It's no secret that the hospitality sector has been one of the most affected industries by the COVID-19 pandemic. The global health crisis has touched not only business owners, but future professionals in the tourism sector as well. With a significant portion of hotels, restaurants and other leisure businesses closed or downsized for the time being, hospitality higher-education students have seen their opportunities to put their education in practice limited. While the world and the tourism industry recovers, business simulations offer an opportunity for higher education institutions to provide a place for their students to make use of their knowledge.
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Cesim is glad to present the Showcase Session that Mike Geringer, O'Bleness Professor of International Strategy, Director of Research & Presidential Research Scholar at Ohio University College of Business, conducted during the AIB 2020 Annual Conference on the Use of Business Simulations in International Business Education.
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John Kraft, Susan Cameron Chair of International Business, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, and Visiting faculty at Aalto University Mikkeli Campus, shares his experience with using business simulations and provides advice for new and existing adopters.
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Cesim Global Challenge, our strategy and international business simulation, has been used since 2015 during the capstone course of the International Business BScBA degree program a Aalto University Mikkeli Campus. By using our simulation, students can apply the different business concepts they have learned during their studies, and practice critical business skills. In the video below, you can learn firsthand from both educators and students of the program about the experience of using a Cesim Business Simulation in this course:
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As an educator looking for a boost in student engagement you might be thinking about implementing a business simulation in your course. Consequently you wonder if/how you can utilize your existing materials and integrate those with the simulation to provide a full learning experience for your students. If you have gotten this far you are on the right track. Namely, a simulation is a way to put theory into practice and if there is no theory, the simulation can become a game-play only.
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experiential training
