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AW: Restructuring of our strategy class

  • 1.  AW: Restructuring of our strategy class

    Posted 09-21-2008 10:50
    Hi Dan,

    although your response was to Bruce Clemens, I, Bruce Kibler of the
    University of Wisconsin-Superior, am in almost the exact same position and
    would love to join the professors' simulation exercise. I just recieved the
    materials for the prof and student handbooks for implementation in Spring.

    Bruce Kibler

    Dr. Bruce Alan Kibler
    Assistant Professor of Management
    Business and Economics Department
    University of Wisconsin Superior
    Erlanson 306-B
    Superior, WI 54880

    Tel. 715-394-8570

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    Von: Business Policy and Strategy List im Auftrag von Dan Smith
    Gesendet: Di 9/16/2008 3:29
    An: BPS-NET@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Betreff: Re: Restructuring of our strategy class


    Hello Bruce,

    Speaking for Capsim, we would recommend the Foundation(r) simulation for your
    class. Roughly 28,000 undergraduates from Freshmen to Seniors did
    Foundation(r) as part of their coursework in the past 12 months. You can find
    a variety of promotional materials on the capsim.com <http://capsim.com/>
    website.

    This week we began an online 10 week Professor Challenge seminar. We like to
    have a little fun with our seminars, and in this one professors compete in a
    penny-a-point fashion as we cover simulation teaching methods. There is still
    time to join the seminar if you are interested.

    Hope this helps,
    Dan Smith
    President Capsim



    On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Bruce Clemens <bclemens@wnec.edu> wrote:


    Greetings,

    We are considering restructuring our approach to teaching strategy.
    We now have a junior level class that reviews the fundamentals (ratios,
    financial statements, etc.) leading into our senior level strategy class that
    includes the Business Strategy Game. One question into which I ran was the
    use of the Business Strategy Game -type simulations (Capsim or others as
    well). Has anyone ever tried to do the game with Juniors? Finally, where
    can I find the research on the pros and cons of teaching strategy formulation
    and strategy implementation in the same course rather than sequentially?
    Thank you...

    Bruce


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    Western New England College
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    Springfield MA 01119
    Phone: 413-782-1500
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    bclemens@wnec.edu
    Campus mailbox number: C5433





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