Courses NonDegree Display 2020-2021
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| Course title | Management Game | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course code | EBS1005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ECTS credits | 4,0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assessment | Whole/Half Grades | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Level | Introductory | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinator |
Peter Bollen For more information: p.bollen@maastrichtuniversity.nl |
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| Language of instruction | English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Goals |
Apply the knowledge of the courses in the 1st year IB in a simulated real-life business organisation
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| Description |
This skills training is organised as a game in which an international market
is simulated in which six companies currently participate. The game consist of 10 rounds in which a number of firms participate in a (number of) markets. Every day students get feedback on the performance of their ‘company’ and their competitors . The examination of the game consists of a intro-test, a peer assessment and the actual results measured by a number of performance variables; equity ratios, stock price, profit used in the game for the firm in which the student is involved. The management game serves as a (simulated) real-life application and Integration of the acquired knowledge from the following 1-st year IB courses: Management of Organisations and Marketing, Economics and Business , Accounting, Strategy, Finance, Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management. Every student is obliged to have an individual Market Place: Venture Strategy licence. |
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| Literature |
Instruction Manual Market Place: Venture Strategy ( can be accessed after game license is bought ).
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| Prerequisites |
Required knowledge for exchange students: Knowledge on an introductory level on; organisation, strategy, marketing, accounting, finance and supply chain management
An advanced level of English. |
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| Teaching methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) | Lecture / Assignment / Groupwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assessment methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) | Final Paper / Attendance / Participation / Written Exam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evaluation in previous academic year | For the complete evaluation of this course please click "here" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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