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Supporting hospitality students' post-COVID employability with Business Simulations

Posted by Cesim Team on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 | Reading time: 3 min.

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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Tags: Business simulations, Practice business theories, hospitality, hotel, restaurant, soft skills, business simulation games, Business acumen, Employability, covid, internship, traineeship

 

Protecting future students from spoilers

Posted by Waqas Mir on Wednesday, May 08, 2019 | Reading time: 3 min.

Spoilers are the absolute worst. This we know. Whether it’s the friend who accidentally blurts out the ending of a great book, the film review that diligently covers every twist and turn of the storyline, or the student who shares coursework information with subsequent cohorts, spoilers can annoy and infuriate. What they take from us can never be returned: our honest, unfiltered and unprepared response to a piece of creative work. The theft of our unique, personal journey through what may often also be a shared experience. “There he is, officer. That’s the man who told me the butler did it.”

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Tags: Customization, Business simulations tips, How to use business simulations, Why use business simulations, Practice business theories, business game, Serious Games, Student engagement, student motivation, business simulation, business simulation games, Business education, Business acumen, experiential training

 

Failing is good

Posted by Graeme Kirkup on Wednesday, June 06, 2018 | Reading time: 2 min.

What a statement! I do not like to fail and I wish that life could simply be life without failure and filled with success.

We can be so focused on not failing that we don’t aim for success, settling instead for a life of mediocrity and one without failure. But to have the pleasure of experiencing success, one has to be prepared to fail.

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Tags: Why use business simulations, Practice business theories, Corporate Training, Management Training, soft skills

 

Belgian and Hungarian students get a taste of business life with Cesim simulations

Posted by Cesim Team on Monday, May 28, 2018 | Reading time: 2 min.

For a second consecutive year, students from BGE-PSZK (Department of Finance and Accounting of Budapest Business School and University) and from the Belgian HoGent University took part in an English-language business simulation course in Budapest, Hungary. The 35 participants formed a diverse group with different nationalities (Belgium, Azerbaijan, Hungary, Georgia, China, Holland, Mongolia, Germany, Lebanon and Ethiopia, to name a few) and who spoke twelve different native tongues.

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Tags: simulation, Business simulations, How to use business simulations, Practice business theories, business game, simulation game, competition, simulations, Generation Y, Neomillennials, Millennials, Student engagement

 

Why Use Business Simulations in STEM Education

Posted by Cesim Finland on Tuesday, October 25, 2016 | Reading time: 7 min.


Are business simulations only meant for business students? Apart from our many business school participants, Cesim simulations are also very popular among science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) educational organizations and corporations that aspire to solve the STEM education challenges by enhancing the learning experience and outcomes of their students or employees. Wonder why these institutions choose business simulations as a teaching tool? Read on to find out the simulation experience sharing of two STEM educators from Finland and France.

 

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Tags: Educator 2.0, Case study, Customization, Acquire practical business skills, Business simulations tips, Integration, How to use business simulations, Why use business simulations, Practice business theories

 

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