| COURSE NUMBER: |
BUSI 399 |
| COURSE TITLE: |
Special Topics in Business - 2015/16 Winter: Applied
Business Simulation |
| NAME OF
INSTRUCTOR: |
Gordon Preston |
| CREDIT WEIGHT
AND WEEKLY TIME DISTRIBUTION: |
credits 3(hrs lect 3 - hrs sem 0 - hrs lab 0) |
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
A course on a topic of figure of special interest to a
member of the business faculty and offered on a non-recurring basis.
Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor
2015/16 Winter
This course provides students an opportunity to apply business theories
to a complex, interactive, virtual business environment.
Working in teams, students will establish strategy and implement
management decisions in the areas of operations, finance, marketing and
human resources. As well, teams will need to respond to
various ethical dilemmas placed before them during the course of the
simulation.
Prerequisites:
BUSI 396, 355
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| REQUIRED TEXTS: |
Registration with CapSim www.capsim.com Sim ID: C75902 (registration requires on-line credit card payment) A student manual will be provided once you have registered. |
| MARK DISTRIBUTION IN PERCENT: |
| Performance Metrics |
20% |
| Annual Meetings | 15% |
| Business Plan & Presentation | 20% |
| Reflective Journal | 25% |
| Final Exam | 20% |
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100% |
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| COURSE OBJECTIVES: |
Students will:
- Appreciate the integrated nature of a business
enterprise at a strategic and tactical level
- Develop a greater understanding of business metrics,
particularly financials
- Develop greater team communication skills
- Develop greater understanding in a function area.
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| COURSE OUTLINE: |
- Week 1
- - Course Overview & Introduction
- Register with CapSim (Industry ID: C75902 )
- - Review the Tutorials and Demonstrations
- - Complete the Rehearsal Rounds and Quiz
- - Complete Interest Questionnaire (on Moodle)
- Week 2
- Complete Practice Round 1 Jan 17
- Week 3
- - Review Practice Round 1
- Complete Practice Round 2 Jan 24
- Week 4
- Jan 26 – meet as teams with instructor
- - Review Practice Round 2
- Complete Practice Round 3 on Jan 28, and Round 4 on Jan 31
- Week 5
- - Review Results of Practice Rounds
- Submit team assessment of Practice Rounds, and intended strategy document
- Complete Competition Round 1 on Feb 7 (Note: all Competition Rounds include Advanced Marketing decisions)
- Week 6
- Feb 9 (Tuesday) - meet as teams with instructor
- Complete Competition Round 2 on Thursday Feb 11
- (Note: in this round you start to input HR decisions)
- Week 7
- Feb 23 – meet as teams with instructor
- Complete
Competition Round 3 on Feb 28 (Note: you must enter the success
measurements upon which you wish to primarily be assessed, and Advanced
TQM decisions must now also be submitted in this and all subsequent
rounds)
- Week 8
- March 1 – meet as teams with instructor
- Complete Competition Round 4 on March 6
- Week 9
- March 8 – meet as teams with instructor
- Complete Competition Round 5 on March 13
- Prepare Business Plan & Presentation
- Week 10
- March 14-18 (exact date TBD)
- Business Plan Presentations
- Present Plan and prepare Round 6 decisions
- Complete Competition Round 6 on March 20
- Week 11
- March 22 (Tuesday) - meet as teams with instructor
- Complete Competition Round 7 on Thursday March 24
- Week 12
- March 29 - meet as teams with instructor
- Complete Competition Round 8 on April 3
- Week 13
- April 5 - meet as class for the simulation debrief
- April 10 (Saturday) – submit final reflective journals
- April 12 - meet as a class for the course debrief
- Week 14
- April 21- 29 (Date TBD) – complete Capsim CompXM)
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