These schedules can serve as examples for incorporating the simulations. Most courses include a final debrief presentation and at least five decision rounds.
6.1 Sample Nine Week Schedule
Week 1
- Assign participants to companies;
- Direct participants to the Team Member Guide, which includes registration instructions (15 min);
- Determine role assignments for each participant. See How Can We Organize Our Company? in the Online Guide (15 min);
- Determine company strategy: Participants can create their own or choose from the Six Basic Strategies in the Guide;
- Participants register at www.capsim.com;
- Review Getting Started area of the website (5 min);
- Complete Rehearsal Tutorial, which introduces the simulation software (60 min);
- Complete Situation Analysis exercise in the Guide or the Online Guide. This will help participants analyze external/internal conditions prior to managing their corporation (60 min).
Week 2
- Make Practice Round 1 decisions (90 min);
- Essay Assignment on Vision Statement and/or Outlining Your Strategy (essay assignments are available from the homework assignment library).
Week 3
- Review results of Practice Round 1 (15 min);
- Review with participants the various reports automatically generated by the simulation, especially the Courier/FastTrack (15 min);
- Restart simulation to begin Competition Rounds;
- Make Competition Round 1 decisions (90-120 min);
- Enter Success Measures (15 min);
- Essay assignment on why Success Measures were chosen.
Weeks 4- 7
- Review results for Rounds 1 through 4 one round per week (15 min);
- Make Round 2 through Round 5 decisions, one round per week (60-120 min);
- Optional Homework Assignments may include Core Competency and Competitor Advantage, Competitor Analysis, Best/Worst Case Forecast Development or Financial Structure Policy Statement.
- Week 8
- Review results for Round 5 (15 min);
- Make Round 6 decisions (60 min);
- Prepare Stockholders' Final Debrief - participants defend decisions as the executive management team to the Board of Directors and Stockholders (60 min). This can also be done as final paper.
Week 9
- Stockholders' Final Debrief presentations (10 min per team);
- Review results for Round 6 and reveal the winner of the simulation (15 min).
6.2 Sample Fourteen Week Schedule
Week 1
- Assign participants to companies;
- Direct participants to the Team Member Guide, which includes registration instructions (15 min);
- Determine role assignments for each participant. See How Can We Organize Our Company? in the Online Guide (15 min);
- Determine company strategy: Participants can create their own or choose from the Six Basic Strategies in the Guide;
- Participants register at www.capsim.com.
Week 2
- Review Getting Started area of the website (5 min);
- Complete Rehearsal Tutorial, which introduces the simulation software (60 min);
- Complete Situation Analysis exercise in the Guide or the Online Guide - this will help participants analyze external/internal conditions prior to managing their corporation (60 min).
Week 3
- Make Practice Round 1 decisions (90 min);
- Essay Assignment on Vision Statement and/or Outlining Your Strategy (essay assignments are available from the homework assignment library).
Week 4
- Review results of Practice Round 1 (15 min);
- Review with participants the various reports automatically generated by the simulation, especially the Courier/FastTrack (15 min);
- Make Practice Round 2 decisions (120 min);
- Essay Assignment on Outlining Your Strategy.
Week 5
- Review results for Practice Round 2 (15 min);
- Make Round 3 decisions (90 min);
- Essay assignment on Competencies and Advantage.
Week 6
- Review results of Practice Round 3 (60 min);
- Restart simulation to begin Competition Rounds;
- Make Competition Round 1 decisions (90-120 min);
- Enter Success Measures (15 min);
- Essay assignment on why Success Measures were chosen.
Week 7- 12
- Review results for rounds 1 through 6, one round per week (15 min);
- Make Round 2 through Round 7 decisions, one round per week (60- 120 min);
- Optional Homework Assignments may include Core Competency and Competitor Advantage, Competitor Analysis, Best/Worst Case Forecast Development or Financial Structure Policy Statement.
Week 13
- Review results for Round 7 (15 min);
- Make Round 8 decisions (30- 60 min);
- Stockholders' final debrief - participants defend decisions as the executive management team to the Board of Directors and Stockholders (60 min). This can also be done as final paper.
Week 14
- Stockholders' Final Debrief presentations (10 min per team);
