Business and Management IA Research Question Evaluator
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Compare High-Scoring vs. Flawed Business and Management RQs
Below are examples of evaluated RQs from recent Business and Management IAs. Review the strengths and weaknesses to understand the scoring criteria, and feel free to evaluate your own RQ using the form above.
Is Business and Management important?
Strengths:
The question is a single, clear sentence with evaluative intent (asks about importance).
Weaknesses:
Specify the focal organization by naming a single company (e.g., replace with: "From Jan 2025 to Dec 2025, how important are Starbucks' management practices within its Business and Management function for improving employee productivity?").
What are the effects of Business and Management on society?
Strengths:
The sentence is a single, clear question that invites evaluation.
Weaknesses:
Specify a single, named organization (e.g., replace with "Apple Inc.") to focus the analysis. Example: "From 2023 to 2025, how has Apple Inc.'s diversity and inclusion initiative within its management practices affected society?"
Should Tesla Gigafactory Shanghai increase production-line automation by adding robotic assembly cells during 2025 to improve capacity utilization rate and reduce labor cost per vehicle within operations and strategic management?
Strengths:
Clear organization-specific focus on Tesla Gigafactory Shanghai.
Weaknesses:
From January 2024 to December 2024, to what extent did IKEA Stockholm (Kungens Kurva) employ a targeted price reduction strategy for bedroom furniture and how effective was this strategy in increasing unit sales and gross margin from a finance and marketing perspective?
Strengths:
Clear, named focal organization and location.
Weaknesses:
How to Evaluate Your Research Question
Simply choose your subject and enter your research question. Our evaluator will then analyze your question against the IB requirements and return a report with any issues or improvements you can make. Trained on thousands of IB RQs marked by official IB examiners, our evaluator is able to provide accurate and helpful feedback.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I use the ideas from Clastify's Research Question Generator?
Yes. Our Research Question Generator was trained on thousands of high-scoring IB exemplars, and the ideas it generates are designed to align with IB criteria so you can develop research questions that meet the standards.
How does the Research Question Generator work?
Select your subject and category (IA or EE), optionally enter a few keywords or interests, then click Generate. The AI returns research question ideas tailored to your subject, which you can refine further with the tweak tools.
Do I need to enter keywords to generate research questions?
No. You can leave the keyword field blank for instant inspiration, or add a few words about your interests to get more targeted ideas.
Are AI-generated research questions original enough for IB coursework?
Generated questions are starting points aligned with IB expectations. Similar research questions appear across cohorts—what matters is that your investigation or essay content is your own work.
How does the Research Question Evaluator work?
The Research Question Evaluator was trained on thousands of research questions marked by IB-certified examiners. It evaluates your research question using the same IB criteria, helping you understand its strengths and areas for improvement.
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What makes a strong Business and Management IA research question?
A decision or problem for a real organisation that Business and Management tools and primary/secondary research can answer—e.g. pricing, expansion, CSR trade-offs.
Should generated Business and Management research questions name the company?
Yes. Organisation-specific questions produce better tool fit (ratios, decision trees, SWOT) and clearer Evaluator feedback.
How is a Business and Management EE research question different from an IA prompt?
EEs need deeper theory and secondary research. Pure “Should Company X do Y?” IA frames often need reframing for EE.
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