most noticeable issue still b eing observed by many examiners was the fact that
students in some centres based their research on only or mainly primary sources.
Moreover, the focus of their research was narrow. This important issue has been raised in
other reports but it appears that some supervisors and hence students are still not aware of
the current requirements.
The focus has been changed to ‘ Students should use as th e basis of their extended essay,
secondary data supported, where appropriate , by primary research ’. The new focus was
agreed by senior examiners in order to:
distinguish the EE from the IA
help with the difficulty for students in various parts of the worl d getting access to real
organisations.
Hence, the expectation now is that the students produce a more academic research
paper with the main focus on secondary data. Basing the essay on only or mainly primary
research affected students’ performance, particularly in criteria C, D, and K.
As mentioned in previous subject reports, it
File information
Subject
Business Management
Document type
Subject report
Year
2012
Session
May 2012
Level
Not labelled in the archive
Paper
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Examination zone
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Language
English
File size
116 KB
Pages
6
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