The Business Simulation Blog

In an effort to serve your needs better, dear reader, we are now embarking on a mission to find out what would you like us to write more about in this blog? Be it applications of business simulations in the classroom, the how-to's of running simulation based courses or feature descriptions; let your imagination run wild and let us know in the comments what would YOU love to read about here. 

Already for the 14^th time, students of Stockholm School of Economics in Riga organized an international business student competition called Peak Time. After an intense four-day final event, the winners were revealed: the first place was taken by team Glober, coming from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Second and third places belong to Sikhara from the National University of Singapore and One Hit Wonders from the National University of Singapore as well. Overall, there were 20 teams with participants coming from 17 different countries.

Zillertaler Tourismusschulen ist die erste Tourismusschule Österreichs die mit einer Cesim Simulationssoftware für Hotelbetriebe arbeitet. Herr Professor Mag. Bruno Haller hat unser Planspiel dieses Jahr in zwei Klassen benutzt. In diesem Artikel spricht er über Planspiele als Lehrmethode und seine bisherige Erfahrungen mit OnService.

Thousands of students playing business simulations have been asking a seemingly simple question from you, their teacher, and peers alike: how do I win the business strategy game? What are some surefire ways to beat the simulation? What are the best strategies? 

The terms business simulations, serious games and experiential learning tools are sometimes used interchangeably by educators and even the developers themselves. An understandable hiccup considering the similarities, but when attempting to discern which methodology is the right choice for your course, it's important that you know the differences between them as well.