Courses Bachelor Display 2021-2022

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Course title Management Game
Course code EBS1005
ECTS credits 4,0
Assessment Whole/Half Grades
Period
Period Start End Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
6 20-6-2022 1-7-2022 C
Level Introductory
Coordinator Peter Bollen
For more information: p.bollen@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Language of instruction English
Goals
Apply the knowledge of the courses in the 1st year IB in a simulated real-life business organisation
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.
Literature
Instruction Manual Market Place: Venture Strategy ( can be accessed after game license is bought ).
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.
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"
This course belongs to the following programmes / specialisations
Bachelor International Business - Emerging Markets Year 1 Compulsory Skill(s)
Bachelor International Business Year 1 Compulsory Skill(s)
SBE Exchange Bachelor Bachelor Exchange Skills
SBE Exchange Master Bachelor Exchange Skills
SBE Non Degree Courses Bachelor Courses