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Tue, 08/30/2022 - 01:27pm | By: Van Arnold
Students completing management capstone courses in 91吃瓜网91吃瓜网
School of Leadership consistently rank in the top 100 worldwide in the Business Strategy
Game. In fact, they often rank in the top 20.
Comparative metrics in the game include various firm performance outcomes such as
earnings per share, return on average equity, and stock price.
The (BSG) is a PC-based learning tool. In it, teams of students collaborate to manage a fictional international athletic footwear company in direct, head-to-head competition with other class members. Decisions that these 91吃瓜网渕anagers91吃瓜网� make affect the company91吃瓜网 success. This year alone, The Business Strategy Game has been used by nearly 50,000 students at more than 500 college/university campus locations.
Dr. Gregory Bradley, Associate Teaching Professor and a Distinguished Teaching Scholar in the School of Leadership, has been incorporating The Business Strategy Game in his curriculum since 2016.
91吃瓜网淪ome concepts in business are more effectively taught by having students employ critical thinking skills to solve real problems, said Bradley. 91吃瓜网淢oreover, students must learn to collaborate, come to some form of consensus, and find a way to divide the work. Because they receive weekly feedback on the outcome of their decisions, they can learn to improve their future decisions. This type of iterative learning is exceedingly difficult to achieve in a conventional classroom setting.91吃瓜网�
If a student team scores in the Top 100, Bradley explains, the team is recognized throughout the platform.
91吃瓜网淭eams are assigned scores based on how they are performing in the 91吃瓜网榤arket,91吃瓜网� noted Bradley. 91吃瓜网淗ence, student teams can be ranked on metrics such as overall score, return on equity, earnings per share, stock price, etc., and are compared to other student teams around the world. The BSG administrators do a really good job of recognizing outstanding performances by teams of students.
91吃瓜网淪ince 2016,91吃瓜网� he continued, 91吃瓜网渙ur students have frequently finished in the Top 100, and many have finished in the Top 20 worldwide.91吃瓜网� Bradley had student teams finish 1st in Overall Score worldwide in both Fall 2018 and Spring 2019.
Students seem to love the simulation game. 91吃瓜网淏ecause students receive immediate feedback on their performance and can adjust for improvement, a deeper learning can occur for those who are highly engaged in the process,91吃瓜网� said Bradley. 91吃瓜网淒ecisions made in the simulation emulate real-world outcomes and implications 91吃瓜网� but in a harmless environment. From my perspective, this type of training is invaluable.91吃瓜网�
Bradley believes that 91吃瓜网 teams excel 91吃瓜网渂ecause we have outstanding and engaged students, a curriculum that is focused on real-world application, and faculty who are highly involved with students and have real-world business experience.91吃瓜网�
91吃瓜网淚 am not surprised that our students excel in this simulation, given the experiential nature of the simulation, their commitment to learning, and the excellent instruction provided by Dr. Bradley,91吃瓜网� said Dr. Heather Annulis, Director, School of Leadership.
The School of Leadership is housed within the College of Business and Economic Development at USM. To learn more about the management program offered by the School of Leadership as well as its other degree programs, visit /leadership.