| TERM: | 2021-22 Winter |
| COURSE NUMBER: |
BUSI 397 |
| COURSE TITLE: |
Applied Business Simulation |
| NAME OF
INSTRUCTOR: |
Gordon T. Preston, B.Ed., Dip.C.S., M.B.A., Ed.D. |
| CREDIT WEIGHT
AND WEEKLY TIME DISTRIBUTION: |
credits 3 (hrs lect 3 - hrs sem 0 - hrs lab 0) |
| COURSE
DESCRIPTION: |
Students will be introduced to the application of
business theories in a complex, interactive, virtual business
environment. Working in teams students will establish strategy and
implement management decisions in the areas of operations, marketing,
finance, 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 355, 396 |
| REQUIRED TEXTS: |
Registration with CapSim www.capsim.com A student
manual will be provided once you have registered. |
| MARK
DISTRIBUTION IN PERCENT: |
|
| Performance Metrics |
20% |
| Annual meetings |
15% |
| Business Plan and 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: |
- Jan 6 – meet as a class
- Course Overview & Introduction
- Jan 13 – meet as a class
- Jan 27 – meet as a class
- Review Practice Round 1
- Complete Practice Round 2 Jan 31
- Feb 3 – meet as teams with instructor
- Review Practice Round 2
- Complete Practice Round 3 on Fed 5, and Round 4 on Feb 8
- Feb 10 – meet as a class
- Review Results of Practice Rounds
- Submit team assessment of Practice Rounds, and intended strategy document
- Complete Competition Round 1 on Feb 14
- Feb 17 - meet as teams with instructor
- Complete Competition Round 2 on Feb 28 (Note: in this round you start to input HR decisions)
- Feb 21-25 Reading Week – no class
- March 3 – meet as teams with instructor
- Complete
Competition Round 3 on March 7 (Note: you must enter the success
measurements upon which you wish to primarily be assessed, and Advanced
Marketing decisions must now also besubmitted in this and all subsequent rounds)
- March 10 – meet as teams with instructor
- Complete Competition Round 4 on March 14 (Advanced TQM decisions must now also be submitted in this and all subsequent rounds)
- March 17 – meet as teams with instructor
- Complete Competition Round 5 on March 19 and Round 6 on March 21
- Prepare Business Plan & Presentation
- March 24 Business Plan
Presentations
- Present Plan and Complete Competition Round 7 on March 28
- March 31 - meet as teams with instructor
- Complete Competition Round 8 on April 4
- April 7 - meet as teams with instructor
- April 9 – submit final reflective journals
- April 19- 26 (Date TBD) – complete Capsim CompXM)
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