Our Microworlds are business games that provide risk free learning environments for executives and students to experience issues in strategy or general management.
The games are all concerned with business strategy and help develop understanding of dynamic business performance over time.
These games are developed in-house and are used in top MBA and executive courses at leading business schools. The simpler games provide sufficient teaching material for a half day class although shorter or longer classes are possible. Our more complex Microworlds provide a full days teaching but have been used for periods ranging from under one hour up to two and a half days.
| Features - More detail | |
Decisions |
Our games feature minimal decision-sets and simple interfaces allowing a focus on strategy, not learning the software Players choose when to run forward and the simulation runs forward one month with each step, or can choose to repeat decisions over several months. |
"Go Back" option |
A 'Go back' option allows previous decisions to be revised an alternative strategies explored. This option can be turned off by event managers. |
Challenges |
Games* include a selection of challenges included that provide different situations for students to work with. * not People Express |
Resource map |
Games include an interactive ‘Resource Map’ of the business architecture showing key resource relationships. Players cac click on any data item to obtain a chart of behaviour over time. * not People Express |
Reports, Graphs and Tables |
Range of numerical reports showing relevant data. Graphs showing key data items. Graphs for single data items are available by clicking on table headings. Tables showing entire history of data. Plus tables of user decisions. Table data may be exported to CSV files. Any item appearing in a table can be represented as a graph - click on the table heading. |
Game Notepad |
Use the Game Notepad to record strategies. In conjunction with easy copy and paste facilities for Reports, Graphs and Tables this makes presentation of results simple. |
Copy to other applications |
Images of all Reports, Graphs and Tables can be copied into other applications for inclusion in documents and slide presentations produced. Game data can be copied from tables into spreadsheets for further analysis. |
Custom Graphs |
Items reported in tables can be displayed as a graph - simply double click on the table heading. |
| Additional features - Instructors | |
Teachers materials |
Materials included with events include the user guide as well as instructor slides and slide notes. |
Student performance |
Participants games each have a selection of KPIs which are available to instructors. Student games can be opened in Read Only format by instructors. |
Game Management |
Participants games each have a selection of KPIs which are available to instructors. Student games can be opened in Read Only format by instructors. |