| IB BUSINESS MANAGEMENT HL — PAPER 2 | MAY SERIES TOPIC FREQUENCY & PREDICTION MATRIX (Syllabus First Assessment 2024) |
| May TZ1 (Americas) & May TZ2 ★India / Europe / Africa / Asia-Pacific | May 2021–2024 | 8 total sittings analysed |
| Section A = 30 marks (3 compulsory structured Qs) | Section B = 20 marks (1 of 2 extended-response Qs) | Quantitative focus throughout |
| May 2021 | May 2022 | May 2023 | May 2024 | |
| # | Unit / Topic | Sub-topic / Concept | TZ1 | TZ2 ★India | TZ1 | TZ2 ★India | TZ1 | TZ2 ★India | TZ1 | TZ2 ★India | Freq (8 sits) | Freq % | HL? | Command Term | May 2026 Prediction |
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| UNIT 1: BUSINESS ORGANISATION & ENVIRONMENT |
| 1.1 | Types of Business Entities | Sole trader — features & advantages/disadvantages | ✔ | — | — | — | ✔ | — | — | — | 2 | 25% | No | State / Explain | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| 1.2 | Types of Business Entities | Partnership — features | — | — | — | — | — | ✔ | — | — | 1 | 12% | No | State | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| 1.3 | Types of Business Entities | Private limited company (Ltd) — features | — | ✔ | ✔ | — | — | — | — | ✔ | 3 | 38% | No | State / Describe | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| 1.4 | Types of Business Entities | Public limited company (PLC) — features | — | — | — | ✔ | — | — | — | — | 1 | 12% | No | State | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| 1.5 | Types of Business Entities | Cooperative — features | — | — | — | — | ✔ | — | — | — | 1 | 12% | No | State | ⭐⭐ |
| 1.6 | Types of Business Entities | Franchise — advantages/disadvantages | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✔ | ✔ | 2 | 25% | No | State / Explain | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| 1.7 | Business Objectives | Vision / Mission / Objectives — define/explain | — | — | — | — | ✔ | — | — | — | 1 | 12% | No | Define / Explain | ⭐⭐ |
| 1.8 | Stakeholders | Stakeholder identification & conflict | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✔ | — | 1 | 12% | No | Explain | ⭐⭐ |
| 1.9 | External Environment | STEEPLE — identify & apply factors | — | — | — | — | ✔ | ✔ | — | — | 2 | 25% | No | Identify / Explain | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| 1.10 | Growth & Evolution | Internal vs external growth — types | — | ✔ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 12% | No | State / Explain | ⭐⭐ |
| 1.11 | Growth & Evolution (HL) | Economies / diseconomies of scale | ✔ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 12% | HL | Explain | ⭐⭐⭐ |